'And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of

the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten

crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as

the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the

dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly

wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and

they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is

able to make war with him?' (Rev. 13:1-4).

We are right when we look askance at some of the fantastic

'fulfilments' of prophecy that from time to time are presented to us, but at

the same time we should beware of the other extreme, of turning down any and

every attempt to bring the time of the end into focus.  While 'the prophetic

clock' stopped in one sense with the passing of Israel at Acts 28 and while

it is true that the 'Dispensation of the Mystery which from all ages hath

been hid in God' (Eph. 3:9 R.V.) has no relation to Old Testament prophetic

times, it does not mean that a complete halt took place so far as the outside

Gentile world is concerned.  The Gentile dominion given to Nebuchadnezzar did

not cease at Acts 28, it is still running its course, and apparently entering

its final phase.

The following comments are not our own.  They are extracts from a

pamphlet written by Brig. Gen. F.D. Frost, C.B.E., M.C., and written before

the clash between Israel and Egypt at the Suez crisis.  We give our readers

the benefit of his opinions on the four beasts of Daniel 7, without endorsing

the references to the Lion, the Eagle, etc.  The reader must still 'Search

and See'.