@expressit Said
I have always liked science and history and found them interesting. There are a lot of comments about how these two subjects relate to the Bible, maybe we can talk about them here under one topic. I wish I had a lot of time to just stay here and read posts and write...but like many of you, I just don`t have a lot of extra time.
Here are a couple of things, for now...
History :
Alexander the Great
I saw that movie with...Colin Powell, I think...great movie!
He was the son of Phillip the 2nd of Macedonia and his mothers name was Olympias, and was born at Pella in 356 B.C.E.
Although, he was not mentioned by name, his rule of the 5th world empire was fortold 2 centuries before he was born in Daniel 8:5-7.
Bible Prophecy
Daniel 8:5,7,20,21-
?A male of the goats .?.?.
proceeded to strike down the
ram and to break its two horns.?
?The ram that you saw possessing
the two horns stands for the
kings of Media and Persia. And
the hairy he-goat stands for the
king of Greece.?
Historic Fulfillment
After defeating the
Medo-Persian forces twice
in Asia Minor, Alexander?s
army pushed first to the South
and then to the East, completely
conquering the Medo-Persian
Empire.
Bible Prophecy
Ezekiel also prophecied in Ez.26:4,12-
"And your(Tyre`s) dust they will place in the very midst of the water"
History
In 332?B.C.E., Alexander
used the rubble of the old
mainland city of Tyre to build
a causeway to the island city,which he destroyed.
Bible Prophecy
?As soon as it became mighty, the great horn was broken.?
Daniel 8:8
History
In 323 B.C.E., at 32 years of age, he was stricken and died.
Bible Prophecy
Jeremiah 51:26 -
"Desolate wastes to time indefinite are what Babylon will become"
History
His plans to rebuild Babylon as his capital failed and it became a desolate waste.
Bible Prophecy
Daniel 11:4 -
"His kingdom will be broken and be divided...but not to his posterity".
History
Alexander`s heirs were murdered and the kingdom fell apart.
Bible Prophecy
Daniel 8: 8, 22
"The great horn was broken and there proceeded to come up... four instead of it".
History
By 301 B.C.E. four of Alexanders generals had taken over seperate sections of the former empire.
Can we be certain this stuff was written before Alexander or added afterwards? Seems a bit too uncanny to me.