But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be uprooted and given to others besides them.I can almost understand the revisionists who believe this had to be written long after Daniel's time, when it describes what happens to Alexander the Great and his empire with so much precision. Almost, but not quite. This shows how powerful God is, and that He truly is outside of time and knows all.
Alexander was a young man, younger than me, but conquered most of the known world before suddenly dying. However, he left no clear succession, and the empire was fractured. His own wishes, whatever they may have been, were ignored, and four of his generals effectively grabbed off their own chunks and started fighting to defeat the others.
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