Reminder: In Bible prophecy, beasts are used to represent kingdoms and ruling powers. The seven-headed beast of Revelation is not as much a terrifying monster as it is used to represent a timeline of events, as one kingdom takes over another, particularly with the first four heads of the beast. The parts of the beast in Revelation being similar to the single beasts depicted in Daniel chapter 7 tie these two books and these two prophecies together, and show they are talking ab