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821. Bible Study: Daniel 11 (Kings of the North and South- Prophecies) · Faith by annm2705

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Chapter 11 from the book of Daniel.
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Now this chapter is so confusing but I was tracking it for a
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while and then I kind of gave up after quite a bit of time.
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And so I will read what I found because the one thing this does
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is it actually shows us how true the Bible is because some of the
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prophecies that are in here that I, I could find are exactly like
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what happened. It's really wild and I'll point
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those out as it goes along. But then, like I said, it just
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started to get a little bit confusing and I, I just stopped.
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I, there were so many that were already proved.
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I don't really need to prove every single thing or find proof
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of every single thing that's in here.
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So anyway, let's get started on this one.
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Dear Lord, please be with us as we read through this chapter and
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open our eyes and our minds and let us understand what you want
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us to know from this chapter. We ask this in Jesus name, Amen.
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So this one starts out with a part of what was in chapter 10.
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So it I will read like the parentheses that was given it
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from chapter 10. It was said no one supports me
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against them except Michael your Prince.
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And in the first year of Darius the Mead, I took my stand to
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support and protect him. Again, you'll have to listen,
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listen to chapter 10 to really understand but what how I
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arrived at this. But to me, it seems like it's a
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possibility that this was actually Jesus speaking to
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Daniel. And this also made me think
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about something that Jesus said when in the very end times that
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he said no one was there to be with him as he trotted, as the
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wine press was trodden. He did it all by himself and so
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that makes me think about the same thing He said no one
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supports me against them except Michael, your Prince.
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And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I took my stand to
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support and protect him. So this also makes me think that
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Michael, the Prince, the Angel who protects Israel, I am
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drawing a conclusion that at the midpoint of the tribulation,
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when Satan is cast down and the lawless man is revealed, I think
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all of these things happen at the same time.
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And there's reasons for that. But I think that the restrainer
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is actually Michael, the protector of Israel.
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Because when the restrainer is moved removed, then all of the
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wrath, that's how the the evil 1 is able to accomplish his
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persecution of the people of Israel and of people who don't
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deny Jesus. So anyway, that's there's that's
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kind of a, there could be a lot to talk about that, but I'm
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going to stay on this chapter. So this is about the kings of
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the South and the north. Now, this is a long time ago
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that this was written and it said, you know, this was a third
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year of Cyrus of Cyrus, king of Persia, where Daniel had this
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vision. And it says, now I tell you the
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truth, three more kings will arise in Persia and then a
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fourth who will be far richer than the others.
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That part has been fulfilled because it's really interesting.
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And just searching, this is something you can search too,
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just in Google. Like when did Cyrus king of
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Persia rule? Cyrus the Great was king of
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Persian Empire from approximately 559 BC until his
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death in 530 BC. So this is 500 years before, you
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know. Oh gosh, even more than that,
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before even Jesus was born. So this was a long time ago when
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he has, so it says, three more kings will rise and that was
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next. Like who came after Cyrus of
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Persia. The success successors were
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Cambusus, the second son of Cyrus from 5:30 to 522 BCE, and
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then Bardea or Smurtus, brother of Cambius the second ruled
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briefly as a usurper 522 BCE. Then came Darius the Great.
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He rose to power after Bardea from 522 to 486 BC.
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And then who ruled Persia after Darius the Great.
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So after Darius the Great was his son Xerxes who reigned from
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486 to 465 BC. And So what this says is 3 more
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kings. So that got us to Darius and
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then a fourth who will be far richer than the others.
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So Xerxes the first would be the 4th that would be far richer.
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So I just put into Google was Xerxes the first wealthy?
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Says yes. Xerxes was immensely wealthy,
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inheriting the vast Ekimund Persian Empire, the largest and
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richest in the ancient world, and funding massive building
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projects and massive military expeditions like his invasion of
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Greece through immense imperial resources and heavy taxation.
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So that's another key important part because it says when he has
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gained wealth, but when he has gained power by his wealth, he
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will stir up everyone against the Kingdom of Greece.
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So it just told us in this Google search that he invaded
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Greece and he used his immense imperial resources and heavy
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taxation, says then a mighty king will arise who will rule
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with great power and do as he pleases.
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After he has arise, After he has arisen, his empire will be
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broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven.
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It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have
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the power he exercised because his empire will be uprooted and
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given to the others. Now we have to remember that
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this is the the Persian Empire that we're talking about.
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And so it's in modern day Iran. So let's see who is the most
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powerful king of Persia that I just wanted to check that Cyrus
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the Great and Darius the Great, the two of them were considered
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the most powerful king of Persia.
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And then details about Xerxes, he followed Darius the Great and
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Alexander the Great came after Darius the Third.
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So this is the one that I know that biblical scholars always
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talk about Alexander the Great coming.
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And then that's when it was parceled out to his after he
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ruled, it got separated into four different kingdoms.
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And there were actually more than just 4 kingdoms, but there
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were primarily 4. So it says like what were the
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territories after Alexander the Great?
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After his death, his vast empire fractured among his generals,
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which is really interesting because that's what the.
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This is what the Bible will say. Also, the Bible says the king of
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the South will become strong, but one of his commanders will
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become even stronger than he and will rule his own Kingdom with
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great power. So after Alexander the Great's
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death, his vast empire fractured among his generals, just like
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what the Bible said, into several Hellenistic successor
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kingdoms, primarily the Twalmic Kingdom in Egypt, the Seleucid
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Empire in the East, and the Antigonid Kingdom in Macadon and
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Greece, with other smaller states like the Kingdom of
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Pergamon also emerging, creating a new era of Greek influenced
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monarchies that blended Hellenic and local cultures.
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So the Ptolemic Kingdom was essentially Egypt, and if you
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look on a map, Egypt would be the southern part of the
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Kingdom. So the king of the South, as
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this starts out is essentially Egypt really.
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And you will see how this actually becomes fulfilled too.
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After some years. They will become, they will
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become allies. The daughter of the king of the
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South will go to the king of the North to make an alliance, but
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she will not retain her power and he, his power will not last
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in those days. She will be betrayed together
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with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported
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her, it says one from her family line will arise to take her
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place. He will attack the forces of the
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King of the North and enter his fortresses.
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He will fight against them and the NIV says be victorious.
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But it says in other versions that he will do it with great
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strength. So anyway, this is this is kind
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of interesting too, as you look a little bit further into this.
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I had asked, you know, of the four major territories following
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Alexander the Great, which one emerged the strongest, the
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Potomac king Kingdom in Egypt. OK, so that is the one who was
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said in the Bible that this one's going to be really strong.
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Then I wondered who ruled that Kingdom, the Potomac Kingdom,
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and it was there were several different ones.
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There were Tuolumne the first, Sodor and Tuolumne the 2nd and
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Arsenio the second and then Cleopatra the 7th.
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So it's interesting here Cleopatra and it talks about the
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the marriage of the Kingdom of the South and the Kingdom of the
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North and that how hers didn't last.
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So then I started wondering, OK, what about Cleopatra and looking
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into her, The husbands of Cleopatra were Tuolome the 13th.
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He was Cleopatra's first husband and younger brother, who whom
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she married around 51 BCE, when she was 18.
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He was 10. As was traditional for the
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Twalmic dynasty, to preserve dynastic purity, he ruled with
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her in the Twalmic Kingdom of Egypt until his death in 47 BCE
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and then Ptolemy the 4th. After Ptolemy the Third's death,
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Cleopatra married her even younger brother Ptolemy the
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let's see, ten 14th Who? Yeah, it was the 13th and the
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14th. I misread the Roman numerals,
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who was about 12 years old at the time.
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They were Co rulers of the 12 MC Kingdom until he died, likely
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poisoned by Cleopatra in 44 BCE shortly after Caesar's
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assassination and then Mark Antony.
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Mark Antony was a powerful Roman general and a member of the
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Second Triumvirate, one of the three men who ruled the Roman
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Republic. After Julius Caesar's death,
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Cleopatra married him around 36 BCEA political and personal
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union that effectively reunited much of Egypt's former empire.
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The alliance ultimately led to war with Octavian and the
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annexation of Egypt into the Roman Empire.
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So that's pretty interesting that that was.
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Let's see notes on Julius Caesar.
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While Cleopatra had significant political and romantic
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relationship with Julius Caesar, and they had a son named
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Cesarean, they were never legally married under Roman law
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because Caesar was already married to a Roman woman.
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Calpurnia and Romans were not permitted to marry foreigners at
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the time. Lots of drama there then, Like
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who was Mark Antony? He was from Rome, Italy, and he
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died when he was 53 years old in 30 BC in Alexandria, Egypt.
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So it gets pretty interesting, right?
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The Bible. Then I wondered what happened to
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Cleopatra. How did she die?
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I was just curious. Cleopatra, the last active
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ruler, the Twalmic Egypt, died by suicide around August 10th
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through 1230 BCE after her Roman lover Mark Antony's defeat by
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Octavian, later called Augustus. While popularly believed to be
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an ASP bite, many historians now think she used she used poison
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ointment, drink or hairpin to avoid humiliation in Octavans
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Octavians triumph leveraging her known expertise in pharmacology
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for a dignified controlled death.
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Though the exact method remains debated.
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So the what was believed to be and who knows?
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I mean how does anybody have any proof and why would that be
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stated? But it says that the popular
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belief, according to popular belief, Cleopatra killed herself
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by allowing an ASP, an Egyptian cobra, to bite her.
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So it's interesting either a cobra bit her or and maybe she
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didn't plan on it, I don't know. But so then Cleopatra 5th, 6th,
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7th son Cesarean Tuolomee the 15th technically succeeded her
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as the last Tuolmic Pharaoh, but only for about 18 days before
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being executed by Octavian, who then annexed Egypt as a Roman
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province, ending Farinac rule. Octavian, soon to be the Emperor
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Augustus, became the ultimate success for successor,
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integrating Egypt into the Roman Empire.
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Then which of Cleopatra's sons rose up to fight against Rome?
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That was another question. So as Cesarean, Ptolemy the
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14th, the biological son of Julius Caesar, was seen as a
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potential rival to Rome's future Emperor Octavian and was ex
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executed on Octavian's orders after Cleopatra's death,
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effectively ending the Ptolemaic rule and embodying the last
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resistance to Rome's annexation of Egypt.
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While Caesarean didn't lead an army, his very existence as
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Caesar's error posed a threat that Octavian eliminated to
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secure his power. So then let's see what else
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we'll read more. So one from her family line will
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arise to take her place. He will attack the forces of the
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King of the North. So we see that he did and enter
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his forces. He will fight against them.
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And it, you know, the NIV says be victorious.
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But another interpretation of it, or the Hebrew word, could
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also mean strengthened by strength.
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He will also seize their gods, their metal images, and their
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valuable articles of silver, and carry them off to Egypt.
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So then I wondered, who was it that carried things from Rome to
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Egypt? And so this is what I found.
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Things were carried from Rome to Egypt primarily by Roman
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conquerors and emperors like Augustus, who brought back vast
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resources and spoils after conquering Egypt in 30 BCE,
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transforming it into a Roman province and enriching Rome with
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grain, wealth, and even Egyptian artifacts like obelisk, while
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also moving Egyptian culture to Rome.
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Before that Kushite, our Nubian forces under Queen Amanarinus
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actually plundered Roman holdings in Egypt, stealing
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statues and captives and took a bronze head of Augustus back to
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Merrell as a as lute. Then I don't know I what was the
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greatest battle? What what was the greatest
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battle started by Rome over Egypt?
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That would be the Battle of Alexandria, the final engagement
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of the War of Acti Actium, where Octavian defeated Mark Antony,
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Antony and Cleopatra, leading directly to their suicides and
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Egypt's annexation, securing Octavian's soul rule and
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ushering in the Roman Empire. And then you think about like
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the other dream or vision that they that Daniel had.
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As I read that, I was thinking about that where the last part
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of the the reign, the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had dreamed
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of and the different beast there.
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Historically, it's been thought of as the Roman Empire was the
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terrifying and frightening beast that was seen in vision, the
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vision in Chapter 7, and then also the legs of iron that was
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seen in chapter 2. And that's why people talk about
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the the final one, which is the feet of clay and iron mixed.
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It's part Roman, but there's something else with it.
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And so you can see how scholars came to this conclusion after
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just looking up these these few different things in the Bible.
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There's a lot more research that went on to it, but I can see
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just from the some of the things that I've looked up already how
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it does support these things. Let's see, there was something
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that was interesting to the list of Roman emperors was Augustus,
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or that was an Octavian and Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius
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Nero, Galba Ortho Ulis, Vitalius Vespasian, Titus.
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Domitian and Nerva, these are all really interesting emperors
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and it's kind of interesting as you follow, like Nero was a
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terrible 1 and I think Domitian also.
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There's a lot of interesting things about how horrible some
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of these rulers were, and I'm not going to go into all of
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that. But then I wondered how many
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battles were there between Rome and Egypt?
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There weren't numerous large scale wars between independent
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Rome and independent Egypt. Rather, conflicts arose as
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Rome's power grew, culminating in the Roman conquest of the
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Twalmic Egypt after battles like the Siege of Alexandria and the
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final defeat at the Battle of Actium, which ended Cleopatra's
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reign and integrated Egypt into the Roman Empire by 30 BC.
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Then I was curious, did Octavian's son rule?
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No, Octavian or Augustus had no biological sons who ruled.
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He outlived his grandsons and adopted his stepson Tiberius,
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who became the first emperor after him starting the Julio
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Claudian dynasty, which continued with adopted relatives
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and descendants. While he had one biological
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daughter, Julia, succession was complicated, leading him to
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groom several adopted heirs like Gaius and Lucius Caesar Agrippa
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Posthumus before settling on Tiberius.
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So there's a lot here. When did Rome establish itself
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in Jerusalem? Rome established its control
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over Jerusalem in 63 BC when Pompeii the Great conquered the
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city, bringing Judea into the Roman sphere.
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But Rome solidified its direct presence and rebuilt it as the
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Roman colony Elio Capitolina in 135 CE after crushing the bar
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the Barcopa revolt, banning Jews from the city and renaming it
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after Emperor Hadrian. Did Rome and Egypt make an
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alliance? Yes, twalmic Egypt was an ally
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of the Roman Republic for a significant period, but this
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relationship evolved from a strategic partnership to
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eventual Roman annexation, especially after cleopatra's.
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The 7th alliance with Mark Antony led to conflict with
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Octavian or Augustus and Aegis incorporation as a Roman
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province in 30 BC. Roman Egypt maintained a bond
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with Egypt supplying vital grain and Rome offering protection,
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but this shifted from mutual benefit to imperial control.
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So just like the Bible said that a daughter was given to him in
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marriage from the north and the South, same thing happened.
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And let's see, what else was it? Which Egyptian ruler married a
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Roman woman? That was another.
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There was something that I read in the Bible that made me ask
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that question, and it says the famous Egyptian ruler who
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married a Roman woman in a political sense, as she was
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Greek but ruled Egypt and allied with Romans, was Cleopatra the
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7th, the last Ptolemic Pharaoh who famously had significant
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relationships and children with two powerful Romans, Julius
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Caesar, though they never formally married, and Mark
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Antony, who she did marry in 36 BC.
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While Cleopatra was ethnically Greek or mass Macedonian, her
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relationship with Antony, a Roman general, made her a
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central figure in Roman politics, leading to war and
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Egypt's eventual Roman annexation.
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So where was the Seleucid Empire?
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The Seleucid Empire was a vast Hellenistic Kingdom in Western
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Asia, founded by the Seleucus One first nicotour after
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Alexander the Great's death, stretching from Thrace or Europe
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to the Indus River Asia, encompassing modern day Turkey,
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Syria, Mesopotamia or Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and parts of
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Central Asia, with major capitals in Antioch or Syria and
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the Slucia, Iraq forming one of the major successor states to
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Alexander's Empire. So this seems like it's the the
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Northern Kingdom and it's made-up of several that are in
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the new state, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, around Afghanistan and
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always in the news lately in the Middle East over many, many
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years. So then this I think it's
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probably best for me to read through this Daniel Chapter 11
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and then read through the questions and answers in the
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study Bible. I've read a lot of things and
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then I'll go back to more research, but let's see where we
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stopped for some years. He will leave the King of the
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North alone. Then the King of the North will
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invade the realm of the King of the South, but will retreat to
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his own country. His sons will prepare for war
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and assemble a great army which will sweep on like an
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irresistible flood and carry the battle as far as his fortress.
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Then the King of the South will March out in rage and fight
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against the King of the North, who will raise a large army, but
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it will be defeated when the army is carried off.
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The King of the South will be filled with pride and will
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slaughter many thousands, yet he will not remain triumphant, for
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the King of the North will mass will muster another army larger
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than the first, and after several years he will advance
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with a huge army fully equipped. In those times many will rise
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against the King of the South. Those who are violent among your
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own people will rebel in fulfillment of this vision, but
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without success. Then the King of the North will
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come and build up siege ramps and will capture a fortified
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city. The forces of the South will be
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powerless to resist. Even their best troops will not
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have the strength to stand. The invader will do as he
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pleases. No one will be able to stand
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against him. He will establish himself in the
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beautiful land and will and will have the power to destroy it.
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So this was something that the being established in the
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beautiful land, like when was Rome over Jerusalem and that was
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between 63 BC and 70AD. He will determine to come with
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the might of his entire Kingdom, and will make an alliance with
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the King of the South, and he will give him a daughter in
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marriage in order to overthrow the Kingdom, but his plans will
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not succeed or help him. Then he will turn his attention
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to the coastlands and will take many of them.
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But a commander will put an end to his insolence, and will
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return his insolence back on him.
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After this he will turn back from the fortresses of his own
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country, but will stumble and fall to be seen no more.
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His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain royal
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splendor. In a few years, however, he will
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be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle.
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He will be succeeded by a contemptible person who has not
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been given the honor of royalty. He will invade the Kingdom when
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its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue.
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Then an overwhelming army will be swept away before him.
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Both it and a Prince of the Covenant will be destroyed.
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After coming to agreement with him.
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He will act deceitfully and with only a few people.
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He will rise to power. When the richest provinces feel
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secure, he will invade them and will achieve what neither his
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father's nor his forefathers did.
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He will distribute plunder, loot and wealth among his followers.
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He will plot the overthrow of fortresses, but only for a time.
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With a large army. He will stir up his strength and
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courage against the king of the South.
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The King of the South will wage war with a large and very
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powerful army, but he will not be able to stand because the
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plots devised against him. Those who eat from the King's
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provisions will try to destroy him.
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His army will be swept away and many will fall in battle.
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The 2 kings with their hearts bent on evil will sit at the
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same table and lie to each other, but to no avail because
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an end will still come. At the appointed time.
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The King of the North will return to his own country with
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great wealth, but his heart will be set against the Holy
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Covenant. He will take action against it
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and then return to his own country.
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At the appointed time. He will invade the South again,
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but this time the outcome will be different from one from what
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it was before. Ships of the western coastlands
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will oppose him and he will lose heart.
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Then he will turn back and vent his fury against the Holy
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Covenant. He will return and show favor to
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those who forsake the Holy Covenant.
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His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the Temple and and
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will abolish the daily sacrifice.
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Then they will set up the abomination that causes
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desolation with flattery. He will corrupt those who have
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violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will
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resist him, will firmly resist him.
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Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they
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will fall by the sword, or be burned or captured or plundered.
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When they fall, they will receive a little help, and many
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who are not sincere will will join them.
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Some of the wise will stumble so that they may be refined,
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purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will
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still come at an appointed time. So this is where it gets really
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confusing. Like did this all happen or is
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it yet to come? And I think the Bible scholars
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say that some of these things have happened, but they are
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probably a foreshadowing, just like we've seen in so many other
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parts of Scripture where it it happens once in history, but
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it's not completely fulfilled. And then there's a future event
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that happens as well. And I think that's what this is.
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So the study Bible says how were these prophecies fulfilled from
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in Chapter 11 verses 2 through 45 says after three more Persian
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kings reigned in verse 2, Xerxes came to the throne and tried
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unsuccessfully to conquer Greece.
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In 480 BC Daniel predicted the reign of Alexander the Great and
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after his death in 323 BC, the disputes among his four
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generals. The king of the South verse 5
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represents the the Ptolemies. The king of the north represents
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the Seleucids. Now the Seleucids, just as a
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reminder, is a part of Europe, so I guess Rome was included in
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part of that. Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq were a
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part of those things. So 6 Ptolemies and seven Sluices
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are mentioned here. The predictions of their
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battles, marriages and intrigues came true down to the last
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detail. So that's all the stuff I did
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not research. Antiochus the Third took control
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of the land of Israel from the Ptolemies by 197 BC.
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Most of the remaining prophecies in this section focus on Israel.
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Attacks on Israel mounted until Antiochus the 4th Epiphanes, the
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contemptible person from verse 21 profane the Temple.
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Some believe the prophecies after verse 35 point to events,
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the persons and persons yet to come.
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The self exulting king is thought to be thought by some to
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be the beast from Revelation chapter 13 verses 5 through 8,
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whose battles with other nations according to Daniel chapter or
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11. Verses 40 through 45 apparently
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will end at Jerusalem's Temple Mount according to verse 45,
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perhaps in connection with the battle of Armageddon.
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Armageddon from Revelation 16 verse chapter 16 verse 16.
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So this is the part I will read that people think may be a
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future prophecy that hasn't been fulfilled yet, because here's
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what it says. Some of the wise will stumble so
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that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless
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until the end, until the time of the end, for it will still come
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at the appointed time. Again, that's like a moedem or a
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a moed and appointed time by God.
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There are 7 and there are seven of them that are outlined in
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Leviticus chapter 23. So the king will do as he
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pleases. He will exalt and magnify
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himself above every God and will say unheard of things against
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the God of gods. He will be successful until the
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time of wrath. So at this point it sounds like
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he will be successful until the time of wrath.
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The wrath is when Jesus returns. So could this be a spiritual
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one, and says he will be successful until the time of
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wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place.
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He will show no regard for the gods of his ancestors or for the
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one desired by women, nor will he regard any God, but will
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exalt himself above them all instead of them.
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He will honor a God of fortresses, a God unknown to his
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ancestors. He will honor with gold and
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silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.
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He will attack the mighty, the mightiest forces with the help
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of a foreign God. That was interesting.
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And when I looked it up to see like, did it really say a
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foreign God or was this another translation?
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Yes it did. And you know how I've mentioned
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before that Elohim is plural and it's the Trinity that makes me
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think that you know it's the Trinity when it talks about God,
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our Godfather, Son and Holy Spirit. 3 persons and one God.
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This one said with the help of a foreign Eloh or I don't know, I,
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I need to probably look that up to see exactly what it says, but
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it's the singular version because I don't know if I'm
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saying it right. But anyway, it's the, it is.
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It's just like Elohim, but it's the singular version.
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Elohim is plural and then it's Elohim, Elohim.
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Maybe I'm not, I can't remember now what it was, but I did look
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it up so you can look it up too in blueletterbible.org.
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It's Daniel Chapter 11 verse 39 and will greatly honor those who
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acknowledge him. He will make them rulers over
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many people and will distribute the land at a price at that
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time. At the time of the end, the king
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of the South will engage him in a battle, so we'll have to
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figure out who this king of the South is.
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And the king of the north North will storm out against him with
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Chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships.
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He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a
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flood. He will also invade the
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beautiful land. Many countries will fall, but
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Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his
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hand. He will extend his power over
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many countries. Egypt will not escape.
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He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and
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all the riches of Egypt, with the Libyans and the Kushites in
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submission. But reports from the east and
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the north will alarm him, and he will set out in a great rage to
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destroy and annihilate many. He will pitch his royal tents
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between the seas at the beautiful holy mountain.
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And I, I'm thinking that might be like Mount Sinai.
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Yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
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That's the end of Chapter 11, so I will read some of the other
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questions and answers in the study Bible for Chapter 11.
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So it says, what is the beautiful land?
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Israel. This term sounds almost wistful
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here, since the Jewish people longed for the time longed for
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the land which they had been exiled.
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Who was the Prince of the Covenant?
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Perhaps the Hyatt, the high priest Onaius the Third, who was
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murdered in 170 BC. This phrase could also be
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translated Confederate Prince, in which case it would refer to
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Egypt's Ptolemy, the 6th Phylomator.
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So it gives another one, the Prince of the Covenant.
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What was the holy covenant? When the Jewish people returned
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to the Promised Land, God entered into a new covenant with
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Israel that reestablished his gracious relationship with them,
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restored the law, and reinstituted sacrificial
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worship. This holy covenant threatened
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earthly kings. How was a temple of fortress?
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Temple? Fortress may mean a sanctuary of
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strength. While the temple was not the
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kind of fortress that would repel an army, it represented
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the earthly headquarters of the Lord, a tangible source of
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strength for the Jewish people and a central force for their
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faith. Focus for their faith.
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What was the abomination that causes desolation?
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This first happened in 168 BC when Antiochus.
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The 4th Epiphanies desecrated the temple with a Pagan altar.
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Some believe it happened again around 40 AD when Emperor
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Caligula tried to desecrate the temple, and again in AD 70 when
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the Romans finally destroyed Jerusalem.
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Jesus predicted a similar desecration which may be yet to
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come. In Matthew 24, he he warned the
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readers, it says about the abomination of desolation that
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was spoken of in Daniel, but it, you know, just said in the book
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of Daniel. So there's quite a number of
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abominations that it I guess it could be.
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How can stumbling purify someone?
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Unlike other biblical references to stumbling that refer to
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sinning, the word here relates to suffering.
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Like Fall, Stumble describes the difficulties that faithful Jews
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faced under the rule of Antiochus the 4th.
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Many Jews refusing to abandon the true God for the false one
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Antiochus had set up were tortured and killed.
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The result was a refining of Israel's faith.
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We should avoid stumbling into sin, but we can.
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But we can welcome persecution for our faith, for it
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strengthens and matures us. And that's from the book of
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James chapter 1, verses 2 through 4.
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So who was this king that was talked about?
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The description fits well as the Caesars of the Roman Empire,
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these emperors who claimed divine power and authority,
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commanded worship from all people in the empire.
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Some also relate this king to an end time Antichrist, and that's
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in verse 36. It's when it says the king will
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do as he pleases. Who was the one desired by
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women? Perhaps Tammuz, A Babylonian
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fertility God. See Ezekiel chapter 8, verse 14.
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Or this could refer to the Messiah.
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Some suggest that many Israelite women hoping for the nation's
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rescuer may have wondered whether they would have the
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honor of being his mother. Is this Michael the Archangel
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that's referred to? Oh, that's for chapter 12.
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So we will not get into that part.
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I'll see if there's a few more things.
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I know there's more tabs that I have opened and I'll see where
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we are with this. If there's oh, here's another
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good resource. If you go to blueletterbible.org
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and you go into the AMP version, it, it will give you names.
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So it's not as confusing to read about the kings of the North and
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the kings of the South. It identifies who those kings
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were. So that was really helpful.
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And I just found that when I was looking up several different
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things. So when I was curious, what
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significant things did Antiochus the 4th Epiphanes do?
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So he was significant for his aggressive Hellenization of the
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Seleucid Empire, culminating in the forced Hellenization of
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Judea, which included desecrating the Jerusalem Temple
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by sacrificing pigs and setting up an altar to Zeus, outlawing
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Jewish practices, and provoking the Maccabean revolt, a major
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turning point for Jewish identity and religious freedom.
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He also nearly conquered Egypt before being halted by Rome, and
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was known for claiming divine status.
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So his claimed divinity took the title Epiphanes, which means God
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manifest, and presented himself as Zeus Incarnate, earning the
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nickname Eppinmanes, our madman from from Israel.
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So his extreme policy sparked a major Jewish rebellion led by
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the Maccabees, resulting in the redec rededication of the temple
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and the establishment of Hanukkah.
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And then I was curious why the book of Maccabees is not in the
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Bible? The Books of Maccabees aren't in
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the Protestant Bible because they are part of the Apocrypha
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are due to Deutero Canon, considered non canonical by
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Protestants but included in Catholic and Orthodox canons,
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while Judaism excludes them as they were written later around
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the 2nd century BCE and were preserved in Greek, not Hebrew.
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After the Jewish Canon closed, Protestant reformers like Martin
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Luther rejected them, viewing them as not divinely inspired or
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doctrinally sound, especially for passages supporting Catholic
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beliefs like praying for the dead for the Jews or the Hebrew
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Bible. The Tanakh.
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The timing the Maccabean period, the 2nd century BCE, was
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considered the was considered after the age of prophecy.
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So these books weren't seen as divinely inspired scripture
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language. They were primarily written in
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Greek, not Hebrew, the language of the established Jewish
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scriptures for Protestants in the Protestant Bible, the
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Apocrypha. Martin Luther and other
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reformers placed them in an appendix, the Apocrypha
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Apocrypha or removed them entirely, believing they weren't
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equal to the other books doctrinal differences.
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Passages like Mac, 2nd Maccabees 1243 through 46, which mentions
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prayers for the dead, were seen as supporting doctrines like
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Purgatory, which Protestants reject for Catholics and
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Orthodox Christians. Catholic Orthodox Bible, Deuter,
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Canonical. These books, One and Two
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Maccabees, were included in the Septuagint, the Greek Old
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Testament used by early Christians, and were formally
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affirmed as canonical by the Church historical narrative.
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They provide crucial history of the Maccabean revolt and
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Hanukkah story which the Church values.
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In essence, the exclusion is a matter of differing traditions
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on which books qualify as divinely inspired scripture,
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with Catholics and Orthodox including them as
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deuterocanonical, while Jews and Protestants do not.
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And did anyone approve Antiochus Epiphanies?
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Yes, Antiochus. The 4th Epiphanies faced
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significant opposition, most famously the Maccabean revolt
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led by the Hasemonian family, specifically Matthias and his
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sons. Like Judas Maccabus.
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This revolt was a fierce, successful rebellion against his
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oppressive Hellenistic decrees, which included banning Jewish
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law, persecuting those who followed it, and desecrated the
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temple in Jerusalem, ultimately leading to Jewish self rule and
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the Hanukkah story. And so I did look up who was
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Antiochus Epiphanes from gotquestions.org.
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So Antiochus Epiphanes was a Greek king of the Seleucid
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Empire who reigned over Syria. So he actually lived in Syria
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from 175 BC until 164 BC. He and this is like the King of
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the North. He is famous so that King of the
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North is connected to Syria. I think that might be something
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that we would want to remember when we talk about the future
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Antichrist, just as a possibility, since sometimes
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history repeats itself. So he is famous for almost
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conquering Egypt, for his brutal persecution of the Jews which
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precipitated the Maccabean revolt.
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Antiochus Epiphanes was a ruthless and often capricious
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ruler. He is properly Antiochus the
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4th, but he took upon himself the title Epiphanes, which means
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illustrious One or God manifest. However, his bizarre and
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blasphemous behavior earned him another nickname among the Jews,
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Epimanus, which means Mad Mad one.
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An altercation between Antiochus Epiphanes and a Roman ambassador
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by the name of Gaius Populus Lanius is the origin of the
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saying to draw a line in the sand.
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When Antiochus brought his army against Egypt in 168 BC, Papa
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Lilius stood in his way and gave him a message from the Roman
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Senate ordering him to stop the attack.
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Antiochus responded that he would think it over and discuss
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it with his counsel, at which point Papa Lilius drew a circle
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in the sand around Antiochus and told him that if he did not give
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the Roman Senate an answer before crossing over the line in
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the sand, Rome would declare war.
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Antiochus decided to withdraw as Rome had requested, but the most
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famous conflict connected to Antiochus Epiphanes is the
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Maccabean revolt. During that time of history,
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there were two factions within Judaism, the Hellenist, who had
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accepted Pagan practices and the Greek culture, and the
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Traditionalist who were faithful to the Mosaic Law in the old
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ways. Supposedly to avoid a civil war
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between the two factions, Antiochus made a decree
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outlawing Jewish rights and worship, ordering the Jews to
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worship Zeus rather than Yahweh. He wasn't just trying to
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Hellenize the Jews, but to totally eliminate all traces of
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Jewish culture. Of course, the Jews rebelled
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against his decrees. In an act of brazen disrespect,
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Antiochus raided the Temple in Jerusalem, stealing its
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treasures, setting up an altar to Zeus, and sacrificing swine
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on the altar. When the Jews expressed their
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outrage over the profaning of the Temple, Antiochus responded
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by slaughtering a great number of Jews and selling others into
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slavery. He issued even more draconian
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decrees, performing the rite of circumstances.
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Circumcision was punishable by death, and Jews everywhere were
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ordered to sacrifice to Pagan gods and eat pig flesh.
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The Jewish response was to take up arms and fight.
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In 167 to 166 BC, Judas Maccabees led the Jews in a
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series of victories over the military forces of the Syrian
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Greeks. After vanquishing Antiochus and
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the Seleucids, the Jews cleaned, cleaned, and restored the Temple
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around 165. Antiochus Epiphanes is a
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tyrannical figure in Jewish history, and he is also a
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foreshadowing of the coming Antichrist.
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The prophet Daniel predicts an atrocity in the Temple in the
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end times in Daniel 27. In Daniel 9, Daniel Chapter 9
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verse 27 and 11 verse 31 and chapter 12 verse 11, Daniels
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prophecy concerns a coming ruler who will cause offerings to
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cease in the temple and set up quote an abomination that causes
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desolation. While what Antiochus did
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certainly qualifies as an abomination, Jesus speaks of
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Daniel's prophecy as having a still future requirement.
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In Matthew chapter 24 verses 15 through 16 and Mark chapter 13
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verse 14 and Luke chapter 21 verses 20 through 21, the
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Antichrist will model Antiochus Epiphanes in his great pride,
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blasphemous actions, and hatred of the Jews.
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And I think that probably concludes pretty much of what I
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had researched for this chapter. But All in all, the bottom line
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and the summary that I came away with was that there are lots of
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details in this, but a lot of these details were fulfilled
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hundreds of years after they were foretold and written down
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in the book of Daniel. And so again this this verse
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that Jesus had said in Matthew 24 verse 15.
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So when you see standing in the holy place the abomination that
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causes desolation spoken of through the prophet Daniel, let
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the reader understand then let those who are in Judea flee to
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the mountains. And it says how it continues on,
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and it says in verse 21. For then there will be great
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distress, unequalled from the beginning of the world until
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now, and never to be equaled again.
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So that has not happened yet. And that will actually lead us
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into what is mentioned in chapter 12 by Daniel, because
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Daniel talks about the same thing from Matthew 24, verse 21,
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verse 21. So we'll, we'll talk about this
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again when we get to chapter 12 because it's important.
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And I'm, I'm just going to conclude this.
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But All in all, the Bible is true.
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It's real. These prophecies are real.
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And there's more to come in our future.
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So I think we need to know what it says so that when these
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things happen, we will recognize them and know what comes next.
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Because it does say in Paul says in one of the Thessalonian
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books, our letters, he says that first there will be the
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revealing of the lawless one and then will come, Jesus will
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arrive after that. So this is just something for
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all of us to pay attention to and read these prophecies
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because these things that haven't happened yet are in our
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future. We don't know if it's really far
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distant future or near future, but important to know what they
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