By what was the second kingdom symbolized?

Answer

"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!' Verse 5.
NOTE-"This was the Medo-Persian Empire, represented here under the symbol. the bear. . . .
The Medes and Persians are compared to a bear on account of their cruelty and thirst after blood, a bear
being a most voracious and cruel animal." Adam Clarke, on Dan. 7: 5.
 


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Following one of His parables, what did Christ say?
What, therefore, did God say He would make?
11. Where did the apostle see this same company a little later, and what did they have in their foreheads?
What has always been the result of religious legislation or a union of church a state ?
When did Paul say Christ would judge the living and the dead ?
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