POWER OF THE “HE” GOAT

Part B - Daniel 11:3-4.

“And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule withgreat dominion, and do according to his will. 4 And whenhe shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shallbe divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not tohis posterity, nor according to his dominion which heruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even forothers beside those.“

DANIEL 11:3-4

Greek Macedon

Greek Macedon is a completely separatenation to the Republic of Macedonia knowntoday as the “Republic of North Macedonia”or Former Yugoslavian Republic OfMacedonia” (FYROM) until 2019, which hasits capital Skopia.

In the days of ancient Greece, Macedon wasnot part of the Bulkan states. It was theportion of Greece that we know today asThessalonica and Thrace – both in northernGreece.

Character of the Leopard beast

❑ Greece was divided nation state, with a number of kingdoms, independent of each other, but called on each other for support.

❑ Perdicas king of Macedon (about 360BC) was the father of Phillip II (about 350BC) who was father to Alexander the Great (356BC+).

❑ Greeks were often at war as they faced threats from the Balkans.

❑ They practiced the right to expression and open thinking.

❑ They had an open minded political system.

❑ Philosophy was entrenched into their psyche as they welcomed thinking in culture, the arts, sport, science, mathematics, medicine, education, etc.

Rise of the Leopard Beast

❑ Greece was a divided nation, made up of a number of kingdoms, independent of each other, but called on each other for support.

❑ Perdicas king of Macedon (about 360BC) was the father of Phillip II (about 350BC) who was father to Alexander the Great (356BC+).

❑ Greeks were often at war as they faced threats from the Balkans and the Persians.

❑ They practiced the right to expression and open thinking.

❑ They had an open minded political system.

❑ Philosophy was entrenched into their psyche as they welcomed thinking in culture, the arts, sports, science, mathematics, medicine, education, and the gods.

About 400BC was the era of relative peace and the emergence of the Greek Philosophers –Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, etc.

THINKERS AND STINKERS

Philip II consolidated the variousprovinces of Macedon andexpanded its borders. He did thisby use of the “Phalanx” – astrategy where they had soldiersmove shoulder to shoulder as atight knit, highly organised kind ofmachine that no one couldpenetrate – similar to theSpartans.

GREEK WAR STRATEGY

❑ Alexander the Great was bringing in a new world orderwith the Greek language becoming the standard worldlanguage, philosophy and culture. For example, the NewTestament was written in Greek.

❑ The empire was built in ten years and spanned from

Greece to the east as far as India and the China border.

❑ As the “He” goat of Greece, he defeated the Persian army of Darius III in

333BC, at the Battle of Issus.

❑ Defeating the Persians who ruled Egypt and Jeruslem, both states welcomed

him as liberator.

❑ Alexander died in 323BC from heavy drinking. He did not leave his kingdom to

any particular successor. His generals fought for their right to the empire.

WHAT WAS ALEXANDER AIMING TO ACHIEVE?

WARS OF THE DIADOCHI

323-281BC

❑ “Diadochi” means the successors. The Diadochi ofalexander, many generals in number were:

Antigonus Monophalmus, Phyrrhus of Epirus,Perdicas, Demetrius, Antipater, Craetus, Menander,Asander, Triparadisos, Ptolemy, Cassander,Lysimachus, Seleucus and many others.

❑ Each of these fought to become the kings of thenorth and south. These can be summarised as 4Diadochi and 3 Phyrric wars. The 4 Diadochi are asfollows

THE PYRRHIC WARS

323-281BC

❑ Pyrrhus was the king of Epirus – the west coast kingdom of

Greece. His involvement with the Diadochi is the Italian wars

(280 - 270s BC).

❑ “Pyhhrus was one the strongest opponents of early Rome and

regarded as one of the greatest generals in antiquity”

(Wikipedia, Pyhhrus).

❑ The Diadochi wars were not with Greece, but involved the

Italian wars.

❑ Pyhhrus led campaigns in Macedon as well as in Italy, to

become the king of the north, but failed in the end, after

Ptolemy of Egypt sided with Rome.

EPIRUS, GREECE

“Worn down by the battles against Rome, Pyrrhus moved hisarmy to Sicily to war against the Carthaginians instead. Afterseveral years of campaigning there (278–275 BC), he returned toItaly in 275 BC, where the last battle of the war was fought,ending in Roman victory. Following this, Pyrrhus returned toEpirus, ending the war. Three years later, in 272 BC, the Romanscaptured Tarentum.” (Wikipedia, Pyrrhic War).

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