Daniel 7:4
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The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I saw until the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man; and a man's heart was given to it.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageBabylon was the imperial capital in Mesopotamia, where Daniel received this vision under Babylonian rule. The Great Sea, commonly the Mediterranean, evokes the restless nations from which the vision’s beastly empires arise; the lion with eagle’s wings first portrays Babylon’s power.
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Daniel 7:4 mentions Babylon and Great Sea.
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