B. Medo-Persian Empire, Pictured by a Bear; and a Ram With Two Horns (Daniel 7:5).

B. Medo-Persian Empire, Pictured by a Bear; and a Ram With Two Horns (Daniel 7:5).

“And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.” (Daniel 7:5)
1. The Bear “…raised itself up on one side,...” (Medo-Persia.)
The bear raised itself on one side showing that it was a combination of the Medes and the Persians, with the Persians being the most powerful. Darius the Mede conquered Babylon when Belshazzar saw “the handwriting on the wall.” (Daniel 5:30) Cyrus of Persia followed, bringing more territory into the empire.

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Note: Daniel did not give a meaning for the three ribs; but, History tells us, three nations made up the Medo­-Persian Empire: Babylonia, Lydia, and Egypt. (Please see the map on the right.)
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2. (Daniel 8:3-4) The “…ram which had two horns...” (Medo-Persia)
“Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. (Daniel 8:3)
I saw the ram pushing west-ward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.” (Daniel 8:4)
There is no need for a History lesson as the identity of the “ram which had two horns...” is clearly given by inspired Scripture in Daniel 8:20.
“The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of MEDIA AND PERSIA.”