The four beasts described in Daniel 7 represent four nations or four kingdoms that are to exist in the end times, before the return of Jesus Christ. These same beasts are present in Revelation 13.

• The Lion: Great Britain

• The Bear: Russia

• The Leopard: Germany

• The Beast with Ten Horns: the European Union

The Ram represents the kingdom of the Medes and Persians; the Goat represents the kingdom of Greece (Javan).

Daniel 8:20–21

According to biblical prophecy, the statue of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2 represents the succession of world governments until the coming of Jesus Christ.

• The head of gold: the Babylonian Empire (Daniel 2:36–38)

• The chest and arms of silver: the Medo-Persian Empire (Daniel 5:30–31)

• The belly and thighs of bronze: the Greek Empire (Daniel 11:2–3)

• The legs of iron: the Roman Empire (Luke 2:1–7)

• The feet partly of iron and partly of clay: the Holy Roman Empire / the European Union (Revelation 17)

Revelation 13:2 "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."

According to biblical prophecy, the beast borrows its mouth from the lion — the symbol of Great Britain. It may therefore be inferred that English, an Anglo-Saxon language already dominant in global institutions, will in all likelihood be the official language of this world government.