| The Third Beast - The Leopard with Four Heads | | | | bear rule over all the earth." The leopard, the |
| As I have done with the other two beasts, the lion | | | | kingdom of brass, has the unique attribute of "having |
| with eagle's wings and the bear with the three ribs in | | | | rule over all the earth". The four heads of the leopard |
| his mouth, let's assemble a complete image of the | | | | are also consistent with the four horns that arise |
| third beast, the leopard with the four heads and the | | | | from the ram after the "notable" horn is broken, the |
| four bird's wings. The first thing to notice is that this | | | | four nations that arise from their respective part of |
| beast is the weakest of all the four beasts. The | | | | the world to rule the United Nations. The evidence |
| leopard is not as strong an animal as a lion or a bear | | | | that the leopard and consequently the United Nations |
| and certainly weaker than the fourth beast that is | | | | are not powerful in and of themselves is that |
| "terrible" in appearance. | | | | dominion is given to them (Daniel 7:6). |
| The leopard is also weak when you consider it has | | | | Remember that the leopard is also representative of |
| bird's wings unlike the first beast that had eagle's | | | | the third kingdom mentioned in Nebuchadnezzar's |
| wings; the bird being a much weaker animal than an | | | | vision of a statue, the kingdom of bronze that forms |
| eagle. I believe the leopard is also symbolic of the | | | | the waist and the legs of the statue. The bronze |
| multinational organization, the United Nations, | | | | represents a military power that is an inferior in |
| embodied by the ram in Daniel's vision of the ram and | | | | strength to the iron kingdom that represents the |
| the goat. I believe the four bird wings of the leopard | | | | fourth kingdom. |
| are representative of all the countries in the world | | | | The bronze that forms the waist and then the legs |
| because the four wings represent the four directions | | | | also represents the idea that the third kingdom will be |
| (north, south, east and west). | | | | unified in the beginning but later is will be separated |
| This is also shown in the book of Daniel (Daniel 2:39): | | | | into several parts. This is again consistent with the |
| "And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to | | | | image of the ram having one horn and then having it |
| thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall | | | | broken and replaced by four horns that rise up later. |