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.

In what words does Daniel foretell Christ's receiving His kingdom?
Upon what did he rest his hope for forgiveness?
What other prediction asserts the same great truth?
What is revealed in the gospel?
Were the gifts of the Spirit to continue forever?
By what is Grecia, the kingdom succeeding Medo-Persia, represented in the image?
How many will yield to the demand to worship the beast?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle