Music...
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And we welcome you once again to
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Daniel All Access.
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This is our
chapter-by-chapter study
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through the book of Daniel...
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this wonderful complex
book which has so much to say
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about the past... the
present... and our future
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all housed in this wonderful
prophetic book called Daniel.
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We're happy that you joined us
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and perhaps you
want to take some notes
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or make some special
note of some of the things
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that we're going
to be talking about
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because Daniel has
so much to say to us.
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Daniel and its companion...
the book of Revelation
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ought to be
studied in these last days
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because one... they
give us our bearings...
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they allow us
to see where we are
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as respect to the
close of this earth's history
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and affirm for us
that we are close...
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yea, very, very
close to the second coming
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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So, we pray that
you've been blessed
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during the previous studies
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and that as we move into this
rather complex book and chapter
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that you will
again be blessed today.
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Would you join me now as we
call upon the Lord in prayer.
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"Father God, we do praise
you and thank you so very much
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for the privilege that is
ours to study the Word of God.
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We thank you for Daniel and for
this wonderful prophetic work
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which gives much evidence
of your leading in the past,
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today and in the future.
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Help us as we study,
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grant us the presence
and power of your Holy Spirit
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so that we may know and do
and be prepared for that day
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when we shall see
Christ face to face...
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we thank you Lord,
in Jesus' name, amen. "
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Pause.
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The title of our message
is: The Train is on the Track...
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The train is on the track
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and we'll sort of unpack
that in just a little bit.
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Daniel chapter 11 is among
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the longer chapters in
the book of Daniel by far
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it is much more in-depth
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than some of its
fellow chapters in this book.
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It focuses on the
world that existed
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post or after
Medo-Persia and Greece
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and it puts these kingdoms
and the succeeding kingdoms
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under a magnifying glass.
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That's one of the keys
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to understanding
Daniel's admitted complexity.
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Daniel 11 introduces
some new characters...
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it focuses a little tighter
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on some of the old
or existing characters
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and it is my belief that
it does not alter or change
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and this is important...
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it does not alter or
change the scope of our study
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it simply gives us more depth.
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In other words, Daniel takes
a deeper look in chapter 11.
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He takes a deeper look...
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it's not a different
look... same material...
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just a deeper look.
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Daniel chapter 11 is looking
still at the same prophetic
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continuum that we
have looked at previously
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and it's wrestling, I
think, with the same material
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that we have seen in
Daniel chapter 2, chapter 6,
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chapter 7, chapters 8 and
9... there's a pattern there
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that is outlined...
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it continues in that pattern...
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all moving in the
same prophetic direction
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including the explanations
and the interpretations
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by no less than
Gabriel himself and as we said,
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a cameo appearance
by the glorified Lord.
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So, when we look at
Daniel and we see this pattern
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through this book,
this pattern is called...
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you recall...
"Repeat and enlarge"
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the pattern is:
Repeat and Enlarge.
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Daniel goes over
the same material
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and every time he
re-covers that material,
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he enlarges our scope
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but in Daniel
chapter 11 in particular
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he takes a closer
look... a closer examination
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of the same material, so,
he repeats... he enlarges...
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and he digs a little
deeper in Daniel chapter 11...
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so, to understand... we
must, as I said in the title,
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Keep the Train
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on the Track.
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Now, what does that mean?
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The Bible tends not to make
radical changes... radical flips
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or unsubstantiated or
unanticipated course corrections
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when it is walking
you through the narrative.
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So, chapter 11... of
all the chapters in Daniel
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has occasioned the most
rigorous debate and discussion
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partly because it
is so comprehensive
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and it is so exhaustive.
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So, that's why you've got
to keep the train on the track
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if you want to
understand what he is saying
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and not kind of make
sharp move to the left
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or sharp move to the right...
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got to keep the
train on the track
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and that will help
you understand Daniel
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and also the book of Revelation.
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Since this chapter is so
exhaustive and rather long,
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we're not going to take
a verse-by-verse exegesis
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or explanation of the book
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what I want to do
is rather to observe
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the pattern and direction
that we see in Daniel chapter 11
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and this is necessary
because parts of Daniel 11
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are not totally fulfilled
and there may be some surprises
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coming to this old
earth before Jesus comes again
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that are alluded to
in Daniel chapter 11.
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Now, Hearers... I
remind you this...
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the Biblical understanding
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of the beauty and
value of prophecy.
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The Bible says in
John chapter 13 verse 19,
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John 13:19 a wonderful text
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"Now I tell you before it come,
that, when it does come to pass,
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you may believe... "
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the context... Christ is telling
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and preparing to
expose His betrayer
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and Christ is saying, "I
tell you these things before
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so that when they do come,
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you can have faith in
the God who is leading you. "
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Wonderful passage in John 13:19.
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Also, we should
consider Jeremiah 28:9.
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"... when the word of
the prophet comes to pass,
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the prophet will be known as
one whom the Lord has sent. "
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So, the Bible is simply saying,
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"If the Bible predicts
something and it comes to pass,
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then you can have
confidence that that word...
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that prophetic
message is from the Lord. "
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So, we look now for the
patterns in Daniel chapter 11
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for time's sake
we'll try to move through
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in... in... in this material
in rather... rather great...
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great leaps of time.
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There is a pattern and
we're looking at Revelation...
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the seven trumpets... 144,000...
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Revelation chapter 14...
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there are some
other prickly passages
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that need to be examined
in humility and in sincerity.
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Well, there are
parts of Daniel chapter 11
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that fall into
that same category.
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So, in the broadest context
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and since Daniel is a rather...
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can I say, "Nuanced look"
at the world from Daniel's day
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down to our day...
down to the second coming
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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So, let's look at it
in... in those broad terms.
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Daniel chapter 11 verse 5,
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Daniel 11:1, 3 through 13
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Daniel 11:1 and 2...
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so, let's go back
to Daniel 11:1 and 2...
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Daniel 11:1 and
2 examines Persia.
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Medo-Persia but it really
emphasizes the Persian half
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of that equation.
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Daniel chapter 11
verses 3 through 13
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examines Greece and Alexander
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and to some extent takes
us into the four divisions
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of the Grecian Empire.
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Daniel chapter 11 verse 5 talks
about the King of the South.
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Daniel 11 verse 6 talks
about the King of the North
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and Daniel chapter
11 verses 7 through 14
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examine Syria and Egypt.
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Daniel 11:15
through 22 we look at
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and are... given
to study Pagan...
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that is Imperial Rome
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Daniel chapter 11
verses 23 through 35
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we look at Papal Rome,
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Daniel 11:36 through
39... this is a new insertion...
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a new God, no God, Atheism
and Egypt's Spiritual children.
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or dare I say, step-children...
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but really
Egypt's spiritual children
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and when we get to that,
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we'll sort of walk
you through that also.
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Daniel chapter 11
verses 40 through 45...
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The Reassertion
of Papal Authority
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so, you can see,
this is a complex book...
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this is a book that has a lot
of nuance and a lot of depth.
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Much to study... much to
learn in this book of Daniel
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and chapter 11... particularly.
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Now, it is this...
this new part of the book
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where we see a parallel...
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let me put it this way...
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If you look at a
drop of pond water,
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water from a pond or a stream,
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if you look through
that drop of pond water
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through a magnifying glass,
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you will see more
than you would see
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if you looked at it
through the naked eye
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but if you looked at
that drop of pond water
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through a microscope,
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you would scarcely believe
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that you're looking
at the same drop of water
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but the fact is,
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that everything that was
visible under the microscope
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was there under
the magnifying glass
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but your eyes could not see it
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without some
additional assistance.
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That's the way Daniel is,
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he gives you that
additional assistance
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so that when you're looking
at particularly Medo-Persia
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and Greece and the
succeeding kingdoms,
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you're looking at it
now through a microscope
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even more than
a magnifying glass
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and certainly more
than the naked eye.
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We can say Daniel chapter
2 is sort of... naked eye...
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but as we move through
the succeeding chapters,
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we go under a magnifying glass
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and then when we get
to Daniel chapter 11,
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now we're looking
under a microscope.
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Now, let me say this
and this is important
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because I don't
believe any sincere Christian
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will be lost from heaven
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because of a misunderstanding
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or because of
their understanding
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of Daniel chapter 11
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if they don't get it perfectly
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but Daniel is a book
that needs to be studied
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for our edification
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as we prepare for the coming
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of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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The disclaimer is simply this,
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I suspect that Islam
perhaps has a role to play
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in the end-time scenario.
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We're looking at... and
listening so much about Islam
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as it impacts the world...
it is large... it is aggressive
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and it was the
Islamic incursions
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back in the
10th and 11th Century
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that really put a halt
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to the unfettered
work of the Medieval Church
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but I believe that something
is going to play out with Islam
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but we don't
know quite what it is
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so that's one of the things
that we have to kind of look at
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with humility and see
how it's going to play out...
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I don't think that
it will be a focal point
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as many Bible students do
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but I think there is a
platform that Islam may have
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in the closing
scenes of earth's history
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because of its size...
because of its aggressive nature
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and we just have
to keep our eyes open
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and see how this
is going to play out
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as we come closer and
closer to the end of this world
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and the second coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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Pause.
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I have a high
degree of agreement
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with those who
talk about the diversity
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and the increased opinions
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of those who
look at this chapter
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but when we talk about
Islam and some of those things,
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we have to be very
careful and to do so with prayer
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because the
landscape is a little opaque...
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it is a little murky,
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we don't know quite
what Islam is going to do
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and how it's going to
figure in the end-time scenario
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but I suspect
there is a place for it.
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So we move back to... to Daniel.
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The Bible tells us
that some interesting things
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are going to happen.
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In Daniel chapter 11, we
see, where the Bible tells us
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that three more kings
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are going to come
upon the scene of action.
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Those kings are: Cambyses
spoken of in Ezra 4 verse 6,
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Gaumata... Ezra
chapter 4 verse 7,
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Darius the first...
Ezra chapter 4 verse 24,
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and Xerxes... in Daniel
chapter 11 verses 1 and 2.
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We find that...
there are four more kings.
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Xerxes by-the-way is the
Ahasuerus of the book of Esther
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and that word always...
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that name always
sort of trips me up
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as it does many people
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but it's Ahasuerus...
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as best as I can do
with that pronunciation
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from the book of Esther.
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This fourth
king, the Bible says,
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will be richer by
far than the others.
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He is Xerxes and that name
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when translated through
becomes again... Ahasuerus...
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or Ahasuerus
from the Word of God.
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He will use his power,
his purse and his position
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to stir his
Empire up against Greece.
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We touched on that when
we looked at Daniel chapter 9
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with this... what seems
like a personal animosity
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between the goat and the ram.
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Well, there was a
personal animosity
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between the
Persian King and Greece...
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and we saw that in Daniel
chapter 9 and we see it again.
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This fourth
king, Xerxes, as I said
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failed to conquer Greece.
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This was the one who
had Vashti as his wife
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and later married Esther.
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He raised one of the
largest armies and into history
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they marched into Greece
and got, dare I say, embarrassed
00:16:03.59\00:16:08.10
you've heard of 300
Spartans at Thermopylae
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well, that's this whole scenario
00:16:11.97\00:16:13.94
of him trying to
conquer the Grecian States...
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the Grecian States united
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and they turned
back the incursions
00:16:18.17\00:16:23.11
of the Persian Empire.
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Very interesting story...
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the Greeks dressed in metal and
the Persians dressed in cloth
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were no real match for them
00:16:32.15\00:16:36.36
and then, of
course, as we said before,
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the Persians were not accustomed
to hand-to-hand combat,
00:16:37.99\00:16:40.40
they were more "arrow shooters"
00:16:40.43\00:16:42.13
and, of course, when
you're covered in metal
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an arrow's not
going to do too much,
00:16:43.93\00:16:45.27
so, even though the
army was much larger,
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it didn't do what he
had expected it to do.
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A second Artaxerxes
called Longimanus...
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he was the one that was
responsible for the 457 decree
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that began the start
of the 2,300-day prophecy
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and so that's
how we bring that in,
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so, remember,
that we're establishing
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this magnifying glass pattern.
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We are getting an enhanced
view of the Medo-Persian Empire
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that we didn't get
in the previous chapters
00:17:20.64\00:17:22.30
slanted of course
to the Persian side
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because it was the Persian side
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as opposed to the Median side
which was a little more active.
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Then in Daniel
chapter 11 and verse 3,
00:17:30.41\00:17:32.31
we pivot now to Greece.
00:17:32.35\00:17:34.85
The Bible tells us about
"a mighty king shall arise...
00:17:34.88\00:17:39.15
and rule with great dominion.
00:17:39.19\00:17:41.76
He will do what he wants...
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the Kingdom is broken up...
scattered to the four winds...
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and none among his
posterity with inherit. "
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Well, that is of
course, Alexander
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and his four leading Generals.
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So, in verse 5 we
get this new player
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we have to keep
the train on the tracks
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and our thought
progression has to be linear...
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we're following
along... a mighty king...
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kingdom divided...
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his children
will not take over...
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he will be divided and
scattered to the four winds...
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the only person that
fits that is Alexander.
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Alexander's Empire is
divided into four sub-Empires
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and we'll come back to
that in just a little bit.
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These four
sub-Empires were under control
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of his four leading Generals.
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The King of the South is
initially Ptolemy and Egypt...
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that's one of the four Generals
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that we're going
to be talking about
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and we'll... we'll come
back to that in just a moment.
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The King of the North
is initially Seleucus...
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another of the four Generals
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that we're going
to be talking about.
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Here they are...
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Lysimachus /
Cassander Seleucus and Ptolemy.
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Now I put them in
that order for a reason...
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I'll explain in just a moment
00:19:09.01\00:19:10.35
but Seleucus or
initial King of the North
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Ptolemy...
initial King of the South
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and it was these
two particular Generals
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that sort of
came to the ascendancy
00:19:20.36\00:19:22.49
after the death of Alexander.
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So, we identify
right off the bat...
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the King of the
North Seleucus...
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the King of the
South... Ptolemy.
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Now, I'm identifying them
00:19:32.50\00:19:34.37
in relation to their
geographical proximity
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to the Holy Land.
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To the North... Seleucus...
00:19:41.81\00:19:43.95
to the South...
Ptolemy and Egypt.
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it is Egypt until after 31 B.C.
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and the Atheistic
offspring of those children.
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The four mini
empires became two.
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Now, all the Seleucid
kings took the name: Antiochus
00:20:02.10\00:20:06.13
and you recall that
it was the Seleucids
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that conquered the Holy Land.
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They were in-charge of
the Holy Land and North.
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They all took
the name: Antiochus.
00:20:14.38\00:20:16.18
Antiochus 1... Antiochus 2...
00:20:16.24\00:20:17.81
Antiochus 3... Antiochus 4...
00:20:17.85\00:20:19.41
Antiochus Epimanes...
00:20:19.45\00:20:20.98
all of these kings
took the name "Antiochus"
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there were eight
Seleucid kings in all.
00:20:25.15\00:20:27.72
Daniel chapter 11
verses 14 to 25... 29 rather
00:20:27.79\00:20:33.43
identifies a new
King of the North
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and we're going to come
to that in just a moment
00:20:36.90\00:20:38.80
because there is a Power
that succeeds the Seleucid kings
00:20:38.83\00:20:44.01
and, of course, that
is Pagan or Imperial Rome.
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So, one of the views that
we will see of God's people
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is that they are being assaulted
and crushed by a two-sided vice.
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False religion on the one hand
00:20:58.32\00:21:02.09
and Atheistic...
00:21:02.12\00:21:06.39
Atheism, rather, on the other.
00:21:06.43\00:21:09.43
Now, the Ptolemies in the south
00:21:09.46\00:21:12.27
or in Egypt
00:21:12.30\00:21:13.64
ruled for many, many years...
00:21:13.67\00:21:15.00
about 168 years.
00:21:15.04\00:21:16.37
You've heard of this
name before Cleopatra...
00:21:16.40\00:21:18.17
this is Cleopatra number 7.
00:21:18.21\00:21:20.18
She was a Ptolemy or
part of that dynasty in Egypt
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that we see as
the King of the South.
00:21:24.98\00:21:28.98
Daniel 11 reveals a squeeze
play as we've said before.
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False religion and Atheism...
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False Religion in the
north and Atheism in the south.
00:21:37.29\00:21:42.76
and these two forces
will oppose each other...
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sometimes join each other
00:21:46.00\00:21:47.34
and sometimes join each
other in fighting God's people
00:21:47.37\00:21:50.14
but throughout the years
there's this "Squeeze Pay"
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"Squeeze Play" rather
00:21:53.24\00:21:54.58
of False Religion in the
north and Atheism in the south
00:21:54.61\00:21:57.88
all coming
against the people of God.
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Pause.
00:22:02.38\00:22:05.82
Ptolemy is the
initial King of the South
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and the Seleucids are the
initial Kings of the North.
00:22:09.32\00:22:13.06
We're... we're... we're...
sort of begging that point
00:22:13.09\00:22:16.73
because what happens
is you had four Generals
00:22:16.77\00:22:20.00
and the four
Generals become two.
00:22:20.04\00:22:23.77
Lysimachus overthrows Cassander
00:22:23.81\00:22:27.48
and then
Seleucus, King of the North,
00:22:27.51\00:22:30.78
kills Lysimachus
in a war of expansion.
00:22:30.81\00:22:33.98
So, very quickly,
the four become two.
00:22:34.02\00:22:37.09
You got Seleucus in the north,
you got Ptolemy in the south,
00:22:37.12\00:22:40.02
and the four become two.
00:22:40.06\00:22:42.19
So, you've got a
King of the North
00:22:42.22\00:22:43.66
and a King of the South
00:22:43.69\00:22:45.23
and this is
further justification
00:22:45.26\00:22:47.76
for the understanding of
Ptolemy as the King of the South
00:22:47.80\00:22:51.53
and the Seleucids or
the Antiochus Dynasty
00:22:51.57\00:22:55.97
as the initial kings of north.
00:22:56.00\00:22:57.81
Now, you notice this...
this gets kind of complex...
00:22:57.84\00:23:00.18
it gets kind of involved
00:23:00.21\00:23:01.54
and that's because Daniel's
giving us this deeper look...
00:23:01.58\00:23:04.21
this closer look...
00:23:04.25\00:23:05.58
we don't get these
names in Daniel chapter 2.
00:23:05.61\00:23:07.68
We get the arms
and chest of silver
00:23:07.72\00:23:12.55
and we get the thighs of brass
00:23:12.59\00:23:14.82
but we don't the
names... we don't get the king
00:23:14.86\00:23:16.76
so Daniel 11 is giving us
this little closer look...
00:23:16.79\00:23:19.69
it's putting these kingdoms
under a magnifying glass
00:23:19.76\00:23:22.66
so that we not only
know what is going on...
00:23:22.70\00:23:26.63
we know who are the
players and the actors,
00:23:26.67\00:23:28.64
King of the
North... King of the South...
00:23:28.67\00:23:31.14
within decades after
the death of Alexander,
00:23:31.17\00:23:33.64
as I said before,
these four kingdoms
00:23:33.68\00:23:36.38
or four sub-Empires become two
00:23:36.41\00:23:40.18
and Ptolemy in the
north, Seleucus in the south.
00:23:40.22\00:23:45.29
Now, a little detail...
00:23:45.32\00:23:46.65
we'll try to run
through this very quickly,
00:23:46.69\00:23:49.42
In chapters 11:6...
chapter 11 verse 6...
00:23:49.46\00:23:52.16
alludes to Ptolemy the
2nd... the Expansionist.
00:23:52.19\00:23:56.06
Antiochus the
2nd... King of the North...
00:23:56.10\00:23:59.10
leaves his wife Bernice
who is a daughter of Ptolemy...
00:23:59.13\00:24:04.84
a little inter-marriage there...
00:24:04.87\00:24:07.31
and marries, rather, Bernice...
00:24:07.38\00:24:09.74
he leaves his wife,
Laodice who then subsequently
00:24:09.78\00:24:15.02
has Bernice
assassinated and her son
00:24:15.05\00:24:18.89
and then poisons Antiochus,
you got all this intrigue.
00:24:18.92\00:24:22.42
Bernice's brother,
Ptolemy the 3rd, travels north,
00:24:22.46\00:24:26.03
overthrows Syria, in
the battle that follows,
00:24:26.06\00:24:29.90
Antiochus the
3rd... King of the North
00:24:29.96\00:24:32.73
and Ptolemy the
4th... King of the South
00:24:32.77\00:24:36.60
meet at the battle
of Raphia in 217 B.C.
00:24:36.64\00:24:40.48
Ptolemy wins...
00:24:40.51\00:24:41.84
16 years later,
Antiochus the 3rd comes through
00:24:41.88\00:24:44.15
and defeats Egypt so
you've got this interplay,
00:24:44.18\00:24:46.51
back and forth... back and forth
00:24:46.55\00:24:47.88
inter-marrying, murder,
00:24:47.92\00:24:50.15
intrigue,
death... back and forth,
00:24:50.19\00:24:52.85
King of the
North... King of the South...
00:24:52.89\00:24:54.22
King of the
South... King of the North...
00:24:54.26\00:24:55.59
King of the North
over King of the South
00:24:55.62\00:24:57.73
Antiochus...
Ptolemy... back and forth
00:24:57.76\00:24:59.89
for about 168 years.
00:24:59.93\00:25:02.03
That's all played out and
explained in Daniel chapter 11
00:25:02.06\00:25:05.80
verses 11 through 13.
00:25:05.83\00:25:08.00
Now, Daniel
turns to a new power,
00:25:08.07\00:25:10.31
we've got to kind
of scoot along here
00:25:10.34\00:25:12.11
because time is
getting away from us
00:25:12.14\00:25:13.84
He turns to a new power
in verse 14 through 29...
00:25:13.88\00:25:18.45
which assumes
the role and identity
00:25:18.48\00:25:21.92
of King of the North,
00:25:21.95\00:25:23.28
now, we've got to keep
the train on the track...
00:25:23.32\00:25:25.22
so, when you want to know
who the new King of the North is
00:25:25.25\00:25:28.32
simply look for the kingdom that
supplants the Seleucid Kingdom.
00:25:28.36\00:25:32.93
Who comes on the scene of action
after the Seleucids are gone?
00:25:32.96\00:25:37.50
That is, of course, Pagan Rome.
00:25:37.53\00:25:40.67
The new power is Pagan Rome.
00:25:40.70\00:25:43.77
Where is Rome in
relation to Israel?
00:25:43.81\00:25:46.84
It is north... it is
north west but it is also north
00:25:46.88\00:25:50.21
because it conquers just
about everything in that area
00:25:50.25\00:25:53.42
so it's north,
00:25:53.45\00:25:54.78
so, when you're
looking for the new identity
00:25:54.82\00:25:56.82
of the King of the
North, it is Pagan Rome.
00:25:56.85\00:25:59.45
The Seleucid Empire
and the Ptolemaic Empire
00:25:59.49\00:26:03.93
as we said,
lasted about 168 years.
00:26:03.96\00:26:06.56
Near the end,
Cleopatra 7... she is a Ptolemy
00:26:06.59\00:26:10.47
so she's female but
she's King of the South
00:26:10.50\00:26:14.34
bears a child for Julius
Caesar nicknamed Caesarion.
00:26:14.37\00:26:18.44
She then bears three children
for his successor Mary Antony.
00:26:18.47\00:26:24.81
Now, we move now into
the age of Roman domination.
00:26:24.85\00:26:30.29
As I said... Cleopatra...
one child for Caesar
00:26:30.32\00:26:35.72
three for Mark Antony.
00:26:35.79\00:26:37.99
Pause.
00:26:38.03\00:26:39.39
The King of the North is
Pagan... then Papal Rome.
00:26:39.43\00:26:45.97
Rome annexed Egypt
00:26:46.03\00:26:48.54
under the first true
emperor called Octavian
00:26:48.57\00:26:53.38
or Caesar Augustus.
00:26:53.41\00:26:54.74
He defeated
Cleopatra and Mark Antony
00:26:54.78\00:26:59.08
at the war in 31 A.D.
00:26:59.11\00:27:03.25
at a battle called,
The Battle of Actium.
00:27:03.28\00:27:06.76
Octavian defeats the forces
of Mark Antony and Cleopatra
00:27:06.79\00:27:11.23
and really, from that time
on Egypt is a Vassal State,
00:27:11.26\00:27:14.93
it is not really a country
standing alone anymore...
00:27:14.96\00:27:19.53
it's part of the Roman
Empire and gets swallowed up
00:27:19.57\00:27:21.70
as part of the Roman Empire.
00:27:21.74\00:27:24.04
So, the new King of the North
becomes Pagan or Imperial Rome
00:27:24.07\00:27:28.64
and the King of the
South now has to change
00:27:28.68\00:27:32.08
because Egypt as a
stand-alone country
00:27:32.11\00:27:35.45
no longer exists.
00:27:35.48\00:27:36.82
You see, the depth... the layers
that Daniel is taking us through
00:27:36.85\00:27:40.06
he's giving us much
more of a microscopic look
00:27:40.09\00:27:43.32
at what's going on
or what is happening.
00:27:43.39\00:27:47.83
So, either Pagan or Papal Rome
00:27:47.86\00:27:51.37
is part of the
King of the North.
00:27:51.43\00:27:54.24
We see now again
the Squeeze play...
00:27:54.27\00:27:57.04
false religion in the North
00:27:57.07\00:27:59.14
and Anti-God
Atheism in the South.
00:27:59.17\00:28:04.38
Now, that encourages us to
tap the brake just a little bit
00:28:04.41\00:28:07.92
to try to be a
little judicious here
00:28:07.95\00:28:10.09
because the narrative
gets very, very involved
00:28:10.12\00:28:14.62
as we mentioned
the King of the South
00:28:14.66\00:28:18.19
changes as does
the King of the North.
00:28:18.23\00:28:22.36
We mentioned Actium
00:28:22.40\00:28:24.17
where the Roman
Empire annexed Egypt
00:28:24.20\00:28:27.54
and Mark Antony and
Cleopatra are defeated...
00:28:27.57\00:28:31.77
and Egypt ceases to
exist as a stand-alone country.
00:28:31.81\00:28:36.31
We have to adjust our sights
00:28:36.34\00:28:39.08
to identify the
King of the South.
00:28:39.11\00:28:42.08
In Revelation
chapter 11 and verse 8,
00:28:42.12\00:28:45.62
Scripture speaks
about spiritual Egypt
00:28:45.65\00:28:49.09
because of her opposition
to God's people historically
00:28:49.12\00:28:54.23
as outlined in
Exodus chapter 5 verse 2.
00:28:54.26\00:29:00.47
So, when we're looking
now at the King of the South,
00:29:00.54\00:29:04.21
you can't look at
Egypt as a country anymore,
00:29:04.24\00:29:07.28
you've got to look at her
spiritual sons and daughters.
00:29:07.31\00:29:11.05
So, prior to A.D. 31
in the Battle of Actium...
00:29:11.08\00:29:15.05
Egypt was a nation physically
opposing God's people.
00:29:15.08\00:29:19.05
After A.D. 31, the
King of the South now
00:29:19.09\00:29:23.83
is the "Spiritual
Children" of Egypt.
00:29:23.86\00:29:28.53
Those who have that
anti-God Atheistic mindset
00:29:28.56\00:29:33.84
as we saw in ancient Egypt.
00:29:33.87\00:29:37.37
So, Daniel 11 shows
the people of God now
00:29:37.41\00:29:40.24
assailed by this Squeeze Play...
false religion and Atheism
00:29:40.28\00:29:46.21
and as we've noted... our
starting point is A.D. 31.
00:29:46.25\00:29:51.99
Now, let's move on.
00:29:52.02\00:29:53.46
In 1798 something happened.
00:29:53.49\00:29:59.66
Let me go back and
just walk you through that.
00:29:59.69\00:30:02.93
In the north, Pagan Rome
was succeeded by Papal Rome.
00:30:02.96\00:30:11.97
Both opposed the people of God.
00:30:12.01\00:30:16.04
Papal Rome had an almost
00:30:16.11\00:30:19.81
unfettered sway
and control of Europe
00:30:19.85\00:30:22.98
from 538 A.D. to 1798 A.D.
00:30:23.02\00:30:29.89
or 1,260 years of what Daniel
11 calls "The Appointed Time. "
00:30:29.92\00:30:38.97
History informs
us that in that year
00:30:39.03\00:30:42.94
the dominance of the
western world by the Papacy
00:30:42.97\00:30:47.28
came to its end.
00:30:47.31\00:30:49.04
How did that happen?
00:30:49.08\00:30:50.81
In 1798, French General Berthier
at the orders of Napoleon
00:30:50.85\00:30:57.82
took the Pope prisoner
00:30:57.85\00:30:59.99
and the 1,260-year
reign of the Papacy in Europe
00:31:00.02\00:31:07.63
came to its end.
00:31:07.66\00:31:10.63
That reign of power...
sometimes called the Dark Ages
00:31:10.67\00:31:15.60
or the Middle Ages
came to an... an end.
00:31:15.64\00:31:20.71
The Pope's capture ended
the times, time and 1/2 a time
00:31:20.74\00:31:26.55
1,260-year rule of the Papacy.
00:31:26.58\00:31:29.58
Pause.
00:31:29.62\00:31:31.42
583 to 1798 as predicted
in Daniel chapter 7 verse 25.
00:31:31.45\00:31:39.69
We talked about that when we
went through Daniel chapter 7.
00:31:39.73\00:31:42.63
Daniel 11:35
mentions the "time of the end"
00:31:42.66\00:31:47.00
or "the appointed time"
00:31:47.04\00:31:48.37
that "appointed
time" was 1798...
00:31:48.40\00:31:50.94
it was at that time in that year
00:31:50.97\00:31:53.74
that Berthier took his action
00:31:53.78\00:31:56.44
and the church's
unfettered reign came to an end.
00:31:56.48\00:32:00.82
What replaced it was
something kind of sad.
00:32:00.85\00:32:05.45
Atheism replaced it
00:32:05.52\00:32:07.76
as the "Age of Reason"
00:32:07.79\00:32:09.99
and, of course, this
took place in France.
00:32:10.03\00:32:12.29
Really a horrible time.
00:32:12.33\00:32:14.36
For the first time in
the history of the world,
00:32:14.40\00:32:16.80
a country outlawed religion...
00:32:16.87\00:32:19.27
voted Christianity out...
00:32:19.30\00:32:21.60
said, "We're not going
to have any more faith...
00:32:21.67\00:32:24.57
any more
churches... any more praying...
00:32:24.61\00:32:26.61
any more worship
of... of God... "
00:32:26.64\00:32:28.71
it was a political move
00:32:28.74\00:32:32.15
by the King of the South
00:32:32.18\00:32:35.52
so the new King of
the South now is France...
00:32:35.55\00:32:38.29
a spiritual daughter
00:32:38.32\00:32:40.36
an ideological daughter of Egypt
00:32:40.39\00:32:44.03
against God's people...
against the people of God
00:32:44.06\00:32:47.56
and so, Atheism and all its
tentacles now rears its head
00:32:47.60\00:32:52.87
and if you look at Europe today,
00:32:52.90\00:32:54.37
so much of it is a
part of the fallout
00:32:54.40\00:32:57.87
of what happened so
many years ago in 1798.
00:32:57.91\00:33:03.21
Verse 38, "a God which
his fathers did not know"
00:33:03.24\00:33:08.98
very, very important text,
00:33:09.02\00:33:10.72
it's talking about this God
of Atheism that was ushered in
00:33:10.75\00:33:15.39
by the French in the year 1798.
00:33:15.42\00:33:20.96
Brand-new god... a god
that its fathers did not know.
00:33:21.00\00:33:24.00
What kind of God
is it? It is no God.
00:33:24.03\00:33:27.00
It is a decision
by the French people
00:33:27.04\00:33:29.94
to have no God...
00:33:29.97\00:33:31.31
to make a god of reason...
00:33:31.34\00:33:33.51
to make a god of
their own mindset...
00:33:33.54\00:33:36.11
to make a humanistic god...
00:33:36.14\00:33:37.81
but they
weren't going to worship
00:33:37.85\00:33:40.08
the God of heaven anymore
00:33:40.12\00:33:41.88
and this mind-set has
gone down through the years
00:33:41.92\00:33:46.79
and really, Europe is a very
secular place even to this day.
00:33:46.82\00:33:50.96
There are men and
women and young people
00:33:50.99\00:33:53.93
who are trying to serve the Lord
00:33:53.96\00:33:55.83
but there is
much secularism there
00:33:55.86\00:33:58.03
and much of it
had its beginning...
00:33:58.07\00:34:00.20
it's genesis in 1798
when the French people said,
00:34:00.24\00:34:03.77
"We will not have God
to be our God anymore. "
00:34:03.81\00:34:07.34
Verse 38 of Daniel
chapter 11 calls it,
00:34:07.38\00:34:10.95
"a god which his
fathers did not know"
00:34:10.98\00:34:14.48
so, it's part of the
spiritual legacy of Egypt
00:34:14.52\00:34:18.19
and as such France or Atheism
00:34:18.22\00:34:21.39
as espoused by
the French Government
00:34:21.42\00:34:24.39
is the King of the South.
00:34:24.43\00:34:26.73
It's kind of interesting that
00:34:26.76\00:34:29.00
for a while the
King of the North
00:34:29.06\00:34:30.67
went and captured
the King of the South
00:34:30.70\00:34:34.44
but both of them historically
have had their unity
00:34:34.47\00:34:41.31
in being against God's people.
00:34:41.34\00:34:43.68
so, I'm looking at some
of the names I have here.
00:34:43.71\00:34:47.48
Georg Hegel 1797
called the Father of Atheism.
00:34:47.52\00:34:51.25
Charles Darwin 1837,
00:34:51.29\00:34:53.56
Karl Marx and
Communistic Atheism 1843
00:34:53.62\00:34:57.63
and so, to this very day
00:34:57.66\00:34:59.29
it has settled into the
hearts and minds of so many.
00:34:59.33\00:35:03.73
The great German
Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
00:35:03.77\00:35:08.17
very famous name...
00:35:08.20\00:35:12.27
he said in 1882, "God is dead"
00:35:12.31\00:35:19.58
and so, even on television today
you've got Ron Reagan who says,
00:35:19.61\00:35:24.52
"There is no God,
there is no heaven,
00:35:24.55\00:35:27.22
there is no hell. "
00:35:27.26\00:35:28.59
Pete Singer... Michael Martin...
00:35:28.62\00:35:30.39
Richard
Dawkins... Stephen Hawking...
00:35:30.43\00:35:33.29
all brilliant...
all prolific writers...
00:35:33.33\00:35:36.36
many teaching in our
schools and universities
00:35:36.40\00:35:39.97
but all possessed of
the one self-same belief
00:35:40.00\00:35:43.57
that there simply is no God
00:35:43.61\00:35:47.21
and of course, the Bible says,
00:35:47.24\00:35:49.38
"The fool has said in his
heart, 'there is no God. '"
00:35:49.41\00:35:51.91
And "The fear of the
Lord... " Proverbs 9:10
00:35:51.95\00:35:55.75
"is the beginning of wisdom. "
00:35:55.78\00:35:57.75
How many people are there...
famous people... famous names
00:35:57.79\00:36:00.99
that you know
that are Atheistic?
00:36:01.02\00:36:03.79
Katharine
Hepburn, Sigmund Freud,
00:36:03.83\00:36:06.56
Clarence Darrow,
00:36:06.59\00:36:08.00
Andrew Carnegie,
00:36:08.06\00:36:09.43
Mark Zuckerberg,
00:36:09.46\00:36:10.80
all brilliant...
all accomplished...
00:36:10.83\00:36:14.60
all very talented...
00:36:14.64\00:36:15.97
but all believing in their
hearts that there is no God
00:36:16.00\00:36:19.11
either
Agnostic... most Atheistic
00:36:19.17\00:36:22.61
and I say again, Psalm
chapter 14 and verse 1,
00:36:22.64\00:36:26.61
"The fool has said in his
heart, 'there is no God. '"
00:36:26.65\00:36:31.59
How very, very sad.
00:36:31.65\00:36:34.62
Pause.
00:36:34.66\00:36:35.99
Psalm chapter 9 verse 10.
00:36:36.02\00:36:38.29
"And those who know Your
name and put their trust in You;
00:36:38.33\00:36:42.46
For you, Lord, have not
forsaken those who seek You. "
00:36:42.50\00:36:45.90
And I'm so glad that
even though there are so many
00:36:45.93\00:36:49.30
who don't believe in God,
00:36:49.34\00:36:50.94
God has not abandoned this world
00:36:50.97\00:36:53.17
and God has not
abandoned His people.
00:36:53.21\00:36:56.38
France, by vote of
Government, voted out religion
00:36:56.41\00:37:01.08
here's the
date... November 26, 1793.
00:37:01.12\00:37:08.42
She issued a decree
00:37:08.46\00:37:11.96
abolishing all religion.
00:37:11.99\00:37:15.26
They threw the
Bibles into the streets...
00:37:15.30\00:37:18.27
they cursed the name of God...
00:37:18.30\00:37:21.24
and yet Daniel sees a
resurrection of this North power
00:37:21.30\00:37:27.64
even though Berthier
took him off his throne,
00:37:27.68\00:37:30.38
Daniel says that
this King of the North
00:37:30.41\00:37:33.98
is going to be resurrected
00:37:34.02\00:37:36.92
as far as power and
authority is concerned
00:37:36.99\00:37:40.36
and an attempt is
going to be made again
00:37:40.39\00:37:43.76
to dominate the world
00:37:43.79\00:37:45.49
and that was done with the
signing of the Lateran Treaty
00:37:45.56\00:37:49.96
in February 11...
on February 11, 1929.
00:37:50.00\00:37:55.27
Papal Sovereignty
was re-established
00:37:55.30\00:37:58.87
and Papal
authority was re-asserted
00:37:58.91\00:38:02.44
across the globe.
00:38:02.48\00:38:04.61
So, though there was a
time when the King of the North
00:38:04.65\00:38:09.55
sort of "took his
lumps" as it were,
00:38:09.58\00:38:11.99
that was healed...
that wound was healed...
00:38:12.02\00:38:15.22
and in 1929 the Papacy
was given the Vatican States
00:38:15.29\00:38:20.73
and other Papal Estates,
00:38:20.76\00:38:22.53
it became a free-standing
self-governing entity.
00:38:22.56\00:38:26.40
Once again Eastern Europe fell
under the curtain of Communism
00:38:26.43\00:38:31.07
which has only
recently been lifted,
00:38:31.11\00:38:34.28
and the Muslim world
has again asserted itself
00:38:34.31\00:38:38.65
and time will not allow us
to examine that line of thought
00:38:38.71\00:38:43.45
save to say that in
these last days the Bible says,
00:38:43.49\00:38:47.72
"All the world will
wonder after the beast... "
00:38:47.76\00:38:51.89
a quote from
Revelation chapter 11
00:38:51.96\00:38:54.43
which lets us know that
many things are going to happen
00:38:54.46\00:38:57.90
as orchestrated
by this Papal Power
00:38:57.93\00:39:01.24
which has re-asserted itself
00:39:01.27\00:39:03.20
and again is taking
its place as a religion
00:39:03.24\00:39:07.71
that is intent
on world domination
00:39:07.74\00:39:11.18
and control of the
spiritual lives of men and women
00:39:11.21\00:39:15.05
across this earth.
00:39:15.08\00:39:17.29
Pause.
00:39:17.32\00:39:19.42
Daniel chapter
11 verses 40 to 41
00:39:19.45\00:39:22.56
allows us to understand
that the King of the North's
00:39:22.59\00:39:27.76
involvement in
the fall of Communism
00:39:27.80\00:39:30.17
and that influence has moved
through to the world of Islam.
00:39:30.20\00:39:36.84
Now, this is
very, very interesting
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.21
that it was the... the
United States President
00:39:38.24\00:39:46.41
Ronald Reagan in particular
00:39:46.45\00:39:49.55
in connection with the Vatican
that really was influential
00:39:49.58\00:39:56.06
in the... how can we
say the bringing down
00:39:56.09\00:39:59.89
of the Iron Curtain and
Communism back in the '80s.
00:39:59.96\00:40:03.67
So, this again is
the King of the North
00:40:03.73\00:40:06.50
and the United States
00:40:06.53\00:40:08.47
doing something to
influence the whole world.
00:40:08.50\00:40:11.87
This scenario is countenanced
and included in verse 42 and 43
00:40:11.91\00:40:18.85
of Daniel chapter 11
00:40:18.88\00:40:20.78
which echoes the record
00:40:20.82\00:40:22.62
as found in
Revelation chapter 13 verse 3
00:40:22.68\00:40:25.92
that the world will
wonder after the beast
00:40:25.95\00:40:29.19
and that there
will be this joining
00:40:29.22\00:40:31.79
of Protestantism and Catholicism
00:40:31.83\00:40:34.36
to dominate
religion around the world.
00:40:34.43\00:40:39.10
This beast again
is King of the North
00:40:39.13\00:40:42.84
remember we said
that the continuum is
00:40:42.87\00:40:46.54
Pagan or Imperial
Rome as King of the North
00:40:46.57\00:40:50.85
followed by Papal
Rome as King of the North
00:40:50.91\00:40:55.15
as we move down
through this earth's history.
00:40:55.18\00:40:59.42
As we come to the end of time,
00:40:59.45\00:41:02.42
as we move to the end
of this earth's history,
00:41:02.46\00:41:07.43
we will see again
this establishment...
00:41:07.46\00:41:09.93
this pressure by
the King of the North
00:41:09.96\00:41:13.44
to try to do
what it can to control
00:41:13.47\00:41:16.74
not only what we
think but how we pray
00:41:16.81\00:41:20.04
and how we believe
00:41:20.08\00:41:21.41
and our worship of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:41:21.44\00:41:24.41
What is interesting
that as we come down
00:41:24.45\00:41:27.32
to the end of Daniel chapter 11,
00:41:27.38\00:41:29.62
the Bible makes some
very startling claims
00:41:29.65\00:41:32.65
that lets us know that
we are very, very close
00:41:32.69\00:41:35.32
to the coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:41:35.36\00:41:37.89
Let's look at Daniel chapter
11 and I'm reading verse 44.
00:41:37.96\00:41:42.76
"But the news from the east
and the north shall trouble him:
00:41:42.80\00:41:47.57
therefore he shall
go out with a great army
00:41:47.64\00:41:51.24
to destroy and
annihilate many. "
00:41:51.27\00:41:53.61
Many see this as Islam and
incursions of the Islamic world.
00:41:53.64\00:41:59.05
"And he shall plant his tents...
plant the tents of his palace
00:41:59.08\00:42:04.45
between the seas and
the glorious holy mountain;
00:42:04.49\00:42:08.12
yet he shall come to his
end, and no one will help him. "
00:42:08.19\00:42:14.26
As we get down
to the end of time,
00:42:14.30\00:42:16.73
we're going to see
wars and rumors of wars
00:42:16.77\00:42:20.30
and a troubling of
the waters of religion
00:42:20.34\00:42:23.81
and these powers that
have held sway for so long
00:42:23.84\00:42:28.81
will give way
00:42:28.84\00:42:30.18
to the coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
00:42:30.21\00:42:33.82
and as this King of the
North runs into these powers
00:42:33.85\00:42:37.62
the Bible says... there's not
going to be anyone to help him
00:42:37.65\00:42:39.82
because it's time for
this power to come to its end
00:42:39.85\00:42:44.76
and then the next
thing that we will see
00:42:44.79\00:42:47.10
and that we will know
00:42:47.13\00:42:49.13
will be the coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:42:49.16\00:42:55.40
Pause.
00:42:55.44\00:42:57.04
In studying the book of Daniel
particularly Daniel chapter 11,
00:42:57.07\00:43:02.68
you've got to it
at... in very small steps
00:43:02.71\00:43:07.08
one at a time and keep
the train on the track.
00:43:07.12\00:43:11.42
What you have to do is
try as best you can to make...
00:43:11.45\00:43:16.02
you know, I was
listening to a...
00:43:16.06\00:43:18.16
a lecture by a doctor
to a number of doctors
00:43:18.19\00:43:21.90
and he said,
00:43:21.93\00:43:23.26
"If... if you hear
hoof prints behind you,
00:43:23.30\00:43:26.94
don't expect to see a
zebra... expect to see a horse"
00:43:27.00\00:43:31.61
and what he was
saying basically is,
00:43:31.67\00:43:34.74
"Don't look for the
wild or sensational,
00:43:34.81\00:43:37.55
try to follow the
line of trajectory
00:43:37.58\00:43:39.68
that has
already been established
00:43:39.71\00:43:41.68
and that is very, very crucial
00:43:41.72\00:43:43.92
when you're trying to understand
00:43:43.95\00:43:46.09
what Daniel is trying
to say to his people...
00:43:46.15\00:43:50.06
what Daniel is trying
to say to you and to I
00:43:50.09\00:43:53.16
and as you keep the
train on the tracks,
00:43:53.19\00:43:56.23
it tends to make sense.
00:43:56.26\00:43:58.27
You're looking at Medo-Persia,
00:43:58.30\00:44:00.84
you're looking at a series
of kings that are on the throne,
00:44:00.87\00:44:06.51
these are literal kings.
00:44:06.54\00:44:07.88
These are not bears or
beasts, these are kings
00:44:07.91\00:44:10.41
of a particular country.
00:44:10.45\00:44:11.88
That country is
succeeded by Greece.
00:44:11.91\00:44:16.12
We see again, a literal country
00:44:16.15\00:44:18.15
with a literal ruler
called Alexander the Great.
00:44:18.19\00:44:21.62
Then there is this
division to the four winds.
00:44:21.66\00:44:25.03
Well, we go through
history, where did that happen?
00:44:25.09\00:44:29.06
The Generals of Alexander
took over... upon his death.
00:44:29.10\00:44:32.87
The Bible says that his
children will not inherit.
00:44:32.90\00:44:36.60
Alexander had no successors
00:44:36.67\00:44:38.74
so Lysimachus,
Cassander, Seleucus and Ptolemy
00:44:38.77\00:44:42.18
took over the kingdom.
00:44:42.24\00:44:43.58
The four Generals
became two through expansion
00:44:43.61\00:44:47.78
these were not buddies...
00:44:47.82\00:44:49.15
these were war-like men and
so they conquered each other
00:44:49.18\00:44:52.25
they fought others...
00:44:52.29\00:44:53.62
when they had no others to
fight... they fought each other
00:44:53.66\00:44:56.22
so now we've
got two sub-kingdoms
00:44:56.26\00:44:59.39
one in the
north... one in the south...
00:44:59.43\00:45:01.73
the northern king was...
00:45:01.76\00:45:05.43
or the northern kings formed the
Seleucid or Antiochus Dynasty,
00:45:05.47\00:45:11.41
they became King of the North.
00:45:11.47\00:45:13.34
In the south there was but
one set of rulers for 168 years
00:45:13.38\00:45:17.65
they were the Ptolemies
00:45:17.71\00:45:19.35
they became the
King of the South.
00:45:19.38\00:45:21.58
Cleopatra was a Ptolemy
00:45:21.62\00:45:25.12
so if you keep it
linear, you can see
00:45:25.15\00:45:27.32
that it makes
very, very clear sense.
00:45:27.36\00:45:30.19
All right, now, the
Seleucid dynasties...
00:45:30.23\00:45:32.96
the kings called Antiochus
were overtaken by the Romans.
00:45:32.99\00:45:38.67
The Romans were the
next Empire in line,
00:45:38.70\00:45:43.91
they became King of the North.
00:45:43.94\00:45:46.64
In the south, the Ptolemies...
also overtaken by the Romans,
00:45:46.68\00:45:51.75
Egypt in 31 A.D.
ceased to exist as a nation
00:45:51.78\00:45:56.72
at the Battle of Actium
00:45:56.75\00:45:58.25
so now, the King of
the South has to change
00:45:58.32\00:46:01.86
because Egypt is
not there anymore
00:46:01.89\00:46:03.53
so if you keep the
train on the tracks
00:46:03.56\00:46:05.49
it becomes very
linear... it makes sense.
00:46:05.53\00:46:07.40
All right, in the
north, Pagan Rome takes over
00:46:07.43\00:46:11.23
followed by Papal Rome.
00:46:11.27\00:46:14.54
In the South,
the jump is made...
00:46:14.60\00:46:18.87
the leap is made from Egypt
00:46:18.91\00:46:22.74
and for the next 1,260 years
00:46:22.78\00:46:26.51
the King of the
North is in the ascendency.
00:46:26.58\00:46:29.58
It has its way...
it does what it wants.
00:46:29.62\00:46:33.86
It is the Papal
manifestation of... of Rome
00:46:33.92\00:46:38.59
and for 1,260
years... from 538 to 1798
00:46:38.63\00:46:43.26
there, of course, is
1,290 years from 508 to 1798.
00:46:43.30\00:46:48.70
In 508 Clovis became a
Catholic King of France
00:46:48.74\00:46:54.14
and the Goths were obliterated
00:46:54.18\00:46:57.45
and so the Catholic
Church as a free-standing entity
00:46:57.48\00:47:00.45
really came into
existence in 508...
00:47:00.48\00:47:05.19
in 538, the Pope
crowned Charlemagne
00:47:05.22\00:47:09.89
and assumed the power and
ability to take control of kings
00:47:09.92\00:47:16.16
to crown kings... to
give them their legitimacy.
00:47:16.20\00:47:19.97
So you could take the
508... 1,290 years to 1798
00:47:20.00\00:47:23.74
the 538... 1,260 years to 1798
00:47:24.01\00:47:28.04
and it follows through.
00:47:28.08\00:47:30.68
In 1798... the time
that the Bible calls,
00:47:30.75\00:47:33.58
"The Time of
the End" takes place
00:47:33.62\00:47:36.99
and the Pope is
taken off his throne
00:47:37.02\00:47:40.32
and is stripped of his power
00:47:40.36\00:47:44.89
by General
Berthier... Napoleon's General
00:47:44.93\00:47:48.60
so, now the King of the
North comes to a... a halt
00:47:48.66\00:47:53.37
by the king of the south
00:47:53.40\00:47:56.17
but that power is restored
00:47:56.20\00:47:58.47
and it's very, very linear
00:47:58.51\00:48:00.71
if you keep the
train on the track.
00:48:00.74\00:48:03.88
The King of the
South now is Atheism
00:48:03.95\00:48:07.22
or the belief
that God does not exist
00:48:07.25\00:48:10.52
or that there is no God...
00:48:10.55\00:48:12.82
again, train is on the track
so it becomes very, very simple
00:48:12.85\00:48:16.83
even though it's nuanced
and you're taking a tight look,
00:48:16.86\00:48:20.80
it's very, very simple
00:48:20.83\00:48:23.00
when you keep the
train on the track.
00:48:23.03\00:48:25.73
All right, in 1929,
00:48:25.77\00:48:29.74
the wound that is
spoken of in Revelation
00:48:29.77\00:48:32.94
or this "taking away of the
power of the King of the North"
00:48:32.97\00:48:36.34
is restored by
the Lateran Treaty
00:48:36.38\00:48:38.78
and the Papal Church
assumes again its former role
00:48:38.81\00:48:44.62
as a dominant
power in Western Europe.
00:48:44.65\00:48:48.96
In the wake of all this tragedy,
00:48:48.99\00:48:52.56
the idea of
Communism and Atheism
00:48:52.59\00:48:56.13
spreads across the Continent.
00:48:56.16\00:48:59.33
It first took its place... and
we first saw it there in 1798
00:48:59.37\00:49:03.97
time of the end...
the appointed time...
00:49:04.01\00:49:06.31
when France as a country
voted God out of existence.
00:49:06.37\00:49:11.15
"There is no God" they said
00:49:11.21\00:49:13.08
and the Goddess
of Reason or humanity
00:49:13.11\00:49:15.88
or human thinking was prayed to,
00:49:15.92\00:49:18.65
the Bible calls this
00:49:18.69\00:49:20.02
"a god which their
fathers did not know"
00:49:20.06\00:49:23.06
so, Daniel chapter
11 is not as complex
00:49:23.09\00:49:26.90
as one would
appear to see it as...
00:49:26.93\00:49:30.33
as long as you keep
the train on the tracks
00:49:30.37\00:49:33.34
and you look at it step by step
00:49:33.37\00:49:35.97
and step by step it
becomes certainly not simple
00:49:36.00\00:49:40.31
but it makes sense
and it does act up...
00:49:40.38\00:49:44.71
add up rather as we look
at it all together as a whole
00:49:44.75\00:49:50.35
but taken in
several different parts.
00:49:50.39\00:49:52.62
Now we come down
to our day today.
00:49:52.65\00:49:54.82
We are at the close
of this earth's history,
00:49:54.86\00:49:58.33
we are at the
very toes of the image
00:49:58.36\00:50:00.50
that we spoke
about in Daniel chapter 2
00:50:00.53\00:50:02.63
and by the grace of God
00:50:02.66\00:50:04.00
we know that Christ is
coming very, very soon.
00:50:04.03\00:50:07.20
These kings that have had
sway down through the centuries
00:50:07.24\00:50:11.61
the Bible says,
"They're going to come to an end
00:50:11.64\00:50:14.98
and no one will be
able to help them. "
00:50:15.01\00:50:17.65
You see, the truth
is, God sets kings up
00:50:17.68\00:50:20.25
and God takes kings down.
00:50:20.28\00:50:22.38
God orders the lives of
men, countries and events
00:50:22.42\00:50:26.86
and nothing can
withstand the power of our God.
00:50:26.92\00:50:31.29
We look at the
history of the kings
00:50:31.36\00:50:33.90
some served God... many did not
00:50:33.93\00:50:36.26
but the truth is,
00:50:36.30\00:50:37.63
all earthly
kingdoms will come to an end.
00:50:37.67\00:50:41.00
All earthly
potentates will have their end.
00:50:41.04\00:50:43.84
King of the
North... King of the South...
00:50:43.87\00:50:46.64
Atheism will have its end.
00:50:46.68\00:50:49.24
The bowing and praying
to monarchs and potentates
00:50:49.28\00:50:55.05
and popes will have its end.
00:50:55.08\00:50:57.19
You see, in these last days,
00:50:57.22\00:50:59.25
one of the things that
is touched on in Daniel
00:50:59.29\00:51:01.42
but spoken of
clearly in Revelation
00:51:01.49\00:51:04.96
is the idea of which God is God?
00:51:04.99\00:51:08.26
Who do we worship?
00:51:08.30\00:51:10.33
Why do we worship?
00:51:10.37\00:51:12.37
Where do we worship?
00:51:12.40\00:51:14.54
When do we worship?
00:51:14.60\00:51:16.67
All of these
questions will soon be answered
00:51:16.71\00:51:20.04
when our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ comes.
00:51:20.08\00:51:23.38
But we must answer
these questions for ourselves
00:51:23.41\00:51:26.68
before the Lord comes.
00:51:26.72\00:51:28.78
We must make our
calling and election sure.
00:51:28.82\00:51:32.39
We must
decide... who is our God.
00:51:32.42\00:51:34.66
Who we will worship.
00:51:34.69\00:51:36.59
When we will worship.
00:51:36.62\00:51:38.56
Why we will worship
00:51:38.59\00:51:40.46
and how we will worship.
00:51:40.50\00:51:42.93
God is asking His
people to make those decisions
00:51:42.96\00:51:46.53
and that's why a book
like the book of Daniel
00:51:46.57\00:51:49.74
and a chapter like
chapter 11 is so important
00:51:49.77\00:51:52.87
because it gives us a view
of life and this earth's history
00:51:52.91\00:51:59.48
and the interplay
between God and man
00:51:59.51\00:52:02.12
over the centuries
00:52:02.18\00:52:03.85
and orients us in such a way
that we can know how to live,
00:52:03.89\00:52:08.49
how to serve... what's coming...
00:52:08.52\00:52:10.96
what has gone before
00:52:10.99\00:52:12.59
and how near we are
to the second coming
00:52:12.63\00:52:15.56
of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
00:52:15.60\00:52:18.47
Kingdoms come and kingdoms
go, men come and men go,
00:52:18.53\00:52:24.34
but God remains the same forever
00:52:24.37\00:52:27.31
and His Kingdom
will be without end...
00:52:27.38\00:52:30.41
that day is
coming so very, very soon
00:52:30.45\00:52:33.45
and I'm sure as I stand
and look at the Word of God
00:52:33.48\00:52:38.75
that you along with me
00:52:38.79\00:52:41.59
want to be with our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:52:41.62\00:52:44.39
The time is not far hence.
00:52:44.43\00:52:46.90
Christ will come soon...
00:52:46.96\00:52:49.36
He will stand and
make His kingdom sure
00:52:49.40\00:52:53.34
and by the grace of God
00:52:53.37\00:52:54.97
we shall be with our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
00:52:55.00\00:52:58.67
So, that's Daniel chapter
11... a wonderful chapter...
00:52:58.71\00:53:02.38
a complex chapter...
00:53:02.41\00:53:03.91
but one that gives us a
view of what God has done...
00:53:03.95\00:53:09.18
of what God is doing...
00:53:09.22\00:53:11.75
and what God is sure to do
00:53:11.79\00:53:14.29
as we come down to the
end of this earth's history.
00:53:14.32\00:53:19.03
May I encourage you to
stay on the Lord's side...
00:53:19.09\00:53:23.77
to pray daily...
00:53:23.80\00:53:25.70
to stand with the Lord daily...
00:53:25.73\00:53:28.97
to make your
calling and election sure...
00:53:29.00\00:53:31.77
to walk with Him daily...
00:53:31.81\00:53:33.98
to give Him your life
00:53:34.01\00:53:36.11
and accept from
Him the Holy Spirit
00:53:36.14\00:53:39.01
which will prepare your
hearts and minds for the day
00:53:39.05\00:53:42.85
when Christ will come again
00:53:42.88\00:53:44.85
and that you be not deceived,
00:53:44.89\00:53:46.76
that you will
walk with Him always
00:53:46.79\00:53:49.99
and that by His
grace when He does come,
00:53:50.03\00:53:53.29
you will be part of
His everlasting Kingdom.
00:53:53.33\00:53:56.56
Pray with me now if you will.
00:53:56.60\00:53:58.53
"Gracious Father, we
thank you and praise you
00:53:58.57\00:54:03.34
for the power and
grace and goodness and glory
00:54:03.41\00:54:08.11
that you have given us.
00:54:08.14\00:54:09.48
Thank you for Daniel chapter 11,
00:54:09.51\00:54:12.28
thank you for
the book of Daniel.
00:54:12.31\00:54:15.42
Thank you Father that
we can know of a surety
00:54:15.48\00:54:19.52
that Christ is coming soon
00:54:19.55\00:54:21.46
but more than that,
00:54:21.49\00:54:23.16
we can know of a surety
that you will be the victor.
00:54:23.19\00:54:28.63
We can know by the
power of your Spirit
00:54:28.66\00:54:32.80
that Jesus is coming soon
00:54:32.83\00:54:35.74
and that we can be
part of that glorious day
00:54:35.77\00:54:39.54
and that glorious company.
00:54:39.57\00:54:41.88
We see now, Lord,
the interplay of men
00:54:41.91\00:54:46.98
and women and kingdoms
00:54:47.02\00:54:49.48
and kings... and
spiritual entities.
00:54:49.52\00:54:52.69
We know that God sets
up and God takes down,
00:54:52.72\00:54:58.36
that God rules and overrules
in the affairs of men and women
00:54:58.39\00:55:04.37
and as we've
looked at the machinations
00:55:04.43\00:55:08.70
of the King of the North
00:55:08.74\00:55:10.07
and the King of the South
00:55:10.11\00:55:11.44
and the things
that they have done,
00:55:11.47\00:55:13.71
as we look at the
rise and fall of Empires...
00:55:13.74\00:55:17.35
of kings... and
the glory thereof,
00:55:17.38\00:55:21.15
we know that every
king and every knee
00:55:21.18\00:55:25.05
and this old world
must one day give way
00:55:25.09\00:55:28.92
to a kingdom
that shall have no end
00:55:28.96\00:55:32.29
and a King who
is above all kings.
00:55:32.36\00:55:35.60
On that day, Lord,
00:55:35.63\00:55:37.87
may we be part of that number...
00:55:37.90\00:55:40.27
that company that hails
you as Lord and eternal King,
00:55:40.30\00:55:47.38
we want to be saved...
00:55:47.44\00:55:49.48
we've looked at
the record of the past,
00:55:49.51\00:55:52.45
we look at our lives now
00:55:52.51\00:55:54.65
and we look at
what is sure to come
00:55:54.68\00:55:57.75
and we ask dear Father
that you may be pleased
00:55:57.79\00:56:02.59
to grant us
entrance into your kingdom...
00:56:02.62\00:56:05.66
to be saved along with
the saints of all ages...
00:56:05.69\00:56:09.46
to be sons and
daughters of Jesus Christ
00:56:09.50\00:56:12.53
throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity,
00:56:12.57\00:56:15.57
this is our prayer...
00:56:15.60\00:56:18.01
this is our desire...
00:56:18.04\00:56:20.34
this is our pledge to you...
00:56:20.38\00:56:23.24
and we praise you and thank you
00:56:23.31\00:56:26.11
in the worthy name of
Jesus, amen and amen. "
00:56:26.15\00:56:32.45
We'll see you next time...
00:56:32.49\00:56:34.62
we've got two more
chapters to look at,
00:56:34.66\00:56:38.39
we're going to combine them...
chapter 10 and chapter 12.
00:56:38.46\00:56:42.46
Chapter 10 is
preparatory for chapter 11...
00:56:42.53\00:56:46.00
and then chapter
12 is the epilogue
00:56:46.03\00:56:49.40
of this very, very fine book,
00:56:49.47\00:56:52.67
so we're going to
combine those two...
00:56:52.71\00:56:54.34
ten and twelve...
00:56:54.38\00:56:55.71
in a wonderful display
of the goodness of our Lord.
00:56:55.74\00:56:59.55
Daniel All
Access... stay tuned...
00:56:59.58\00:57:02.38
we'll see you again soon...
00:57:02.45\00:57:04.89
chapters 10 and chapter 12...
00:57:04.92\00:57:07.82
the title: Touched by an Angel.
00:57:07.89\00:57:10.43
God bless you,
we'll see you then.
00:57:10.46\00:57:12.93