Prophecy Bible Study Daniel 11 Saturday, June 27, 2009 King of North & King of South Saturday, June 27, 2009

Reasons To Study This Prophecy Watch / Stay Awake / Do not Sleep ! II Thessalonians 2:1-13 We are not shaken from our composure We are not deceived and perish We are not guilty of a lack of love for the truth We are not lawless and take pleasure in wickedness Watch / Stay Awake / Do not Sleep !

Ptolemies & Seleucids Soon after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., his generals divided his empire into four parts. Two of which was Egypt (Ptolemies) and Syria (Seleucids). Ptolemies ruled Palestine 323 – 198 B.C. Selecuids ruled Palestine 198 – 142 B.C. Daniel 11:1-35

Ptolemies & Seleucids

Ptolemies & Seleucids

Daniel 11:36-39 "Then the king will do R557 as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify R558 himself above every god and will speak R559 monstrous F357 things against the God R560 of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation R561 is finished, for that which is decreed R562 will be done. 11:37 "He will show no regard for the gods F358 of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any {other} god; for he will magnify himself above {them} all. 11:38 "But instead F359 he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor {him} with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures. 11:39 "He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with {the help of} a foreign god; he will give great honor to those F360 who acknowledge {him} and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price.

Daniel 11:40-42 "At the end R563 time the king R564 of the South will collide with him, and the king R565 of the North will storm R566 against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow R567 {them} and pass through. 11:41 "He will also enter the Beautiful F361 R568 Land, and many {countries} will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab R569 and the foremost of the sons of Ammon. R570 11:42 "Then he will stretch out his hand against {other} countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape.

Daniel 11:43-45 "But he will gain F362 control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and Libyans R571 and Ethiopians R572 {will follow} at his heels. F363 11:44 "But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate F364 many. 11:45 "He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy R573 Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.

Daniel 11:40-42 "At the end R563 time the king R564 of the South will collide with him, and the king R565 of the North will storm R566 against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow R567 {them} and pass through. Speculation What could be the source of the “push” / “collide” from the king of the South?

Spread of Islam

Daniel 11:41 "He will also enter the Beautiful F361 R568 Land, and many {countries} will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab R569 and the foremost of the sons of Ammon. R570 Speculation Why are these areas spared the wrath of the king of the North?

Map of Edom, Moab & Ammon

Map of Jordan

Daniel 11:42-43 "Then he will stretch out his hand against {other} countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. 11:43 "But he will gain F362 control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and Libyans R571 and Ethiopians R572 {will follow} at his heels. F363 Speculation Is king of the North protecting his economic and national security interest of oil?

Who Has Oil? Who Doesn’t Have Oil?

Speculation Daniel 11:44-45 Is this Armageddon? "But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate F364 many. 11:45 "He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy R573 Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him. Speculation Is this Armageddon?

Megiddo (Armageddon) – Valley of Jezreel Location of the Last World War ?

Speculation Revelation 9:13-16 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a F89 voice from the four F90 horns R438 of the golden R439 altar which is before God, 9:14 one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four R440 angels who are bound at the great R441 river Euphrates." 9:15 And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, R442 so that they would kill a third R443 of mankind. F91 9:16 The number of the armies of the horsemen was two R444 hundred million; I R445 heard the number of them. Speculation Is this entrance of the Northern & Eastern Powers?

Revelation 16:12-16 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great R758 river, the Euphrates; and its R759 water was dried up, so that the R760 way would be prepared for the kings from R761 the east. F175 16:13 And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon R762 and out of the mouth of the beast R763 and out of the mouth of the false R764 prophet, three unclean R765 spirits like frogs; R766 16:14 for they are spirits R767 of demons, performing R768 signs, which go out to the kings of the whole R769 world, F176 to gather R770 them together for the war of the great R771 day of God, the Almighty. 16:15 ("Behold, I R772 am coming like a thief. Blessed R773 is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so R774 that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.") 16:16 And they gathered R775 them together to the place which in R776 Hebrew is called Har-Magedon. R777 F177

Daniel 12:1-3 "Now at that time Michael, R574 the great prince who stands {guard} over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time R575 of distress such R576 as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, R577 will be rescued. 12:2 " R578 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these R579 to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace {and} everlasting contempt. F365 12:3 "Those who have insight R580 will shine R581 brightly like the brightness of the expanse F367 of heaven, and those who lead R582 the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.