今天我们要先借着对比但以理书7章四个兽的描述和启示录13章两个兽的描述，来看神永远的旨意如何从天而降，借着神的子民来成就在地上。Today we are going to look at God’s eternal will and how He plans to make it true on Earth as in Heven through His people. First we compare Daniel 7’s description of four beasts with that of two beasts in Revelation 13.
首先让我们先看但以理书的前三个兽 Let’s look at Daniel’s first 3 beasts:
先不要将我们可能的主观加进去，而是先注意这三个兽的次序（狮子排第一，熊第二，豹第三），然后我们再看启示录13章的第一个兽。Do not try to guess with our preoccupational mind, first pay attention to the sequence and order of these three beasts (1st lion, 2nd bear and 3rd leopard), then we look at the first beast of Revelaton 13.
注意这个重大变化：但以理书7章的三个兽变成启示录13章的第一个兽，而且次序完全反过来了（豹第一，熊第二，狮子第三）。Pay attention to this great difference and change: the three beasts of Daniel 7 becomes one beast in Revelation 13 with three components that are in the absolutely reversed order (leopard the 1st, bear the 2nd and lion the 3rd).
有了这些作铺垫，我们试图本着经文给我们的线索，来看一看但以理书7章4节中的三个兽。With this paving the way, then we look at the three beasts in Daniel 7:4
“头一个像狮子，有鹰的翅膀；我正观看的时候，兽的翅膀被拔去，兽从地上得立起来，用两脚站立，像人一样，又得了人心。The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it”
我们知道福音最先临到欧洲，使那里的人得以改变兽性，兽心得以变成人心。要知道，狮子和鹰在圣经中都属于不洁净的动物，而欧洲很多国家大多以狮子或鹰为标记。欧洲的宗教随着罗马帝国的崩塌而分成了罗马天主教和东正教。后来从罗马天主教又剥离出抗议教，即所谓的新教，后来新教成为了英国的国教，成为大英帝国崛起的宗教标记。
“又有一兽如熊，就是第二兽，旁跨而坐，口齿内衔着三根肋骨。有吩咐这兽的说：‘起来吞吃多肉。’ And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!” 第二兽很明显对应苏联，与其对应的宗教是东正教，请看如下的地图：
“此后我观看，又有一兽如豹，背上有鸟的四个翅膀；这兽有四个头，又得了权柄 After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule” 第三个兽很明显对应中国,这些年来在经济上超人预料的突飞猛进，不正像“金钱豹”插上鸟的翅膀？这只金钱豹有四个头——大陆、香港、澳门、台湾，过去各被不同的“头”统治管辖，甚至今天仍“一国两制”，这些都是不争的事实。
“我又看见另有一个兽从地中上来，有两角如同羊羔，说话好像龙。Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.” （Rev 13:11）