And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
-Revelation 13:1-2 KJV
Leopard, bear, lion, dragon. This beast is the United States of America, a nation which from the perspective of the original inhabitants of North America literally "rose up out of the sea".
(1) The music of the US national anthem comes from the song "To Anachreon in Heaven", which is an ode to the Roman god Bacchus who is the Greek god Dionysos. The sacred animal of that deity is the leopard.
(2) The US Military Academy at West Point is located at the foot of Bear Mountain, New York.
(3) The language we speak is English. The "lion of England" is a lion passant guardant, also called a "leopard".
(4) China is taking over the world's economy (including ours), and the dragon is the symbol of China. Its complementary symbol is the fenghuang, also called a "Chinese phoenix".
See this blog post for more about the rise of the phoenix in America:
http://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-rise-of-phoenix.html
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