phil,
actually someone sent it to me... thought it would be unique reading.
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From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 2:15 PM
Subject: Pearl Of Great Price


> Jeremy,
>
> Is this from the Mormon book called the Pearl Of Great Price?  I wasn't 
> sure
> reading through and was curious.
>
> Phil.
>
>
>>I am sending you a short analysis on Daniel
>>chapter 11. This vision is the pearl of great price. (Da.10:14)
>>
>>Who is "the king of the north"?
>>Some insightful Bible students noticed, the
>>proof lies in the obvious identity that exists
>>between Daniel's "the king of the north" in the last days and
>>Ezekiel's "Gog" of the latter days. By comparing
>>what is said about each of them in the two
>>prophecies, it is manifest that they can only be different
>>titles for the same being.
>>
>>Ezekiel Chapter 38 and 39 = Daniel 11:45
>>
>>1. Their geographical position is the same.
>>"Gog's" country is in the north part in relation
>>to the Holy Land; as it is written, "Thou shalt come from thy
>>place out of the north parts". "Gog" is
>>therefore "the king of the north", his place or country being there.
>>2. Both of them are adversaries of Israel and
>>invaders of the Holy Land. The eleventh chapter
>>of Daniel abundantly proves this in relation to "the king
>>of the north"; and of "Gog", Yahoueh said: "Thou
>>shalt come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land".
>>3. The time they invade the land is the same.
>>"The king of the north" invades in the last
>>days. Of "Gog" it is said: "It shall be in the latter days, and
>>I will bring thee against my land".
>>4. The same peoples are named as components of
>>their armies. The Libyans and Ethiopians are
>>allies with "the king of the north"; and in the enumeration
>>of Gog's forces, it says, "Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them".
>>
>>Who is "Gog"? Which land is the land of "Magog"?
>>Some people think that "Gog" is the Devil. But
>>does the context support this idea? Ezekiel wrote that
>>after "Gog's" last attack he will fall and then
>>be buried by the people. (Ez.39:4,11) So there
>>is no need to prove that "Gog" represents the Devil as we
>>know that the devil does not have a body of
>>flesh and bone and has no need for a grave.
>>Thus, in actuality, whom does "Gog" symbolize?
>>"Gog" is the chief prince of Meschech and Tubal.
>>
>>"Meshech, the sixth son of Japheth (Genesis
>>10:2) is the founder of a tribe (1 Chronicles
>>1:5; Ezekiel 27:13; 38:2,3). They were in all probability the
>>Moschi people, inhabiting the Moschian
>>Mountains, between the Black and the Caspian
>>Seas. In Psalms 120:5 the name occurs simply as a synonym for foreigners
>>or barbarians. "During the ascendency of the
>>Babylonians and Persians in Western Asia, the
>>Moschi were subdued; but it seems probable that a large number
>>of them crossed the Caucasus range and spread
>>over the northern steppes, mingling with the
>>Scythians. There they became known as Muscovs and gave this
>>name to the Russian nation and its ancient
>>capital by which they are still generally known
>>throughout the East" (Easton's Bible Dictionary).
>>Many ancient sources have clearly identified
>>"Magog" as referring to the "Scythians".
>>One of the earliest references to Magog was made
>>by Hesiod, "the father of Greek didactic poetry"
>>who identified Magog with the Scythians and southern
>>Russia in the 7th century B.C. Hesiod was a contemporary of Ezekiel.
>>Josephus Flavius clearly identified Magog.
>>"Magog founded the Magogians, thus named after
>>him, but who were by the Greeks called Scythians". (Josephus,
>>Antiquities, 1.123; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel 38:2)
>>The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that in the
>>fifth century B.C. the Scythians ruled from the
>>Don River, in present southern Russia, to the Carpathian
>>Mountains in central Europe.
>>
>>Philo, is another historian in the first century
>>A.D. who identified "Magog" with southern Russia.
>>
>>Ancient authorities clearly identified the
>>Scythians as the ancestors of the present day Russians.
>>
>>However, even without that information, the
>>identity of "Magog" is not too difficult to
>>figure out. In Ezekiel 38:15, it says: "And thou shalt come from
>>thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many
>>people with thee". The "north parts" is
>>literally the "extreme, or uttermost" parts of the north.
>>
>>Who are "the kings of the north" and "south"?
>>Who are the "kings" of this chapter?
>>
>>Daniel 11:2
>>
>>Since the Prophecy was given in the third year
>>of Cyrus (Daniel 10:1), the three kings that
>>were to "stand up yet", that is, "after him", were Cambyses
>>II, Smerdis the Magian imposter, Darius I Hystaspes.
>>The fourth king, Xerxes I, stirred up Persia
>>against Greece, which he invaded in 480 B.C. but
>>failed to conquer. Since prophecy touches only upon important
>>events and characters, the remaining kings of
>>Persia are omitted, and the prophecy jumps over
>>nearly 150 years to the time of Alexander the Great 336-323
>>B.C.E.
>>Daniel 11:3,4
>>
>>"A valiant king", Alexander the Great, whose
>>kingdom after his death was divided into four parts.
>>1) Seleucus I - who began the Seleucid (Syrian) empire, from Turkey to
> India.
>>2) Cassander - who took over Macedonia (Greece).
>>3) Lysimachus - who took Thracia (between Greece and Turkey).
>>4) Ptolemy I - who ruled over Egypt.
>>Daniel 11:5
>>
>>After the death of Alexander the Great in 323
>>B.C., the throne of Egypt fell to Ptolemy I
>>Soter, the son of Lagus, the king of the south.
>>
>>"One of his princes", Seleucus I, Nicator ["the
>>king of the north"] also rose to power, and took
>>over the region of Syria. He eventually became more powerful
>>than his former Egyptian ruler.
>>
>>Daniel 11:6
>>
>>"The daughter of the king of the south" =
>>Berenice II, daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
>>"The king of the north" = Antiochus II Theos.
>>Two years after the marriage, Berenice's father (Ptolemy Philadelphus)
> died.
>>Antiochus restored Laodice and put away Berenice.
>>He was then poisoned by Laodice.
>>Berenice fled with her children to Daphne where she was killed.
>>
>>Daniel 11:7-9
>>
>>A "branch of her roots" will come with an army.
>>This was Berenice's brother, Ptolemy III Euregetes, "the king of the
> south".
>>
>>"The king of the north" is Seleucus II
>>Kallinikos, son of Laodice who was defeated in a
>>later invasion of Egypt. He lost most of Asia Minor along with losing
>>to the military expansion of Ptolemy III who put
>>his mother, Laodice, to death.
>>
>>Verse 9: "And [the king of the north] will enter
>>into the kingdom of the king of the south, but
>>will return to his own land". (literal translation)
>>
>>Seleucus II, son of the deceased Laodice, sought
>>revenge for the vengeance taken by Ptolemy III.
>>"Justin says that he fitted out a great fleet, which was
>>destroyed by a violent storm; and after this he
>>raised a great army to recover his dominion, but
>>was defeated by Ptolemy, and fled in great terror and
>>trembling to Antioch". (Gill's Commentary)
>>
>>Daniel 11:10-12
>>
>>His ["the king of the north"] sons = Seleucus
>>III Ceraunus and Antiochus III the Great.
>>"The king of the north" = Antiochus III, the Great.
>>"The king of the south" = Ptolemy IV Philopator.
>>Ptolemy IV defeated the much larger army of
>>Antiochus III at the Battle of Raphia in 217.
>>
>>Daniel 11:13-17
>>
>>"The king of the south" = Ptolemy V Epiphanes.
>>"The king of the north" = Antiochus III.
>>Antiochus III gives his daughter Cleopatra I to
>>Ptolemy V, in hopes of permanent influence in Egypt.
>>Verse 14a: "And in those times many will rise against the king of the
> south".
>>At this time, many of the Egyptians began
>>rebelling against the ruling Grecian family and began rioting and defying
> them.
>>Verse 14b: "And the sons of the violent ones of
>>your people shall rise up to establish the
>>vision, but they shall stumble". (LIT)
>>
>>This verse speaks of the violent sons of
>>Daniel's nation. Many commentators suggest that
>>these people will stand up against the king of the south, but this
>>text foretells that these people will lift
>>themselves up to establish the vision. They were
>>called a violent people by Ezekiel who in this way described
>>them as shedders of blood. (18:10a) The word
>>vision [in Aramaic chezev; in Hebrew chazown] is
>>used in the Book of Daniel e.g. in: 7:1,2,7,13,15; 8:1,2,13,15,17,26;
>>9:24; 10:14; 11:14. All of these visions
>>prophecy of the future persecution of God's
>>nation, that would be fulfilled in the distant future. (Daniel 8:17;
>>10:14)
>>What kind of violent people would lift
>>themselves in the ancient time, to fulfill the
>>inspired visions and prophecies before their time? The First Book
>>of the Maccabees clearly indicates the Maccabees
>>as being these violent people. (1:54; 6:7) Until
>>now, many commentators believe that the Maccabees fulfilled
>>the prophecies of the Book of Daniel. But Jesus
>>said that the vision which concerns the
>>abomination of desolation and the persecutions of God's nation
>>will be fulfilled in the future. (Compare Matthew 24:15; Revelation 
>>13:1-8)
>>Verse 11:16b "and he standeth in the desirable
>>land, and it is wholly in his hand". (YLT)
>>After one hundred years, Palestine again changed
>>hands. The Seleucid king, Antiochus III, took
>>control of Palestine c. 200 B.C.E.
>>Daniel 11:18
>>
>>Antioch III against the Roman Empire.
>>"Ruler" = Lucius Cornelius, the Roman general.
>>The Romans humbled him (191) at Thermopylae and again at Magnesia (190).
>>
>>Daniel 11:19a
>>
>>Subsequently, Antiochus was forced to campaign
>>within his own lands to stop his satraps from
>>declaring themselves independent rulers.
>>Daniel 11:19b
>>
>>"He shall stumble and fall, and shall not be
>>found" = end of the period of greatness for the
>>Seleucid Empire. (Compare Revelation 18:21; Jeremiah 51:64)
>>Daniel 11:20
>>
>>"And stood up on his station hath one causing an
>>exactor to pass over the honour of the kingdom,
>>and in a few days he is destroyed, and not in anger, nor
>>in battle". (YLT)
>>
>>"The king of the north" = Caesar Augustus. The first Roman emperor.
>>
>>"The king of the south" not on the scene.
>>In 2 B.C., Augustus sent out "an exactor" by
>>ordering a registration, or census, most likely
>>to learn the size of the population for purposes of taxation
>>and military conscription. Because of this
>>decree, Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem
>>for registration, resulting in Jesus' birth at that foretold location.
>>(Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1-12)
>>Daniel didn't prophecy that "the king of the
>>north" would die "after a few days" from this
>>event, but would die in the undetermined future "after a few
>>days". In the end of July, in the year 14 A.D.,
>>August left Rome. He took a vacation in his old
>>age and health. On the 19th of August, after a short sickness,
>>he "passed away peacefully, not feeling any
>>pain". While traveling in Campania, Augustus
>>died "in a few days", neither "in anger" at an assassin's hands
>>nor "in warfare", but after a short illness.
>>Many say that "the king of the north" is
>>Seleucus IV Philopater, who sent out his finance
>>minister, Heliodorus to collect taxes. But Seleucus was murdered
>>in a conspiracy engineered by Heliodorus. It is
>>said that the king here was to however die a
>>natural death (not one of anger or of battle). Therefore,
>>this writing does not conform to Seleucus IV.
>>Also, verse 21 cannot carry over to the rule of Antiochus IV Epiphanes!
>>Daniel 11:21-23
>>
>>Verse 21: "And in his place shall arise a
>>despised. And they will not give him the royal
>>majesty. He will come in a time of peace and will seize the kingdom
>>through duplicity".
>>
>>"The king of the north" = Tiberius 14-37.
>>
>>"The king of the south" not on the scene.
>>
>>"The ruler of the covenant" = Jesus [Yeshua].
>>Augustus only chose him after more favored heirs had died.
>>The New Encyclopoedia Britannica says, Tiberius
>>played politics with the Senate and did not
>>allow it to name him emperor for almost a month [after Augustus
>>died]". He told the Senate that no one but
>>Augustus was capable of carrying the burden of
>>ruling the Roman Empire and asked the senators to restore the
>>republic by entrusting such authority to a group
>>of men rather than to one man. "Not daring to
>>take him at his word", wrote historian Will Durant, "the
>>Senate exchanged bows with him until at last he
>>accepted power". Durant added: "The play was
>>well acted on both sides. Tiberius wanted the principate,
>>or he would have found some way to evade it; the
>>Senate feared and hated him, but shrank from
>>reestablishing a republic based, like the old, upon theoretically
>>sovereign assemblies". Thus, Tiberius took hold
>>of the kingdom by means of duplicity.
>>
>>Verse 22: "And the arms of the flood shall be
>>swept from before his face, and they will be
>>broken, and also the ruler of a covenant".
>>In 15 A.D., Germanicus led his forces against
>>the German hero Arminius, with some success.
>>However, the limited victories were won at great cost, and Tiberius
>>thereafter aborted operations in Germany.
>>Instead, by promoting civil war, he tried to
>>prevent German tribes from uniting. Tiberius generally favoured
>>a defensive foreign policy and focused on
>>strengthening the frontiers. This stance was
>>fairly successful. In this way "the arms of the flood" were controlled
>>and were "broken".
>>"Broken" too was "the Leader of the covenant" =
>>Jesus [Yeshua]. (Compare Isaiah 55:4; Daniel 9:25, 27a)
>>Verse 23: "And after they join themselves to
>>him, he will do guile, and he will exalt
>>himself, and will do strong by a few of the people".
>>The oath of loyalty bound the army and officials to the Tiberius.
>>"Sextus Pompeius and Sextus Apuleius, the
>>consuls, were the first to swear allegiance to
>>Tiberius Caesar, and in their presence the oath was taken by Seius
>>Strabo and Caius Turranius, respectively the
>>commander of the praetorian cohorts and the
>>superintendent of the corn supplies. Then the Senate, the soldiers
>>and the people did the same". Those few people
>>were the Roman Praetorian Guard, encamped close
>>to Rome's walls. Its proximity intimidated the Senate and
>>helped Tiberius keep in check any uprisings
>>against his authority among the populace. By
>>means of some 10.000 guards Tiberius remained mighty.
>>
>>Daniel 11:24
>>
>>"In a time of peace he will come against [sense:
>>will attack] the fattest [sense: mighty] of the
>>land, and he will do that which his fathers have not done,
>>nor his fathers' fathers: prey, and spoil, and
>>substance, their possession he will distribute.
>>And against strongholds he will devise his schemes until
>>the appointed time".
>>"The king of the north" = Tiberius and next emperors.
>>
>>"The king of the south" not on the scene.
>>The word "mashman" refers here to fattest
>>[sense: mighty]. (Compare Ps.78:31 and Is.10:16)
>>Because he was very suspicious, Emperor
>>Tiberius, extended the law of laesa majestas.
>>Many senators were put to death on a charge of treason against the
>>emperor. For the people of the provinces, it was
>>a peaceful and well-ordered time.
>>Daniel 11:25,26a
>>
>>Aurelian (270-275) against Queen Zenobia of Palmyra ["the king of the
> south"].
>>
>>The Palmyrene army occupied Egypt in 269 B.C.E.
>>under the pretext of making it secure for Rome.
>>Zenobia wanted to make Palmyra the dominant city in the
>>east and wanted to rule over Rome's eastern
>>provinces. Alarmed by her ambition, Aurelian
>>aroused "his power and his heart" to proceed against Zenobia.
>>
>>Zenobia valiantly defended it, but without
>>success. She and her son fled toward Persia,
>>only to be captured by the Romans at the Euphrates River. The Palmyrenes
>>surrendered their city in 272 B.C. Aurelian
>>spared Zenobia, making her the prize feature in
>>his triumphal procession through Rome in 274 B.C. She spent
>>the rest of her life as a Roman matron.
>>
>>Aurelian himself 'did not stand because of
>>schemes against him.' In 275 B.C., he set out on
>>an expedition against the Persians. While he was waiting in
>>Thrace for the opportunity to cross the straits
>>into Asia Minor, those who 'ate his food'
>>carried out schemes against him and brought about his "breakdown".
>>He was going to call his secretary Eros to
>>account for irregularities. Eros, however,
>>forged a list of names of certain officers marked for death. The
>>sight of this list moved the officers to plot
>>Aurelian's assassination and to murder him.
>>Daniel 11:26b. (Compare Daniel 9:26b)
>>
>>"and his army will be flooded and many will fall down slain".
>>Decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
>>"The strength of Aurelian had crushed on every
>>side the enemies of Rome. After his death they
>>seemed to revive with an increase of fury and of numbers".
>>Daniel 11:27
>>
>>"And both these kings, their hearts (will be) to
>>do mischief, and at one table (they) will speak
>>a lie. But it will not succeed, for yet (the) finish to
>>(the) appointed time." (11:27, literal translation)
>>It certainly suggests that the verse does not
>>concern to the ancient times. It describes the
>>end of times right before the appointed time. (Compare Daniel
>>11:29a)
>>Russia and England (from second half of the XIX Century).
>>Egyptian history dates back to about 4000 B.C.,
>>when the kingdoms of upper and lower Egypt,
>>already highly sophisticated, were united. Egypt's golden age
>>coincided with the 18th and 19th dynasties (16th
>>to 13th century B.C.), during which the empire
>>was established. Persia conquered Egypt in 525 B.C.E, Alexander
>>the Great subdued it in 332 B.C.E., and then the
>>Ptolemaic dynasty ruled the land until 30 B.C.,
>>when Cleopatra, last of the line, committed suicide and
>>Egypt became a Roman, then Byzantine, province.
>>Arab caliphs ruled Egypt from 641 until 1517,
>>when the Turks took it for their Ottoman Empire. Napoléon's
>>armies occupied the country from 1798 to 1801.
>>In 1805, Mohammed Ali, leader of a band of
>>Albanian soldiers, became pasha of Egypt. After completion of
>>the Suez Canal in 1869, the French and British
>>took increasing interest in Egypt. British
>>troops occupied Egypt in 1882, and British resident agents became
>>its actual administrators, though it remained
>>under nominal Turkish sovereignty. In 1914, this
>>fiction was ended, and Egypt became a protectorate of Britain.
>>
>>Russia grew expanding its power over huge
>>regions, and by the end of XIX century Russia
>>possessed territories from the mouths of the Danube and Visla in
>>the west, reached the Pacific Ocean in the east,
>>began in the Euroasian tundra in the north and
>>had borders with Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and China in
>>the south.
>>
>>In 1907, an Anglo-Russian agreement divided
>>Persia into English and Russian spheres of
>>influence, a large Russian sphere in the north, covering the most
>>valuable part of the country, a neutral sphere
>>in the centre, and a smaller British sphere in the southeast.
>>Daniel 11:28
>>
>>"And (he) ["the king of the north"] will go back
>>(to) his land with great wealth; and his heart
>>(will be) against the holy covenant; and will act effectively;
>>and turned back to his own land." (literal translation)
>>
>>History of Russia after World War II.
>>
>>The passage contains enough details, which allow for a correct
> interpretation.
>>
>>Daniel foretells here that "the king of the
>>north" [Russia] will not only be successful in
>>WW II, but also that he returns to his land with a great amount
>>of goods. If only Hitler had listened to
>>Mussolini and the Japanese, who in 1943 advised
>>him to stop military actions, the prophetic detail would have
>>never been fulfilled.
>>Daniel 11:28b
>>
>>"and turned back to his own land".
>>The break-up of the Soviet Union and return to
>>the country of Russian garrisons (the liquidation of Russian military
> bases).
>>The prophecy of Daniel 11 is the key to
>>understanding what is going to happen in the future.
>>
>>The latter statements Jesus' and Daniel's are alike.
>>Matthew 24:5,6 (Luke 21:8,9) = Daniel 11:27,28 =
>>XIX, XX, XXI Century, before the World War III
>>
>>"Many for will come in the name of me, saying:
>>'I am the anointed'; and many they will
>>mislead." (Matthew 24:5, literal translation)
>>"He said, 'Watch out that you don't get led
>>astray, for many will come in my name, saying,
>>'I AM,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them."
>>(Luke 21:8, WEB)
>>"Don't be afraid when you hear of wars and
>>revolutions; such things must happen first, but
>>they do not mean that the end is near." (Luke 21:9, GNB)
>>Matthew 24:7 = Daniel 11:29,30 = WW III
>>Matthew 24:15 = Daniel 11:31 = "trampling of
>>Jerusalem" [the great tribulation of Christian
>>minorities; compare Revelation 11:2]
>>Matthew 24:29 = Daniel 11:40 = WW IV
>>Daniel 11:29a
>>
>>"At (the) appointed time (he) will return, and will enter into (the)
> south."
>>1. Russian troops will be station abroad again.
>>
>>2. "The king of the north" will come into the South.
>>Daniel 11:29b,30
>>
>>"But will not be as (the) former or as (the)
>>latter. For will come against him (the) dwellers
>>of coastlands of Kittim, and (he) will be humbled, and will
>>return." (literal translation)
>>
>>1. The West will come against the Russia.
>>
>>2. "The king of the north" will be humbled, and
>>will return. (Compare Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:4)
>>
>>Daniel 11:31
>>
>>1. The nations will trample "the holy city" [of
>>those who belong to Christ] forty-two months.
>>(Compare Revelation 11:2,7; 13:5,7a; Luke 21:24b; Matthew
>>24:21,22; Daniel 7:25; 9:27; Isaiah
>>29:1-8,20-24; Matthew 13:40-43,49,50; Ezekiel
>>13:8-16,20-23; 34:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:8b; Isaiah 28:1-4,17-22; 6:13;
>>Malachi 3:1-5)
>>The religious organizations from among Christian
>>minorities which Jesus compared to "the weeds",
>>will be "burned". (Mt.13:30) Yahoueh will protect the
>>righteous ones. (Re.11:1) "The wheat" will be
>>put into "the storehouse" after the tribulation
>>- which means that "the sons of the kingdom" will become
>>gathered and unified at that time. They will
>>shine as brightly as the sun after the tribulation.
>>
>>2. "The abomination of desolation" [the World
>>Government] will be set up. (Revelation 13:7b; Daniel 12:11)
>>Daniel 11:32-35
>>
>>Details of their future global religious
>>persecution. (Compare Daniel 8:11,12; Revelation 6:9-11; 12:15)
>>
>>Daniel 11:36-39
>>
>>Russia before the World War IV. (Compare Ezekiel 38:7)
>>Daniel 11:40
>>
>>The World War IV. (Compare Luke 21:25; Isaiah
>>5:26-30; Matthew 24:29; Daniel 7:11; Revelation
>>13:3; Ezekiel 32:2-16; Habakkuk 1:5-17; Revelation 6:12; Zephaniah
>>1:14-18; Joel 2:1-11,31, ASV)
>>
>>Daniel 11:41
>>
>>Occupation of Israel. (Compare Ezekiel 39:23-29)
>>Daniel 11:42,43
>>
>>The triumph of Russia. (Compare Isaiah 10:12-15)
>>Daniel 11:44,45
>>
>>Russia again will attack Israel. (Compare Daniel
>>12:1; Joel 2:20; Isaiah 14:4-27; Habakkuk 3:3-16)
>>
>>"Many will study, therefore understanding will be multiplied". (Daniel
> 12:4b)
>>
>>Well, what is the Bible's scenario?
>>1. Russian troops station abroad again. (Daniel 11:29a)
>>2. "The king of the north" becomes very
>>aggressive and enters into the south. (Daniel 11:29a)
>>
>>3. The West opposes Russia. (Daniel 11:30; Matthew 24:7a; Revelation 6:4)
>>4. "The king of the north" is humiliated, and
>>turns back. (Daniel 11:30). He does not make the
>>same mistake as Hitler did, he does not fight to the death
>>and this is why Russia is not occupied.
>>
>>5. The World Government appears after that war
>>which replaces the ineffective UNO. Its power
>>gradually rises up. (Revelation 13:1,2,7b; Daniel 11:31b)
>>6. Russia rebuilds its military power very fast
>>and acts effectively on the world scene. (Daniel 11:30b)
>>
>>7. "Russia's rulers pay attention to those "who
>>forsake the holy covenant". (Daniel 11:30b)
>>
>>8. A man "of fierce countenance, and
>>understanding ambiguous sayings" becomes the
>>president of the USA, and he begins to fight with Christian minorities.
>>(Daniel 8:23-25)
>>
>>9. There is a tribulation of "Jerusalem" = it is
>>a tribulation of Christian minorities, which
>>lasts 42 month's. (Daniel 11:31a; Matthew 24:15; Revelation
>>13:5-7a; Matthew 13:40-42,49,50; 24:48-51)
>>
>>The Christian communities, which are now called
>>sects, are decimated. It is the biggest genocide
>>concerning religion in history. The eyes of people who
>>were deceived by them will be opened. (Isaiah 6:9-13)
>>The "tyrant", according to LXX "lawless" = the
>>rulers of Christian minorities will be removed.
>>(Isaiah 29:1-8,20,21) Ezekiel calls them "women". (Ezekiel
>>13:17-23; Revelation 14:4a; Isaiah 3:12) Paul
>>names them "the man of lawlessness". (2 Thessalonians 2:4,8b)
>>10. Immediately after the tribulation of those
>>days "the abomination of desolation", in other
>>words the World Government will be set up [will given authority;
>>Revelation 13:7b]. (Daniel 11:31b; 12:11) The
>>Book of Revelation calls it a "beast". (11:7; 13:1,2,7,8)
>>11. The spirit is poured out upon people who
>>belong to Jesus. (Revelation 11:11-13) The
>>"wheat" = the sons of kingdom, will be gathered into the "storehouse"
>>after burning the "weeds" = organized Christian
>>churches which earlier posed as the churches of
>>Christ. (Matthew 13:30b; Eph.1:9,10) And then Jesus will
>>set up a "faithful slave" over his whole possession. (Matthew 24:45-47)
>>
>>12. The seven trumpets start to sound. Those who
>>belong to Jesus are revealing future events to
>>the World. They will also try to explain what God thinks
>>of certain issues. (Revelation 8:6-10:11)
>>
>>13. The power in Russia will be taken over by a
>>dictator who is atheist. The military power will be his god. (Daniel
> 11:36-39)
>>14. Not longer after that, there will be the WW
>>IV. That time Russia will triumph the same as it
>>did after the WWII. (Daniel 11:40; Daniel 7:11; Luke 21:25;
>>Revelation 13:3a). "The king of the north" will
>>act as a "God's hammer" ravaging many countries
>>like Babylon in ancient times. (Jeremiah 51:20,25)
>>
>>15. Russia occupies Israel as well. (Daniel 11:41)
>>16. After that war the World Government is
>>resuscitated. The "purple beast" will be given
>>even more power. The politicians will relinquish their sovereignty
>>in favour of the beast. (Revelation 13:14; 17:8,17)
>>17. Attack on "Babylon the Great" = big,
>>apostasized churches, drunk with blood of
>>innocent people, which betrayed God and Jesus by co-operating with kings
>>of the earth. (Revelation 17:16)
>>
>>18. Next, nations see the sign of the Son of man
>>(Matthew 24:30). Probably it will be connected
>>with the first resurrection (Revelation 20:6). People who
>>have died in union with Jesus will rise first
>>(among 144.000). They will get a spirit body at
>>the resurrection. (1 Corinthians 15:35,44) What will be the
>>proof of the resurrection? Immediately after
>>that, remaining of 144.000 will be transfigured
>>(1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17). Simultaneously
>>they will be caught away from the earth and
>>taken to heaven. The transfigurations of
>>belonging to Jesus dependably will not be seen and it will cause a
>>great expression on nations.
>>19. The whole nation of Israel is converting and
>>gathering. (Ezekiel 39:25-29; Romans 11:25-32).
>>After taking to heaven belonging to group of 144.000 nation
>>of Israel will be a light for the nations. God
>>will be with them and will pour his spirit over them. (Ezekiel 39:29)
>>
>>20. Rebuilding of the Temple according to
>>directions given to Ezekiel. (Ezekiel 37:24-28; 43:11)
>>
>>21. There will be collection of chosen,
>>separation the "sheep from the goats". (Matthew
>>24:31; 25:31-44; Revelation 14:15,16)
>>22. "The king of the north" will attack people
>>who worship the true God [Israel] (Ezekiel
>>38:10-12). "The beast" [the word government] also will take part
>>in this attack. (Revelation 19:19)
>>
>>23. After Armageddon the power on the world will
>>be taken over by the "new heaven" = the kingdom
>>of God i.e. Jesus and belonging to him. (Daniel 7:27;
>>Matthew 6:10; Revelation 21:1-4) "The old
>>heaven" = imperfect system of authority created
>>by man will go away. Rules and the law created by imperfect people
>>which are captivating and making difficulty will
>>be untied. All activities remaining uncovered,
>>good or bad will be revealed, all crimes will come to light.
>>(2 Peter 3:10; 1 Timothy 5:25)
>>24. The rest of dead will come to life! The
>>earth will become the paradise. (Acts 24:15;
>>Psalm 37:29; Isaiah 11:6-9; 25:8; 35:5-7). When the thousand year's
>>period of Jesus' kingdom will end people who
>>come to life during this period are put to the
>>test. And then they will really come to life God's point of
>>view and then they will get ability to live
>>forever. (Revelation 20:5a,7,8; comp. Luke 15:32; 1 John 3:14).
>>
>>"Behold, the former things are come to pass, and
>>new things do I declare: before they spring
>>forth will I cause you to hear them". (Isaiah 42:9)
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