►Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Eleven►Daniel 11
(B) Prophecy About The Emergence of A Shadow Anti-Christ Before Christ's 1st Coming & the Real Anti-Christ before Christ's 2nd Coming (Daniel 11:21-45).
From Verses 1-20, we learned how the Conflicts in the Middle-East were revealed to Daniel nearly 200yrs before it took place, which also preceded the 1st Coming of Christ. Those wars, about 22 in all, were mostly between Syria (North of ISRAEL, GOD'S NATION) & Egypt (South of ISRAEL). We also learned that even great wars/conflicts will continue to take place in & around Israel (Middle-East) Before the 2nd Coming of Christ and we have started witnessing it in our days; telling us that very soon Christ will come. The wars goin on in & around Israel, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Iraq & nations in the Middle-East are prophetic.
Verses 21-45 of Daniel 11 talk about the final lap of the conflict that were between Syria & Egypt. For example, Syria would pass through Israel to fight withe The Egyptians & the Egyptians would also later pass through Israel to attack Syria. Not only do the Verses 21-45 give us the Final lap; A CLUE/CUE TO IDENTIFYING THE ANTI-CHRIST & WHAT he WOULD DO WERE ALSO GIVEN IN THAT PROPHECY. To understand verses 21-45 very well, first read Daniel 8:9-13 which talks about the little horn, the Anti-Christ, or Read this message we've shared early on: Tue.Feb 18, 2014||END TIME SERIES Part Eight, Daniel 8; https://www.facebook.com/
As we did with Verses 1-20, we're goin' to use same format:What I have done (I give the Glory to God) is to Narrate to U how History Fulfilled The Prophecy Given From Verses 21-45. Your Work is To Open Your Bible to Daniel Chapter 11:21-45. See, From Verse to Verse, How The Prophecy Given To Daniel at that time was EXACTLY FULFILLED later. For example; after reading Verse(s) from the Bible, U then Read how those Verse(s) U read were fulfilled in history Before Christ's 1st Coming; which will again happen before Christ's 2nd Coming. Let's Go.....
In verse 20, we learned the king of Syria (Antiochus the III or the Great) died; his son succeeded him. In order to increase the revenue of Syria, he widened the tax net & increased the amount the Syrians paid for tax. But he was killed in a very short time, privately; he was poisoned by his own servant.
21-29: History tells us that Antiochus IV Epiphanes (a.k.a. Mithridates) became the king of Syria. Note: he came before Christ's 1st Coming. He's a MINIATURE, PROTOTYPE, SHADOW OF THE ANTICHRIST WHO WILL APPEAR BEFORE CHRIST'S 2ND COMING. As we go through THE CHARACTER OF Antiochus IV Epiphanes & WHAT DID, COMPARE THEM TO THE CHARACTER & WHAT THE ANTICHRIST WILL ALSO DO BEFORE CHRIST'S 2ND COMING. A LOT OF SIMILARITIES. History tells us Antiochus IV Epiphanes was very vile, ascended to the throne via false peace & flatteries. He seized power by trickery because he was not the rightful heir to the throne. This was how he rose to power: As the son & a potential successor of King Antiochus III the Great, Antiochus IV Epiphanes became a political hostage of the Roman Republic following the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC. When his older brother, Seleucus IV followed his father onto the throne in 187 BC, Antiochus was exchanged for his nephew Demetrius I Soter (the son & heir of Seleucus). After King Seleucus was assassinated by Heliodorus, a usurper, in 175 BC, Antiochus in turn ousted him. Since Seleucus' legitimate heir, Demetrius I Soter, was still a hostage in Rome, Antiochus, with the help of King Eumenes II of Pergamum, seized the throne for himself, proclaiming himself co-regent for another son of Seleucus, an infant named Antiochus (whom he then murdered a few years later). He was very very deceitful, crafty & cunning. He also loved money & prosperity. Pray to God to deliver U, if U have any of these traits. It's the Spirit of the Anti-Christ.
History continues that Antiochus IV Epiphanes attempted to fight against Egypt but he failed. He then turned his anger on the people of God (the Jews). History tells us that while he was busy in Egypt, rumor spread that he had been killed. The High Priest Jason, who was deposed by Antiochus gathered a force of 1,000 soldiers & made a surprise attack on the city of Jerusalem & the High Priest appointed by Antiochus, Menelaus, was forced to flee Jerusalem during a riot. On Antiochus return from Egypt in 167 BC, enraged by his defeat, he attacked Jerusalem and restored Menelaus & executed many Jews. In other words, when he heard the news when returning from defeated war from Egypt, he thought Judea was in revolt that's why he took Jerusalem by storm, ordered his soldiers to cut down without mercy those whom they met & to slay the Jews who took refuge in their houses. There was a massacre of young & old, women & children, a slaughter of virgins & infants. In the space of three days, 80,000 were lost, 40,000 met a violent death, & another 40,000 were sold into slavery. On conference table, just as it is happening in our days, politicians and world leaders lie. In their mind, they hate each other, but on their lips, they speak good words to one another and greet each other.
30-35: History says he sided with the Hellenized/Compromised Jews by outlawing Jewish religious rites & traditions kept by True Jews; ordering the worship of Zeus as supreme god, instead of LORD GOD. To make matters worse, he sacrificed pigs on the Altar in the Temple & ordered the True Jews to eat pork, an anathema/abomination to the Jews & when they refused, Antiochus sent an army to enforce his decree & because of the Jews resistance, he slaughtered many Jews & destroyed the city of Jerusalem (the Beautiful Land, the Holy Land).
Still, God didn't kill him, for his time was not yet come. It means, those of us who will take sides with God and refuse to obey Festivals, rites, human customs & traditions which have been indirectly engineered by the Anti-Christ, are goin' to be killed. In these last days, those of us whom God have granted us the understanding of His Revelation, will share it with all people and those whom God wants to save will listen, repent & live for God. But there will be hypocrites who will try to mingle with us. That's why as True Children of God, we must be careful we don' accept flatteries & praises of Men. We should channel all to God, for God will expose those who just come to flatter us when their hearts are not for God. We must be wise and discern.
36-43 are summed up in this way; The Anti-Christ will.....
--Do things according to his own will
--Exalt himself above everything & everyone, even above GOD
(But he will not be destroyed until the appointed time. But when the appointed time is due, he will not escape: All that God has planned to do He will do to the Anti-Christ)
--Not desire women (Talmuz. Ezekiel 8:14). Signifying he might be a celibate, and will promote abortion. Anti-God, Anti-Children, Anti-Christ.
--Honour god of forces/war, god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things (Prosperity).
--establish a 7-yr covenant with the Jews, but half-way through (i.e. 3 & half years), he will break the covenant.
--Give lands and properties to anyone who bows down to him. That's, anyone who receives his mark shall prosper; they will be able to buy & sell.
--Persecute the Jews & anyone who would not receive his mark. That's when the Anti-Christ is fully ruling the world.
--Conquer Libya, Egypt & Ethiopia & take their resources.
--Not be able to Conquer JORDAN (in our days) which made of Edom, Moab, & Ammon (in the days of Daniel). As of now, God hasn't shown me the reason why Jordan will escape. I praise HIM for that. If HE reveals it to me, later, Praise HIM. If HE DOESN'T, PRAISE HIM.
44: When the Anti-Christ's destruction is getting near, some forces from the east & the north (Maybe army from China or Russia) will frighten/trouble him (Forces coming across the Euphrates. Refer to Rev 16). But with great fury, he'll meet them & destroy them & totally make away many.
45: Finally, he will set his tent/palace between the Dead Sea & the Mediterranean Sea (i.e. in Jerusalem) and on the Holy Mountain where the Holy Temple stands.
Spirit of discernment & revelational knowledge are needed here: See Right from Daniel 11-1-45; Compare it to History & Current development in & around the Middle-East, with Israel & Jerusalem being the Focal Points. The Rebuilding of the Temple (The Third Time) is in the pipeline. Can't U see that we're living in the last days?
This is what God has laid on my heart to tell U: Don' wait till U see the Anti-Christ before U repent. Maybe (and just maybe) he is already in the world; for his spirit started working right from the Babylonian kingdom through all the kingdoms that followed till now. That's why God has laid on my heart to tell people that they should ALWAYS GET PREPARED AS A SOLDIER -- WE NEED NOT TO WAIT TO SEE THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BEING CALLED ANTI-CHRIST BEFORE WE REPENT. THAT WILL BE TOO LATE; FOR his spirit is already at work. U can also die anytime. TIME IS RUNNING OUT, ACCEPT CHRIST'S INVITATION.
If God permits, we shall start Part Twelve, Daniel Chapter 12 on Thursday, February 27, 2014.
--Samuel Kwasi Forkuo
ALL THE GLORY TO GOD
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