What happened after the first empire fell in Daniel's vision?
After the first empire fell, a second empire arose, depicted as a bear raised on one side with three ribs in its mouth. This beast represented the Medes and Persians, who took over the then-known world and were told to devour much flesh.
Les explains that after the first empire fell, another empire and another beast arose: the Medes and Persians, pictured as a bear raised on one side with three ribs in its mouth. They were told to devour much flesh, and they took over the then-known world. Then a third empire, like a leopard, depicted Alexander the Great, swift in his conquests, with four wings representing four generals who divided the empire. Finally, after the Grecian empire falls, Rome comes as dreadful, terrible, and exceedingly strong.
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.