REVELATION UNCOVERED - God's Puzzle Solved

72 Revelation UncoveredXerxes who was richer than all the others, from the accumulationof wealth from the pillage of many nations. Xerxes madean effort to take The Kingdom of Greece and though his advanceon Greece failed, it was never forgotten. Although other kingsfollowed Xerxes, The Persian Empire was in rapid decline. Thisleads directly into The Fourth Empire of Alexander, The Great- the mighty king who advances to swallow up the nations beforehim. So great were the exploits of Alexander, The Great, the headof the future Roman Empire sought to follow his example. At theyoung age of 33 Alexander was dead and the kingdom he establishedwas split among four of his generals.Only two of the four become important in relation to the people ofDaniel, The Jews. The General of Alexander - Seleucus I Nicatoroccupied the territory north of Jerusalem in Syria. Out of Egypt,was Ptolemy I Soter as The King of the South. In Daniel 11:5-35are the wars between The Seleucids Kings of The North and ThePtolemy Kings from The South.The worst of them all was Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Daniel11:21-31, when he was defeated by the sons of Mattathias - latercalled The Maccabees. The downfall of the kingdom establishedby Alexander, The Great, became the rise of “the fourth kingdom”which never ceases to exist in The Book of Daniel untilthe stone cut out of the mountain crushes the toes, and causes theentire historical beast to fall to the ground. This will be explainedlater since the stone kingdom is yet for a time in the future.The Rise Of RomeYou can pick up the historical fulfillment and the rise of The RomanEmpire in Daniel 7. Commentaries on The Book of Danielare not as helpful as you would like them to be. The most misun-