Sunday, June 22, 2014

Daniel Chapter 11



Daniel’s Last Vision-The Time of the End
Daniel Chapter 11
I. The Immediate Future (v.1-4)
A.    The Persian Kings (v.2)
B.     The Grecian King (v.3)
C.     The 4-Fold Division (v.4)
II. The Warfare of History Typifies the End of the Age (v.5-20)
A.    A Great Warfare is Prophesied (9:26,10:1; Matthew 24:6)
B.     Two Powers are Prominent: The King of the South [Egypt] & The King of the North [Syria]
C.     The Ten Kingdoms Must be Formed [Little Horn Comes Up Among Them (7:8) & After Them (7:24)]
D.    The Jews Will Be Back in the Land (v.16, 41,45)
III. The Antichrist and the Time of the End (v.21-45)
A.    The Prophesied Rise of the Antichrist (v.21,22)
1.      He is called ‘A Vile Person’
2.      He takes his kingdom dishonorably
3.      He comes in peaceably
4.      He obtains the kingdom by flatteries
5.      He shatters all opposition including the prince of the covenant 
B.     The Peaceable Rule of the Antichrist [First 3-1/2 years of Daniel’s 70th Week] (v.23-31)
1.      He makes a league [covenant]
2.      He works deceitfully
3.      He becomes strong with a small people
4.      He enters peaceably
5.      He accomplishes what his fathers did not
6.      He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south [Egypt]
7.      He and king of the south do mischief and speak lies but do not prosper for yet the end shall be…
8.      He returns to his land and his heart shall be against the holy covenant
9.      He shall do exploits and return to his own land
10.  He invades Egypt on (3) occasions
11.  He is opposed by the ships of Chittim [Cyprus]
12.  He returns grieved and has indignation against the holy covenant
13.  He is helped by those who forsake the holy covenant (II Thessalonians 2:3)
14.  He takes away the daily sacrifice and sets up the abomination of desolation (8:12,13, 9:27, 12:11)
C.     The Punishing Rule of the Antichrist [The Last 3-1/2 years of the 70th Week] (v.32-45a)
1.      He corrupts by flatteries those who do wickedly against the covenant
2.      Those who know their God shall be strong & do exploits, instruct many, fall by the sword
3.      He shall do according to his will, exalt and magnify himself above every god
4.      He shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods (7:25, 8:25)
5.      He shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished
6.      Neither shall he regard the god[Elohim]of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god
7.      He shall magnify himself above all gods (II Thessalonians 2:3,4)
8.      He shall honor a god of forces and a god which his fathers knew not shall he honor
9.      He shall take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god
10.  At the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him 
11.  He shall enter also into the glorious land and many countries shall be overthrown
12.  He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries and the land of Egypt shall not escape
13.  He shall have powers over the treasures of gold…
14.  But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him
15.  He shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious Holy Mountain
    D. The Predicted Ruin of the Antichrist [The End of the Day of the Lord] (v.45b)
   1. Yet he shall come to his end
   2. And none shall help him
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