Justances of Prophecy Compared with Bistory. [THE CHIEF INSTANCES ONLY Being selected and NUMBERED.] PROPHECY OF 4 KINGDOMS RE-CORRESPONDING EVENTS IN 3. Nineveh was almost destroyed at the fall of Sardanapalus. 4. Yet this empire was again elevated to power, 5. and seemed to acquire stability under Nebuchadnezzar, 5. and made to stand on the feet, as a man: 7. did as he pleased, and became great. 7. ruling over such an extent of coun try was a great empire. 1. A he-goat THE THIRD BEAST. 2. came from the west, 3. gliding swiftly over the earth; GRECIAN EMPIRE. 1. Alexander, or the Greek power, 2. came from Europe (west of Asia) 3. with unexampled rapidity of success; 5. ran unto the ram in the fury of his 4. attacked Darius furiously, and power, 5. smote him, 6. brake his 2 horns, 7. cast him on the ground, 8. stamped on him, and 26 * 5. beat him-at the Granicus, Issus, &c.; 6. conquered Persia, Media, &c.; 7. ruined the power of Darius, [Turn over.] 8. insomuch that Darius was murdered, &c. (305) 13. out of one of them a little horn 13. Antiochus the Great, succeeded by Antiochus Epiphanes, waxed great 14. toward the south and east, 14. conquered Egypt, &c. 15. which took away the daily sacrifice, and cast down the sanctuary, &c. 15. -Dan. chap. viii. 3-12. and endeavored utterly to subvert the Jewish polity: polluting their temple-worship and sacrifices to the utmost of his power. Periods of Bible Bistory. Bible History has been divided into TEN Periods: The age of the Apocrypha, though not strictly Biblical, yet intervening between the Old and New Testaments, relates to various important events connected with Biblical History. Some, however, omit it, and make Nine periods. |