Daniel knows
there are 3 empires to follow Babylon…but who are they? He
is about to find out…
Like a
journalist getting the news scoop, Daniel dreams he is in Persia and sees this
ram spreading his territory west, north and south – exactly the way the coming Persian Empire did spread!
Look out! Next
comes this one-horned goat charging at full speed – exactly the way Alexander the Great utterly defeated the Persians in
334BC!
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| Alexander the Great |
Alas
the horn breaks and is replaced by 4 noticeable horns – Alexander died at only
32 and his Greek Empire split into four. Who
gets to control the Jews’ Promised Land that Babylon had destroyed? The Seleucids of Syria - eventually headed by
the evil Antiochus IV Epiphanes (‘God
manifest’) who will trample the sanctuary and stop the daily sacrifices – as
prophesied!
“Not
again!?” No wonder poor Daniel can’t
cope with this news.
How
long for? 2,300 evenings and mornings
(i.e. days)
The
temple was cleansed and re-dedicated on 25th Kislev 164BC, as
celebrated in Hanukkah: the Festival
of Lights, to this day!
What
happened to Antiochus? He
died of disease, in Persia in 164BC - just as prophesied: “He shall be broken without human
hand.”
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| We even have the madman's coins today! |
So Daniel
learns from archangel Gabriel that it is Persia then Greece who will take over
Babylon… but what about his people, the Jews, who have been captives of Babylon
for many years? And
what about that fearsome 4th beast?
Daniel
decides it’s time to get serious with prayer….
You find that hard to cope with, Daniel?
Wait til Gabriel gives you a 'heads-up' for 2,500+ years!....NEXT
http://hotspuds.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/6-timeline-in-advance.html
You find that hard to cope with, Daniel?
Wait til Gabriel gives you a 'heads-up' for 2,500+ years!....NEXT
http://hotspuds.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/6-timeline-in-advance.html
Refer Daniel ch 8. Once the Medio-Persian Empire has taken over Babylon, Gabriel will give old Daniel so much detail (ch 11) about the coming Seleucid kingdom and Antiochus Epiphanes that sceptics claim it must have been written afterwards! The last section of prophecy has not been fulfilled yet and seems to describe the future anti-Christ.
ReplyDeleteJust by the way...
ReplyDeleteThe Seventh Day Adventist Church has built its doctrinal foundation on Ellen White's claim that 2,300 days really means 2,300 prophetic years - never mind what Antiochus Epiphanes did in history. Well this verse (8:14) is the only instance in all of the Bible where 'days' is translated from 'ereb boqer', Hebrew for 'evenings and mornings' i.e. literal days. SDA doctrine falls over on just 2 little words!