88    The Bible and the Future of the World 

kingdom to go to war, and the three branches of the military that undertake 

these wars. The kingdom conquers or dominates many nations. 

     After this, I watched, and behold, another like a leopard, and it had 

wings like a bird, four upon it, and four heads were on the beast, and power 

was given to it.  (Dan 7:6). 

    The third beast is a third kingdom, formed  many years after the second 

kingdom. This beast has four heads, symbolizing the four leaders  or four 

different large regions who will together rule this one kingdom. It will have 

dominion, that is, power to rule, over much of the world (but not the whole 

world). The leopard represents the areas of the world that will comprise this 

kingdom, including China and much of Africa. The four wings of birds 

represent the four types of air power that this kingdom uses to become the 

dominant world power of that time period. 

The Fourth Beast (Dan 7:7) 

     After this, I watched in the vision of the night, and behold, a fourth 

beast, terrible yet wondrous, and exceedingly strong; it had great iron teeth, 

eating yet crushing, and trampling down the remainder with his feet, but it 

was unlike the other beasts, which I had seen before it, and it had ten 

horns.  (Dan 7:7). 

    The fourth beast is different. This kingdom conquers the entire planet: 

 The fourth beast ... will devour the whole earth  (Dan 7:23). This political 

and military power not only conquers other nations, but does so with great 

force. It devours, breaks into pieces, and stomps on what is still left. In other 

words, after conquering a nation, it subdues and oppresses the people, 

destroying their culture and their heritage, showing no mercy or restraint. 

This fourth kingdom is worse than any other kingdom or nation that has 

ever existed  on earth. It is more cruel and more powerful than past 

kingdoms. This kingdom  is the kingdom of the ten kings; it  begins  by the 

24th century A.D. 

    The ten horns are ten kings ten powerful leaders who together will rule 

over the whole world. These are the ten kings Our Lady warned us about in 

the prophecies of La Salette. These are the ten kings referred to in the book 

of Revelation (Rev 13:1, 17:12). This is the kingdom of the ten kings, out of 

which comes the Antichrist. 

From the Forty Years to the Time of Antichrist (Dan 11:5 20) 

    During the time of the great monarch's kingdom, there will be peace and 

rebuilding. When his kingdom is divided to the four winds (Dan 11:4), there