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Daniel 8:3 |
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. |
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Daniel 8:20 |
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. |
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Both horns were high because the Medes were overlords to the Persians and they were kin to each other. The higher horn that came up last is the Persians who became stronger than the Medes and overcame the Medes. |
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Daniel 8:4 |
I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. |
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Medio-Persia became a great conquering empire. No empire could stand before it. No one could rescue from Medio-Persia's power because the Babylonians and Egyptians tried to help Lydia and they were all conquered. See the study on the Second Seal for the History of Medio-Persia. |
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Daniel 8:5 |
And as I was considering, behold, a he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. |
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Daniel 8:21 |
And the rough goat is the king of Grecia; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. |
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The horn represents Alexander the Great, the first king of Greece. |
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Daniel 8:6 |
And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. |
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Daniel 8:7 |
And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. |
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Greece defeated Medio-Persia. |
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Daniel 8:8 |
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. |
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Daniel 8:2 |
Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. |
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People Become Civilized by Trevor Cairns, page 92, copyright 1974. |
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Alexander the Great died and four of his generals split the Greek Empire amongst themselves.
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See the study on the Third Seal for the History of the Greek Empire. |
