Why did Alexander the Great ask his people to bury him with his arms open at both sides with palms facing the sky?
2007-09-03 04:46:53 · 9 answers · asked by Antares 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hint: this has to do with the afterlife
2007-09-03 04:50:09 · update #1
So he could be welcomed into the afterlife with open arms.
2007-09-03 04:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who was Alexander the Great? What does he have to do with biblical prophecy?
Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in human history. At the age of 20, he gained control of the Greek army and quickly conquered territories east of Greece, all the way to India. When he was 33-years-old, he suddenly died from a mysterious illness.
The book of Daniel, which was written 250 years before Alexander was born, describes him in finite detail from the beginning of his reign to the end:
"As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at him in great rage. I saw him attack the ram furiously striking the ram and shattering his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him; the goat knocked him to the ground and trampled on him, and none could rescue the ram from his power. The goat became very great, but at the height of his power his large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven" (Daniel 8:5-8).
The Bible interpreted the dream for Daniel. In verses 20-22 it says, "The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. The shaggy goat is the king of Greece and the large horn between his eyes in the first king. The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from this nations but will not have the same power."
Thus, Alexander the Great fell ill in May of 323 and died on June 11. Even though he left an heir, the Greeks revolted and Alexander's officers began a civil war.
Some biblical scholars disagree with the interpretation of Daniel's dream. They say it did not identify Alexander the Great, but predicts the end times to come. As with most of the Bible, events that happened in the past seem to be repeated in the future. Man's character and actions do not change, just the circumstances.
There may be another Alexander the Great on the horizon. Only time will tell.
2007-09-03 12:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by Jesus thinks I am cool! I am His 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alexander's death is more legend than fact and there are so many different accounts that none can be confirmed.
The most probable account of his death is that he was taken to Alexandria Egypt after his death, but, even this may not be true although there was apparently a sarcophagus on public display for many years that was said to hold the body of Alexander.
2007-09-03 12:00:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It was so that his spirit and his soul would reunite in the heavens and take it's place in the stars. Similar to Amun Ra, the Egyptian God he believed to be his father.
2007-09-03 12:10:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He had a secret desire to be a waiter at a future pizza hut.
2007-09-03 12:07:56 · answer #5 · answered by expertless 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don`t know and who said he asked that ?
2007-09-03 11:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never took history in college, Wait a Minute, I never went to college...:)
2007-09-03 11:49:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
So he had more room in the coffin to keep all his ill-gotten gains??
2007-09-03 11:53:41 · answer #8 · answered by Grotty Bodkin is not dead!!! 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He was religious. Hence the dumb *** rituals.
2007-09-03 11:51:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋