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The Fundamentals
THE WARS OF THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDAE The greater part of the eleventh chapter in Daniel has been historically fulfilled. I t is an interesting study. So ac curate are the predictions that the enemies of the Bible have tried their very best to show that Daniel did not write these prophecies several hundred years before they occurred. But they have failed in their miserable attempts. We place the startling evidence before our readers.
PROPHECY GIVEN B. C. 534
FULFILLMENT
“And now will I shew thee the truth. 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.” (Verse 2 ) “And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great do minion, and do according to his will.” (Verse 3.) “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 do minion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up even for others besides those.” (Verse 4.)
See Ezra 4. 5-24. The three kings were: Ahasuerus, Artaxer- xes and Darius, known in history as Cambyses, Pseudo Smerdis, and Darius Hystaspis (not Darius the Mede). The fourth one was Xerxes, who, as history tells us, was immensely rich. The invasion of Greece took place in 480 b . c. The successors of Xerxes are not mentioned. The mighty king in this verse is the notable horn seen by Daniel on the he-goat in chapter 8, Alexander the Great, 335 b . c. B. C. 323. Alexander died young. The notable horn was broken. His kingdom was divided into four parts (four winds) after the bat tle of Ipsus 301 b . c. His posterity did not receive the kingdom, but his four generals, Ptolemy, Ly- simachus, Seleucus Nicator and Cassander. Not one of these divi sions reached to the glory of Alexander’s dominion. Asia and Greece are not fol lowed but Syria and Egypt become
“And the king of the South shall be strong, and one of his
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