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Daniel 11

2 “Now then, I tell you the truth: Three more

kings will appear in Persia, and then a fourth,

who will be far richer than all the

others. When he has gained power by his wealth,

he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of

Greece.

3 Then a mighty king will appear, who will rule

with great power and do as he pleases.

4 After he has appeared, his empire will be

broken up and parcelled out towards the four

winds of heaven. It will not go to his

descendants, nor will it have the power he

exercised, because his empire will be uprooted

and given to others.

5 “The king of the South will become strong, but

one of his commanders will become even stronger

than he and will rule his own kingdom with great

power.

6 After some years, they will become allies. The

daughter of the king of the South will go to the

king of the North to make an alliance, but she

will not retain her power, and he and his

power [Or offspring] will not last. In those days

she will be handed over, together with her royal

escort and her father [Or child (see Vulgate and

Syriac)] and the one who supported her.

7 “One from her family line will arise to take

her place. He will attack the forces of the king

of the North and enter his fortress; he will

fight against them and be victorious.

8 He will also seize their gods, their metal

images and their valuable articles of silver and

gold and carry them off to Egypt. For some years

he will leave the king of the North alone.

9 Then the king of the North will invade the

realm of the king of the South but will retreat

to his own country.

10 His sons will prepare for war and assemble a

great army, which will sweep on like an

irresistible flood and carry the battle as far as

his fortress.

11 “Then the king of the South will march out in

a rage and fight against the king of the North,

who will raise a large army, but it will be

defeated.

12 When the army is carried off, the king of the

South will be filled with pride and will

slaughter many thousands, yet he will not remain

triumphant.

13 For the king of the North will muster another

army, larger than the first; and after several

years, he will advance with a huge army fully

equipped.

14 “In those times many will rise against the

king of the South. The violent men among your own

people will rebel in fulfilment of the vision,

but without success.

15 Then the king of the North will come and build

up siege ramps and will capture a fortified city.

The forces of the South will be powerless to

resist; even their best troops will not have the

strength to stand.

16 The invader will do as he pleases; no-one will

be able to stand against him. He will establish

himself in the Beautiful Land and will have the

power to destroy it.

17 He will determine to come with the might of

his entire kingdom and will make an alliance with

the king of the South. And he will give him a

daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the

kingdom, but his plans [Or but she] will not

succeed or help him.

18 Then he will turn his attention to the

coastlands and will take many of them, but a

commander will put an end to his insolence and

will turn his insolence back upon him.

19 After this, he will turn back towards the

fortresses of his own country but will stumble

and fall, to be seen no more.

20 “His successor will send out a tax collector

to maintain the royal splendour. In a few years,

however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger

or in battle.

21 “He will be succeeded by a contemptible person

who has not been given the honour of royalty. He

will invade the kingdom when its people feel

secure, and he will seize it through intrigue.

22 Then an overwhelming army will be swept away

before him; both it and a prince of the covenant

will be destroyed.

23 After coming to an agreement with him, he will

act deceitfully, and with only a few people he

will rise to power.

24 When the richest provinces feel secure, he

will invade them and will achieve what neither

his fathers nor his forefathers did. He will

distribute plunder, loot and wealth among his

followers. He will plot the overthrow of

fortresses — but only for a time.

25 “With a large army he will stir up his

strength and courage against the king of the

South. The king of the South will wage war with a

large and very powerful army, but he will not be

able to stand because of the plots devised

against him.

26 Those who eat from the king’s provisions will

try to destroy him; his army will be swept away,

and many will fall in battle.

27 The two kings, with their hearts bent on evil,

will sit at the same table and lie to each other,

but to no avail, because an end will still come

at the appointed time.

28 The king of the North will return to his own

country with great wealth, but his heart will be

set against the holy covenant. He will take

action against it and then return to his own

country.

29 “At the appointed time he will invade the

South again, but this time the outcome will be

different from what it was before.

30 Ships of the western coastlands [Hebrew of

Kittim] will oppose him, and he will lose heart.

Then he will turn back and vent his fury against

the holy covenant. He will return and show favour

to those who forsake the holy covenant.

31 “His armed forces will rise up to desecrate

the temple fortress and will abolish the daily

sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination

that causes desolation.

32 With flattery he will corrupt those who have

violated the covenant, but the people who know

their God will firmly resist him.

33 “Those who are wise will instruct many, though

for a time they will fall by the sword or be

burned or captured or plundered.

34 When they fall, they will receive a little

help, and many who are not sincere will join

them.

35 Some of the wise will stumble, so that they

may be refined, purified and made spotless until

the time of the end, for it will still come at

the appointed time.


At the end of the book of Daniel, we see Daniel

left standing at the bank of the Tigris river,

having been left with the assurance from the 'man

clothed in linen' that he would not see these

things happen, but that he would 'rise to receive

your allotted inheritance'. It's a story with a

happy ending, and you have to be moved by the

symbolism of Daniel standing on the river bank, a

picture of the fact that he was not long for this

world and already looking over into the next.

Although I'm not sure that he understood exactly

the significance of the man clothed in linen

standing over the water, that he was Daniel's

great high priest, the only mediator between G-d

and man; the only one who was able to cross back

and forth across the river.


Chapter eleven lists a chronology of events, what

Walvoord calls 'the most detailed prophecy to be

found anywhere in Scripture... beginning with the

major rulers of the Persian Empire and then

continuing into the major events of the

Alexandrian period...' ending with the rule of

Antiochus IV Epiphanes. This covers the time

from Daniel's period in history until the rise of

the Roman Empire. It's a schematic of events up

to the time of Christ. It dovetails nicely into

the seventy weeks prophecy, and brings us right

up to the final week in the seventy week

prophecy. Then chapter eleven jumps fast forward

in time to where the final ten verses in chapter

eleven and the first few in chapter twelve

describe events leading up to the end of time.

This dovetails nicely with the fact that Israel

was a scattered nation without a sovereign

homeland from about 70 A.D. right up until modern

times, about 1968 when Jerusalem was captured by

the Israeli Army. Given the accuracy of the

first 35 verses in chapter eleven, there is no

good reason to question the passage describing

'the time of the end' beginning with 11:36 .

It's plain to see from this passage that we are

now standing at the threshold of the fulfillment

of the final week of Daniel's seventy week

prophecy.


Personally, I can't imagine any other way to

interpret this passage that outlines events yet

to come. The most significant event in the

modern era is the revival of the nation of

Israel, and their 'control' of the city of

Jerusalem, because Jerusalem is central to the

prophecy of scripture. Yesterday, I made a point

that we tend to want to interpret prophetic

scripture from an ethnocentric world view. We

prefer to filter the text through our favorite

academic and social theory. But that just won't

work, because it doesn't provide the proper

context for prophetic significance and

interpretation. The prophecy of scripture is

centered around only one place, because the Lord

has decided that his throne will be established

in Jerusalem. So, it's with an eye focused on

the city of Jerusalem that we have to approach

prophetic scripture.


Since I am a U.S. citizen, it's natural that I

would want to know what role this country has to

play in the scheme of prophetic scripture. I'm

still looking. It seems that as much as we

prefer to think of ourselves as a major player in

world events and therefore ought to have mention

in the text related to end times, I'm not seeing

it that way. Asia holds a prominent place in

prophecy, not North America. So if I were to

speculate, I'd imagine that the U.S. at some

point in time will be dominated or marginalized

by an Asian (or European) political entity. This

seems to fit into the modern mood that favors the

notion of globalism. Oh well. That doesn't mean

that there will necessarily be major social and

political upheaval in store. This sort of

transition could easily be catalyzed by an

economic transformation of the U.S. As time

passes, I tend to prefer that theory more and

more. I don't get too excited about what lies in

store, because I know where the Jesus Bus is

taking me, and whatever may occur, I'll

eventually go the way of all flesh. It's not

that I like the social and political trajectory

that this country has decided upon over the days

of my life, but it's something over which I have

no control, and I'm pretty sure that even if I

could, I would never want that kind of control.

So, in a nutshell, the U.S. doesn't appear to

play any significant role in prophetic scripture,

although I vaguely seem to recall a cameo

appearance of an 'eagle', which may or may not be

symbolic reference to the U.S. (I ought to look

it up again)


That's about it for Daniel chapter eleven. I

don't want to go into any more detail for right

now, but maybe we can return to this passage at

some point in the future. If you have an

interest in the schematic historic chronology,

you can find a full explaination of these

historic events in almost any commentary, I'd

imagine.

http://www.truthnet.org/Daniel/Chapter11/


As I see it, the point to take away

here is that Daniel was given a record of future

events, and those events came to pass exactly as

they were recorded by Daniel. It provides us in

modern times every reason to fully expect that

the events recorded that are yet to occur will

most certainly come to pass in their appointed

time. I know it's not a popular notion in these

days, that scripture has anything to say that's

relevant to our technically advanced society. My

best response is that you better take another

look. You don't want to miss the Jesus bus just

because somebody told you that it is only a

figment of someone's imagination. And the

prophetic record of Daniel chapter eleven is a

blaring declaration that this text is an

incredibly accurate and reliable account, with

over one hundred specific fulfilled prophecies.