Two books in the Bible, Daniel and Revelation, are filled with apocalyptic symbolism. Ancient symbolism was used to identify nations and even certain world leaders, both past and future. In Daniel chapter 7, the prophet identified major prophetic empires as a lion, (Babylon) a bear (Media-Persia), and a leopard (Greece). In John's vision he saw rising up from the sea a beast that was a combination of all three animals from Daniel in one body - a body of a leopard, with feet of a bear and heads like a lion (Rev. 13:1-2). !ese three empires, Babylon, Media-Persia and Greece, cover the modern day lands of Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and areas of Greece and Turkey as the main territories.
The dragon is a legendary creaturefound in the mythology and folklore ofmany East Asian countries, includingChina, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and others.In the Bible a coalition of the "kings ofthe east" will unite an army and marchfrom theeast towards Iraq, cross the deadEuphrates River, and bring an army of"two hundred thousand thousand" or 200 million (Rev. 9:14-16; 16:12-16).
The nations of the world will eventually form coalitions based upon regions, religion, and ethnic groups for survival. is is clear as the Antichrist will have his unit of ten kings under his control, and the Kings of the East are an Asian coalition.
Since the dragon, or Satan, is identified with the color red, it is clear that communism was, and is, one of the belief systems of the dragon.In this light, and the fact that the three letters of the beast are chi, xi and stigma, consider an interesting fact with the name Xi. The Man Named Xi Just as the animal symbolism marking ancient empires can have certain parallels among contemporary nations, the Bible also alludes to prophetic names in the original Hebrew and Greek languages that may have little bearing on the actual prophetic fulfillment, but are quite interesting.
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