We see the leopard , bear and lion in Daniel 7 . These beasts were represented to Daniel as the world empires. In other words their descendants would remain until an appointed time. This beast is comprised of the descendants of all the world empires. One of the heads has been wounded and that wound will be healed.
Most expositors agree that the fatal wound was the first Christian church, the papacy.
We now call this the Catholic church . In 1798 Napoleon captured the pope and put an end to the control and persecution of the church to the political and religious entities of the world at that time. The Roman Catholic church is again rising to power. It is politically and religiously powerful. It will lead out the confederation of all the world religions.