First Beast Daniel Seven

Daniel watched from the shore as the great sea churned and four impossible creatures emerged from the deep — and the first was a lion with the wings of an eagle. This epic oil painting renders the Babylonian beast of Daniel 7 in full prophetic majesty: golden-maned, broad-winged, seated on a storm-battered rocky coast as a single shaft of divine light breaks through the churning heavens above. In SDA prophetic understanding this beast represents Babylon — the golden head of Daniel 2 now given breath and fury, the empire that carried God's people into exile and set the prophetic clock in motion. Download this high-resolution digital image for your Daniel series sermon visuals, prophecy seminar presentations, Sabbath School backdrops, or Great Controversy study materials. The dramatic chiaroscuro lighting and stormy sea atmosphere make it one of the most visually commanding images in the Daniel 7 series.