In this lesson we will explore the Ancient Greeks who were known for their historic clashes with the Persian Empire. They were the ultimate underdog champions. It seems that the only ones who could defeat the Greeks were the Greeks. Weakened by infighting, they are ultimately supplanted by the Macedonians and Romans. However, the spread of their culture set the plate for the spread of the gospel.
9. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Greeks in Italy
•By the 8th century B.C. the
Greeks populated southern
Sicily.
•By the 7th century B.C. they
had a presence throughout
the southern coast of Italy as
well.
23. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
“Here is the man who was
making ready to cross
from Europe to Asia, and
who cannot even cross
from one table to another
without losing his
balance.”
33. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Daniel 8
20 As for the ram that you saw with the
two horns, these are the kings of Media
and Persia. 21 And the goat is the king of
Greece. And the great horn between his
eyes is the first king.
34. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Daniel 8
22 As for the horn that was broken, in
place of which four others arose, four
kingdoms shall arise from hisnation, but
not with his power.
40. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Hosea 6
1 “Come, let us return to the LORD;
for he has torn us, that he may heal
us; he has struck us down, and he
will bind us up. 2 After two days he
will revive us; on the third day he
will raise us up, that we may live
before him.
41. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Hosea 6
3 Let us know; let us press on to
know the LORD; his going out is sure
as the dawn; he will come to us as
the showers, as the spring rains that
water the earth.”
43. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
James 4
1 What causes quarrels and what causes
fights among you? Is it not this, that
your passionsare at war within
you? 2 You desire and do not have, so
you murder. You covet and cannot
obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do
not have, because you do not ask.
45. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
Ecclesiastes 6
1 There is an evil that I have seen under
the sun, and it lies heavy on mankind: 2 a
man to whom God gives wealth,
possessions, and honor, so that he lacks
nothing of all that he desires, yet
God does not give him power to enjoy
them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is
vanity; it is a grievous evil.
48. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
•Lysimachus – killed in hand to
hand combat with Seleucus.
•Seleucus – Killed by Ptolemy’s
eldest son.
•Antigonus – Killed by the armies
of Seleucus and Lysimachus.
49. ThePeopleoftheBiblicalWorld
•Of Alexander’s Seven Power-
hungry generals, only
Antipater and Ptolemy died old
men of natural causes.
•They spent the majority of
their adult lives battling their
one time compatriots.