In Daniel 4:16, Nebuchadnezzar will be given the mind of a beast : "Let his mind be changed from a man's, and let a beast's mind be given to him; and let seven periods of time pass over him." Subsequently, in Dan 7, Daniel is given a vision of the change of Empires - all depicted as beasts ... except for the one like a son of man who receives it from the Ancient of Days. For the first time perhaps, in his reign, we are no longer under the reign of beasts.