Page 5 - 09 THE EIGHTH OF DANIEL

THE STORY OF DANIEL THE PROPHET

Stephen N. Haskell

“But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy
lot at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13.

symbol is interpreted is an illustration of the

fact that the Scriptures are their own best

commentaries. Said the angel, “The ram which

thou sawest having two horns are the kings of

Media and Persia.”

As the ram pushed westward, northward, and

southward, and no beast could stand before it,

so the Medo-Persian empire extended its

dominion in these directions. At the fall of

Babylon one hundred and twenty provinces

recognized the authority of Cyrus and Darius.

These were held in subjection, and others

added, so that in the time of Ahasuerus of

Esther, the kingdom controlled one hundred

and twenty-seven provinces, and extended

from India on the cast to the Mediterranean on

the west, and from the Caspian Sea to Ethiopia.