December 7th Daniel 11
1:
Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm
and to strengthen him.
Egypt
and Syria
2:
And now will I shew thee 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 Grecia. 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 thy 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 honour 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 maketh 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. 36:
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt
himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak
marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the
indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be
done. 37:
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of
women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38:
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom
his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with
precious stones, and pleasant things. 39:
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he
shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to
rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. 40:
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him:
and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind,
with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall
enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 41:
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall
be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and
Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 42:
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land
of Egypt shall not escape. 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 shall be at his steps. 44:
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him:
therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly
to make away many. 45:
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in
the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none
shall help him.
Daniel
12 The time of the end
1:
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which
standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of
trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same
time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that
shall be found written in the book. 2:
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3:
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;
and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and
ever. 4:
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the
time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be
increased. 5:
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on
this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the
bank of the river. 6:
And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters
of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? 7:
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of
the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto
heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a
time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to
scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be
finished. 8:
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall
be the end of these things? 9:
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and
sealed till the time of the end. 10:
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked
shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the
wise shall understand. 11:
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and
the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a
thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12:
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred
and five and thirty days. 13:
But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand
in thy lot at the end of the days.
The Prophesies of
Daniel is so completely amazing and detailed that this book has come
under very strong attack by sceptics. When Alexander the Great came
to conquer Jerusalem he was met by the high priest who told him that
his coming had been foretold and he was introduced to a copy of the
Book of Daniel. Alexander was surprised to say the least and
worshipped the God of heaven. (Flavius Josephus) In this chapter
Daniel gives the date again of the Prophecy. (Those who try to
suggest a late date for this book have great difficulty regarding the
dates of all the Prophecies.) Daniel stands to try to strengthen
Darius the Mede. Yet he tells him the truth of his visions. First he
describes three Persian kings and of a forth who was much richer than
all of them. He will stir up the kingdom of Greece. Then he speaks of
a mighty king who will rise and rule with great authority but his
kingdom will be broken and he will be scattered into four regions.
And the king of the south will be strong and one of his princes will
be very great indeed. Then the king of the north will make a treaty
with the king of the south through his daughter. Yet from your
ancestors an army will invade and conquer some of the northern
kingdom and carry away huge numbers of captives to Egypt. Yet the
king of the north will come and the king of the south will engage in
battle. This back and forth between the north and the south will
continue for many years. Eventually the northern kingdom will conquer
completely and yet the king will die. A vile ruler will take the
kings place and he will move south with a small force and spoil the
land of Israel so that the southern king will rise up against him.
This king will seek to pollute the sanctuary of the Lord. The people
who know the Lord will be strong and will do exploits. The King (The
antichrist will exalt himself over everyone and call himself god) He
will have no respect for the God of heaven, not his Son (Christ –
the desire of women). He will honour the ‘god of forces’. He will
conquer the whole of the middle east including Egypt and Libya. Yet
he will be destroyed and none will help him. In the last chapter
Daniel describes the archangel Michael who will stand up in the time
of trouble (the tribulation) he describes the resurrection to
damnation and blessing. Those that are wise will shine like the
heavens and they will effective evangelise. Then Michael says to
Daniel shut up the words of this prophecy until the time of the end.
This means that these things will not be understood generally until
the end times. He says that in the end times transportation will be
more prevalent and knowledge will increase. Then Daniel saw two
angels and one asked, when will these thing take place? and the
answer came back after 3½ years. (The 3½ years at the end of all
things - prior to the kingdom, called by Christ the Great
Tribulation. Matt 24) Daniel asked for further detail and he was told
that these things are not revealed yet but from the time f the
abomination of desolation until the end of the times of the Gentiles
(the end of the 70th
week would be 2290 days. There is a special blessing on those who
wait even for 1335 days. Then Daniel is told to wait and that he will
die, yet he will stand again (in resurrection) in his allotted place,
in the end of these days.
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