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A Kingdom Divided
Daniel 11:4-6
 

The Kings of Persia

The Ram of Daniel Chapter 8

                                                                                                                        

 Behold, there shall stand  up yet three kings in  Persia;  and  the fourth

shall be far richer than they all:  and  by his  strength through his riches 

he shall  stir up all against the realm of Grecia. Dan 11: 2

 

The four Persian kings that followed Cyrus were:

 

  • Cambyses
  • Smerdis
  • Darius Hystaspes
  • Xerxes

 

Xerxes was preeminent  because  of his  wealth and power.  He used his

wealth to prepare an  attack  on the Greece. Thus he used his power to

challenge what would become the third world empire. 



The Rise of the Greek Empire
The He-Goat of Daniel 8 

 And  the rough goat  is  the king of Grecia:  and the great horn that is

between his eyes is the first king. Dan 8:21


 A  mighty  king   shall  stand  up,  that shall  rule  with great dominion 
and do according to his will. Dan 11:3

 The  vision  now  leaps  over  a  period  of  some years  to  the  rise of
Alexander  the   Great,  the  great  horn  on  the   he-goat.  He  was  a
military   autocrat   who   did   according  to   his  will.   No  one  dared
contradict him, even his friends.

His  "standing up"  meant   the overthrow of  the  Persian  Empire which
took place  in 333 B.C.  The mighty Greek Empire  now  arose and within
within  ten  years  it  had  extended  from  Macedon  to  India  and also
embraced Egypt.

 
The Death of Alexander

The Kingdom Divides into Four Parts

   

 Now  that being broken, whereas four stood  up for it, four kingdoms

shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. Dan 8:22


And when he shall stand up,  his  kingdom  shall  be broken, and shall
be  divided  toward   the  four  winds  of  heaven;  and   not  to his
posterity, nor   according  to  his  dominion   which  he  ruled: for  his 
kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. Dan 11:4

 Alexander   died   in  323 B.C.  and   after   his   posterity   had  been  
miserably removed, the Empire was divided into four kingdoms: 
  • Egypt under Ptolemy Lagus
  • Syria under Seleucus Nicator
  • Thrace under Lysimachus
  • Macedonia under Cassander
 Syria  and  Egypt  became  the most  powerful  of  the  four kingdoms.
There   followed  a   succession  of   rulers  in   Syria   known   as  the
Seleucids,   whilst  in   Egypt   the   line   of   rulers   were  called  the
Ptolomies.   These two kingdoms  are referred  to  in  prophecy  as the
King of the North and the King of South.