Daniel, Alexander, and Me. . .

Daniel, Alexander, and Me. . . "The two-horned ram that you saw stands for the kings of Meʹdi·a and Persia. The hairy male goat stands for the king of Greece; and the great horn that was between its eyes stands for the first king. As for the horn that was broken, so that four stood up instead of it, there are four kingdoms from his nation that will stand up, but not with his power." Dan. 8:20-22. *** I believe in prophecy fulfilled even today during this day of struggling 'democracy'... For Daniel to Darius the Mede did fortify that king regarding what is now consider ancient history: “Look! Three more kings will stand up for Persia, and the fourth one will amass greater riches than all others. And when he becomes strong by means of his riches, he will rouse up everything against the kingdom of Greece." This "A·has·u·eʹrus who ruled over 127 provinces from Inʹdi·a to E·thi·oʹpi·a, in those days when King A·has·u·eʹrus was sitting on his royal throne in Shuʹshan the citadel,"-- Xerxes I, understood to be son of Darius the Great of Persia sovereignty. Esther 1:1, 2. King A·has·u·eʹrus imposed forced labor on the land and the islands of the sea. "And all his powerful and mighty accomplishments, as well as the detailed account of Morʹde·cai’s greatness to which the king exalted him, are they not written in the book of the history of the times of the kings of Meʹdi·a and Persia? For Morʹde·cai the Jew was second only to King A·has·u·eʹrus." (As was Joseph. Even Daniel was offered authority to the third degree.) Morʹde·cai, "He was great among the Jews and respected by the multitude of his brothers, working for the good of his people and advocating the welfare of all their descendants." Esther 10:1-3. Their future surviving progeny. 'While seven other kings followed Xerxes on the throne of the Persian Empire, Xerxes was the last Persian emperor to carry war into Greece". “And a mighty king will stand up and rule with extensive dominion and do as he pleases." Dan. 11:3. "Alexander III of Macedon, known as Alexander the Great," commonly. By youthful age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires in antiquity, stretching from Greece to northwestern India without any stopping in a foreseeable 'see'. Undefeated in battle, he proved to be widely considered one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders until cut down by death at the age of thirty-two.^ By poison or disease? Yet, without heir to a Grecian dynasty... "But when he has stood up, his kingdom will be broken and be divided toward the four winds of the heavens, but not to his descendants and not like the dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be uprooted and go to others besides these." Daniel 11:4... Maybe now you'd consider a bit of biblical augury...To Be Cont'd