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Revealed
in Daniel are the following
1.
The
Book
of Daniel
contains the prophecy of the
seventy weeks of years
(Dan.
9:24-27).
Daniel's 70th week of years (Dan.
9:24)
is divided:
3 ˝ years in the ministry of Jesus on the earth, and
3 ˝ years in the coming "ministry-reign" of the Antichrist. The last
7 years of this age—The Antichrist Covenant week of years—before the
second coming of Jesus [the Messiah], begins with
the signing of a 7-year peace covenant between the nation of Israel
and the Antichrist (Dan.
9:27):
who is the Syrian head of a Middle-Eastern/European
confederacy of 10 nations (the
Revised Roman Empire).
2.
After 3 ˝ years (at midweek) this covenant is broken (Dan.
9:27).
3.
The executor of this covenant with Israel is a king whose
ascendancy to power can be tracked by following the little horn
(Dan.
7:8;
Dan.
7:20;
Dan.
7:24;
Dan. 8:9) that came out of this 10-nation confederacy located in the
territories formerly ruled by Rome (Dan. 7:7,
Dan.
7:20;
Dan.
7:24). He uproots 3 of these
nations in his rise to power (Dan.
7:8;
Dan.
7:20;
Dan.
7:24). He is identified as the king
of the north (Dan.
11:6-8; Dan.
11:11, 13, 15;
Dan.
11:40), and is a Syrian.
[This can
be easily determined from countless historical records of ancient Greece and
Rome concerning who is the king of the north in fulfilled prophecy.]
Finally, by studying the history of Antiochus Epiphanes, prophesied in
Dan.
11:21-45 and recorded in the historical books of
1st and 2nd
Maccabees, a detailed composite drawing is presented of the Antichrist—the man of sin, and the
beast out of the sea of
Revelation 13:1
(see
How To Quickly Locate the Antichrist in Scripture).
4.
The king of the north is Syria (Dan.
11:6-8;
Dan.
11:40).
5.
The king of the south is Egypt (Dan. 11:5).
6.
Egypt
will fall to Syria at the time of the end (Dan. 11:42-43).
7.
At or before midweek, the 10-nation confederacy of revised Rome
give their
power, authority, and kingdom to the Antichrist
(Rev. 17:12-13).
They
destroy the great religious whore city (Rev.
17:16-17;
Rev.
17:18)
of the
Revised Roman Empire.
The Antichrist then rules the eighth and final world kingdom to oppress Israel—the Revived
Grecian empire (Rev. 17:11)—for 3 ˝ years until the second coming of Jesus [see notes on
Revelation 13 and Revelation
17; see also
How To Quickly Locate the Antichrist in Scripture].
8. It
is not until Michael’s is removed
as the angelic
covering over Israel [see The
Hinderer of Lawlessness]
that
the Antichrist can be revealed to
persecute Israel in the last half of The Antichrist Covenant week of years, which
is also the last half of Daniel’s 70th week of years (Dan.
9:24-27;
2
Thes. 2:3).
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