How do Daniel and Revelation relate to each other?
Daniel and Revelation are complementary prophetic books that work hand in glove. Daniel’s ten toes and little horn correspond to Revelation’s beast, the revived Roman Empire, and the Antichrist. The ten European nations produce the Antichrist, while Revelation 13 describes his power, blasphemy, and Satanic authority.
Les explains that Daniel and Revelation are two great prophetic books that work hand in glove. In Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar's vision of the ten toes represents ten nations that form a revived Roman Empire, corresponding to the European Community. Out of these ten, three smaller nations lose their identity, and from the remaining seven comes the little horn, the Antichrist. Revelation 13 describes this same final empire as a beast like a leopard with feet of a bear, gathering the attributes of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. Les notes that Satan gives the beast its power, and the Antichrist blasphemes God and wars against heaven itself. Thus Daniel supplies the kingdom framework, while Revelation gives the beast's character and Satanic empowerment, showing they interpret each other.