The Lion Beast Of Daniel

Lawrention News Letter
December 3rd, 2024.

Greetings everyone, so glad that you could be here, and thank-you for your interest in the Book of Daniel.

Daniel is likely my most favorite book of the Bible. What follows herein, is the latest interpretation of the Lion from Daniel chapter-seven which leads directly to current times.

Introduction to Daniel Chapter-Seven

This particular letter is an introduction to Daniel chapter-seven, and unveils an interpretation for the Beast referred to as the Lion. This next series of newsletters from Daniel chapter-seven could essentially be a book in itself, so I've attempted to streamline it as much as possible. I plan to follow up with the remaining Beasts of this chapter right shortly. 

Daniel chapter-seven, is a deep and integrate topic that encompasses an historic-timeline beginning in 1593. This was the year in which the Dutch Republic kicked off the world's first modern industrial-revolution. As a consequence, Daniel's prophetic story which began in 1593 continues to this very day.

Events Leading To The First
(Modern) Technological-Revolution

The passage below is the one which we are focusing on within this newsletter.

The narrative of this Daniel-chapter-seven kicks off in the year 1593 within the Dutch Republic.

The "four winds of heaven churning up the great sea" in verse two; was a time in history when the Dutch developed and patented technology which allowed them to mechanically-couple automated saw-mills with wind-mills. As a result, they soon began to cut planks of lumber about thirty-times faster than what would have otherwise been possible (via manpower).

This new technology triggered a number of ship-building ventures which later morphed into the Dutch United East India Company VOC (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in year 1602. Hence, in a relatively short amount of time - the Dutch Republic became a world-renowned ship-building and trading hub. 

If you wish to follow up with this story, here is a link to the Dutch narrative within prophecy.

The Lion Enters the Scene

Likely the dominant theme of using the Lion to describe this Beast, is due to its explosive power as an apex predator. Whereas some species track down their prey by outrunning them, that's not the way of the Lion. Lions explosively attack their prey at close range, since they tire easily while on the run.  

Heraldry represents the spiritual essence of nations and empires. In other words, beasts of heraldry represent their country's character. Heraldry is commonly displayed within a country's coat of arms. Through heraldry, this Beast the Lion which is synonymous with explosive power - represents the following empires while the United States was being colonized.

• Dutch Republic (Netherlands)
• Kingdom of Spain (Spain)
• Kingdom of Great Britain (UK)

Through a number of years leading up to North America being colonized by the Europeans; there were numerous battles on the high-seas between the Dutch, Great Britain, and Spain. Each of these great Empires later created formidable settlements on North-American soil. As examples; New Spain, New Netherland, and New England were created.

Once on North-American soil, Spain dominated Mexico and territories of certain modern-day states, which included California and Texas. In contrast, the Dutch and Great Britain dominated settlements upon the east coast.

Now, I realize that I’m overly simplifying the matter, but in order to follow Scripture, I believe it was basically a contest between these three empires as Europeans began to populate North-America. These Empires were represented by the Lion in heraldry as it states in verse four. Since the lion represents explosive power; verse-four insinuates nations of military-might in order for this process to occur.

Further, in verse three it states that these four great beasts came up out of the sea. The sea itself represents salt-water. Salt-water is a mix of fresh-waters obtained from various rivers and streams around the world. So, "from the sea", is a phrase that can have a number of connotations.

I believe that this phrase represents varying technologies and people-groups from around the world. So basically, "came up out of the sea" - is a phrase that represents a mix of culture and technology which made its way to North-American soil. The three distinct empires that I made mention of earlier, are merely an easy way to follow the narrative at hand. The heraldry of Bermuda, which also uses the lion - is a case in point.

The "Wings of an Eagle"

In prophecy, the Eagle represents something that was ordained by God. By foregoing the common route of survival-of-the-fittest, I understand that eagles did not have to scratch and claw their way to the top of the food chain. Evolution-wise, there was no real purpose for having eagles fly above all other creatures. Moreover, what they feed upon is not within the sky, it's on the ground. So in the Book of Daniel, these eagle's wings on the Lion are a sign of God's grace.

I believe that due to these empire's Christian faith, God ordained all three in order to populate North America. Although these historical-empires were certainly not perfect as history will attest (along with the rest of mankind); Christians usually accept those of Jewish-faith. Currently, the number of Jewish descendants in North America rival the number of Jews in Israel itself.

Further, since Lions are from the feline family, they aren't too fond of water. All three of these Lion nations ran out of steam (and riches) while crossing the ocean. They could not dominate North America for extended periods of time while retaining security on their home-turf.

A Transition Period from Explosive-Power Investment to Computer-Power Investment

In Daniel 7:4, its speaks of this Beast being given the "mind of a human". In other biblical versions, this phrase is "a man's heart". Now, I've always interpreted this verse as describing computer technology; whereas mankind can either program or use a computer, based upon what's in their heart and mind. Recently however, it dawned on me that there could perhaps be a much deeper meaning.

Since verse-four is still speaking about the aggressive Lion, it's likely that the underlying theme here is still explosive weaponry. So, could the two feet, the heart and the mind; actually be humans? And could the associated explosive weaponry be referring to firearms and automatic weapons? If this was the case, then the aggressive Beast (Lion) would be all of the firearms, and the so described man's body parts.... are actually men themselves. So here, a man carrying an explosive-weapon is considered to be a beast. However, that was not God's intent when he created man! This is certainly a concept worth pondering.

Nonetheless, I believe that this verse-four is speaking about a time in history of automation and the arrival of computers. Note that a computer's main-processor beats away like an extremely fast-ticking clock, similar to a persons beating heart.

The primary theme of the prophetic Lion is its explosive power. This was basically an era of time from 1593 to 1953 (years explained below) when modern weaponry circumvented the globe from one continent to another. This occurrence was due to not only the weapons themselves; but, also from the tremendous number of trading-ships which navigated the globe.

This Lion-era was a time when many wars ensued, including those listed below. This list is by no means comprehensive, as there were many, many, skirmishes during this period of just under four-centuries long. Notably, the two world-wars are in this list.

• War of 1812, (1812 -1815). United States and its Allies versus the UK and its Allies.
  
• United States of America's civil war, 1861 - 1865.
  
• World-War I, 1914 - 1918.
  
• World-War II, 1939 - 1945.
• Korean war, 1950 - 1953.

The years 1952 and 1953 represent a time in our history when the most-devastating ever, explosive type of weapon was invented; the thermonuclear bomb. Now although there were certainly wars after 1953, there has not been a nuclear bomb deployed against humans which I'm aware. Neither a world-war for that matter.

The Last Gasp of the Lion's Power

There are instances in the Bible where Gold is highly associated with both Kings and Lions. 

David's son Solomon was the richest men who had lived until that time in history; the following passage describes his riches. Take notice of the twelve lions which were parked beside his throne. Curiously, his yearly salary alone was six-hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.

Within earlier chapter-three of the book of Daniel, we see that Nebuchadnezzar built a golden statue and one that he wanted all Babylonians to worship.

In regards to both King Solomon and King Nebuchadnezzar, we might be shocked to see how much gold there was in those days and how rich these men became.

Curiously, recall when I stated that the digits of years 1593 and 1953 both add up to eighteen, and the difference between these two years is 360? Note, that if we multiply the two dimensions given to us for Nebuchadnezzar's statue, which was 60 x 6 cubits - we have the number 360. Toying around with these numbers, we see that the number eighteen is significant.

If we now scan ahead to the book of Revelation where the number of the Beast is identified, note the verse-number in question. 

Here, Revelation reveals to us that the phrase "number of a man" is in verse eighteen. Does number eighteen merely signify that once a male teenager reaches eighteen years of age that he is a man? I inserted this little exercise by happenstance, as I thought some of you might be curious. We will follow up with this realization in due course.

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As far as the Lion is concerned, I started down this path due to lions being highly-associated with Gold in the Bible. I believe that the gold-standard for much of the world's monetary-policy held up pretty well until the first world war.

Within the year 1944, the USA and 43 other countries established the Bretton Woods System. It provided for a means of ensuring world economic-stability and backing the US dollar just prior to the end of the second-world war.

This Bretton Woods system lost steam in 1971 when the USA backed out, and in the year 1976 this gold-backed system was abolished altogether. I believe that most of the currencies we use as of today, are basically fiat currencies.

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As we see in later newsletters, Daniel chapter-seven is an exercise in tracking technology that comes from Europe to North America. While in North America, the technology develops further and is later distributed around the world.

In the next newsletter entitled Daniel Chapter-Seven, we will study these Beasts of Daniel (chapter-seven) further; particularly the Bear and Leopard.

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