When America is destroyed, what friends will England have left after all this?
DAN 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
In other words, it ceases to be a "Beast", or world power. This is consistent with the current political alignment of various world alliances. Look at the U.N. All the animals in both Daniel and the Revelation are major players in the political vehicle of Nations which are United.
You say that as if it's a foregone conclusion.
You'd do yourself better to understand beasts and animals and fowls as it relates to prophecy.
Revelation tells us clearly for example what "the beast" represents.
Revelation 16:
13 And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of
the dragon, and out of the mouth of
the beast, and out of the mouth of
the false prophet.
14
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Do you really think these nations that are supposedly going to be destroyed are not internally driven by the unseen powers above, and that scripture doesn't show us
the REAL problem drivers behind the flesh people of any nations?
And if Rev. is true above, to which there are huge numbers of correlating scriptures, then it stands to reason these powers are what the scriptures speak of.
There are also animals, beasts and fowls representative of the other side of the ledgers, those whom God in Christ is with as well. FOR EXAMPLE:
Isaiah 40:31
But
they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings
as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
And have you not "heard" that Jesus Himself is noted as the Lion of the tribe of Judah?
Revelation 5:5
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold,
the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Conversely our adversary, the devil, is also likened to a lion, here for example:
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil,
as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Looking at the nations of flesh men will not get prophecy understandings off the dime without understanding the spiritual impetus behind these matters, both from God's causes and quests and those of the spiritually wicked adversaries, unseen.
Things of prophecy particularly on the destruction side of the ledgers are seldom, if ever, solely referring to what we see with our flesh eyes.
Revelation 6:8
And I looked, and
behold a pale
horse: and
his name that sat on him
was Death, and Hell followed with him. And
power was given unto them
over the fourth part of the
earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger,
and with death,
and with the beasts of the earth.
Rev. 6:8 does NOT mean that a fourth of the people on earth are going to be killed by literal wild beasts, literal swords or literal hunger.
The destruction of nations/kingdoms as it relates to Revelation will be the destruction of ALL nations and all kingdoms, as they are ALL Divinely slated to become the kingdoms of God in Christ:
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying,
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
