ANSWER: No! It is not true! In verse twenty-three of this chapter it says that the “fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth”. In Daniel 2:36-45, Daniel is interpreting King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Daniel 2:31-35). Daniel speaks of four kingdoms, the first of which King Nebuchadnezzar is the head (vs.37). This was the Babylonian kingdom! Three other world kingdoms were to come into existence afterwards (vss.39-40). Daniel 5:28 tells us that the second kingdom that came into existence was the Medo-Persian. We learn from history that the third kingdom was the Macedonian kingdom; the fourth kingdom was the Roman Empire under the Caesar’s. Daniel tells us in verse forty-four, that during the days of this fourth kingdom that “the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed.” This prophecy was of the church of Christ and had its fulfillment during the days of the Roman Empire in Acts, the second chapter.

The fourth kingdom designated by the fourth beast in Daniel 7:23-25 is the same kingdom to which reference is made in Daniel 2:36-45. In both places the fourth kingdom (which is the fourth beast) means the Roman Empire, not Pope Paul!

The foolish SDA doctrine that those who keep the first day of the week are under the influence of the “fourth beast” declares their woeful ignorance of God’s Word!