The Book of Daniel and the Fall of Empires: The biblical Book of Daniel, written around the 2nd century BCE, contains visions of four great beasts representing empires—widely interpreted as Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. Daniel prophesied their rise and fall, including the conquest of Persia by Greece under Alexander. Since these events had already occurred, the text uses prophecy as a literary device to offer hope during persecution. Critics view it as vaticinium ex eventu (prediction after the fact), while believers see divine foreknowledge. Its detailed symbolism has influenced apocalyptic thought for millennia, blending history and prophecy.
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