... not a "
dragon".
The "
dragon" represents the
government, but the "
TIGER" represents the
MILITARY. -- Scripture cites CHINA as a "
leopard" because in Daniel's day the world had not expanded far enough East to discover the "
Tiger". So where Daniel saw a
VERTICALLY marked cat (the TIGER), his only nearest identity was a
CIRCULARLY marked cat (the LEOPARD). And thus the confusion between what Daniel SAW versus what he could describe. So to clarify any "confusion", he (that is to say that GOD) provided additional depictions, both in the Book of Daniel and in the Book of Revelation, so that we might FULLY UNDERSTAND:
When you read
Dan. 7, you should find a
Leopard (actually a
TIGER, -- as proposed above) which has
FOUR HEADS, which are their
FOUR Branches of Government:
- State Administrative Council (civilian government)
- People’s Revolutionary Military Council (top army command)
- Supreme People’s Court (the judicial branch)
- Supreme Officer of Prosecution (law enforcement).[1]
... and
FOUR WINGS, which are China's
FOUR MODERNIZATIONS, that have propelled China into the Global Market:
- Agriculture
- Industry
- Science & Technology
- National Defense* [2]
* Technically "National Defense" is a sub-set of "Science & Technology", but Premier Chou En-lai chose to make the MILITARY a Separate and Distinct category as stipulated in his 1975 speech to the “Fourth National People’s Congress".
[1] Willy Draus,
Economic Development and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China, Springer-Verlag, N.Y., NY, 1982, p. 28
[2] Richard Baum,
China’s Four Modernizations: The New Technological Revolution, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1980, p. 18
So now when you read
Rev. 13, you should be able to CONFIRM the
Dan. 7 DEPICTIONS:
- The Lion is the MOUTH, because the U.K./U.S. have proficiency in Science, Technology, Trade, and Finance
- The Leopard (actually a TIGER) is the BODY, because China has the World's Largest Population
- The Bear is the FEET, because Russia has the World's Largest Land Mass (some 8M sq. miles versus some 3M each for Canada, the U.S., and China)
But unfortunately most people don't have a sufficient grasp of Scripture and History to arrive to the TRUTH of a matter, so it takes some "coaching" to help them catch up!
Bobby Jo
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