Daniel
Chapter
11
{The
prophecy about the battles of great kings}
1
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I,
stood
to confirm and to strengthen him.
2
And now will I showed you the truth.
Behold,
there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia
and
the fourth shall be far richer than they all
and
by his strength through his riches
he
shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
3
And a mighty king shall stand up,
that
shall rule with great dominion,
and
do according to his will.
4
And when he shall stand up,
his
kingdom shall be broken,
and
shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven;
and
not to his posterity,
nor
according to his dominion which he ruled:
for
his kingdom shall be plucked up,
even
for others beside those.
5
And the king of the south shall be strong,
and
one of his princes;
and
he shall be strong above him,
and
have dominion;
his
dominion shall be a great dominion.
6
And in the end of years
they
shall join themselves together;
for
the king's daughter of the south
shall
come to the king of the north
to
make an agreement:
but
she shall not retain the power of the arm;
neither
shall he stand, nor his arm:
but
she shall be given up,
and
they that brought her,
and
he that begat her,
and
he that strengthened her in these times.
7
But out of a branch of her roots
shall
one stand up in his estate,
which
shall come with an army,
and
shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north,
and
shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
8
And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods,
with
their princes,
and
with their precious vessels of silver and of gold;
and
he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
9
So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom,
and
shall return into his own land.
10
But his sons shall be stirred up,
and
shall assemble a multitude of great forces:
and
one shall certainly come, and overflow,
and
pass through: then shall he return,
and
be stirred up, even to his fortress.
11
And the king of the south shall be moved with choler,
and
shall come forth and fight with him,
even
with the king of the north:
and
he shall set forth a great multitude;
but
the multitude shall be given into his hand.
12
And when he hath taken away the multitude,
his
heart shall be lifted up;
and
he shall cast down many ten thousands:
but
he shall not be strengthened by it.
13
For the king of the north shall return,
and
shall set forth a multitude greater than the former,
and
shall certainly come after certain years
with
a great army and with much riches.
14
And in those times there shall many stand up
against
the king of the south:
also
the robbers of your people
shall
exalt themselves to establish the vision;
but
they shall fall.
15
So the king of the north shall come,
and
cast up a mount,
and
take the most fenced cities:
and
the arms of the south shall not withstand,
neither
his chosen people,
neither
shall there be any strength to withstand.
16
But he that cometh against him
shall
do according to his own will,
and
none shall stand before him:
and
he shall stand in the glorious land,
which
by his hand shall be consumed.
17
He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole
kingdom, and upright ones with him;
thus
shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women,
corrupting
her: but she shall not stand on his side,
neither
be for him.
18
After this shall he turn his face unto the isles,
and
shall take many:
but
a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him
to cease; without his own reproach
he
shall cause it to turn upon him.
19
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land:
but
he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
20
Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes
in
the glory of the kingdom:
but
within few days he shall be destroyed,
neither
in anger, nor in battle.
21
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person,
to
whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom:
but
he shall come in peaceably,
and
obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23
And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully:
for
he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the
province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done,
nor
his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey,
and
spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices
against
the strong holds, even for a time.
25
And he shall stir up his power and his courage
against
the king of the south with a great army;
and
the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very
great and mighty army; but he shall not stand:
for
they shall forecast devices against him.
26
Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him,
and
his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
27
And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief,
and
they shall speak lies at one table;
but
it shall not prosper:
for
yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
28
Then shall he return into his land with great riches;
and
his heart shall be against the holy covenant;
and
he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
29
At the time appointed he shall return,
and
come toward the south;
but
it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
30
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him:
therefore
he shall be grieved, and return,
and
have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do;
he
shall even return,
and
have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
31
And arms shall stand on his part,
and
they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength,
and
shall take away the daily sacrifice,
and
they shall place the abomination that makes desolate.
32
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong,
and
do exploits.
33
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many:
yet
they shall fall by the sword,
and
by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34
Now when they shall fall,
they
shall be holpen with a little help:
but
many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them,
and
to purge, and to make them white,
even
to the time of the end:
because
it is yet for a time appointed.
{Jewish
Dictator of the Tribulation - see Revelation 13:11 on}
36~~Then
the king/dictator
{melek - Jewish dictator in the tribulation - an unbeliever}
will
do/manufacture {'asah - out of his negative volition}
according
to his own will {means an absolute dictator}.
He
will both magnify and glorify himself above every god {'el},
and
shall speak blasphemous things
against
the God {'El} of gods {'el},
and
he shall be successful
till
the Tribulation/indignation be completed
for
that which has been decreed {in eternity past}
shall
be accomplished/done {in time}.
37~~He
will not understand
{the eternal Truth of the existence of God or His Mandates}
the
God {'Elohiym} of his fathers
{Abraham, etc. - he is a Jew from the line of Dan per Genesis 49},
nor
has the 'desire {chemdah} of women'
{he is a degenerate - in this case a homosexual},
nor
recognize any god { 'elowahh} {he is an atheist}.
For
he shall glorify himself above all
{God and all creatures - means he is a megalomaniac}.
{Note: Chemdah means sexual desire or conjugal love.}
{Prelude
to Invasion from East in the Tribulation - See Revelation 16}
38~~But
in his status quo {as an absolute dictator}
he
shall 'make a treaty with'/give honor to' the 'god {'elowahh}
of
fortified cities'
{idiom: literally 'give honor to' but here means to make a treaty -
the Old Roman Empire was an 'empire of fortified cities'}.
Even
to a god {'elowahh} whom his fathers did not know
shall
he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones,
and
other valuable commodities.
{Note: This ties the Old Roman Empire to the revived Roman Empire of the Tribulation. The Jewish Dictator will form an alliance with the head of the Roman Empire. From Revelation 16, we see that both are in league with Satan.}
39~~Thus
shall he do in the most strong holds
with
{with the help of} a strange god,
and
with the help of those who acknowledge him
{his fellow gangsters who bring him into power}
he
shall increase them with glory
{so we know he is not the real Messiah, but a false messiah.
The true Messiah will divide the land according to the tribes;
the false messiah will divide the land among his gangster friends}
and
he shall cause them to rule over the many {the Jews}
and
he shall divide the land for gain {not according to the tribes}.
{Note: This all introduces a dictator living in the Tribulation, and this dictator is going to be involved because of his alliance in an all-out war.}
{Verse
40: Background for Zechariah Chapter 12}
{The
pronouns must be watched, they give us the clue as to what is going
on here.}
40
At the time of the end {end of the Tribulation}
shall
the king of the south {the Pan-Arabic bloc}
'push
at'/'make an attack at' him {the dictator}
{this starts a war in the Middle East. But they do not succeed
because someone gets there first - the king of the north.
This means that the Jews have a good enough army to resist
and to hold out the Arabs}
and
the king of the north shall come against him
{as soon as the king of the north discovers that the Arabs are
attacking he makes two attacks, one by sea via the
Mediterranean, and one by land through Palestine from north}
like
a whirlwind, with chariots {armored forces},
and
with horsemen {mobile forces}, and with many ships.
And
he shall enter into the countries
and
shall overflow and pass over
{This is an overall statement as to his objective}.
41~~
"He {king of the north}
shall
enter also into the glorious land {Palestine},
and
the many {title for the Jews throughout the book of Daniel}
shall
be overthrown {the Palestinian government will be overthrown}
but
these {the Jews of the first half of the Tribulation}
shall
escape out of his hand,
Edom,
Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
{Note: See also Matthew Chapter 24. this refers to the Jews in these three mountainous areas who believed the Word of God, who followed the Word of God, who make the Word of God their life, and because they make Bible doctrine their life they live - are delivered. They endured to the end of the Tribulation. They are delivered because they followed the principle: "Man shall not live by bread alone but be every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God", and doctrine is real to them,is important to them,and they are delivered.}
{Verse
42: Back to the Campaign}
42~~He
{the king of the north} shall stretch forth his hand
upon
the country {he overflows these countries}
and
the land of Egypt shall not escape.
{Note: The armies of the king of the north are passing through now, they do not touch Edom, Moab or Ammon.}
43~~But
he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver,
and
over all the precious things of Egypt.
And
the Libyans and the Ethiopians at his steps.
{Note: 'At his steps' means an agenda of conquest. In other words, he is going to conquer all of Africa so he has a twofold plan: 1. Army group "A" will move west along the coast of Africa and take it. It is important that he control the Mediterranean coast since his navy is going to operate in the Mediterranean. But he is taking Army group "B" and moving south toward Ethiopia. Objective: strategical conquest of Africa. He will use a strategic envelopment combined with a strategic penetration.}
{Verse
44: But this plan is never launched}
44~~But
tidings out of the east
and
out of the north shall trouble him {king of the north}.
{There is a naval battle in the Mediterranean. The king of the west
also has a navy and there is a naval battle north of Egypt in
which the navy of the king of the north is decisively defeated.
He is cut off by sea from his base of supply. The kings of the
east (Revelation 16:12) also have crossed the Euphrates
and moved into the land (Isaiah 63). They cut off the strong
points of the king of the north, and when this happens the king
of the north has to go back and open up his supply lines. He
cannot launch his attacks. His first and last stop in opening up
his supply lines is Jerusalem, and this ties back into Zechariah
Chapter 12 verse 1.}
therefore
he shall go forth with great fury to destroy,
and
to utterly make away many {the Jews}.
45~~And
he {the king of the north}
shall
plant his 'palatial tents' {command posts}
between
the seas and the glorious holy mountain.
Yet
he shall come to his end and none shall help him.
{Note: What is between the seas and the glorious holy mountain? The glorious holy mountain is the western escarpment of Jerusalem. So if you draw a line through the western escarpment of Jerusalem between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, you have a command post right on the western edge of Jerusalem. And so this is where this great army winds up and the Jews are looking at one of the most powerful armies in the world, commanded by a man who seeks their destruction, and the question is: what are they going to do about it? 	In Jerusalem there are two kinds of Jews: believers and religious unbelievers. The unbelievers surrender; the believers hold out.}
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