Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

as a world leader:

And when the Book of Daniel was showed him wherein Daniel declared that one of the Greeks should destroy the empire of the Persians, he supposed that himself was the person intended.3 Alexander then stopped taxes until the seventh year and gave Jews in Media and Persia ability to make their own laws. The biblical prophecy prevented the death of the priest and another possible destruction of Jerusalem by Alexander. Twice, ancient world leaders’ decisions were influenced by the biblical prophecies written hundreds of years before they were fulfilled. Daniel’s Prophecy Inspires a Revolt Cyrus and Alexander reacted positively to the Jews because the Hebrew prophets foretold of their destiny and their rise to power. Another example occurred when a wicked leader, Antiochus Epiphanes, invaded Jerusalem in 167 b.c. and stopped the sacrifices and prevented Jewish circumcision, Sabbath worship, and Jews celebrating the feasts. Daniel had predicted such a person would rise and would have dominion for forty-two months. Inspired by this prediction, a Jewish family called the Maccabees fought against the ungodly Greeks. After years of fighting, the Jewish temple was cleansed on the twenty-fifth of Kislev, three years to the day it was defiled by Antiochus. Josephus wrote: