Oftentimes God’s chastenings instead of being retributive are corrective. They are sent to empty us of self-sufficiency and self-righteousness: they are given to discover to us hidden transgressions, and to teach us the plague of our own hearts. Or again, chastisements are sent to strengthen our faith, to raise us to higher levels of experience, to bring us into a condition of usefulness. Still again, Divine chastisement is sent as a preventative, to keep under pride, to save us from being unduly elated over success in God’s service.
A.W. Pink

MACEDONIAN Empire

MACEDONIAN Empire

MACEDONIAN Empire, The

  1. Called the kingdom of Grecia # Da 11:2
  2. ILLUSTRATED BY THE 2a) Brazen part of the image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream

    # Da 2:32,39

2b) Leopard with four wings and four heads # Da 7:16,17 2c) Rough goat with notable horn # Da 8:5,21 3) Philippi the chief city of # Ac 16:12 4) PREDICTIONS RESPECTING 4a) Conquest of the Medo-Persian kingdom # Da 8:6,7 11:2,3 4b) Power and greatness of Alexander its last king # Da 8:8 11:3 4c) Division of it into four kingdoms # Da 8:8,22 4d) Divisions of it ruled by strangers # Da 11:4 4e) History of its four divisions # Da 11:4-29 4f) The little horn to arise out of one of its divisions # Da 8:8-12,23-25 5) Gospel preached in, by God’s desire # Ac 16:9,10 6) Liberality of the churches of # 2Co 8:1-5