Armageddon Daniel 11

Prophecy Overview The Gap Rev.1-3 Lk.21:24 1967 “Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” Luke 21:24 Prophecy Overview Daniel 9:24 “Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city…” 1967 444 BC 33 AD 483 Lunar Years 1st Coming The Gap Rev.1-3 Lk.21:24 Messiah “Cut Off”, Jerusalem destroyed

“The Prince who is to come” Prophecy Overview Dan. 9:26 He will confirm a covenant with the many for one ‘seven.’ 2nd Advent 444 BC 33 AD Rapture The Gap Rev.1-3 Lk.21:24 483 Lunar Years 7 years “The Prince who is to come”

Prophecy Overview The Gap Rev.1-3 Lk.21:24 483 Lunar Years 7 years Dan. 9:27 “In the middle of the 'seven' he will…set up an abomination that causes desolation…” Dan. 9:27 He will confirm a covenant with the many for one ‘seven.’ 444 BC 33 AD The Gap Rev.1-3 Lk.21:24 483 Lunar Years 7 years Abom Peace Rev.13:3 “The whole world was astonished and followed the beast…” War Great Trib Jesus: Matt 24:21 . . .For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved. . .”

The Great Tribulation: The Political Climate “King of the North” Ezek.38; Dan.11 Ez. 38:1-2 The word of the LORD came to me: "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; prophesy against him…” Ez. 38:15 “You will come from your place in the remotest parts of the north…” (NASB)

draw straight line north… “the remotest parts of the north…“ A draw straight line north… Jerusalem Moscow A: I know of NOTHING ELSE MATCHING this description…

The Great Tribulation: The Political Climate “King of the North” Ezek.38; Dan.11 Ez. 38:15 “You will come from your place in the remotest parts of the north you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army;” Ez.38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword…

The Great Tribulation: The Political Climate “King of the North” Ezek.38; Dan.11 Israel Re-gathered Ezek.37,38 v.8 “After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them.” 38:16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land… How could Ezekiel predict this 2,500 years ago?

The Great Tribulation: The Political Climate “King of the North” Ezek.38; Dan.11 Israel Re-gathered Ezek.37,38 “Kings of the South” Ezek.38; Dan.11 Ez.38:5 Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets Persia “Cush” “Put”

The Great Tribulation: The Political Climate Rev. 9:14-16 “It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, ‘Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.’ 15And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind. 16The number of the mounted troops was two hundred million. I heard their number.” The Great Tribulation: The Political Climate “King of the North” Ezek.38; Dan.11 Israel Re-gathered Ezek.37,38 “Kings of the South” Ezek.38; Dan.11 “Kings of the East” Rev.9 &16 Rev. 16:12 “And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings from the east.”

The Great Tribulation: The Political Climate “King of the North” Ezek.38; Dan.11 Israel Re-gathered Ezek.37,38 “Kings of the South” Ezek.38; Dan.11 “Kings of the East” Rev.9,16 Revived Roman Empire Dan.2,7,8,11

The War Starts… Russia invades a peaceful Middle East: Ezekiel 38:10-12 'Thus says the Lord God, "It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan, 11and you will say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, that live securely, all of them living without walls, and having no bars or gates, 12to capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations… A: What is the “evil plan” ? B: In my opinion, one of the MOST AMAZING prophecies… C: Clearly, AFTER the DIASPORA… Ezekiel describes a MASSIVE INVASION… This causes PROBLEMS…[transition]

The War Starts… Russia invades a peaceful Middle East A violation of international order. Daniel 9:27 “He will confirm a covenant with [the] many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.” A: What is the “evil plan” ? B: In my opinion, one of the MOST AMAZING prophecies… C: Clearly, AFTER the DIASPORA… Ezekiel describes a MASSIVE INVASION… This causes PROBLEMS…[transition]

11:31 Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation… The War Starts… Russia invades a peaceful Middle East A violation of international order. “The Beast” enters the war. Daniel 11:1-34 Antiochus Epiphanies IV 11:31 Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation… A: What is the “evil plan” ? B: In my opinion, one of the MOST AMAZING prophecies… C: Clearly, AFTER the DIASPORA… Ezekiel describes a MASSIVE INVASION… This causes PROBLEMS…[transition]

Double Reference “Anti- Type” “Type” Antiochus IV “The Beast” “Prophetic Gap” Antiochus is like something which will occur at the end of time. Antiochus IV “The Beast”

Daniel 11 165 Prophecies Fulfilled Background Antiochus IV 11:1-4 Succession of Kings 11:5-19 Ptolemaic-Seleucid Wars Antiochus IV 20-21 Seizes Kingdom 22-28 Victories / Trouble 29-32 Desecration Temple 33-35 Maccabean Revolt 165 Prophecies Fulfilled

A “Gap” in Daniel 11:35 Dan.11:35 “Some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge and make them pure until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time.”

Daniel 11:35 Reasons for a Gap: v.36f Haven’t been fulfilled. v.35 “The end time…still to come” v.36 New Name “The King” Fights the “K. of N.” v.11, 40 12:1,2 “At that time” = Great Tribulation Mt.24:15 Abom is still to come.

The War Starts… Russia invades a peaceful Middle East A violation of international order. “The Beast” enters the war. North Daniel 11:40-43 "And at the end time the king of the South will collide with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships…" A: What is the “evil plan” ? B: In my opinion, one of the MOST AMAZING prophecies… C: Clearly, AFTER the DIASPORA… Ezekiel describes a MASSIVE INVASION… This causes PROBLEMS…[transition] South

North Daniel 11:40-43 "…and he will enter countries, overflow them, and pass through. 41"He will also enter the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon. The Beast South

The Beast Daniel 11:40-43 42"Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. 43"But he will gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt;”

The Beast Ezek.39:1ff I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel. Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals… Ez.39:12 “For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land…As they go through the land and one of them sees a human bone, he will set up a marker beside it until the gravediggers have buried it.”

The East Daniel 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 many.” The Beast

Daniel 11:44-45 "And he will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him. DA 12:1 "At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people--everyone whose name is found written in the book--will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt… The East The Beast

The War Starts… Russia invades a peaceful Middle East A violation of international order. “The Beast” enters the war. Eastern Powers Become Involved Rev. 16:12 “And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings from the east.” A: What is the “evil plan” ? B: In my opinion, one of the MOST AMAZING prophecies… C: Clearly, AFTER the DIASPORA… Ezekiel describes a MASSIVE INVASION… This causes PROBLEMS…[transition]

The Eastern Front “the great river Euphrates” The Beast The East Rev. 16:16-21 And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called HarMagedon. And the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air; and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is done."

Full-Scale War 18And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty…20And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe. A B A: This was a SERIOUS earthquake! B: ASK: What do you think these HAILSTONES were? [NEXT SLIDE]

Rev.8:10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-- the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter. “about 100 pounds…” This was the best I could find… Isn’t 100 lbs, but looks like it...

Nuclear War Zech. 14:12 Now this will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. A A: Like “RAIDERS of the Lost Ark”. A MADMAN’S DESCRIPTION until 1945. Anyone read “HIROSHIMA”?

Nuclear War Isaiah 13:8 And they will be terrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment,Their faces aflame. Isaiah 13:12 I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold, And mankind than the gold of Ophir. A B A: Why so astonished? FACES AFLAME! B: This is when CHRIST HAS TO RETURN! [Transition next slide…]

The War Starts… Russia invades a peaceful Middle East Matthew 24:15-22 "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. 18Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. 19How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. 22If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. Russia invades a peaceful Middle East A violation of international order. “The Beast” enters the war. Eastern Powers Become Involved Christ Returns: Matthew 24 A: What is the “evil plan” ? B: In my opinion, one of the MOST AMAZING prophecies… C: Clearly, AFTER the DIASPORA… Ezekiel describes a MASSIVE INVASION… This causes PROBLEMS…[transition]

That’s what’s left of Nagasaki, after WWII atomic bomb Our bombs today are 10x, 25x more powerful… Thus: “mankind more scarce than pure gold…”

Fulfilled Prophecy Prophecy Fulfilled? * Jews in Jerusalem (Lk.21) Yes * “King of the North” Super Power (Ez.38) * Israel Re-gathered from Diaspora (Ez.37-38) People living in “Un-walled” Cities (Ez.38) * “Kings of the South” Coalition (Ez.38) “Kings of the East” Coalition (Rev.16) Possible * 200 Million-Man Armies (Rev.9) World-Wide Ruler (Dan.2,7,8,11; Rev.13,etc) No Abomination of Desolation (Dan.9) * Potential for the Extinction of Mankind Through War (Mt.24; Is.13) * People “on fire” while on their feet (Zech.14)

So What? Please Continue Checking Out the Gospel! B Please Continue Checking Out the Gospel! Understanding the Future Can Change Your Life Today: Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure. 1Jn.3:2-3 C A: Skeptic - enuff Proof to CONTINUE LOOKING WHERE ELSE do you understand the future? ASK: Don’t you WANT TO KNOW your future? NOTE: Once you MEET CHRIST, you know the future! B: New Christians - God’s working from a Plan since the BEGINNING OF TIME! Involves Christ… Involves the World System… Involves YOU! C: The TIME is SHORT! FIND OUT “Why did God Save Me?” FINALLY, FOR ALL CHRISTIANS….

Questions? Comments? A B C D A: It sometimes seems like the day will NEVER come! Yet, there is some WORK here to do: save the lost! B: The BIG BANG in REVERSE! Look around -- everything is very TEMPORARY! C: Sometimes we get CONFUSED about our HOME! IL: RANDY moving to Bedford…new home? ASK: Are you EXCITED to MEET the Lord? D: The end.

Peter 3:9-15 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. 11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. 14So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. A B C D A: It sometimes seems like the day will NEVER come! Yet, there is some WORK here to do: save the lost! B: The BIG BANG in REVERSE! Look around -- everything is very TEMPORARY! C: Sometimes we get CONFUSED about our HOME! IL: RANDY moving to Bedford…new home? ASK: Are you EXCITED to MEET the Lord? D: The end.

Questions? Announcements? The End… Questions? Announcements?

The Prince who is to come Prophecy Overview 9:24 “Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city…” 444 BC 33 AD 483 Lunar Years The Gap Rev.1-3 Lk.21:24 7 years Abom The Prince who is to come Messiah “Cut Off”, Jerusalem destroyed