Symbol key · Forces
Wings
Speed of conquest and movement
Where Scripture defines it
“The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings.” (Daniel 7:4)
Confirmed at Habakkuk 1:6-8
I raise up the Chaldeans... their horses are swifter than the leopards... they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Confirmed at Deuteronomy 28:49
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far... as swift as the eagle flieth.
Confirmed at Daniel 7:6
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl.
Confirmed at Exodus 19:4
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto me.
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