Uma uye wawufunda umlando weGrisi yasendulo, uyazi ukuthi uAlexander oMkhulu wenza leso sizwe saba umbuso. Lokhu kwabikezelwa umprofethi weBhayibheli uDaniyeli. Ekugcwalisekeni kwesiprofetho, ngemva kokufa ‘kwaleyonkosi enamandla’ ngo-323 B.C.E., ekugcineni lowombuso ‘wahlukaniselwa emimoyeni emine’—ezikhulwini zayo ezine. (Daniyeli 11:2-4) Kuzo, uSeleucus Nicator I wabusa iSiriya neMesopotamiya—amazwe asenyakatho nasempumalanga yesifundazwe sikaDaniyeli, iJuda. UPtolemy Lagus, esinye isikhulu esingumGreki, wathatha iGibithe nePalestina, okwambeka eningizimu nasentshonalanga yombuso kaSeleucus Nicator. Izikhundla zabo zabenza ‘inkosi yasenyakatho’ ‘nenkosi yaseningizimu,’ ngokulandelana.—Daniyeli 11:5, 6.

‘Inyakatho’ ‘neningizimu’ kwafanekisela izizwe ezinamandla ezazigcwalisa izindima ezithile ezingokwesiprofetho.a Emakhulwini eminyaka izizwe ezihlukahlukene ziye zagcwalisa izindima zawo womabili “amakhosi”; kodwa ngaso sonke isikhathi ziye zafanelana nemifuziselo engokwesiprofetho. Ngaso sonke isikhathi ziye zabonakala ngombango wazo, lapho ngokuvamile zibusa amazwe asenyakatho naseningizimu yelinye nelinye.

Namuhla lezo zindima zihambelana nemifuziselo ‘iMpumalanga’ ‘neNtshonalanga.’ Lawa, ngokufanayo, angamagama angokomfanekiso, njengoba lamazwe ehlangana. Imifuziselo engokweBhayibheli ‘inyakatho’ ‘neningizimu’ iyimifanekiso efaneleka ngokulinganayo naphezu kokuhlangana okufanayo.