![]() ![]() ![]() Philip of Macedon (a Greek ruler) was killed by one of his bodyguards. When we left the Old Testament, Greece was a rising World Power. We know from Daniel that Babylon will fall to Persia. The New Testament begins with Caesar as the leader of Rome. When we end the Old Testament, the Greeks were growing and becoming a threat to Persia. In the book of Daniel, we learned that Babylon will eventually fall to Persia. What in the world happened in those 400 years is anything but Silent! They are called the Silent Years because up to this point God used a variety of ways and people as an instrument of communication. How the Jewish people meet is different.The land is controlled by a Roman Domination, Israel is ruled by an Edomite named Herod. What in the world happened? We left the Old Testament with Nehemiah’s Temple, Persia was the world power, the Levites are caring for the Temple, the High Priest was from the genealogy of Aaron and the Jewish nation in Israel was quite small.
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