No these are not the 4 beasts.
They are
1. The lion: Babylonian empire
2. The bear: The Persian empire (the three ribs symbolized Cyrus,
Achashverosh, and Darius - Rashi)
3. The leopard: The Greek empire (the four heads allude to the
four generals who divided the empire after Alexander's death -
Abarbanel)
4. The Roman empire, considered to be the current exile.
Shoshanna
Four beasts - Strongs 2423 awyx Cheyva' (Aramaic) (khay-vaw');
1. The Orient: ie.. China, India, Phillipines, Vietnam, etc..
2. Slavoc: ie.. Russia, Yugoslavia, Checklaslovakia, etc..
3. Roman: ie.. Rome, Germany, France, Britian, Australia, Canada,
America, Israel, UN, etc..
4. Middle east: ie.. Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi, etc..
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