THE GREEK EMPIRE: THE SILENT YEARS
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Greek Empire
a) The Times of Israel. Prophecy unfolding spans 400 years.
b The Greek empire is the third empire of the four successive superpowers represented in the dream image of Daniel 2. Greece is symbolized by the Belly and thighs of brass.
2. The Silent Years
a) The prophets fell silent, and four hundred years passed without the Messiah appearing. In that time, Jerusalem and its temple were again destroyed, when the Greek empire, especially under Alexander the Great, dominated the world. Later the Roman empire took over the world. For all their iron rule, the Romans did allow the temple to be rebuilt once more. It was being finished when the Messiah came.
b) No scripture was written in the course of the Grecian empire. For that reason, the period is sometimes called "the silent years". However we should not take that to mean that the Bible has nothing to say about the Grecians. The Bible is by no means silent about the Greek empire.
c) Even about a time when no scripture was written, scripture might have something to say. Sometimes the scriptures look back on a particular time and speak of it. Sometimes the scriptures looking forward to a particular time and speak of it predictably in prophecy. This was the case with the Greek empire.
The End ...
1. The Greek Empirea) The Times of Israel. Prophecy unfolding spans 400 years.
b The Greek empire is the third empire of the four successive superpowers represented in the dream image of Daniel 2. Greece is symbolized by the Belly and thighs of brass.
2. The Silent Years
a) The prophets fell silent, and four hundred years passed without the Messiah appearing. In that time, Jerusalem and its temple were again destroyed, when the Greek empire, especially under Alexander the Great, dominated the world. Later the Roman empire took over the world. For all their iron rule, the Romans did allow the temple to be rebuilt once more. It was being finished when the Messiah came.
b) No scripture was written in the course of the Grecian empire. For that reason, the period is sometimes called "the silent years". However we should not take that to mean that the Bible has nothing to say about the Grecians. The Bible is by no means silent about the Greek empire.
c) Even about a time when no scripture was written, scripture might have something to say. Sometimes the scriptures look back on a particular time and speak of it. Sometimes the scriptures looking forward to a particular time and speak of it predictably in prophecy. This was the case with the Greek empire.
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