3  Q. Are the four beasts limited to individual beasts, or do they represent classes or ^aorders?

A. They are limited to four individual beasts, which were shown to John, to represent the glory of the classes of beings in their destined order or sphere of creation, in the enjoyment of their eternal felicity.

  42  And again, verily I say unto you, he hath given a ^alaw unto all things, by which they move in their times and their seasons;

  4  In answer to the question—Is not the reckoning of God's ^atime, angel's time, prophet's time, and man's time, according to the planet on which they reside?