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God’s Glory Is His Prophecy (Judgements) Made Manifest
Alexander pg 1
The Mighty Cry of Prophecy
Alexander the Great
Event 2 of 13
Next battle: The King of Greece retaliates and conquers Persian
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Prophecy:
Daniel chapter 11:3-6
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, (Alexander the great) that shall rule with great
dominion, and do according to his will.
Prophecy fulfilled:
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Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) was the king of Macedon, the leader of the
Corinthian League, and the conqueror of Persia. He succeeded in forging the largest
Western empire of the ancient world
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Alexander_the_Great.aspx
Prophecy:
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4 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
dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside
those.
God’s Glory Is His Prophecy (Judgements) Made Manifest
Alexander pg 2
Prophecy fulfilled:
Alexander’s kingdom shall be broken (323 BC)
Alexander's Death
In the spring of 323 Alexander moved to Babylon and made plans to explore the
Caspian Sea and Arabia and then to conquer northern Africa. On June 2 he fell ill with
malaria, and 11 days later, at the age of 32, he was dead. A few months later his wife
Rhoxana bore him a son, who was assassinated in 309.
Alexander's empire was little more than a vast territory improperly ruled by the king and
his bureaucrats. Nations and peoples did not blend harmoniously together but were
governed by Macedonians for their King.
reference: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Alexander_the_Great.aspx
Scramble for the Throne
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When Alexander died in 323, Seleucus ranked well below the leading "successors." The
kingship went jointly to Alexander's epileptic and half-witted half brother, Philip
Arrahidaeios,and the unborn child carried by Alexander's Bactrian wife, Rhoxana.
Perdikkas, the leading general and Macedonian nobleman in Babylon, became their
regent. Of the other prominent generals, Ptolemy sought the satrapy of Egypt;
Antipater remained in Greece as governor and, allied with Craterus, crushed the
Athenian rebellion; Lysimachus obtained Thrace; and Antigonus "the One-eyed" gained
the powerful satrapy of Phrygia
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Seleucus_I.aspx
Prophecy:
5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be
strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
Prophecy fulfilled:
Ptolemy sought the satrapy of Egypt. Ptolemy is the name of all the Macedonian
rulers of Egypt, a dynasty founded by Ptolemy, a close friend and general of Alexander
the Great, who took charge of Egypt.
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Antipater (ăntĬp´ətər), d. 319 BC, Macedonian general. He was one of the ablest and
most trusted lieutenants of Philip II and was a friend and supporter of Alexander the
Great. When Alexander went on his Asian campaign, Antipater was left as regent (334–
323 BC) in Macedon. He resisted the attempt of Olympias to gain the regency and
governed ably except that his policy of supporting tyrants and oligarchs made him
unpopular in Greece. After the death of Alexander he put down a rebellion of many of
the Greek cities in the Lamian War and punished Athens. By imposing a more
oligarchic form of government on Athens, he drove Demosthenes to commit suicide.
God’s Glory Is His Prophecy (Judgements) Made Manifest
Alexander pg 3
Antipater was a leading opponent of the regent, Perdiccas, and after Perdiccas was
defeated in 321 by Ptolemy I, Antigonus I, and Craterus, it was Antipater who held the
kingdom together. After his death it fell violently apart in the wars of the Diadochi.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Antipater.aspx
She was notorious in antiquity and has been romanticized in modern times as the lover
of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
Cleopatra was the last “Ptolemaic” Pharaoh of Egypt.
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reference: http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Cleopatra.aspx