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DREAMS-VISIONSCHAPTER TWO SEVEN EIGHT

NEBUCHADNEZZAR DANIEL’S FIRST DANIEL’S SECOND GREAT IMAGE FOUR BEASTS RAM WITH TWO HORNS FOUR KINGDOMS FOUR KINGDOMS GOAT - LARGE HORN

FOUR HORNS ‘LITTLE HORN’

FOUR KINGDOMSBABYLONIAN GOLD HEAD LION NEBUCHADNEZZAR?

MEDO-PERSIAN SILVER BREAST BEAR RAMDARIUS AND CYRUS?

MACEDONIAN BRASS THIGHS LEOPARD MALE GOATALEXANDER? FOUR HORNS

FOUR KINGDOMS

ROME IRON LEGS BEAST OF IRON ‘LITTLE HORN’

ROME DIVIDED FEET OF IRON TEN HORNSTEN KINGDOMS?

POPE AND ANOTHER KINGDOMTHE CATHOLIC CHURCH?

L A S T K I N G D O MTHE CHURCH? E V E R L A S T I N G K I N G D O M

REVIEW DANIEL CHAPTER NINE

DANIEL UNDERSTOOD THE WRITINGS OF JEREMIAHDANIEL PRAYS FOR ISRAEL AND HIS PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED

GABRIEL SPEAKS TO DANIEL ABOUT:JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE - RECONSTRUCTEDTHE COMING OF MESSIAH - THE PRINCEA NEW COVENANT - TO BE GIVEN FINAL DESTRUCTION - OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE

GABRIEL TELLS DANIEL TO SEAL UP THE VISION

REVIEW DANIEL CHAPTER TEN

MESSAGE TO DANIEL DURING THE REIGN OF CYRUSDANIEL MOURNED AND FASTED FOR THREE WEEKSDANIEL SAW AN ANGEL IN A VISION

AND BECAME HELPLESS AND WEAKDANIEL HEARD THE ANGEL SPEAK

AND FELL TO THE GROUND IN A DEEP SLEEPTHE ANGEL TOUCHED HIM AND MADE HIM TREMBLEDANIEL WAS ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES

AND THE ANGEL TOLD HIM TO STAND UP

THE ANGEL SAID TO DANIEL:I AM SENT TO YOU TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND THE VISIONSTHE PRINCE OF PERSIA WITHSTOOD ME FOR TWENTY-ONE DAYS

BUT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CAME TO HELP ME

REVIEW DANIEL CHAPTER TEN

ONE LIKE OF THE SONS OF MEN TOUCHED DANIEL’S LIPSDANIEL HAD NO STRENGTH AND WAS UNABLE TO SPEAKTHE ANGEL TOUCHED DANIEL AGAIN AND STRENGTHENED HIMTHE ANGEL TOLD DANIEL TO BE STRONG AND FEAR NOTDANIEL WAS STRENGTHENED

THE ANGEL SAID:‘I MUST GO TO FIGHT THE PRINCE OF PERSIA’‘I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS IN THE SCRIPTURE OF TRUTH’

AND ‘NO ONE UPHOLDS ME BUT MICHAEL’

OUTLINE CHAPTER ELEVEN

THREE KINGS IN PERSIA: CAMBYSES, SMERDIS, DARIUS HYSTASPIS

THE FOURTH KING - XERXES

ANOTHER KING - ALEXANDER THE GREAT

CONFLICT BETWEEN EGYPT AND SYRIA

SUCCESSOR OF ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT - SELEUCUS

THE LIFE AND ACTS OF ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES

READ: DANIEL 10:20 - 11:2

THIS IS THE CONTINATION OF: DANIEL 10:20-21

20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come.

21 "But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.

1 “In the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.)

2 “I will tell you the truth: Behold, three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

QUESTIONS: DANIEL 10:20 - 11:2

20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia. And when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come.21 "But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.1 “In the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.)

WHO IS SPEAKING HERE? (GABRIEL)?WHY DID HE COME TO DANIEL?

(TELL HIM WHAT IS NOTED IN THE SCRIPTURES)?HOW DID HE DEFINE THE SCRIPTURES?

(THE SCRIPTURE OF TRUTH)?

QUESTIONS: DANIEL 10:20 - 11:2

20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? And now I must return to fight with the prince of Persia. And when I have gone forth, indeed the prince of Greece will come.21 "But I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince.1 “In the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.)

WHO IS THE PRINCE OF PERSIA? (CYRUS)?WHO IS THE PRINCE OF GREECE? (ALEXANDER)?

WHEN DID THIS OCCUR?(IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS THE MEDE)?WHO DID ‘HE’ CONFIRM AND STRENGTHEN?

(MICHAEL OR DARIUS)?

QUESTIONS: DANIEL 11:1-2

WHO WAS DARIUS THE MEDE?

READ: DANIEL 5:3131 Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. (NKJ)

READ: DANIEL 6:11 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom; (NKJ)

READ: DANIEL 9:11 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans: (NKJ)


WHO WAS DARIUS THE MEDE?READ: EZRA 4:4-5

4 The people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building,5 And they hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. (NKJ)

READ: NEHEMIAH 12:2222 During the reign of Darius the Persian, a record was also kept of the Levites and priests who had been heads of their fathers' houses in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua.(NKJ)

READ: ZECHARIAH 1:1-21 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,2 "The LORD has been very angry with your fathers. (NKJ)


WHO WAS DARIUS THE MEDE?READ: HAGGAI 1:1-2

1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,2 "Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying: 'This people says, "The time has not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built."'“ (NKJ)

READ: HAGGAI 1:14-1514 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,15 On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius. (NKJ)



READ: DANIEL 10:2121 "I will tell you what is noted in the Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against these, except Michael your prince. (NKJ)

WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF TRUTH?(THE SCRIPTURE OF TRUTH)?

ARE THE SCRIPTURES TRUE? WHY?



WHO ARE THESE THREE KINGS OF PERSIA?

(CAMBYSES, SON OF CYRUS)?

(SMERDIS, WHO PRETENDED TO BE A SON OF CYRUS)?

(DARIUS, SON-IN-LAW OF CYRUS)?

WHO IS THIS FOURTH KING?

(XERXES, SON OF DARIUS)?

WHAT XERXES ABLE TO DO? HOW?

(STIR UP ALL AGAINST GREECE)? (HIS RICHES)?

READ: DANIEL 11:3-4

3 “A mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

4 “When he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these.


3 “A mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

WHO SHALL RISE UP AFTER THIS FOURTH KING?

(ALEXANDER THE GREAT)?

WHY IS HE CALLED ‘ALEXANDER THE GREAT’?


4 “When he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion with which he ruled. For his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these.

WHAT IS SAID OF ‘ALEXANDER THE GREAT’?WHAT SHALL HAPPEN TO HIS KINGDOM?

READ: DANIEL 8:22 ‘THE MALE GOAT”22 "As for the broken horn and the four that stood up in its place,

four kingdoms shall arise out of that nation, but not with its power.

(HIS KINGDOM WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR KINGDOMS)WILL HIS DESCENDENTS REIGN IN HIS STEAD?

(NONE OF HIS POSTERITY SHALL REIGN)?

READ: DANIEL 11:5-7

5 “The king of the South shall become strong, as well as one of his princes; and he shall gain power over him and have dominion. His dominion shall be a great dominion.

6 "At the end of some years they shall join forces, for the daughter of the king of the South shall go to the king of the North to make an agreement; but she shall not retain the power of her authority, and neither he nor his authority shall stand; but she shall be given up, with those who brought her, and with him who begot her, and with him who strengthened her in those times.

7 "But from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place, who shall come with an army, enter the fortress of the king of the North, and deal with them and prevail.


5 “The king of the South shall become strong, as well as one of his princes. And he shall gain power over him and have dominion. His dominion shall be a great dominion.

WHO IS THE KING OF THE SOUTH?

(PTOLEMY - SON OF LAGUS)?

WHO IS ‘ONE OF HIS PRINCES’?

(SELEUCUS NICATOR)?

WHAT ABOUT HIS POWER AND DOMINION?

(HE SHALL BE STRONG AND HIS DOMINION GREAT)?


6 "At the end of some years they shall join forces, for the daughter of the king of the South shall go to the king of the North to make an agreement. But she shall not retain the power of her authority, and neither he nor his authority shall stand. She shall be given up, with those who brought her, and with him who begot her, and with him who strengthened her in those times.

HOW MUCH TIME HAS ELAPSED? (YEARS)?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN? (THEY WILL JOIN FORCES)?

WHO IS ‘THE KING OF THE SOUTH’? (PTOLEMY)?

WHO IS HIS DAUGHTER ? (BERENICE)?

WHAT DOES HISTORY TELL US ABOUT BERENICE?

(SHE MARRIED ANTIOCHUS THEOS, KING OF SYRIA,

WHO WAS ALREADY MARRIED TO LAODICE).



WHO WILL SHE MAKE AGREEMENT WITH?(KING OF THE NORTH (SYRIA) - ANTIOCHUS THEOS)?

WHAT WILL SHE TRY TO DO?(UNITE EGYPT AND SYRIA)?

HOW? (BY MARRIAGE)?



WILL SHE BE SUCCESSFUL? WHAT HAPPENED?(ANTIOCHUS WILL GO BACK TO HIS FIRST WIFE)?(BERENICE AND HER SON WILL BE MURDERED)?

WHO STRENGTHENED HER IN THE PAST?(HER FATHER - PTOLEMY PHILADELPHUS)?


7 "But from a branch of her roots one shall arise in his place, who shall come with an army, enter the fortress of the king of the North, and deal with them and prevail.

WHO WILL ARISE FROM HER ROOTS?(HER BROTHER - PTOLEMY EUERGETES)?

(HE WILL BE KING OF THE SOUTH)?WHAT WILL HE DO?

(HE WILL AVENGE HIS SISTER'S DEATH)?WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL?

(HE WILL DEAL WITH THEM AND PREVAIL)?

READ: DANIEL 11:8-10

8 “He shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt, with their princes and their precious articles of silver and gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the North.

9 “The king of the North shall come to the kingdom of the king of the South, but shall return to his own land.

10 "However his sons shall stir up strife, and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one shall certainly come and overwhelm and pass through; then he shall return to his fortress and stir up strife.


8 “He shall also carry their gods captive to Egypt, with their princes and their precious articles of silver and gold. And he shall continue more years than the king of the North.

WHAT WILL HE (PTOLEMY EUERGETES) DO?

(HE WILL CARRY THEIR GODS AND PRINCES TO EGYPT

ALONG WITH ALL THEIR TREASURES)?

WHO IS THE KING OF THE NORTH (SYRIA)?

(SELEUCUS CALLINICUS)?

HOW LONG WILL HE (PTOLEMY) LIVE ?

(FIVE YEARS LONGER THAN THE KING OF THE NORTH)?


WHO IS THE KING OF THE NORTH? SOUTH?READ: DANIEL 11:9


(NKJ)9 So the king of the South shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. (KJV)

9 The king of the North will invade the realm of the king of the South but will retreat to his own country. (NIV)

9 "The latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his {own} land. (NAS)

9 The latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return into his own land. (RSV)

QUESTIONS: DANIEL 11:9


CAN WE RESOLVE THESE DIFFERENCES?

WHO IS KING OF THE NORTH?

(SELEUCUS CALLINICUS)?

WHO IS KING OF THE SOUTH?

(PTOLEMY EUERGETES)?

WHO WILL INVADE WHOM?

WHERE DID HE RETURN TO?

(EGYPT OR SYRIA)?



WHO ARE ‘HIS SONS’, EUERGETES OR CALLINICUS?THE SONS OF CALLINICUS ARE:

(SELEUCUS, CERAUNUS AND ANTIOCHUS)?

WHAT WILL THEY DO?(HIS SONS WILL STIR UP STRIFE AND

ASSEMBLE A MULTITUDE OF GREAT FORCES)?



WHO IS THE ‘ONE’ WHO SHALL COME?

(ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT)?

WHAT WILL HE DO?

(HE WILL OVERWHELM THEM AND

RETURN TO HIS FORTRESS AND STIR UP STRIFE)?


11 “The king of the South shall be moved with rage, and go out and fight with him, with the king of the North, who shall muster a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into the hand of his enemy.

12 "When he has taken away the multitude, his heart will be lifted up; and he will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not prevail.

13 “The king of the North will return and muster a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come at the end of some years with a great army and much equipment.




(PTOLEMY PHILOPATER, SON OF EUERGETES)?

WHAT WILL HE (PTOLEMY) DO?

WHAT SIZE ARMY WILL HE ASSEMBLE?

(70,000 SOLDIERS, 5,000 HORSES, 73 ELEPHANTS)?

WHY WILL HE ATTACK THE KING OF THE NORTH

(HE WAS MOVED WITH RAGE)?



WHO IS THE KING OF THE NORTH?

(ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT)?

WHAT SIZE ARMY WILL HE ASSEMBLE?

(62,000 SOLDIERS, 6,000 HORSES, 102 ELEPHANTS)?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIS ARMY?

(THEY WILL BE GIVEN INTO THE HAND OF HIS ENEMY)?


12 "When he has taken away the multitude, his heart will be lifted up. And he will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not prevail.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM (PTOLEMY)?(HIS HEART WILL BE LIFTED UP)?

WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL IN HIS ENDEAVORS?(HE WILL NOT PREVAIL)?


13 “The king of the North will return and muster a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come at the end of some years with a great army and much equipment.

WHAT WILL THE KING OF THE NORTH (ANTIOCHUS) DO?(HE WILL MUSTER A GREATER ARMY)?

WHEN WILL IT COME TO AND END?(END OF SOME YEARS - 14 YEARS LATER)?


14 “In those times many shall rise up against the king of the South. Also, violent men of your people shall exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they shall fall.

15 “The king of the North shall come and build a siege mound, and take a fortified city; and the forces of the South shall not withstand him. Even his choice troops shall have no strength to resist.

16 "But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and no one shall stand against him. He shall stand in the Glorious Land with destruction in his power.


14 “In those times many shall rise up against the king of the South. Also, violent men of your people shall exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they shall fall.

WHO WILL ARISE AGAINST THE KING OF THE SOUTH?(ANTIOCHUS AND PHILIP KING OF MACEDON,

WILL UNITE TOGETHER AGAINST EGYPT)?WHO WILL TRY TO FULFILL THE VISION?

(VIOLENT MEN WILL EXHALT THEMSELVES)?WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?

(THEY SHALL FALL)?


15 “The king of the North shall come and build a siege mound, and take a fortified city. And the forces of the South shall not withstand him. Even his choice troops shall have no strength to resist.

WHO IS THE KING OF THE NORTH?(ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT)?

WHAT WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) DO?(HE WILL TAKE THE FORTIFIED CITY)?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE FORCES OF THE SOUTH?(THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND HIM)?(EVEN HIS CHOICE TROOPS SHALL BE TAKEN)?


WHAT WILL HAPPEN TP THE FORCES OF THE SOUTH?READ: EZEKIEL 30:22-26

22 "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.

23 'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.

24 'I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.


WHAT WILL HAPPEN TP THE FORCES OF THE SOUTH?READ: EZEKIEL 30:22-26

25 'I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down. They shall know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.

26 'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.'“ (NKJ)

WHO RAISES UP NATIONS AND DESTROYS THEM?

WHY? (THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD)?


16 "But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and no one shall stand against him. He shall stand in the Glorious Land with destruction in his power.

WHO WILL COME AGAINST HIM?

(ANTIOCHUS WILL COME AGAINST PTOELMY’S ARMY)?

WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) BE SUCCESSFUL?

(NO ONE SHALL STAND AGAINST HIM)?

WHERE WILL HE GO?

(HE WILL STAND IN THE GLORIOUS LAND)?


17 "He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do. And he shall give him the daughter of women to destroy it; but she shall not stand with him, or be for him.

18 "After this he shall turn his face to the coastlands, and shall take many. But a ruler shall bring the reproach against them to an end; and with the reproach removed, he shall turn back on him.

19 "Then he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.


17 "He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do. And he shall give him the daughter of women to destroy it; but she shall not stand with him, or be for him.

WHAT WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) SET HIS FACE TO DO?

(ENTER WITH THE STRENGTH OF HIS KINGDOM)?

WHO ARE THE ‘UPRIGHT ONES’ WITH HIM?

(CHRISTIANS? SAINTS?)

READ: PSALMS 11:7

7 The LORD is righteous, he loves righteousness; his countenance beholds the upright. (NKJ)


17 "He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do. He shall give him the daughter of women to destroy it; but she shall not stand with him, or be for him.

WHAT WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) GIVE TO HIM (PTOLEMY)?

(HIS DAUGHTER CLEOPATRA)?

WHY WILL HE DO THIS?

(TO UNITE EGYPT AND SYRIA)?

WILL SHE HONOR HER FATHER WISHES?

(SHE WILL NOT STAND WITH HER FATHER)?


18 "After this he shall turn his face to the coastlands, and shall take many. But a ruler shall bring the reproach against them to an end; and with the reproach removed, he shall turn back on him.

WHERE WILL HE TURN TO?

(THE COAST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE

ISLANDS OF RHODES, SAMOS, DELOS)?

WHO WILL BRING REPROACH AGAINST (ANTIOCHUS)?

(THE ROMAN GENERAL LUCIUS SCIPIO ASIATICUS)?

WHAT WILL HE DO?

(HE WILL REBEL AGAINST HIM)?


19 "Then he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

WHAT WIILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) DO ?

(HE WILL FLEE TO SARDIS AND ANTIOCH)?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM (ANTIOCHUS)?

(HE WILL BE DEFEATED AND DISAPPEAR)?


20 "There shall arise in his place one who imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom; but within a few days he shall be destroyed, but not in anger or in battle.

21 “In his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

22 "With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant.


20 "There shall arise in his place one who imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom; but within a few days he shall be destroyed, but not in anger or in battle.

WHO SHALL ARISE IN HIS PLACE?

(SELEUCUS PHILOPATER - SON OF ANTIOCHUS)?

WHAT WILL HE DO?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM?

(HE WILL BE DESTROYED BY HIS TREASURER)?


21 “In his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty. But he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue.22 "With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant.

WHO WILL ARISE IN HIS PLACE?(A VILE PERSON - ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES)

HOW WILL HE SIEZE THE KINGDOM?(BY INTRIGUE AND THE FORCE OF A FLOOD)?

WHO IS ‘THE PRINCE OF THE COVENANT’?(THE HIGH PRIEST - ONIAS)?


23 "After the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people.

24 "He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.


23 "After the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people.

WHAT WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES) DO?

(HE WILL MAKE A TREATY WITH EGYPT AND SYRIA)?

WILL HE HONOR THIS TREATY ?

HOW WILL HE COME UP?


24 "He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province. And he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers. He shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches. And he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time.

HOW WILL HE ENTER?WHERE WILL HE ENTER?

WHAT WILL HE DO THAT HIS ANCESTORS DID NOT DO?HOW WILL HE MAINTAIN HIS POWER ?

WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL?


25 "He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him.

26 "Yes, those who eat of the portion of his delicacies shall destroy him; his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain.

27 "Both these kings' hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.


25 "He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South with a great army. And the king of the South shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him.

WHO WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES) GO AGAINST?


(PTOLEMY PHILOMETOR - PTOLEMY PHYSCON)?

WHAT WILL THE KING OF THE SOUTH (PHYSCON) DO ?

WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL?


26 "Yes, those who eat of the portion of his delicacies shall destroy him; his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain.

WHO WILL BETRAY HIM (PTOLEMY PHYSCON)

WHAT WILL HAPPENED TO HIS ARMY ?


27 "Both these kings' hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.

WHAT WAS IN THE HEARTS OF THESE KINGS?

HOW WILL THIS BE MANIFESTED?

WHAT WILL THE END OF THIS BE?

WHEN WILL THE END COME?


28 "While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land.

29 "At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter.

30 "For ships from Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.


28 "While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land.

WHO IS ‘HE’? (ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES)? WHAT WILL HE DO ON HIS WAY HOME?

HE WILL ATTACK JERUSALEM?HE WILL KILL 80,000 AND MAKE 40,000 SLAVES?

HE WILL DEFILE THE TEMPLE?THEN HE WILL RETURN TO HIS OWN LAND


29 "At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter.

WHAT IS ‘THE APPOINTED TIME’?

WHO SET ‘THE APPOINTED TIME’?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT ‘THE APPOINTED TIME’?

HOW WILL THINGS BE DIFFERENT?

HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE FORMER?


30 "For ships from Cyprus shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage against the holy covenant, and do damage. So he shall return and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant.

WHO WILL COME AGAINST HIM? (SHIPS FROM ROME)?

WHAT WILL HE DO WHEN HE IS DEFEATED?

WHO WILL HE SHOW REGARD TO?


31 “Forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation.

32 "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.

33 “Those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering.


31 “Forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation.

WHAT FORCES SHALL HE MUSTER? (ROMANS)?

WHAT WILL THESE FORCES DO ?

WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?

(AT THE APPOINTED TIME)?


WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?READ: DANIEL 9:27

27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate.“ (NKJ)

(UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION IS POURED OUT ON THE DESOLATE)?


WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?READ: MATTHEW 24:15-20

15 "Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand),

16 “Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17 "Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

18 "And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

19 "But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

20 "And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. (NKJ)


32 "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.

WHO ARE THOSE WHO DO WICKEDLY?(THOSE WHO FORSAKE THE LAW)?

WHAT WILL HE DO WITH THEM?WHO ARE THOSE WHO KNOW GOD?

(CHRISTIANS - SAINTS)?WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?


33 “Those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering.

WHAT WILL THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND DO?

YET, WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR MANY DAYS?


34 “When they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall join with them by intrigue.

35 “Some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.

36 "The king shall do according to his own will: he shall exalt and magnify himself above every god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done.


34 “When they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall join with them by intrigue.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY FALL ?

HOW SHALL MANY ATTEMPT TO JOIN THEM ?

WHAT IS ‘INTRIGUE’ ? (FLATTERY, DECEIT) ?


35 “Some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.

WHY WILL SOME WITH UNDERSTANDING FALL?

HOW LONG WILL THIS CONTINUE?

WHY?


36 "The king shall do according to his own will. He shall exalt and magnify himself above every god. He shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods. and he shall prosper till the wrath has been accomplished; for what has been determined shall be done.

WHO IS THIS KING? (ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES)?

WHAT WILL HE CONTINUE TO DO?

HOW LONG WILL HE CONTINUE TO PROSPER?


37 "He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.

38 “In their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things.

39 “He shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.


37 "He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any god; for he shall exalt himself above them all.

WHAT WILL HE NOT REGARD ?

HOW DOES HE REGARD HIMSELF ?

READ: DANIEL 8:11

11 He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down. (NKJ)


38 “In their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things.

WHAT SHALL HE HONOR IN THEIR PLACE?

( A GOD OF FORTRESSES JUPITER ? DIANA ?)

HOW WILL HE HONOR THEM?


39 “He shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.

HOW WILL HE ACT AGAINST STRONG FORTRESSES?

WHAT WILL HE CAUSE THEM TO DO?


40 "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through.

41 "He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon.

42 "He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.


40 "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him. And the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships. And he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through.

WHAT IS ‘THE TIME OF THE END’?

(END OF ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES)?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT ‘THE TIME OF THE END’?

WHO IS THIS KING OF THE SOUTH ?

(PTOLEMY LAGUS - KING OF EGYPT)?


40 "At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him. And the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships. And he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through.

WHO IS THIS KING OF THE NORTH?(ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES KING OF SYRIA)?

WHAT WILL HE DO ?WHAT COUNTRIES WILL HE ENTER?

(COELO-SYRIA, PALESTINE, EGYPT)?WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL?


41 "He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon.42 "He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

WHERE WILL HE GO? WHAT WILL HE DO?

WHAT IS THE GLORIOUS LAND? (ISRAEL)?WHO SHALL ESCAPE?


43 "He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels.

44 "But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many.

45 “He shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him. (NKJ)


43 "He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels.

WHAT WILL HE HAVE POWER OVER ?

WHO WILL FOLLOW AT HIS HEELS ?


44 "But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many.

WHAT NEW WILL TROUBLE HIM?

(ARTAXIAS, KING OF ARMENIA, GOES AGAINST HIM)?

WHAT WILL HE DO?


45 “He shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him. (NKJ)

WHERE SHALL HE (ANTIOCHUS) SET UP HIS TENTS?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM?

WILL ANYONE COME TO HELP HIM?

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