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The Fundamentals occupy the ground of the Roman Empire testify unconsciously to the truth of this great prophecy. The emblems of these na tions are not doves, little lambs or other harmless creatures. They have chosen the lion, the bear, the unicorn, the eagle and the double-headed eagle. ALEXANDER THE GREAT PREDICTED In the eighth chapter a new prophecy is revealed through Daniel. Once more the Medo-Persian Empire is seen, this time under the figure of a ram with two horns, one higher than the other, and the higher one came up last. I t foretells the composition of that empire. I t was composed of the Medes and the Persians; the Persians came in last and were the strongest. I t conquered in three directions. This corresponds to the bear with the three ribs in the previous chapter. The he-goat which Daniel sees coming from the west with a great rush is the type of the leopard empire, the Graeco- Macedonian. The same swiftness as revealed in the leopard with four wings is seen here again. The notable horn upon the he-goat, symbolizing the Macedonian Empire, is Alexander the Great. Josephus tells us that Alexander was greatly moved when the Jewish high priest Jaddua acquainted him with the meaning of this prophecy written over two hundred years before. And how was it fulfilled, what is predicted in Dan. 8:5-8 ? 334 B. C. the notable horn, Alexander, in goat-like fashion, leaped across the Hellespont and fought successful battles, then pushed on to the banks of the Indus and the Nile and from there to Shushan. The great battles of the Granicus (334 B. C.), Issus (333 B. C.), and Arbella (331 B. C.) were fought, and with irresistible force he stamped the power of Persia and its king, Darius Codomannus, to the ground. He conquered rapidly Syria, Phoenicia, Cyprus, Pyre, Gaza, Egypt, Babylonia, Persia. In 329 he conquered Bactria, crossed the Oxus and Jaxaitis and defeated the Scythians. And thus he stamped upon the ram after having broken its horns. But
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