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Daniel had a terrifying vision of four beasts rising from a chaotic sea and wreaking great damage, and he approached a nearby figure for interpretation.
The four huge beasts represent four kingdoms that will arise from the earth, but God’s holy people will be given the kingdom and rule forever.
The fourth beast would be a world power that would rule the earth, crushing all in its path.
He will defy the Most High, oppress his people, and try to change their sacred festivals and laws.
Some scholars believed that the vision of the fourth beast had been fulfilled in the Kingdom of Greece or Rome, and certain leaders who had unleashed atrocities against the Jews during the intertestamental period and the first century.
Most importantly, in the end, God will pass ultimate judgment and victory over the forces of evil, and God’s people will rule over all the kingdoms under heaven.
In the Revelation of John, he saw the setting of the final judgment, the white throne and the one sitting on it; the earth and sky fled from it.
He saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne, and they were judged by records in books, including the Book of Life.
Showing that God justly rewards or punishes each person according to what they have done, as recorded in the books.
The sea, Death, and Hades also gave up the dead who were in them, and they were also judged by what they had done.
As punishment, Death, Hades, and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life were thrown into the lake of fire.
This lake of fire is the second death, eternal and conscious torment, from which believers are delivered.