with ten horns (Daniel’s fourth beast), feet like a bear (Daniel’s second beast), and a lion’s mouth (Daniel’s first beast), speaking boastful and blasphemous words (like the little horn of Daniel’s fourth beast). The little horn persecutes the holy ones for “a time, times, and half a time” (Dan 7:25c; cf. 12:7), an expression that seems to mean three and one-half years, whereas the book of Revelation speaks of the woman (symbolizing God’s people) being persecuted for “a time, times, and half a time” (Rev