THE LITTLE HORN
OF DANIEL
(America in prophecy)
by James Brown
(March 2015)
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION – – – – AMERICA IN PROPHECY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CHAPTER ONE – – – – DANIEL’S SEVENTY WEEKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CHAPTER TWO – – – – THE JEWISH REVOLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CHAPTER THREE -- – – OLD JERUSALEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
CHAPTER FOUR – – – NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM . . . . . . . . . . 51
CHAPTER FIVE – – – – THE PLEASANT LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
CHAPTER SIX – – – – THE UPROOTING OF THREE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
CHAPTER SEVEN – – – DNA OF THE LITTLE HORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
CHAPTER EIGHT – – – BABYLON REVIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
CHAPTER NINE – – – – BABYLON’S TYRANNICAL LEADER . . . . . . . 154
CHAPTER TEN – – – – THE RETURN OF JESUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
CHAPTER ELEVEN – – – COMMENTARIES DANIEL 12:1-13 . . . . . . . . 180
AMERICA IN PROPHECY
Many believe America is the greatest nation ever blessed by God, but few believe
she ought to be mentioned in the Bible. The following argument should cause
skeptics to believe otherwise, in that America has blessed Israel more than any
nation in history. America is the mighty nation which won the two world wars that
enabled the Jews to go back home, and then afterward stood as their only friend.
Since every nation that affected ancient Israel had been mentioned in the Bible, and
since God does not change in his ways, why would he not mention America in the
end time prophecies of Daniel and Revelation? In truth, America ought to be shining
in the Bible as brightly as a full moon rising on a cloudless night . . . and she does.
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CHAPTER ONE
“Daniel’s Seventy Weeks”
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history is the proof of prophecy
and proves America is “the little horn” of Daniel
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Jesus presented his “Olivet Discourse” in answer to when he returns for his own, confirming
Daniel by stating it was after the great tribulation ended. Jesus has since been contradicted by
undisciplined theologians that dared to take one verse out of context of the Olivet Discourse
to concoct a fable of another return never indicated by Jesus or by any prophet in the Bible.
These false prophets say “Christians” will be gathered before the great tribulation begins.
This fable does not fit the picture Jesus presented, for it divides the gathering of his people and
contradicts his promise to treat the Jew fold and his other fold as one fold under one shepherd.
Jesus lastly gave dire warnings to any that dare add to or subtract from his holy word (refer to
Daniel 9:24, 12:1; Matthew: 24:3, 29-31, 36; John 10:16; Revelation 22:18-19).
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each piece must fit perfectly
To solve a jigsaw puzzle, one must
scrutinize each piece to fit it correctly into
the picture. No piece should have need to
be forced but ought to just “snap” into
place, and never is it right to cut a piece to
make it fit, for if done the artist’s picture
will have gaping flaws; analogous to when
truths of the coming of the Lord are cut
from the context in which they were
presented and forced to fit elsewhere.
The smiting stone from
heaven will crush
the last empire
of Satan.
Signs today herald the return of Jesus to gather his saints, and so Satan is preparing for battle
by resurrecting the empire built under Caesar Augustus. This is the ferocious beast Daniel
saw resurrect in the last days, headed by the man of sin that comes forth from the little horn
nation, and who will declare he is the Christ and attempt to destroy those which do not
worship him. Satan’s strategy is to leave no saint alive for Jesus to receive, and if successful
void the truth of prophecy so to maintain his seat upon the earth, and stay the sentence of
being cast into the lake of fire. Before Satan succeeds, Jesus will fulfill prophecy by cutting
short the days and come as a smiting stone (Daniel 2:34-35, Matthew 24: 22, 30-31) to crush
the empire of Satan, deliver his people, and establish the Kingdom of Christ upon the earth.
Daniel’s explains his vision to Nebuchadnezzar
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Nebuchadnezzar had walked in pride
and was humbled by the Lord
God is Sovereign
Daniel told King Nebuchadnezzar this unchanging truth: God decrees what is to happen
and has chosen the heads of every nation. This truth meant God chose past leaders as
Pharaoh, Moses, David, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, Washington, Lincoln,
Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Regan, Gandhi, Castro, and Obama so to accomplish His sovereign will.
So what is his will? Daniel revealed this when speaking of the great tribulation: it is the will of
God for his children to be purified, made white, and tested (Matthew 24:15,12:10).
God had chastised King Nebuchadnezzar in order to humble him: O King, this is the decree of
the Most High to come upon you: You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as do oxen, and you shall be
wet with the dew of heaven, this for seven years till you declare it is the Most High that
rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will. And whereas his
command is to leave the stump of the tree roots: your kingdom shall remain, after that you
will have no doubt the heavens do rule (Daniel 4:24-26).
Hebrews 12:6-7 states the Lord disciplines the ones he loves, and chastises every son
whom he receives, and so for seven years God made Nebuchadnezzar eat grass in the field
as an oxen and to cut not his hair or nails until he lifted his eyes to heaven and repented
and declared this truth: And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and
he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the
earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? Now I,
Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all his works are truth
and his ways just, and those that walk in pride he is able to humble (Daniel 4:33-37).
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While in exile on Patmos
John was given the
Revelation
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a wakeup call from Jesus
Sixty years later Jesus appeared to John, the last living apostle and now exiled on the
Isle of Patmos because the Romans found it impossible to kill him. In Revelation, Jesus
addressed the seven churches and stated unconditionally what he will do to those that do
not repent. Though many believe they are as good as those that were in the Church
of Philadelphia, to Thyatira and all the churches Jesus had given this wakeup call :
Two days before his crucifixion, Jesus went to Mount Olivet and there forewarned his
disciples of the great tribulation that would come in the last days. In the Revelation to
John, Jesus then warned all the churches they must come to repentance before his
return. In Matthew 24: 9, 21-22 are these words from his Olivet Discourse:
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be
hated of all nations for my name's sake . . . For then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever
shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into
great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children
with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searches the
reins and hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works
(Revelation 2: 22-23).
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Seeing through Rose Colored Glasses
When ominous storm clouds arise, sailors know well to batten down the hatches
and stash the trash, but in contrast to prophecy the saints close their minds and
put on rose colored glasses to ignore the great trouble ahead. In Revelation,
Jesus warned his own to repent, lest they be cast by him into great tribulation.
Despite what the flowery false prophets of today are saying, Jesus must fulfill
each and every promise and thus why one should heed his prophetic word. Jesus
was not the author of confusion, but made clear his prophetic truth was
profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and a call to righteousness.
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PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
Both Old and New testaments tell of a literal Kingdom. In Psalms 122:6 David wrote
it is prosperous to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and 200 years later it was
written in Isaiah 9:6-7) the government would be upon the shoulders of the Prince
of Peace. These prophecies define Jesus to be the peace of Jerusalem and the
peace to come. Daniel foretold his Kingdom forms at the close of the 70th Week, at
which will be the resurrection of both the dead and the living (Daniel 9:24-27,
12:1-3, 9). Jesus fulfills these prophecies upon his return, and in his Olivet Discourse
provided the signs meant for a very generation that will see this Kingdom formed.
The King of Kings will sit upon the throne of
David to reign upon the earth, and of his
kingdom there shall be no end (Luke 1:32-33;
Revelation 20:6, 11:15). The capital of his
kingdom will be Jerusalem where his Father’s
house was built, where he was crucified,
where he departed from, and where he will
return to reign and rest forever (1Kings 11:36,
Zechariah 14:16-17, Psalms 132:13-14).
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The midnight hour is at hand
The vigilant see the midnight hour approaching, as did the wise men 2000 years
ago when they saw the signs foretelling of the coming of the Christ. Jesus warned
of the days preceding his return, first a beginning of sorrows and then great
tribulation. To survive, he warned his own to repent, to cleanse their temples of
the depths of Satan. This age in prophecy is called: the time of the end, the last
days, the last generation, the time of Jacob’s trouble, the great tribulation: it
is the seventieth week of Daniel, and at the end thereof was when Jesus
confirmed he would return to receive his own . . . this on the Day of the Lord.
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ALL MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE
The scriptures are perfectly clear that God treats all his children the same, both
Jew and gentile. Apostle Paul confirmed such in Romans 12:10, stating there is no
difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto
all that call upon him. In John 10:15-16, Jesus said unequivocally he has more
than one fold, yet all his sheep hear his voice and he will bring them together and
will treat them as one fold. The above underlined words indicate not only will the
Jew fold go through the great tribulation but the Gentile churches as well.
Gospel accounts show the only scripture Jesus advised his own to read was Daniel.
In Matthew 24:15 he said, When ye shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whosoever readeth, let
him understand). So who was Jesus speaking to? Being “whosoever” means
anyone, it was in reference to any of his sheep, and this is based upon his
statement in John 10:16 that all his sheep hear his voice and they will be treated as
one fold under one shepherd. In accordance with John 10:16 and his directive in
Matthew 24:15, Jesus let Jews and Gentiles know “they would be brought into the
great tribulation together as “one fold” that needed to gain understanding in
Daniel of what is to happen to them following the abomination of desolation.
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Rejected by his own
At both comings of the Messiah, Ezekiel saw Jesus enter the temple by way of the
eastern gate, but 2000 years ago it was the Jew’s ignorance of the prophecies of
Daniel that caused them to reject Jesus. Daniel provided a 70-week timeline (9:24-27)
to when the Holy One was to first enter the gate and be cutoff and then return at the
end of the age to rule (12:8-10). At the close of the 69th week, his hard hearted-stiffed-
necked-sickly people chose to look for another and were thus destroyed. History
will again repeat as both Jew and Gentile (see John 10:16) will in ignorance look to a
false Messiah, and this is why Jesus told the wise to read the book of Daniel (Matthew
24:15, 25). In setting the stage, Daniel points out the nation from whence will come
the false Messiah, the evil one, and he even provided his full set of finger prints.
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Daniel’s Seventy Weeks
Daniel’s seventy weeks comprise two periods in God’s
time clock of the Messiah to come and accomplish
the Plan of the Ages. The first period climaxed after
69 weeks (483 years), when Messiah came to be cut
off, killed at the crucifixion. At the end of the age,
the Messiah returns, at the end of the Seventieth
Week, seven years of sorrow and great trouble for
God’s people before being delivered, both the living
and dead to either everlasting life or to eternal
shame and contempt (Daniel 12:1-3). Daniel was
told his prophecies were sealed, not to be opened
till the time of the end, and Daniel was promised he
would rest (sleep in Christ) and then stand with the
Messiah at the end of the days (12:13).
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Daniel’s Seventy Weeks (continued)
Daniel 9: 24 defines what the Messiah is to accomplish: Seventy weeks
are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city (Jerusalem) to
finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and
to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Daniel 9:24-26 foretells time and events of the first 69 weeks: Know,
therefore, and understand from the going forth of the commandment to
restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven
weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and
the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks
shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince
that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end
thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations
are determined.
Daniel 9:27 foretells the final seven years: And he (antichrist) shall
confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the
week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the
overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the
consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
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THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL
FIRST 69 Weeks Daniel’s Mystery Gap 70th Week
Hosea’s 2000 years
For two days (2000 years) Israel will sleep till the
time of tribulation, repentance, and then return
of the Lord and the resurrection (harvest time)
(See Hosea 5:15-6:1-2 / 2-Peter 3:8)
Time in wait for the
First Triumphal Entry
of the Son of David
into Jerusalem
Decree of Artaxerxes
to rebuild Jerusalem
Messiah cut-off
(the crucifixion)
The Day
of the Lord
444 BC 33 AD
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Period waiting for Antichrist to
make a covenant with many
(See Daniel 12:8-9)
483 years
7 wks -- 62 weeks --
7 – years
the tribulation
Beginning of Sorrows
(Matthew 24: 4-13)
Time of the end
(Matthew 24:14-31
1000 year
Kingdom
of Christ
Revelation
5:10
10:15
20:1-6
Zechariah
8:1-8
Luke
1:32-32
Cut off so all might be saved
The Cross of Christ connects the Old to the New, the answer to the mystery
gap of Daniels Seventy weeks of years. Daniel spoke of only one body of
believers comprised of the dead and the living, these being the elect Jesus said
he would deliver, these on the Day of the Lord. These are the ones Jesus
came to die for, those who came to love God, those through the ages that
sought his face and called upon the name of the Lord to be saved, those
which he had made so they might conform to the image of his son, those
made pure by the precious redeeming blood shed at Calvary!
at the cross
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The Seventieth Week (2520 days)
Sorrows
A covenant by Antichrist
Daniel says the 70th Week
begins when the man of
sin makes an agreement
with many; Isaiah calls
this a covenant of death.
At 220 days the sacrifice
begins in the new temple
See Daniel 7:25, 9:27,
10:41 Isaiah 28:15, 18
Matthew 24:1-20
The Great Tribulation
Abomination of Desolation
At the desecration of the temple,
the antichrist declares he is Lord
and orders all to worship him.
Archangel Michael, the hinderer,
stands aside (no hedge) and the
tribulation of the saints begins.
In their great affliction the wise
seek His face early, and all that
repent are wondrously spared
death to await the Lord’s coming
See: Daniel 10:14,20,21, 12:1-7,
Matt. 24:21-22, 2-Thess. 2:1-12
Hosea 5:15, Revelation 12:14)
The Day of the Lord
the last trumpet
Jesus returns on one of the last
45 days to take his kingdom
and begin the Harvest, first removing
the tares, those that offend him.
Finally the last trumpet sounds the
resurrection of the dead. Then
those alive and remaining are
caught up with them in the clouds,
all given new bodies and taken by
the bridegroom to the Marriage
of the Lamb and Wedding Supper
See 1-Thess. 4:15, Daniel 12:1-13,
1-Cor. 15:51-52, Matt. 13:30, 36, 41
24:31, 36 Revelation 11:15-19
1290 days
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2300 days (Dan 8:14)
(From the beginning of the daily sacrifice
till the temple is cleansed by Jesus Matthew: 21:12-15)
KINGDOM
220 days
1285 days
1335 days
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For purposes of theological discussion,
the next slide lists every prophecy
found in the Bible that predicts
the return of Jesus Christ
before the beginning
of great tribulation
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THERE ARE NONE
But of that day and hour only my Father knows
Jesus said “there will first be a period of darkness when the sun shall
be darkened and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall
from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken”
By the time the Great Tribulation has ended, the Lord will have purified and
tested his one body of believers to stand and hold fast till he comes to
take them home. Forty-five days will then remain in the seventieth week,
and on one of these days, one which only the Father knows, the great and
terrible DAY OF THE LORD shall come as a thief in the night.
Then shall appear the
sign of the Son of man
and all the earth shall
mourn and they shall see
the Son of man coming in
the clouds of heaven in
power and great glory
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CHAPTER TWO
The Jewish revolt
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A Coming King of Fierce Countenance
Daniel saw the final empire to be a
tyrannical beast that would early on
execute the Christ and then devour
Israel. History shows this was the empire
of Rome created by Octavian, its first
emperor. Daniel then saw this empire to
seemingly die, but in the latter days
resurrect through a new nation called
the little horn. From it he saw a King of
Fierce Countenance arise, one speaking
great dark sentences (great lies) and
possessing the power of Satan. In the
time of great tribulation, Daniel saw this
final emperor destroy the power of the
mighty and holy people (8:23-24; 12:7).
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Octavian
Three wars against an invincible Rome
As God’s judgment, Israel fell under Babylonian, Persian and Grecian rule before lastly
coming under Roman rule in 63 BC, the year of Octavian’s birth. Rome at this time was a
peoples republic with elected representatives, but in just one generation Octavian
transformed it to an imperial empire with he anointed as emperor: a remarkable type of
the coming King of Fierce Countenance spoken of by Daniel. By 27 BC, Octavian had
eliminated all his political adversaries and used the military to make his power grab. His
rubber stamp senate gave him title as a god: Caesar Augustus – absolute ruler and
reverend, and honored him by building the temple of Diva Augustus.
In 4 BC, Octavian issued a decree (an executive order) for all in the empire to be taxed at
their birthplace; this decree caused Joseph and Mary to go to Bethlehem and it was also
the catalyst for a Jewish revolt. The Jews, ignorant of Daniel prophecies, cut off Jesus,
because he did not free them, and then revolted against their invincible master Rome,
but in truth were revolting against the judgment of God. Jesus, in knowing the outcome,
wept for Jerusalem and forewarned his own not to take up arms but flee when the armies
gathered (Luke 19:43). His twofold prophecy confirmed Daniel: the horrific 70 year Jewish
revolt (Daniel 9:26) and then the great tribulation preceding his return (Daniel 9:27). In
66 AD, the Jews drew first blood, completely annihilating the 600 man Roman garrison of
Jerusalem which brought on the full vengeance of Rome. Thus began the first of three
wars which resulted in the complete devastation of Israel.
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The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD
Emperor Vespasian commissioned his son Titus, a general possessing no mercy,
to crush all resistance and level Jerusalem . . . and the people of the prince that
shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be
with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined (Daniel 9:26).
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The great Psephinus Tower failed them
In 70 AD, Titus’s
legions quickly scaled
the new Northern Wall
shown in this model
Four years before, in 66 AD, the Jews drew first blood by totally annihilating the Roman
garrison of Jerusalem. They then built a 2-mile northern wall to thwart the expected
Roman assault. When General Titus arrived to Judea, he initially delayed the direct
assault against the reinforced city, instead launching a systematic campaign of terror to
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THE ROMAN SIEGE TOWERS
The Roman assault began early 70 AD, and expectations of defending the northern wall
proved naïve once Roman engineers erected massive siege towers. Many times in
history the man made walls of Jerusalem failed, and despite the Psephinus Tower this
new wall failed also. To completely crush all resistance, Titus prepared a tight trap to
prevent any escape of insurgents, the very trap Jesus had warned of 37 years before.
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In just an amazing four
days, Titus’s legions cut
every tree within 25 miles
of Jerusalem and erected
a colonnade pointed fence
around the inner walls to
starve the insurgents and
prevent escape.
Jesus had warned all to
quickly flee when they
saw the armies gathering,
saying they would be
encircled by a trench that
kept them contained on
every side (read Luke 19:43,
21:20-21).
The prophecies of Jesus
were dual, meant also for
the future great tribulation:
perhaps the many barbed
wire containment centers
FEMA is building should
cause alarm.
New defensive wall built in 66 AD
1.3 miles
Psephinus Tower
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Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD
The Antonia Fortress failed
After six months of intense and vicious defense, the food stores emptied, and to
fight on the Jewish defenders ate rats, and when these were gone began to kill and
cannibalize their own children. Ultimately the well fed - well armed Roman soldiers
broke through the Antonia Fortress onto the temple mount to gain free access to
the city. On that terrible day all hell broke loose, as Jesus warned of, upon all that
did not heed his warning but instead chose to resist the chastisement of their God.
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an era of extermination began
Josephus, an educated Jewish general captured by the Romans, had agreed to be their
historian. In writing of the one day holocaust, he said Roman soldiers, inflamed by the
Jews vicious defense, burned the temple and showed no mercy to the Jews and the
non-Jews with them: slaughtering 1,100,000 inhabitants and taking 97,000 as slaves:
"The slaughter within was even more dreadful than the spectacle from without. Men
and women, old and young, insurgents and priests, those who fought and those
who entreated mercy, were hewn down in indiscriminate carnage. The legionaries
had to clamber over heaps of dead to carry on the work of extermination.”
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NOT ONE STONE LEFT UNTURNED
To prevent Jerusalem from ever being a stronghold again, Titus then ordered every
wall in the city torn down to ground level. For the days shall come upon thee, when
thy enemy shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in
on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee;
and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knowest not
the time of thy visitation (See Matthew 24:2, Luke19:43-44). Jesus warned his own
to put down the sword, and all those that did not were killed.
An intense fire melted the
gold plating on the temple
walls, which then oozed down
into the stone foundations. To
retrieve the gold, Roman
soldiers upturned every stone,
exactly as Jesus foretold. This
picture shows some of the
many temple stones which
they dumped off the mount.
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ERASED AS A NATION
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After leveling Jerusalem, Rome took absolute control by dispersing the Jews and wiping out
any found resistance, as in 74 AD at the mountain top fortress of Masada. In 115-117 AD,
dispersed Jews which fled to Egypt, Crete, and Cyrene, later joined a revolt that killed a million
Roman citizens. Emperor Trajan ordered these Jews exterminated and their wealth
confiscated. Finally, in 131-136 AD, Simon bar Kokhba, a false messiah led a revolt in Judea.
Emperor Hadrian, realizing the stiff-necked Jews would not accept their demise, ordered the
total extermination of all Jews in the empire; those which escaped fled into all the world as
was prophesied, not to return till the last days when their true Messiah would deliver them.
The Masada Fortress
God’s promise was to bring total
desolation upon the nation of
Israel if his people failed to
repent: then will I pluck them up
by the roots out of my land which I
have given them; and this house,
which I have sanctified for my
name, will I cast out of my sight,
and will make it to be a proverb
and a byword among all nations
(2-Chronicles 7:20).
CHAPTER THREE
Old Jerusalem
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A TOUR OF JERUSALEM TODAY
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OLD JERUSALEM
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THE OUTER WALL - THE GATES - THE TEMPLE MOUNT
The Wailing Wall
The Wailing Wall is a remnant of the original foundation supporting the temple platform, dating
back to 19 BC when King Herod initiated a massive re-construction and expansion project of
the old Solomon Temple and mount. Though enormous to the eye, one third of its courses are
yet below ground; buried by 20 centuries of rubble. This wall is the second most sacred place
in Jewish faith, the mount it supports being the first, this where Jews pray and lament over the
destruction of their temple. Knowing the Messiah is to come here, is why three times a day for
1900 years devout Jews have prayed here to ask God for their temple to be rebuilt.
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Jesus shall first set his foot upon the very place from whence he departed and will
walk down this mountain side strait to the gate that looketh toward the east . . . And
the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose
prospect is toward the east (Zechariah 14:4 Acts 1:11 Ezekiel 43:1-5). 41
the Pathway of His glory
THIS PLACE BELONGS TO JESUS
It is no coincidence the Eastern Gate (inset on the right) is directly in line to
where the new temple shall be erected to anoint Jesus, and also in line with
the blue dome behind the temple mount, the place where Jesus was crucified.
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Now waiting permission
The blue prints and materials have been prepared so masons can quickly erect a new
temple to be in line with the eastern gate and clear of the Dome of the Rock. The
building materials have even been readied without use of metal tools, as King David
and Solomon were so instructed by God to prepare the altar stones of the temple
(Deuteronomy 27:5). The builders now wait for the call to erect the new temple.
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Looking south-east toward the Mount of Olives
where His foot will set down upon his return
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Ezekiel was shown the Eastern gate
Kidron Valley
Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was
shut. And the Lord said to me, "This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no
one shall enter by it; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall
remain shut. Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by
way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.“ (Ezekiel 44: 1-3)
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the Eastern Gate is sealed
By this gate Jesus entered into Jerusalem to be cut off and shall return to establish his
kingdom. Ezekiel said this gate was to be sealed after the Lord entered, and to remain
sealed for no man to enter except the Lord God of Israel, the prince to come. This means
Antichrist, who shall claim he is the Christ, is prevented to go through it, thus the way to
know he is not the Christ. In 1530, the Ottoman Turks, aware of Ezekiel’s prophecy,
sealed this gate and planted a Muslim cemetery in front, knowing a Jewish rabbi is not
permitted to cross through it, but Jesus, however, is more than a rabbi, he is the Word of
God. He is the Ancient of Days holding the keys to life and death and will return with
great power. After setting his foot on Olivet, Jesus will simply walk through this sealed
gate and be anointed as King (refer to Ezekiel 44, Daniel 7:22, and Revelation 19:11-21).
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He steps down here on Olivet
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and the Mount of Olives shall cleave
In Matthew 24:27 Jesus confirmed Zechariah, saying he returns by way of the
east (from the Mount of Olives) and will shine to the west (as he goes into
Jerusalem radiating great glory). Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy
spoil will divide in the midst of thee. His feet shall stand upon the Mount of
Olives before Jerusalem on the east, and it shall cleave toward the east and
toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley as half of the mountain
shall move north and half to the south. . . And the LORD shall be king over all the
earth; in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one (Zechariah 14: 1-9).
14:1,4,8-9
When Jesus returns in power and great
glory, his foot will set down at the very
place from whence he ascended.
Interestingly, a recently discovered
earthquake fault line crosses under the
Mount of Olives, and His power will
cause it to cleave, part to the north, part
to the south, leaving an east-west valley
for recently discovered subterranean
waters under Jerusalem to gush forth.
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Eternal Living Waters
Salvation for the world is through the Jews, through the Alpha and Omega that gives
life to the former and hinder seas of divided peoples. John 4:5-29 gives the account at
Jacob’s well of a Samaritan woman coming to Jesus. Though she was not a Jew, she
learned living water had ever been available to end her thirst if she but knew this gift
was from God and but asked. So she asked and left behind her old water pot and
went forth to tell others about the living water she had received from the Christ. She
had drunk from the living well as many did before her, women such as Eve, Ruth,
Naomi, Ester, Mary, and men such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon,
Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, the disciples, the thief on the cross, and this writer.
Zechariah 14:8 says in that day shall living
waters go out from Jerusalem; half of them
toward the former (the ancient) sea, and half
of them toward the hinder (the end) sea: in
summer and in winter shall it be. Ezekiel
47:8-9 says these waters will flow east (into
these seas which are divided) to heal the
waters and bring forth a great multitude of
fish (the harvest of Jews and gentiles) and
every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
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When Jesus told his disciples of the coming sorrows and great tribulation, their
weak faith caused them to doubt if he was truly able to provide their needs. On
their own accord they made decisions placing their lives in peril, as believers today
are doing. Today, many listen to authoritarians that provide no hope, but strangely
choose to ignore a reputable authority, a best selling author having great insight
into troublesome times. He once delivered a message telling the wise to read what
he had shown to Daniel the prophet, a vision revealing when the end was near,
the nation from whence comes forth the man of sin, and a picture to recognize him.
This invaluable insight was provided so believers could survive the great
tribulation, by standing for him by and holding fast to him till he returns.
Two days before his crucifixion, Jesus
foretold of the soon coming judgment
upon his people and his departure. He
then went to sit alone on Mount Olivet
to where James, Andrew, Peter and
John came to privately ask their
master: Tell us, when shall these
things be, and what shall be the sign
of thy coming at the end of the age?
A vision is needed for the future
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CHAPTER FOUR
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
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History of Kingdom/Empire rule
To understand end-time prophecies in Daniel and John, one needs to understand the
eight kingdoms of Satan that is told of in Revelation 17. The first and longest was Egypt at
the time of Abraham, and the last being the crowned Beast that is to lasts for a space of
three and a half years. The eight kingdoms shown here are with dates and their initial king.
1. EGYPT (time of Abraham) 3000 - 800 BC Pharaoh
2. ASSYRIA 800 - 606 BC Sargon
3. BABYLON (time of Daniel) 606 - 536 BC Nebuchadnezzar
4. PERSIA 536 - 334 BC Cyrus
5. GRECIA 334 - 63 BC Alexander
6. ROME 63 BC - 1453 AD Caesar
7. The LITTLE HORN (America) 1453 - today no crowned ruler
8. The Beast (a changed America) 3 ½ years Antichrist
Of the sixth empire (Rome), both Daniel and John saw it seemingly die but come back to
life. Daniel saw this rebirth through ten nations (old provinces of Rome) that give birth to
a new new nation called the Little Horn, it the revival of the seventh kingdom having no
crowned ruler . . . yet. Daniel and John saw this seventh kingdom at the time of the end
transform into the head of a tyrannical empire called the Beast having a crown of ten
horns, horns it had been born from. The Beast is the eighth and final kingdom, ruled by
the Antichrist for three and one half years, in the time called the great tribulation. 52
NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S TROUBLESOME DREAM
When the people of Israel departed from righteousness, the nation fell to Babylon. Their
prophet Jeremiah then warned of the dire consequences to resist God’s judgment, but many
ears listened to the false prophet Hananiah saying swords and walls would deliver them. The
king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, the had no choice but to conquer Judea without mercy,
and history proved Jeremiah correct. The walls of Jerusalem were laid waist, the temple
destroyed, all that raised swords were slain, and thousands of families starved as their young
and healthy were taken in three waves to become slaves of Babylon, Daniel being one.
This tumultuous event began the period of Jewish history termed, by Jesus, as the times of
the Gentiles, when Jerusalem was under foreign authority. Nebuchadnezzar was then
troubled by a dream he could not remember, of an image of a metal man, which Daniel
interpreted to be four empires to rule over Israel till the Messiah came to deliver his people.
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THE METAL MAN
Daniel saw a panoramic vision of the final 2500 years of empire rule over
Jerusalem; Babylon being the first empire, Persia the second, Grecia the third, and
finally Rome, the beast empire which would die and then resurrect in the last days.
Daniel boldly told Nebuchadnezzar of the future demise of his kingdom, and
precise details of the three that followed. He revealed the destruction of the final
one would be by a smiting stone from heaven (the Christ) that would bring forth
the world’s final government: The Kingdom of God which would last forever.
Like Nebuchadnezzar, we’ve all been troubled
over a forgotten dream, but Nebuchadnezzar
ordered the deaths of the mystified prophets,
including Daniel, that could not interpret the
dream he forgot. Daniel asked for time and with
his friends prayed for understanding. In a night
vision, God then provided the interpretation
that Daniel brought to the remembrance of his
king, of a mysterious metal man symbolizing the
last four world empires and that of a smiting
stone from heaven that would crush the toes.
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Daniel told of the four final kingdoms
BABLYON Head of Gold the Lion
PERSIA Breast of Silver the Bear
GRECIA Waist of Brass the Leopard
ROME Legs of Iron the Beast
Ten Toes the Beast
(iron & clay)
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the four empires likened to ferocious creatures
In his vision Daniel saw the four empires depicted in the metal man as strange
demonic creatures. Each would be different, and each successive empire, though
inferior in splendor, would be stronger in power. The magnificence of Babylon was
represented by gold and a lion with wings of an eagle that became plucked, the
Persian empire by silver and a ferocious devouring bear, the Grecian empire by brass
and a swift four headed leopard with wings, and finally Rome, exceedingly strong like
iron and the most terrifying of them all; for it possessed the combined characteristics
of the first three, and Daniel called it the beast. (See Daniel Chapters 2 and 7).
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The SMITING STONE TO COME
Daniel interprets his king’s vision the Beast and its Little Horn
Daniel revealed a Smiting Stone from Heaven (the Christ) would come at the time of
the end to crush the ten toes of the Beast, the revived Roman Empire resurrected out
of provinces it once stood upon, the toes of its feet. From these ten he saw a new and
mighty nation born, the little horn, from whence came forth the evil one to rule the
world and demand all to worship him for a time, times, and half a time, a space of 3-½
years (the time of great tribulation). Then shall come the smiting stone to destroy the
Beast and establish a great mountain . . . The Millennial Kingdom of God in which
Messiah, the Christ will rule forevermore (Daniel 2: 34-35, 12:7). 57
The man of sin will rise from the little horn
From his vision, Daniel provided key descriptors to identify the little horn. When these
descriptors are checked against history, only one nation can fit them. It must be a new
nation born in the end times, descended from the old empire, diverse from all nations,
one which became stout, once which grew great iron teeth, once which had nails of
brass, one which uprooted three, one which devoured and broke into pieces its enemies,
and one which stomped on the residue to become the leader of the revived empire.
In Matthew 24:15 Jesus deemed it prudent and wise to read the words of the prophet
Daniel, for he was given a vision of the little horn and the man of perdition that comes
forth from it, one who will impersonate Christ, one who shall cause many, even the
elect to believe a lie in his attempt to destroy the elect during the great tribulation. To
identify this evil one, Daniel provided the evil one’s ”full set of finger prints”. 58
the Finger Prints of the Man of Sin
Daniel presented the man of sin as one who would speak great words and seek to
change the times and the laws. He would not regard the gods of his fathers, nor have
the desire for women. He would understand dark sentences, this meaning a trickster
and con man that would divide his own land for gain. He would honor a foreign god
in the strongest fortresses, and give to them his nation’s gold and silver and pleasant
things. He would magnify himself above all, and three times Daniel said he would
overcome and break up the power of the holy people. Though he would destroy
wonderfully, overthrow many, and enter into the glorious lands, Edom, Moab, and
Ammon would escape from out of his hands (Daniel: chapters 7, 11, 12). 59
The picture of his heart
The Holy Scripture paints a perfect portrait of the antichrist. Five hundred
years before Jesus, Daniel positively identified this evil one by detailing the
many wicked things he would accomplish. Jesus then provided a perfect
description of his heart: Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your
father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the
truth, because there is no truth in him . . . he is a liar, and the father of it.
In truth, the legacy of this evil one, the world ruler that comes forth from the
little horn nation, shall read: the greatest prolific liar in all of history.
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Jesus told his own to read Daniel
Though Daniel was one of the tens of thousands taken from Judea to be a slaves of
Babylon, he was soon given rule over the province of Babylon and made chief
governor of the wise men in all the provinces. In truth, God had made Daniel second
in command to his king, and in the seven years God made Nebuchadnezzar to crawl
in the fields and eat grass, Daniel thus ruled the Babylonian empire. At the end of the
captivity, Daniel led his people to come to repentance so they could be freed (see
Daniel’s confession), but he remained and stood as Babylon’s most influential citizen.
Daniel’s prophecies were of the four kingdoms that would rule on earth before the
Lord returns. He saw the final kingdom seemingly die, but then resurrect in the latter
days through the birth of a totally new nation he called the little horn. Daniel saw it
mature and become crushingly strong, and from it to come forth the man of sin, the
one that will attempt to destroy the Lord’s people in the coming great tribulation.
From the gospel accounts, the only scripture Jesus told his own to read was that of
Daniel the prophet, this when speaking of great tribulation. So who are his own? In
John 10:16, Jesus stated he has more than one flock of sheep and he will treat them
as one fold under one shepherd. This truth attests Jesus will treat the Jew fold and the
Gentile fold as one, and they as one fold shall enter into the time of great tribulation.
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CHAPTER FIVE
the search for the little horn
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Let us now consider Daniel’s 2500 year old vision
and compare it with world history to find
the land of the little horn and
identify the man of sin
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Since there is no “X” that marks the spot, the search for the
“little horn of Daniel” requires one to study and be approved
by God so they might be given understanding of the clues in
Daniel revealing its whereabouts. If done, the finding should
not be an insurmountable task, this considering Gabriel said
Daniel’s words would be unsealed in the time of the end
(Daniel 12:9), perhaps why for the past 2500 years the
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Where can it be?
BABYLON
The first of the final four empires
A Lion with Eagle Wings Revived in the end days
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Babylon was the most glorious city in ancient
history, rebuilt by Nebuchadnezzar to have a
magnificent palace and hanging gardens,
and fifty-three temples, one the great tower
of Baal, a ziggurat as first built at Babel, the
seat of Satan. There were solid gold lions,
an eighteen foot solid gold statue of the king,
and a solid gold image of Baal sitting upon
tables of pure gold weighing 50,000 pounds;
the gold value of such artifacts alone would
be worth 10–20 trillion in US dollars today.
Babylon was of the same size and comparable value as Manhattan Island today. It
was built to be impregnable: having 250 guard towers rising above a 12 mile long, 125
foot high, 70 foot thick wall with foundations 30 feet below ground, and behind this
was an inner wall. The city was also made an island, it encircled by a 250 foot moat
spanned by eight bridges leading to massive outer gates and to the 100 inner wall
gates. Because the Euphrates River flowed through the center, water gates at the
entrance and exit were set below water to prevent an enemy to get by. Amazingly, the
prophet Isaiah predicted these two water gates were to be Babylon’s demise.
THE WONDROUS CITY OF BABYLON
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Media and Persia
(the second of the final four)
The Bear The Persian Empire (539-331 BC)
Daniel told King Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson, that Babylon would fall to
another kingdom, one like a bear with three ribs in its mouth, meaning it would
devour three kingdoms. It was to stand up and move to one side, and history
showed this to be in the direction of Babylon, to the west. On the night his kingdom
fell, Belshazzar held a great banquet and decided to desecrate the holy temple
vessels his grandfather had taken from Jerusalem. That night the Persian bear walked
under the water gates of Babylon to devour Belshazzar, and then stood up and moved
westward again to devour Lydia and Egypt, just as Daniel had foreseen.
Jerusalem
Babylon
Lydia
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Mene, Mene, Tekel u-Pharsin.
Belshazzar trembled as a
a hand appeared and
wrote on the wall
his obituary
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hand of the living God, as King Belshazzar literally
experienced. At his last supper he drank wine from temple vessels he desecrated (cp.
with 1-Corinthians 11:29) and a hand appeared and wrote these strange words on the
wall behind his chair: Mene, Mene, Tekul u-Pharsin. He was so shaken his knees
knocked and the joints of his bowels loosened. Daniel then provided him this
interpretation: ‘O’ King, God weighed you in the balance and found you wanting, and
your kingdom this night is given to the Medes and Persians (Daniel 5:26-28).That
night the army of Cyrus had upstream diverted the Euphrates River for Cyrus to
simply walk under the river gates of Babylon and without a fight slay Belshazzar.
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CYRUS WAS GIVEN TWO GATES
God’s will for Nebuchadnezzar was to enslave the Jews, but God’s destiny for Cyrus was
to free both Jews and Babylonians (two peoples) enslaved by the bondages of Satan.
Cyrus was an anointed shepherd, a type of the Christ given two water gates (see Daniel
2:45, 3:29, John 10:15-16), and the Spirit upon Cyrus caused the priests of Baal to be
blown away (Jeremiah 51:2), outside the western reaches of Persia to the Kingdom of
Pergamon, the place Jesus made known to be a seat of Satan (Revelation 2:13).
History states Cyrus was the worlds most ethical
leader and great liberator of Babylon. The Bible
mentions him twenty-two times: the prophet
Isaiah foretelling the name “Cyrus” two centuries
before his birth, calling him “my Shepherd” and
“my anointed” and said God would give him two
gates (water gates) that shall not be shut (44:28,
45:1) and the prophet Ezra said “the Lord stirred
up the spirit of Cyrus” to write a proclamation to
free the Jews and send them home, and to give
them back the holy vessels, and to supply them
riches to rebuild their temple.
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Satan’s seat moved to Pergamon
The Royal Road stretched from the
Persian capital of Susa to the ancient
Kingdom of Pergamum (circled in red at
left and shown in the bottom picture).
This route was long traveled by those
whom God caused to leave home, as
many in the time of Babel, by Abraham,
by Jonah, and by the occult priests of
Babylon (Jeremiah 51:2)
Pergamon became the next seat of
Satan, first filled by witches, astrologers,
magicians, money changers, and then
temples of Grecia and Rome. Jesus
warned, in Matthew 13:25, that Satan
plants his seed when men sleep on
their watch, and told all the churches
(Revelation 2-22-23) they were in the
midst of Satan and would be held
accountable. One might consider that
Constantinople, a throne of Rome, sat
atop the churches as if their crown.
Constantinople
Pergamum
Thyatira
Sardis
Smyrna
Philadelphia
Ephesus
Laodicea
Patmos: John given
here the Revelation
from Christ Jesus
Susa
the Royal Road
Babylon
PERSIAN EMPIRE
Jerusalem
Nineveh
Kingdom of
Pergamum
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Satan took his seat to Pergamon
Babylon
Pergamon
The red route shown above is the ancient highway from Babylon to the ancient Kingdom of
Pergamon (inset above), to where priests of Baal settled. This area became the center of
the occult, the spiritual heart of the Grecian and Roman empires, its capital being Pergamon
that Jesus called the seat of Satan, the area where the seven churches of Revelation were
situated, all “beneath” Constantinople, the capital of the Beast before it fell to sleep.
Constantinople
Patmos
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Grecia - the third empire
Daniel saw a swift leopard rise up and conquer Persia. History shows this power transfer
occurred in 331 BC at the epic battle of Gaugamela, this when Alexander executed a
brilliant lightening quick maneuver to defeat Darius, one now being taught at West Point.
Most amazingly, in Daniel 8:5-7 the maneuver was described 200 years previously, and more
strange is Alexander saying he dreamed of a man in priestly habit before his victories at Tyre
and Gaza and then entered Jerusalem to recognize the man and find he was the Jewish
High Priest. According to Josephus, Alexander was then shown Daniel’s prophecies, and this
might explain why Alexander was said to have slept calmly the night before his epic battle.
(Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 11, chapter 8, section, William Whiston translation)
the Grecian Empire (331–168 BC)
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After defeating Darius, Alexander simply entered Babylon, but soon after left to continue his
swift conquest through present day Iran and Afghanistan and into the sub-continent of India.
After ten years of conquest he died and his empire was quartered as prophesied in Daniel
8:17-21: Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand
up out of the nation, but not in his power. History shows these prophecies fulfilled when
Alexander the Great, the great horn, died suddenly at age 33, broken by sickness. His
empire was then divided to his four generals without his power - the authority of Alexander.
Daniel was given explicit details of the empires so to
comprehend them: “Understand, O son of man: for at the
time of the end shall be the vision” (Daniel 8:15-17). He
was shown a two horn ram, co-leaders of the Persian
Bear, and a rough he goat with a great horn whose feet
did not touch the ground, an incredible portrayal of
Alexander expanding his empire as if flying like an
eagle! At Gaugamela, the 47,000 Greeks lined up against
Darius’ army of 250,000. Alexander then attacked,
sending half his men towards the left to cause the strong
Persian center to countermove, and then with perfect
timing, charged through the weakened center.
the ram with two horns
a goat with a great horn
Fall of the Persian Empire
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The great ancestor of the Little Horn
As true to Daniel’s vision, history shows the Grecian empire, likened to a four headed
leopard with wings (7:6), conquered swiftly, and had it not been for Alexander’s
untimely tragic death, would have continued to conqueror. Daniel then states four
others arose (8:8) to have dominion, and history shows the empire of the great horn
Alexander was divided up by four generals (Cassander, Lysicamus, Seleucid and
Ptolemy) into four provinces: these being Macedonia, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt. Daniel
then said (8:9) from one of the four came forth the little horn, and Daniel provided
clues, one by defining the timeline conquest by Rome, that shows Macedonia as the
little horn’s ancestor, the very one Rome first conquered to become the final empire.
A four headed winged leopard the great horn
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Rome – The Final Empire
Daniel saw the beast arise (Daniel 2:40) and divide (2:41) into iron legs having feet with
toes of iron and clay. He then saw one leg break (2:42) and next the other (2:43), but
still for the beast to live on through its toes that mingled together but could not join
(2:43) without an emperor. This mingling period began the latter times, when Daniel saw
the toes give birth to a new nation . . . a little horn having eyes like a man and a mouth
speaking great words. At the end of the latter time (8:23), Daniel saw come forth from
the little horn a man of sin who unites the toes and reconstitutes the imperial empire
(Revelation 13:1). This king of fierce countenance will then proceeds to destroy the
mighty and the holy people (8:24) and shall rule for a time, times, and half a time (12:7).
The Roman Empire
at its zenith (117 AD)
As accurate as were Daniel’s
prophecies concerning the first
three empires, so were they of the
fourth and final . . . Rome. Despite
the general secular perception that
the Roman Empire died, Daniel saw
it to continue to live till crushed by
the smiting stone, this being Jesus
upon his return from heaven
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from the toes the beast revives
The ten toes represent provinces of the older empire, five from each foot which would
mingle together (Daniel 2:43) but not unite till the latter time of the kingdom (7:20). The
latter time is synonymous to the time of reforming the empire, when the little horn is
born from the ten toes, toes Daniels also refers to as the ten horn nations of the beast.
The head of the beast, which the ten horns of the revived empire will be upon, is the little
horn nation (7:20). The emperor is the antichrist that comes forth from the little horn
(7:25), and who shall transformed the little horn, from a republic as once was Rome, into
the beast with ten crowns (nations) to make war with the saints (Revelation 13:1). This
transformation is completed near the end of the latter days, a period which had begun
forty years after the demise of the Roman empire in 1453.
The Roman Empire reached its zenith in 117
AD, this under Emperor Trajan, for thereafter it
began to decline because of internal unrest. In
295 AD it divided in two legs and co-emperors.
The western leg (Rome) then broke in 476 AD
and in 1454 the second leg (Constantinople)
broke, leaving the ten toes of the metal man
with no emperor to cleave to (Daniel 2:43).
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Daniel pointed to the New World
Keep in mind Daniel saw the Beast assimilate the likenesses of the previous empires, and
said (in 8:9) from “one” of the four provinces of Grecia comes forth the little horn. Rome
previously assimilated Spain and northern Africa before taking Macedonia, the birthplace
of democracy and of Alexander the great horn. Daniel next saw Rome become
exceedingly great by acquiring more territories (8:9), moving toward the south (Egypt),
toward the east (Turkey and Syria), and lastly toward the pleasant land. Daniel 8:9
mandates the pleasant land not east or south, leaving the north and west open. In that
Rome later moved north to acquire Gaul, Germania, and Briton before its demise, this
leaves one direction remaining, west toward the pleasant land of the New World.
SYRIA
Turkey
Egypt
Macedonia
The Four Provinces of the Grecian Empire (281-168 BC)
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the mystery pleasant land
In Genesis chapters 11-12, God told Abram to leave his birthplace, the land of Ur
located near Babylon, and make a long western journey to Canaan. Upon arriving,
he showed him a vast expanse of land and promised to make him a great nation, this
being the nation Israel. This land was later referred to as the promised land, a land of
milk and honey, and the pleasant land which in Hebrew means very desirable.
As promised, Israel was born several centuries later, but God promised his blessings
would be taken away if the people despised his word and turned from him (read
2 Chronicles 7:19-22, Psalms 106:24, Jeremiah 3:24). For such a cause Israel was
erased and her people scattered throughout the world, until the latter days when
the little horn would be born and the people of Israel would return home.
Daniel 8:9 speaks of the Roman conquest of Grecia. After defeating Macedonia it
moved east and south to acquire the provinces of Turkey, Syria and Egypt, and to
the pleasant land. This pleasant land cannot be Israel, it already included in the
lands mentioned toward the east. This is “the new pleasant land” in direct reference
to the little horn nation, from whence comes forth the prince of the host (8:11), the
false messiah, the antichrist. The Lord also made it perfectly clear to Daniel the
vision given him was not to be fulfilled until the end days (8:17); thus not as some
presume to have been fulfilled in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes around 170 BC.
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A progressive movement westward of Babylon
Starting at Babylon Persia expanded further west to Lydia
Grecia expanded almost to Rome Rome moved to the pleasant land
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Satan may manifest himself as a serpent, or can enter into men, or
transform into an angel of light. Jesus said he has a seat, and Jesus
beheld Satan “as lightning fall from heaven”. When speaking of the last
days and the man of sin, Jesus made this other statement about Satan
with respect to lightning: “the lightning would come from the east and
shine to the west’’. (refer to Luke 10:18, 22:3, Matthew 24:27).
Jesus confirmed what Daniel had presented, a westward movement
of the seat of Satan, from east to west, towards the pleasant land of
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The Crushing Beast
The Beast Empire in Daniels vision was far different than its predecessors: Babylon the
lion, Persia the bear, and Greece the leopard. Daniel was given by God this
understanding: Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from
all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass:
which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten
horns (nations) that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before
whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke very great
things, whose look was more stout than his fellows” (Daniel7:19-20).
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the beast which would not die
By 250 AD, turmoil inside the empire made one man rule impossible. In 295 AD Emperor
Diocletian quelled disorder and established two seats of government, as true to Daniel’s
vision, with Rome as the capital of the western leg and Byzantium (renamed Constantinople)
over the eastern leg. In 476 AD, Rome, due to moral corruption, fell to the sword of northern
barbarians, but Byzantium continued for another thousand years till it fell in 1453, to Muslims
armed with new gunpowder weaponry. With both legs broken, history shows the beast
ended, but Daniel and John saw differently, picturing it merely asleep, its ten toes alive and
in wait for an emperor to emerge from the little horn to restore the empire to glory.
Amazingly, forty years later, a time God uses to accomplish his end, the little horn was born.
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Daniel and John saw the Beast come back to life through the mingling toes of iron and
clay, ten nations likened to as horns on the head of the beast that came to life again, one
that received the “deadly wound by a sword and did live” (Daniel:2, Revelation 13). This
“rebirth of the empire” was from the toes of the original empire giving birth to a new and
dominant little horn nation. From this horn Daniel saw to come forth a powerful speaking
leader to rule over the reconstituted beast kingdom. As history proved the prophecies of
the previous empires, it has as well those of the little horn, and history points to one,
and one nation alone that fits the description of Daniel . . . this nation being America.
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Daniel’s
problematic
riddle
The birth of the little horn presents a problematic riddle: how can a nation formed from
lands of ten others be strong and manageable? It is irrational to think ten nations would
give away parts of their land to birth another, for the nature of man is to not give land away
but make war to take it. Even if this did happen, the new nation would be scattered between
the parent nations, making it impossible for peoples of ten different ethnicities to agree to
have a centralized government to provide for regulation, commerce, and security.
This riddle has only one solution: the new nation must be of virgin land, a pleasant land
to where immigrants would hasten to. Such an event happened one time in history, when
land got settled by immigrants from the toes of the old Roman Empire . . . coming by
the tens of millions to America, to the pleasant land, to the land of Daniel’s little horn.
These white dots would make a new nation divided
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The latter days
Archangel Gabriel presented Daniel
the knowledge to recognize
the beginning of the end
(Daniel12:4)
But thou, O Daniel,
shut up the words and seal
the book, even till the time of the
end, when many shall run to
and fro, and knowledge
shall be increased
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If one considers the words Gabriel spoke to
Daniel . . . But thou O Daniel, shut up the
words and seal the book, even to the time
of the end; many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall be increased, the question
today should not be when will but when
did the time of the end begin? In truth,
history shows the fulfillment of these
prophecies began unfolding 700 years ago.
History again proves prophecy
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the Beginning of the End
Following the black plague which killed 200
million people in Europe, there began in 1353
a period of rebirth called the Renaissance.
From it came forth great minds such as
Gutenberg, Wyclif, Tyndale, Brunelleschi,
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Brahe, Newton,
Vesalius, Galileo, Kepler, and Columbus. This
was the beginning of an explosion of
knowledge which has continued to this day, it
the basis for even getting men to the moon.Johannes Kepler
When considering the words in Daniel 12:4, “many shall run to and fro,” the red letter
words are translated from a Hebrew word pronounced "shuwt”, having the connotation
to push forth by mariners sailing to and fro, unless the context is used in conjunction
with lands. Since Daniel did not specify land, the correct English translation in Daniel
12:4 should read pushing forth by many mariners to and fro. In truth, Daniel 12:4 is
the prophecy about Columbus and the many which pushed forth after him by sea
toward the pleasant land, in the greatest mass migration of peoples ever in history.
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Voyages of the Greatest Mariner in History
1492 - 93
1493 - 95
1498 - 99
1500 - 04
San Salvador
Daniel fittingly described
Columbus going to and fro
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
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the greatest discovery in history
On August 3rd 1492 a Genoan
navigator, Christofo Columbo, sailed
west from Spain in the first of his
four great voyages. The explosion of
knowledge in his day convinced him
the world was round, and so he
boldly sailed west expecting to find
the spice-rich trade coasts of India.
Seven weeks later Columbus instead knelt on the shores of San Salvador, claimed
this land for Spain, and then returned home on January 15, 1493 to announce his
world changing news. Forty years earlier the Empire seemingly died, but it was
the Renaissance, meaning “rebirth”, when the toes of the western leg would
move westward to conceive the little horn. After Columbus returned home in
1493, a birth sign appeared in the heavens, as one did to announce the birth of
Christ 1500 years before, but now to announce the birth of the little horn, a new
nation to befriend a reborn Israel, but in the last days transform into the Beast
that had the wound by a sword and did live (Revelation 13:3,12).
Columbus thanked God for providence
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the signs in the heavens
are all about the coming of Jesus
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and God said let there
be lights in the firmament to
divide the day from the night; and let them
be for signs and seasons, and for days and years.
In the beginning God prepared the lights
in the heavens for man to heed
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The Nation Aeronautical Space Administration sent men to the moon and land
rovers to Mars through the knowledge of the laws of planetary motion. Such
knowledge was derived from the original work of Johannes Kepler, a genius
mathematician in the Renaissance following the voyages of Columbus. NASA
also used Kepler’s works to calculate time and position of every lunar eclipse
in history. If the time clock is wound back to 1493, the year Columbus
announced his discovery of the New World, a supernatural signpost is seen, it
marking the beginning of the latter days, a period in which the Jews will come
home from all nations before the Messiah returns (Ezekiel 36:16-25). One should
also marvel of new evidence which shows the Spanish mariner Columbus, who
was an Italian by birth, was in secret a Jew.
The supernatural historical signpost has to do with lunar eclipses and tetrads.
Tetrads are four blood red eclipses in a two year space of time that coincidently
fall on major Jewish holidays. Beginning with the one in 1493, the last four mark
events in history dealing with the restoration of Israel, and this revelation is
stirring the minds of many. To understand these moons, one should read The
SIGN OF JONAS, which proves these blood moons are of the sign of the
Son of man . . . they about Jesus and his return at the end of this age of history.
NASA revealed the birth sign of the little horn
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A FULL LUNAR ECLIPSE
occurs when the Earth gets between the Moon and Sun
A lunar eclipse is somewhat rare,
happening on average one time per year
At full eclipse the moon turns red in color, this strange effect due
to atmospheric bending of light, the same effect which causes
morning and evening skies to turn red.
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ARE TETRAD MOONS SIGNS ?
A TETRAD is a rare occurrence of four lunar eclipses within two years. Of the
fifty-six since the crucifixion, eight are highly peculiar in that these eclipses fall
on major Jewish holidays forming a pattern attesting to the PREEMINENCE OF
JESUS. In addition, the 5th, 6th, and 7th tetrads are sign posts marking three
monumental events of the Jews’ return to Israel. Since the time of the gentiles
is fulfilled, the eighth tetrad, begun April 15th, 2014, might very likely herald
the Seventieth Week of Daniel. In the midst of these seven years occurs the
Abomination of Desolation, and on this day Daniel says an hour glass will start
to count down the 1290 days till Jesus returns in power and great glory.
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THE BLOOD MOON TETRADS
Depicted by the vertical green bars are 56 tetrads since the crucifixion, the eight tall
ones being historical signposts, 1-4 the scattering of the Jews, and 5, 6, & 7 markers
signifying monumental events concerning Israel. Tetrad 5 (1493-94) exactly marks
the discovery of the New World and birth of the little horn, the nation God prepared
to protect the Jews in their journey back home. Tetrads 6-7 exactly mark the re-birth
of Israel in 1948 and the taking of Jerusalem in 1967, in anticipation of rebuilding the
temple for the Messiah to return to take his throne. Tetrad 8 began in 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Temple Destroyed 70 AD
Israel erased 136 AD
1948
1967
The times of the Gentiles
fulfilled - Israel rebornDISCOVERY
of the
New World
In 1493
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The sign of the Ancient of Days
Two days before the crucifixion, Jesus provided clues to show his mysterious sign
would appear in the heavens before he returns. Two days later strange things
began to happen that were truly signs from God: there was a strange noon time
darkness, and at his death an earthquake, the rocks splitting, and a renting of the
temple veil, and then in the evening there was a final soul shocking event, it was a
lunar eclipse. One can read of this in the Sign of Jonas. 96
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Joel 2:31 says the moon is as blood before the great and
terrible day of the Lord. On April 3rd, 33 AD there was a blood
moon at the beginning of Passover that rose above Olivet in
the east, as Jesus stated, as Amos prophesied, and as Peter
testified of in Acts 2:19-22. The Ancient of Days planned this
in the beginning, so the world would know this was the sign of
his coming at the end time . . . the sign of the Son of man.
the Sign
of his coming
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CHAPTER SIX
the uprooting of three
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7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible,
and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces,
and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that
were before it; and it had ten horns.
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn,
before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold,
in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Dreams are given when we sleep, and
visions upon awakening. Daniel was often
awakened to behold vivid presentations of
future kingdoms, and be told to write down
all that he heard and saw. Daniel 7:7-8
describes the Beast, the final empire of
Satan. It is of the father empire, Rome (7:7)
that gives birth to a son, the Little Horn
(7:8). The information Daniel provided was
meant for the final generation to recognize
the little horn, and it fits America as well as
if it were Cinderella’s Slipper.
The Cinderella Slipper
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History reveals the little horn
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THE FIRST NEW WORLD SETTLEMENTS
Quebec
1608
Jamestown
1607
Veracruz
1519
England
France
Spain
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THREE PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS
Daniel wrote key descriptive words to explain his visions. In Daniel 7:8 we read:
I considered the horns and behold there came up among them another little horn,
before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and, behold in
the this horn were eyes like those of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
History shows the thirteen original American
Colonies were born from out of their mother
horn England (7:4 a lion with wings) By 1750,
Spain, Great Britain, and France, three of the
provinces of Rome, expanded their territories
into the New World, colonizing and dividing up
the North American Continent, as the map on
the left shows.
Why did Daniel use a term as the little horn?
He had seen it born and then mature into a
great world empire, and thus by maps we will
visualize what Daniel saw. The term ‘little’ is
by definition a relative comparison between
sizes of objects, and in this map the American
colonies are smaller than the others that
belong to Spain, Great Britain, and France.North American Land Holdings 1750
Spain, France, and Great Britain
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FRANCE - The First Uprooted Horn
In the year 1753, on a mountain top south
of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, a shot was
fired that was heard around the world.
The order to fire was given by a young
inexperienced lieutenant in his first
command against the enemy. He was
George Washington and his actions
triggered the bloody French and Indian
War in North America, called the Seven
Years War in Europe spreading to four
continents, the first global war in history.
Washington at Jumonville Glenn
The war concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 between France
and Great Britain. This ended all French control in North America, and the root
France planted in 1608 was now uprooted, just as Daniel saw in his vision of end
time world history. Oddly enough, the deciding battle to defeat France was at
Quebec, and exactly where the root had been planted was from where it was
uprooted . . . this perfection in Daniel’s prophecy yet causes this writer to tremble.
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Destiny was upon America
Two hours into the bloodiest battle of the French
and Indian War, General Braddock and his
ninety British officers were killed or wounded.
His army was about to be massacred, save for a
Virginian lieutenant that took command and
managed to direct fire to provide for a strategic
retreat. That day this soldier earned a reputation
for courage, gained stature, and learned a
valuable lesson in tactics, and by his account
said he sensed a presence had been with him.
As Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Cyrus, and Alexander so experienced, the Most High is in
command and gives kingdoms of men to whomsoever he wills and plucks nations up by
the roots when he so chooses (these truths found in Daniel 4:30-32, 2-Chronicles 7:20).
When the enemy saw this lone officer assume command, he became the target of their
intense fire. Even though two horses were shot from under him and though his vesture
had four bullet holes, he remained unscathed. After the wars end, an Indian chief met with
George Washington to tell him this, “after missing you thirteen times from close
range, I stopped shooting at you, and so did the others, for we realized you were a
man that could not be killed. Washington told this to his brother weeks later and in his
later years spoke of his destiny, saying he knew he had been spared for a great purpose.
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The little horn assuming its destiny
As we next look at the changed North
American map of 1763, the American
colonies on the eastern shores of
North America are even more
dwarfed by the English and Spanish
areas of control. Interestingly, the
thirteen original colonies are in the
shape of a horn, and perhaps
another reason Daniel used the term
little horn. In a very few years this
new nation would quickly expand and
become stout after further conflicts
with Great Britain and Spain, as it
sought to fulfill its divine destiny.
North America after the Treaty of Paris
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GREAT BRITAIN - The Second Uprooted Horn
On April 19, 1775 a second shot was heard
around the world, this time after Paul Revere
made his infamous midnight ride to warn the
colonists the British were Coming. That day
an untrained American militia chose to attack
the most powerful military on earth, and thus
began the American War for Independence.
Six years later a now battle hardened and
ingenious George Washington fulfilled his
destiny, winning a decisive victory over
Cornwallis at Yorktown. In London, King George
was said to tremble and consider abdication,
rather than admit the war with Little America
was lost, just as Daniel had seen. Just a few
miles west of Yorktown was Jamestown, and
exactly from where the second root was
planted was from where it too was uprooted.
Surrender of the British at Yorktown
The militia attacking at Lexington Green
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SPAIN - The Third Uprooted Horn
(The Mexican and Spanish Conflicts)
In an insatiable thirst to satisfy the greatest influx
of immigrants in world history, America fought to
acquire lands east of the Mississippi. In 1803
France sold her vast holdings to the west, lest they
be taken, and Spain relinquished Florida to prevent
war. After annexing Texas, President Polk made
Santa Ana an offer he should not have refused:
America would buy the southwest and forgive
Mexico of all monetary claims held by Texas. Santa
Ana declined, and in 1846 America declared war
again, this time against the child of Spain.
The American landing at Veracruz
The final campaign began in March, 1847. General Winfield Scott and 12,000 troops sailed
to Veracruz on a great American armada under Admirals Connor and Perry. There the
battle hardened Mexican army fell to the withering pounding of heavy American artillery.
General Scott entered the capital city to accept surrender of President Antonio López de
Santa Ana. The deciding battle of this conquest was once again as Daniel had foreseen: a
third nation from the old Roman empire uprooted from where it had planted itself, this
time at Veracruz. How shaking and thunderous mighty is the word of God!
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BECOMING STOUT AND EXCEEDINGLY STRONG
Daniel saw the little horn become more stout (chief, master, fatter) than its fellows and
exceedingly stronger: America fits this description. She initiated the Mexican War so to
take the southwest to reach the Pacific, but while fighting this war began pushing for war
again against Great Britain to acquire the entire North American west coast to Alaska.
The British wisely relinquished all claims to the Oregon territories to halt the American
conquest at the 49th parallel. America would next in 1853 make the Gadsden Purchase
from Mexico, and in 1867 buy Alaska to prevent the British taking it from Russia during the
Crimean War. The purchase price: seven million dollars, two cents an acre, and not a cry
was made from Britain to contest the now stout and exceeding strong America.
49th parallel
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Stomping on its prey
Daniel saw the little horn devour and break into pieces its prey, and afterwards stomp on
that left remaining. Here again America perfectly fits Daniel’s description. After forcibly
taking France’s vast holdings east of the Mississippi river, she made the greatest land
deal in history . . . buying the Louisiana territory for less than 3 cents an acre. In 1812
America then declared war a second time again Britain to end its economic boycott and
to prove America’s military and naval prowess against Britain or any other adversary.
The American navy, though one tenth the size,
stomped its enemy. No British warship proved a
match against the newly built USS frigates: the
Constitution, the Constellation, the United States,
the President, the Congress, and the Chesapeake.
Even smaller vessels, manned by well-drilled
spirited Yankee crews, outfought and outgunned
the British. In total, America captured 1700 British
vessels and ended the Royal Navy’s supremacy of
the seas. Thirty years later, America stomped on
that left remaining, exerting power again over
Great Britain to take Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides)
defeats revered HMS Guerriere
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THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
In the late 1800’s, expansionists as Navy
Secretary Theodore Roosevelt, wanted
America to become a world power by
expanding its military around the globe.
Their ambitious policies were furthered after
Spain made a sincere request to America to
give calm after a recent Cuban insurgency,
asking the United States to send a
battleship to Havana that would protect
American interests and provide for stability.
In February 1898, the battleship USS Maine was sent to Cuba. Strangely, the ship
blew up in Havana’s harbor, and American newspapers used an expansionist
propaganda line to blame Spain. America then declared war and in four months
defeated the Spanish Empire which had lasted for 400 years. In the prophetic
vision of history which Daniel foresaw, the last of three nations was uprooted, and
America took possession of Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and
the Philippines. America had now achieved world empire status, and after the two
world wars to follow became Daniel’s final word empire awaiting an emperor.
Rough Riders Storming San Juan Hill
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To rightly comprehend the book of Revelation, one must first read Daniel.
The book of Daniel is the foundation for understanding of the end times, and
why Jesus stressed his own to read it (Matthew 24:15). As to the uprooting
of the three nations, theologians have assumed this will happen in the
seventieth week and that the uprooted will cease to exist. Daniel, however,
never inferred these particular events began in the final seven years and nor
did he state the three uprooted nations would cease to exist. History,
however, attests 250 years ago America began the uprooting of France,
Great Britain, and Spain, and most notably, they yet remain allies today.
In chapters 13 and 17 of Revelation, the ten horns of the beast are seen with
crowns, this signifying all ten horns not only remain but become crowns
worn on the head of the blasphemous antichrist that declares he is Christ
and demands to be worshipped. This crown he wears for “one hour”, for
three and one-half years of great tribulation that will end when the smiting
stone comes (Read Daniel 2:34-35, Revelation 13:1; 17:12). The books of
Daniel and Revelation and history paint a perfect portrait of America, the up-
rooter, the little horn from whence emerges the evil one.
A Perfect Portrait
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CHAPTER SEVEN
The DNA of the Little Horn
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emigration to the United States
Most of the early settlers between the years 1600 - 1800 came from Western
Europe, descended from lands of the broken legs of the Roman Empire, lands
such as England, Wales, Scotland, Netherlands, and Germany, and with them a
forgotten heritage of slavery. In the 1800’s began a massive influx of peoples from
every nation on earth, and by the year 1900 one million each year were being
processed legally through the immigration lines to become American citizens.
1900 immigration source data they entered the melting pot
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The Melting Pot of Diversity
The angel of the Lord three times used one
word to identity the Little Horn: it being diverse
from all nations: Thus he said, the fourth beast
shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which
shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall
devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down,
and break it in pieces (see Daniel 7:7,19,23)
America became a melting pot for tens of
millions of ethnic peoples that renounced their
homeland to become a new people: these were
Africans, Asians, Europeans, Canadians,
Chinese, English, French, Dutch, Germans,
Spaniards, Swedes, Finns, Irish, Scots, Italians,
Jews, Mexicans, Syrians, Egyptians, Arabs,
Indians, Poles, Spaniards, Russians, Japanese,
Norwegians, and of every other nation. America
alone holds the title of being diverse, this proof
that only she can be the Little Horn of Daniel.
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Her diversity made her stout
The founding fathers knew America was derived from broken peoples of
every ethnicity, color, and trade, they the oppressed who in a spirit of
freedom joined together and were proud to be called Americans. So that
none should forget, the fathers wrote in the language of Rome (Latin), the
phrase E-Pluribus Unum on the Great Seal of the United States, and on
the seals of the President, Vice President, Congress, Senate, House of
Representatives, and the Supreme Court, and on the coinage of the people.
from out
of many
one
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Colonial America
began with thirteen colonies
The little horn, in evolving to become
the leader of the revived Roman empire,
should have naturally inherited its
genetic likenesses. If America is the little
horn, she should possess a like size, the
architecture, government, authority,
military, symbols, and even the
immoralities passed on down from her
father. As we begin to look at these
likenesses, it is remarkable to realize
Rome did at the zenith of her power
have thirteen (13) provinces and that
America was born from out of thirteen
colonies, but she would quickly become
ever larger than her great ancestor.
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the eagle symbolized
the Power and Glory of Rome
Daniel saw the little horn to have not only been descended from the
broken Roman Empire but to have been the revival of it, and thus one of
the genetic likenesses he would have seen would be of their like
symbols. There is much truth in the phrase like father like son, and are not
the symbol of Rome and the seal of the United States strikingly similar?
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The American Eagle is a bird of fearsome
beauty and of proud independence and
that will tear apart its prey before devouring
them. It has long symbolized the strength
and freedom and history of America, and
exemplifies a boundless spirit that soars
above the valleys. It became the symbol of
freedom and of thought and of opportunity
to the world, and it fittingly exemplifies that
which Daniel had seen in the little horn.
America’s great ambassador, Benjamin Franklin, once almost persuaded congress to make
the turkey America’s national symbol, but he failed on account of divine destiny: At the
start of the Revolutionary War, there was witnessed a strange event in the early morning
hours as the Continental Army was engaged in a fierce battle. Booming cannons had
caused the eagles on the mountain top above to sail down from their nests and encircle the
American soldiers on the battlefield below. Their shrieks soon caused the Yankee battle cry
to become they’re shrieking for freedom. General Washington witnessed this event and
so revered it that, in spite of those wanting the turkey to be the symbol of freedom, used
his executive authority and ordered the bald eagle to become our national symbol.
FAR MORE THAN JUST COINCIDENCE
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The native American Indians revered the Bald Eagle to be a symbol conveying great
power. It is a species known only to North America and aptly fits Daniel’s description of
the little horn. He said the beast would break in pieces its prey with its great iron teeth
(the American military), and that these teeth were as iron and its nails were as brass
(analogous to the beak and feet of the eagle whose colors are those of brass and iron).
Edwin Way Teale aptly wrote of this "Bird of Freedom”: Above all other birds, the soaring
eagle, with its size and weight, gives the most abiding impression of power and purpose
in the air. It advances solidly like a great ship cleaving the swells and thrusting aside the
smaller waves. It sails where lesser birds cannot, and will expand its territories to lands
having ample food supplies ( this eagle was prophesied of in Deuteronomy 28: 49-51).
With teeth of
Iron and Brass
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Rome had a military unequaled
and America was made from the same mold
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LIKE GOVERNMENT AND ARCHITECTURE
Rome began as a strong Republic, as did the United States. Rome had a Senate and
a lower house of representatives, as the United States. What is most striking is the
similarity of governmental architecture so prevalent in America today. The
Romanesque style dominates the architecture in Washington, DC and became the
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GOD MADE AMERICA EXCEPTIONAL
There is ample reason to believe God prepared, guided, and blessed America to
become a mighty nation, a great republic, and the world’s bastion of freedom and
liberty. Washington, Lincoln, Bartholdi, Howe, and Patton were some that sensed this
destiny upon them, and history proved America was made to be exceptional, for
she alone was the ultimate power determining the outcome of two world wars in the
20th century; it was because of America that the Jews were able to go back home.
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There was a noise, and behold a shaking
So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and
behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to bone . . . Then He said to
me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our
bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off! Therefore prophesy and
say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves
and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My
people, and brought you up from your graves. (Ezekiel 37:7, 11-13).
Ezekiel was shown in a vision how Israel
was to be restored in the last days:
there was to be a noise, and then a
shaking to cause the dry bones to come
together again. History shows it was
the two world wars which ultimately
forced the Jews back home for survival,
and America was the instrument God
used to get this done, through destined
men such as General George Patton.
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The rebirth of Israel fulfilled Gods word
On May 14, 1948, a modern day miracle
was seen by the entire world. Never
before in history had such an event ever
occurred: a nation to die and come back to
life and have its people return home from
all parts of the earth. After 2000 years of
non-existence, Israel declared herself once
more a sovereign state, and eleven
minutes later President Harry Truman
acknowledged the reborn State of Israel.
For I will take you from among the
nations, and gather you out of all
countries and I will bring you into
your own land (Ezekiel 36:24).
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Exodus 19:4 says Ye have seen what I did unto
the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles'
wings, and brought you unto myself. In 1972
Israel was about to be defeated by Syrian and
Egyptian forces, for she was now down to one
day of munitions, and every nation, including
America, was refusing to help. Prime Minister
Golda Meir, now expecting the worst, began
to carry suicide pills in her apron pocket.
In final desperation, she made a 3:00 AM call to wake the President, one who personally
hated the Jews and refused the urging of his advisors to help them. Then came a bedside
call in the middle of the night, a night of his destiny. As Meir began to talk, the President
strangely heard the distinct voice of his mother repeating what she told him as a boy:
one day you will be in a powerful position, and if the situation arises to help Israel, then
you must, and he promised he would. Then he next heard the pleas of Golda Meir, and at
that very moment Richard Nixon authorized the resupply of Israel using the fleet of
America’s brand new C5A’s having the largest air cargo holds in the world, ones born by
eagles’ wings. Meir would speak of this great miracle: when massive planes came at the
last possible moment to save Israel from the Egyptians (read again Exodus 19:4 above).
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born by wings of eagles
Deuteronomy 28:49-52: The LORD shall bring a nation against Israel from afar, from
the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue it will not
understand; a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the
old, nor shew favour to the young: And it shall eat the fruit of thy cattle and land, until
Israel be destroyed: leaving no corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of cattle or sheep,
until he has destroyed thee. 52 He shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high
fenced walls come down in which thou had trusted. In looking at this map, only
America fits this description of a powerful nation swift as an eagle coming from afar.
AMERICA WILL TURN AGAINST SRAEL
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AMERICA IS UNDER JUDGMENT
God gave a solemn warning to his people
to not follow a multitude to do evil: slay
not the innocent and righteous: for I will
not justify the wicked (Exodus 23:2, 7). For
those that would do such, God placed a
fearsome judgment upon them: Cursed be
he that takes a reward to slay an innocent
person (Deuteronomy 27:25).
The killing of the innocents has long been a religious practice of the satanic occult.
Manasseh, the first king of Judah, following the split up of Israel, not only let witches,
soothsayers, spiritualists, and mediums enter Jerusalem but he approved their
shedding of the blood of children, even that of his own son. The Lord thus doomed the
nation by appointing over them four kinds of judgment: the sword to slay, the dogs to
tear, and the fowls of the heaven and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy
(Jeremiah 2:34; 15:1-4). After the American Republic approved the shedding of innocent
blood, she became cursed by God . . . and she is now divided, being transformed by a
leader that is bringing evil upon the land just as did the evil Manasseh. 127
It long remained a mystery to what Jesus meant when he spoke the
following in Matthew 24:27-28, this concerning the tribulation of the
end days: As the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even
unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For
whereever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
As discussed in Slides 79-80, Babylon is the lightening that moved from
the east to shine in the west, and thus no mystery when America gets
pictured as Daniel’s little horn. The prophetic words of Jesus become very
clear: America’s eagles create the carcasses during the great tribulation. 128
this but His Warning to come
Revelation 18:1-2 tells of future Babylon being initially attacked and then shows
Babylon (18:9-19) being totally destroyed. The Twin Towers that crashed down in
flames in one hour was but a precursor of far worse judgment to come, this because
America, once a great ethical nation, changed into one which made all nations drunk
with the wine of her fornication. Her pornography, homosexuality, adultery, abortion,
sexual abuse of children, murder and other grievous sins could not go unnoticed, and
thus why God’s blessings and protection upon America is come to an end.
And after these things I saw another angel
come down from the heaven (the sky), having
great power; and the earth was lightened
with his glory. And he cried mightily with a
strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is
fallen (tower-1), is fallen (tower-2), and is
become the habitation of devils, and the hold
of every foul spirit (fuel tanks), and a cage
(passenger compartments) of every unclean
and hateful bird (terrorists).
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BABYLON REVIVED
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I saw it lifted up
from the earth
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ANCIENT BABYLON
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in Daniel’s time and her remains today
Read the following words of Jeremiah that foretold Babylon would become totally
desolate and the great voice (the future voice of the little horn in Daniel 7:8) would be
removed: Because the Lord had spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice .
. . because the spoiler is come upon her . . . and I will make drunk her princes and wise
men, her rulers and mighty men . . . the broad walls of Babylon should be utterly broken,
and her high gates shall be burned with fire . . . to cut it off, that none shall remain in it,
neither man or beast, but that it shall be desolate forever (Jeremiah 51: 55, 57, 58,62)
The Scripture teaches the “more
stout”, the superpower empire in
Daniel’s vision will head the Revived
Roman Empire. Its greatest City, is
described in Revelation 18: 9-19 to
be totally destroyed in the great
tribulation: ‘Alas, alas that great
city Babylon, For in one hour is thy
judgment come’
As the empires moved west, so did Babylon . . . and not just spiritually but literally.
What city today can better fit this biblical description: Alas, alas, that great city,
wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! For
in one hour is she made desolate. Revelation 18:19 asks one to consider What city is
like unto this great city? The answer is Manhattan, a 34 trillion dollar island the
same size and likes of ancient Babylon, it home to the United Nations, Wall Street,
and the world’s financial system. There are also other fingerprints to show this
richest piece of real estate on earth is absolutely the reborn city of Babylon.
THE END TIME BABYLON
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A portrait of future Babylon
Daniel saw each successive empire inherit characteristics of the previous, thus a
likeness of Babylon should be found in the little horn. Daniel saw the little horn
having great iron teeth that broke its prey into pieces (7:7), and from this horn
one to arise that had a great voice, the same great voice Jeremiah said was in
ancient Babylon (Jeremiah 51:55). In Revelation (17:4-7, 18:17) John saw the
city of Babylon revived, situated by the sea, having past riches and glory and
habitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean
and hateful bird, and drunk with the blood of the saints and martyrs.
If America is the little horn, then Babylon must be her great city, and there
should be conclusive evidence in both Scripture and history that attests to such.
Let us now consider Daniel 7:4, for in this one verse is painted a perfect picture
of the little horn and of something awesome standing in future Babylon.
The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings
thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made
stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
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It was like a lion with
eagle’s wings, and
later the wings
were plucked
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The mystery of Daniel 7:4
In speaking of the last four empires, Daniel (7:4) speaks of the Babylon of his
time, a lion with wings, and then in the same verse the future Babylon, it of
an empire of an eagle plucked from the lion. In defining this later empire he
describes something in his vision which has remained an unanswered riddle
to theologians for 2600 years: an object lifted up from the earth, and made
to stand upon the feet as a man, and given a heart.
If one closely studies this verse, they will see Daniel gave three (3) clues to
discern what he saw: the first being something lifted up above the ground,
the second being something that stands, and the third being something that
seems to have greatly puzzled him . . . for in his vision he was looking upon
something which seemed to be feminine in nature but was made to stand
upon the feet as a man, and it was given a heart.
Concerning Daniel’s visions of the end times, he was told (in 12:9) to write
them down and go his way, for they would remain sealed until the time of the
end. So what was it Daniel saw lifted up to stand as a man and given a heart?
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great iron teeth and a tender heart
Daniel saw Babylon transform, a lion with eagle wings that got
plucked (7:4). History shows Great Britain, a lion, was plucked up by
her child America, the eagle. Daniel also shows America was given
(by God) a heart. The English translation of “heart” comes from the
Hebrew word “leb-ab”, an expression meaning a tender heart, a
word unique to the book of Daniel. The correct translation of verse
7:4 should read a nation given a tender heart (See words 3824-3825
in Strong’s Concordance).
What can be a more perfect picture of America than Daniel‘s
symbolic description of the little horn that came from the feet and
toes made of iron and clay: the toes of iron that gave her the great
military to rip apart her enemies, and the toes of clay that gave her
a tender heart to defend the weak and restore her past enemies?
America is unique, an exception from any nation in history, the only
nation to wield great power and yet be governed by a tender heart.
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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A STAND FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
On November 18, 1861 a young American poet, Julia Ward Howe, was awakened in
her hotel room in the early morning hours to see a vision . . . it of long lines of poetry
being entwined in her mind. She was impressed to not forget the words, and so
literally jumped from bed to find a stump of a pen and quickly scrawl them down on
the back side of some old stationery. Though she knew not what she wrote down,
she remembered telling herself the words seemed far beyond her own imagination.
Upon awakening, she could not remember a single word, but there next to her bed
was an old sheet of paper with six stanzas written in her neat but uneven hand. The
first began with Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. As she
read the words they seemed to literally unspool on the paper as if the vision was
ongoing, a vision of biblical and apocalyptic imagery and import of a great ongoing
battle for the hearts of men. Its most moving lines compared the sacrifices of those
borne for the sake of preserving the union and abolishing slavery to that of the
crucifixion of Christ: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free.
Howe’s words were entwined in The Battle Hymn of the Republic and they
caused Abraham Lincoln and his own to stand fast through the end. As it was then,
the republic is so now, and we that are living are about to see the glory of the
coming of the Lord and are being called to stand fast upon his righteousness.
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Daniel had seen a battle for righteousness
The scriptures reveal God rules in the kingdoms of men, and that righteousness will
exalt a nation, and where there is the Spirit of the Lord there is liberty (Daniel 4:25,
Proverbs 14:34, 2-Corinthians 3:17). These truths speak of America, a nation made by
God to be the bastion of freedom for the world. One of her great symbols, Lady
Liberty, was a gift from the people of France, dedicated on October 28, 1886. On
Bedloe’s island she stands before the NY skyline, lifted above the earth on a pedestal,
holding high a light for the world to see, the symbol of righteousness and freedom.
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I saw it lifted up from the earth
Auguste Bartholdi lived in France since his
birth in 1834, but his life was captivated
by the American Republic and its offer of
freedom to the world. Lincoln’s death
greatly affected him, and he was soon
given a vision to honor America by
building a statue to commemorate the
100th anniversary of her Declaration of
Independence. In her left hand he placed
a tablet inscribed with the date July 4,
1776 and he lifted up in her right hand an
eternal light of freedom. If one were to
consider Daniel’s vision of the little horn
being America, and then envision what he
saw lifted up from the earth to stand,
Daniel had to be looking at Lady Liberty.lifted up from the earth (7:4)
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made to stand upon the feet
One should not forget Jesus told his own to read what Daniel the prophet said
concerning the final days. Daniel said she was made to stand upon the feet,
and Lady Liberty is not only standing, but leaning in a strong forward posture.
In ancient Babylon, Daniel was made to stand and hold high his light in the face
of evil, as did Gideon’s men before him. In his vision of future Babylon, Daniel
did not see a statue of evil, but one that found the tender heart of God and
was made strong, one that could not even be killed if tossed into a den of lions.
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to stand as a man
Bartholdi was only two when his father died, and so he was raised by his godly
mother, the reason historians think Bartholdi gave to Lady Liberty his mother’s face. If
this is true, then he did his mother injustice, for the intriguing face of Lady Liberty
seems to have feminine and masculine features, a face that seems to more fit a
description given in Daniel 7:4, one (of a woman) made to stand as a man. We shall
see that Bartholdi’s vision had much to do about the Lord and his coming, but that
aside for now, since Bartholdi’s was caused to sculpture such a stoic and intriguing
face, one might ask, if not his mother, whom then did he use for the model? 143
Bartholdi’ models were of two faces he knew well . . . his mother’s and his own. His vision
was to erect a monument testifying of those set free by the spirit of liberty, and why he
placed the broken chain of slavery at her feet. Daniel 4:35 states God rules in the hearts of
men, and the vision given to Bartholdi was that of God’s permissive will. The Lady of
Liberty symbolizes those whom Daniel described in 12:6-10, these the ones that will stand
for the Lord in the last days, they of the many that shall be purified, made white, and
tested against the faces of evil until the time their redeemer comes for them in glory.
Auguste Bartholdi Lady Liberty Charlotte Bartholdi
Without a vision the people perish
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This chain of bondage was to break
This chain of bondage was one that brought judgment upon America. In1782, her
Constitution declared God created all men as equal, but there yet remained within her
an evil that needed to be cleansed from the land. Not till the revival which preceded
America’s Civil War (see the Sign of Jonas) were her people given tender hearts and
the conviction to stand as men and give their lives to break the binding chains of
slavery. America is now more in bondage than ever before, and Daniel 7:4 is literally
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Saddam Hussein pictured Babylon
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In the 1980’s the proud dictator in Iraq, Saddam Hussein, not knowing he was about
to defy God, began to rebuild the ancient city of Babylon and become like its great
king Nebuchadnezzar. Though he boasted “Babylon’s great palaces and legendary
hanging gardens would rise from the dust,” all he managed to build in old Babylon
was a not so magnificent summer palace and a small desert community that
ultimately were occupied by the American military which defeated him.
Saddam needed to have been reminded of the fearsome things God did to
Nebuchadnezzar and of the prophecies of Jeremiah-51 which said ancient Babylon
shall sink into the Euphrates to never rise but remain desolate forever. If Saddam
had known this, he might have come to repentance, as did Nebuchadnezzar, and
thus been spared being hung by the neck until dead. There was something,
however, which God had permitted Saddam to accomplished, this being the
restoration of an old archeological ruin located a hundred miles to the south, far
from the rubble of ancient Babylon.
Saddam funded the restoration of the Ziggurat of Ur to its past likeness, this
accomplished from knowledge gained through recovered cuneiform tablets and
other historical documents. This ziggurat was a structure similar to Nimrods’ tower
of Babel, and “twin sister” to the tower of Baal in Babylon. If Manhattan is the
revived city of Babylon, one might well expect to see there the “sister of Ur.”
ZIGGURATS
Four hundred years before the Egyptians built
the great pyramids at Giza (circa 2550 BC)
Sumerians were building ziggurats. These
multi story structures were for the worshipping
of idols, they having temples sitting atop the
platforms. Ziggurats were native to
Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, the
place in Genesis where was the tower of Babel,
and the also the land of Ur, the birthplace of
Abraham situated very near to Babylon.
Ziggurats were tiered structures made from brick, the brick composed of mud and reeds
covered with glaze and baked. The bricks would decay and require restoration, and each
time the structure got taller. The tallest ever was the thirty story tower of Baal in Babylon,
and this wonder’s last restoration was done by King Nebuchadnezzar in 600 BC. Sixty years
later Cyrus entered Babylon and caused the priests of Baal to flee, and two hundred years
later Alexander found the tower deteriorated and ordered it demolished. The glorious age of
Babylon ended with the end of its towering Ziggurats, and Babylon and its walls in the
centuries thereafter were left to turn into rubble, as prophesied in Jeremiah 51:37.
Thereafter, masonry stone/brick was used to build structures with inner rooms, but because
of weight bearing limits, all the skylines of the world’s cities were low. Not till the late
nineteenth century would the use of iron permit the building of tall towers to be revived.
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The Ziggurat of UR
The photograph on the left (circa 1930) was taken after the excavation of the 3-tier
Ziggurat of Ur (circa 2100 BC), one from which the later tower in Babylon was
modeled. The ziggurat of Ur was situated not far from Babylon, and the photograph
on the right shows a partial restoration done by Saddam Hussein in the 1980’s. In
his vanity he though he could restore ancient Babylon, but Jeremiah 51:37-64 said
this was not to happen here. Still, the restoration was archeologically sound and a
good example of the 7-tier structure of Baal that had been in Babylon.
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The Tower of Babylon
According to ancient cuneiform tablets uncovered from Babylonian
archeological sites, the ziggurat of Babylon stood 300 feet high and had thirty
foot wide stair cases leading to seven platforms, the temple being the top level.
From the detailed descriptions and uncovered remains of the Ziggurat of Ur, the
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The first sky scrapper in modern
history was built in America in the
mid 1880’s. The great American
architect, George A. Fuller, solved
the problem of supporting tall
buildings through the innovative
use of a framework of exceedingly
strong iron beams, called steel.
NYC building restrictions soon
relaxed and Manhattan’s skyline
changed dramatically. The Empire
State Building was erected in just
fourteen months, requiring a shell
of ten million bricks to cover it.
The Sky Scrappers of Manhattan
The city of the money changers
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Far more than mere coincidence
Daniel foresaw future Babylonian as one with eagle wings and of a woman lifted up, and
John saw Babylon sitting on the sea coast resurrected and drunk with the blood of the
saints and having all its past riches and abominations. New York’s Manhattan is by the sea,
more glorious that any city on earth and with like riches of Babylon and a tower identical
to the tower of Baal. She even sits on an island of like size, and is the only world city that
fits Cinderella’s slipper . . . more astounding evidence that America is the little horn.
the Empire State Building the tower of Baal in Babylon
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the symbol of diversityWelcome to Babylon
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Babylon's Tyrannical leader
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A MOUTH SPEAKING GREAT THINGS
Twenty years after her founding, the little America had grown immensely in size, power,
and stature and now projected its resolve into world affairs. In 1801 President Jefferson
sent a naval squadron of marines to defeat the Tripoli Pirates; in 1812 President
Madison declared war on Great Britain because of her bullish naval supremacy; and in
1823 President Monroe threatened war against all Europe if it did not submit to
American demands of no further intervention into the Americas, and the kings of Europe
bowed to the President. Since its inception the Office of the American President was
recognized as the most powerful and influential position on earth, without exception . . .
he is the mouth speaking very great things, whose look is more stout than his fellows.
Europe submitted to the
American President
the Monroe Doctrine
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THE SYMBOL OF THE PRESIDENT
Since 1801, the White House, the oldest
structure in Washington, has served as
official residence and executive office of
the President of the United States and
has been the symbol of every American
President. Construction began in 1791
under the direct oversight of George
Washington, and its first resident was
John Quincy Adams. It was referred to
as the Presidential Executive Office
Building, and also the Presidential
Palace, and as destiny will prove, the
residence and office of the antichrist.
One hundred years after John Quincy Adams took office, Theodore Roosevelt, the first of a
line of progressive presidents, began the gradual change to transform the American
Republic into a socialist state, boasting he “a steward of the people that took whatever
action necessary. I did not usurp power, but I greatly broaden the use of executive
power.” This he did openly by ordering stringent actions against American capitalists, and
also something very subtle and strange: With no reason given, he renamed the
executive office building by personally having the inscription "White House – Washington"
engraved on the official executive stationery immediately after becoming President in 1901.
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The White Horse of Apocalypse
And I saw and behold, a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow, and a crown
was given unto him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer (Revelation 6:2).
The only man in the world that can fit the “cinderalla slipper” of Daniel and John is
the President of the United States. Daniel said he was a man who would speak great
words and seek to change the times and the laws. If America is the little horn, then
the White House is the White Horse of the Apocalypse. It will be as the prophets
John and Daniel had seen, one speaking great words that rides a white horse, he is
the President of the United States riding the White House of the Apocalypse.
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The Seat of Satan
When Cyrus conquered Babylon in 550
BC, many occultist priests and
worshippers of Baal fled to Pergamon,
this located in western Turkey today.
Later, the Greeks built there a Temple of
Athena and the Altar of Zeus at where
the occult worshipped. Lastly, the
Romans erected in Pergamon a temple to
worship emperors Trajan and Hadrian.
In 136 AD Hadrian’s twelve legions crushed the last Jewish revolt, and this resulted in
a genocide as in 70 AD and the complete depopulation of Judea (called the Diaspora).
At the Zeus altar Christians were sacrificed, as was the faithful Antipas in 92 AD. Jesus
told of this to John, in Revelation 2:13, and stated this is where the seat of Satan is
and where he dwells. Jesus had a future purpose to have said such, for over the next
several centuries Pergamon and its temples, as did happen to Babylon, went to ruin. In
1878 German archeologists, however, excavated the altar of Zeus and its friezes of the
gods, and transported them to Germany to reassemble them in the Berlin museum.
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the Altar of Zeus
From Pergamon to Berlin
In 1930 a Nazi climbed the stairs of the Zeus Altar which had been sitting in the Berlin
Museum the past forty years, and as he looked down its steps he suddenly got a
strange feeling of power. This man was Albert Speer who was in charge of architecture
for the Third Reich. Without knowing the past history or original purpose of the old altar,
he adapted its design into a new Nazi monument that later served Hitler’s rise to
absolute power. Hitler used this monument, the seat of Satan, as his backdrop to incite
the Nazis to exterminate not only 6,000,000 Jews but millions of Christians as well.
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From Berlin to Denver
In August 2008 Barack Hussein Obama received the nomination for President of the
United States, this at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. There he gave
an acceptance speech at a huge rally, standing at a podium with an imposing Altar of
Zeus behind as did Hitler 75 years before. History shows a westward movement of
the empires in the direction of the pleasant land Daniel pointed to, and Satan’s seat
followed, moving from Babylon to Pergamon to Germany, and finally America, the
nation at the end of the western road. Since 2008, there has been no subtlety to hide
a quick transformation of America into the Beast. The writing is on the wall for the
saints to prepare to stand in the Lord, for great tribulation must soon follow.
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This writer has confirmed an exegesis published on the internet to be
sound: Isaiah 14:14 quotes Satan as saying “I will ascend from the
heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. Luke 10:18
records Jesus saying “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from
heaven”. If these English verses are pronounced today in Aramaic,
the language spoken by Jesus and Isaiah, they become electrifying.
The Hebrew word for lightning (#1299 in Strong’s Concordance) is
pronounced barak, and the word for heights (#1116-SC), meaning a
high place such as heaven, is pronounced bamah. A commonly used
Hebrew conjunction for poetically connecting phrases is “wau”,
pronounced as the letter “O”. If Jesus, the author and finisher of
our faith were to pronounce these three words today, they would
sound out in Aramaic as “barak-O-bamah”. It appears Jesus
revealed to us, the final generation, the very name of the evil one.
DID JESUS REVEAL THE EVIL ONE ?
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Many signs are provided in
scripture to cause a final
generation to realize
they will see
the return
of Jesus.
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The Sign of International Satellite Communications
• Only recently has revolutionary technology
been perfected to provide the capability to
broadcast an “Image of the Beast” to all
the peoples of the world simultaneously
(Revelation 13:14-15).
• All the world’s nations will also be able to
see the two witnesses of Christ which are
slain and left to remain on the streets, but
after three-and-one-half days come back to
life gain . . . and all in the world shall see
and fear (Revelation 11: 9-11).
• Jesus also said we would hear of wars and
of rumors of wars and of famines,
pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse
locations (Matthew 24:6-8).
THE REQUIRED TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS
WAS DEVELOPED IN AMERICA
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THE SIGN OF THE GENTILES FULFILLED
When Jerusalem fell to Babylon, rule by the line of David ceased and governmental authority
was given over to gentile rule. Six hundred years later Rome slaughtered millions, but those
who survived fled the sword of the treacherous Roman beast. Since then the nation Israel,
which God promised to last forever, existed as a people without a land. In light of this fact,
Jesus made a prophecy to signify the time of his return, his words found in Luke 21:24, 32.
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all nations,
and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the time of the Gentiles be
fulfilled . . . Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled.
From 70-136 AD the first half of this prophecy was fulfilled. Eighteen centuries later, in 1948,
Israel was miraculously reborn, it the only nation to ever die and come back to life. This
rebirth of Israel was a picture of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, their Messiah!
Then in June 1967, as a result of the Six Day War, all of Jerusalem, including the temple
mount, came under the control of the Jews for the first time in 2500 years. The second half of
the prophecy of Jesus was now fulfilled, and since we are the generation to witness this
exciting fulfillment of prophecy, according to Jesus we are the same generation to see the
return of the Son of David to be crowned! Daniel’s Seventieth week, the last seven years to
transpire before the return of Jesus, is about to be fulfilled.
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The Mark of the Beast
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or
in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell,
save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or
the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that
hath understanding count the number of the beast:
for it is the number of a man; and his number is
six hundred threescore and six (666).
One might ask what has this got to do with America?
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BAR CODE DEVELOPMENT
The barcode system was developed by IBM
and first used in 1974 on a pack of Wrigley’s
Chewing Gum. Its inventor was Norman
Woodland, who once worked on the
Manhattan Project, and on his own accord
selected the number six as the isolator for the
codes, he not being aware of Revelation 13:18.
Common scan technology uses a barcode with three sixes to isolate sets of
pertinent data. Once a new world economic system is established, a barcode
chip will be placed in either the right hand or forehead (if one has no right
hand). This chip technology was also developed by American companies and
made to be implemented quickly. The scripture says those who refuse the
mark will face death by Antichrist, but use of this monetary system will
require one to worship his image. Scripture warns all that take the mark and
worship the image (of antichrist) will at the return of Jesus be gathered into
bundles to be burn later at the judgment (see also Matthew 13:30,40-42).
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THE NUMBERING THE WORLD’S PEOPLE
(Revelation 13:16-18, 14: 9-11)
The rise of governmental control of
industry, terrorism, and the
collapse of the American and
European economic systems will
play directly into the hand of
Antichrist. People are accepting
more and more invasion into their
privacy by big brother and
Homeland Security. This rise of a
totalitarian state will be sold to the
American public as being necessary
for their safety and protection. The
United States today is now only
one major catastrophic incident
away from becoming a people to
be given a national identity card
and put under total marshal law.
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The Sign of Nuclear Destruction
In the Greek dictionary the word for element means something that is
fundamental, like the atom which is split in an atomic explosion. Six hundred
years before Peter, the prophet Zechariah described the heat effects atomic blasts
shall have upon human flesh in the last days: And this shall be the plague
wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem;
Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes
shall consume away in their holes, and their tongues shall consume away in their
mouths” (Zechariah 14:12). This technology was also developed in America,
and the secret project was called The Manhattan Project.
The first of two atomic bombs were dropped on
Japan on August 6, 1945 to demonstrate the
futility of furthering war against America. The
shocking effects of these bombs were written
of by Peter 2000 years ago: But the day of the
Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which
the heavens shall pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat, the earth also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up (2 Peter 3:10).
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WHO CAN MAKE WAR WITH HIM?
(Revelation 13:4)
Jesus never mixed or wasted words, and certainly was not passing time in
heaven when he called John there to show him the things to come to pass
upon his people. Despite the many false teaching of today, His message in the
Revelation was not directed to the unsaved, but was given for his own to heed:
1. There will be none like the beast (he will stand out as great as did Goliath)
2. There will be none who can resist him (as shown by Rome against Israel)
3. These words were given to his people, not for a story to marvel about around
the campfire, but something which they were to heed for their well being.
4. This question implies only JESUS has the power to face the Beast, and thus
as sheep our weak faith must become strong and exercised by trusting
he truly will supply all our needs and be our shield and buckler.
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Who is like unto the Beast
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WHO CAN MAKE WAR WITH HIM
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The balance of power is quickly changing
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Our dark Congress authorized the military to
arrest US Citizens without warrants, and to
contain them indefinitely without legal recourse.
As we speak, the US Military Command is being
purged of those expected to refuse to execute
these orders against the very citizens they once
pledged their very lives to protect.
THE POWER SHIFT IS NEAR COMPLETE
WE ARE IN WAIT FOR AN EMPEROR TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW
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CHAPTER TEN
THE RETURN OF JESUS
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the time of his return
Of the more than 125 Old Testament prophecies of
his first coming, each was fulfilled in the exact time
frame given by Daniel. In Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus
made it perfectly clear he came to fulfill both the
Law and that written by the prophets, and said
before heaven and earth pass every jot and tittle
(written in the scriptures) would be fulfilled.
Daniel foretold the time of the Lord’s return to be at
the end of the 70th Week, and Jesus spoke of no
time other than given by Daniel the prophet: stating
he returned after the great tribulation had ended.
From Genesis to Revelation, there is not one prophecy, not one jot or tittle
attesting to Jesus returning at the start of the 70th Week of Daniel to take away
the believers. What is written, however, is that the man of sin at this time makes a
covenant of death to kill all the saints before Jesus returns. In truth, “the rapture”
is the strong delusion mentioned in 2-Thessalonians 2:11-12 which deceives many.
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THE SEVENTY WEEKS OF DANIEL
FIRST 69 Weeks Daniel’s Mystery Gap 70th Week
Hosea’s 2000 years
For two days (2000 years) Israel will sleep till the
time of tribulation, repentance, and then return
of the Lord and the resurrection (harvest time)
(See Hosea 5:15-6:1-2 / 2-Peter 3:8)
Time in wait for the
First Triumphal Entry
of the Son of David
into Jerusalem
Decree of Artaxerxes
to rebuild Jerusalem
Messiah cut-off
(the crucifixion)
The Day
of the Lord
444 BC 33 AD
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Period waiting for Antichrist to
make a covenant with many
(See Daniel 12:8-9)
483 years
7 wks -- 62 weeks --
7 – years
the tribulation
Beginning of Sorrows
(Matthew 24: 4-13)
Time of the end
(Matthew 24:14-31
1000 year
Kingdom
of Christ
Revelation
5:10
10:15
20:1-6
Zechariah
8:1-8
Luke
1:32-32
The Seventieth Week (2520 days)
Sorrows
A covenant by Antichrist
Daniel says the 70th Week
begins when the man of
sin makes an agreement
with many; Isaiah calls
this a covenant of death.
one that Jesus did not
mention, it likely held
secret by Satan. In 220
days the sacrifice begins
in the new temple
See Daniel 7:25, 9:27,
10:41 Isaiah 28:15, 18
Matthew 24:1-20
The Great Tribulation
Abomination of Desolation
At the desecration of the temple,
the antichrist declares he is Lord
and orders all to worship him.
Archangel Michael, the hinderer,
steps aside (no hedge) and the
tribulation of the saints begins.
In their great affliction, the wise
seek His face early, and all that
repent are wondrously spared
death to await the Lord’s coming
See: Daniel 10:14,20,21, 12:1-7,
Matt. 24:21-22, 2-Thess. 2:1-12
Hosea 5:15, Revelation 12:14)
The Day of the Lord
the last trumpet
Jesus returns on one of the final
45 days, fights Armageddon, takes
his kingdom and begins the Harvest,
first removing the tares that offend
The last trumpet will sound the first
resurrection of the dead, and those
that are alive and remaining are
caught up with them in the clouds
to be given new bodies and taken by
their bridegroom to the Marriage and
Supper of the Lamb.
See John 5:25-29, 1-Thess. 4:15, Daniel
12:1-13, 1-Cor. 15:51-52, Matt. 13:30,
36, 41; 24:31, 36; Revelation 11:15-19
1290 days
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2300 days (Dan 10:14)
(From the beginning of the daily sacrifice
till the temple is cleansed by Jesus)
KINGDOM
220 days
1285 days
1335 days
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
In his Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24: 3-51, 25:1-51, Mark 13, Luke 21:7-38), Jesus warned his
sheep of end time sorrows and great tribulation such as never before. He made it perfectly
clear his return follows the tribulation, not before as many are led to believe, and stressed
that his sheep must prepare for this time. For understanding, Jesus said to read Daniel.
Daniel 12 is total affirmation of the Olivet Discourse: it tells of great tribulation as never was,
and of those found in the book of life (the elect) going through the tribulation and being
delivered. Daniel reveals the resurrection of the dead occurs at the end of the tribulation.
So there would be no doubt, Apostle Paul affirmed both Jesus and Daniel: In 2-Thessalonians
2:1-5 Paul stated the church will witness the abomination and enter into the great
tribulation, and in 1-Corinthians 15:51-53 said the resurrection occurs at the last trumpet,
which Revelation 11:15 confirms to be at end of the 70th Week, not the beginning.
In the middle of Daniel’s Seventieth Week (refer to the two
previous charts) is the Abomination of Desolation. This is the
day Jesus, Daniel, and Paul warned of, when the man of sin,
Antichrist, will enter the newly built temple in Jerusalem, halt
the daily sacrifices, declare he is the Christ, demand all in the
world to worship him, and then quickly proceed with the
extermination of the saints, the Jews and the gentiles.
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THE HINDERER OF SATAN
In 2-Thessalonians 2:3-8, Paul speaks of one in God’s
realm whom restrains Satan, and Daniel 12:1 shows
this is Michael. He is “the hinderer” God will direct on
the day of the Abomination of Desolation to stand
out of the way and allow Satan to be revealed, for a
time, times, and half a time. The forces of darkness
will be permitted to persecute to the death the
unrepentant saints, these whom Jesus casts into
great tribulation unless they repent of their deeds
(see Daniel 12:1,7-10 and Revelation 2: 21-25).
Michael is the prince in charge of the angels that forms “hedges”, as with the hedge of
Job, to protect God’s people,. Daniel 10:21 reveals Michael served to protect Israel, and
2-Peter 2:4 and Revelation 12:7-9 confirmed he prevailed over the dragon and cast from
heaven Satan and his rebellious angels. In the great tribulation, Michael is directed to
stand aside and not protect those which will be chastised. Those which repent will be
purified and made white and tested (Daniel 12:10) and who Michael then wondrously
protects till Jesus returns in power and great glory (See Daniel 12:5-6, Psalms 91).
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
Commentary on Daniel 12
(the final seven years)
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Daniel 12:1
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the
children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was
since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall
be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
• Daniel 12:1 states Michael will stand aside (no longer a hedge) and will permit
desolation as foretold in Daniel 9:27; this trouble will be greater than ever was
to any nation in history. Jesus confirmed this scripture in Matthew 24:21 .
• Daniel 12:1 states the delivery of the Lord’s people, everyone whose name
is found written in the Book of Life (see the sign of Jonas), is to happen after
the time of trouble has concluded. Jesus confirmed this truth in his words
that are found in Matthew 24:29-31.
• In 2-Thessalonians 2:1-7 Paul, is speaking to the church and refers to Daniel
12:1 as did Jesus by saying the great tribulation precedes the return of the Lord
(2:1) and is a time of trouble (2:2), and confirms Daniel 12:1 in stating the
trouble begins when the hinderer is removed (2:7). Paul confirms both Daniel
and Jesus, stating in 2:4 the abomination commences the great tribulation.
• The last half of Daniel 12:1 tells of the gathering of the people (see next page).
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Daniel 12:1-2-3
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy
people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even
to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be
found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they
that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
• The last half of Daniel 12:1 (underlined portion) tells after the tribulation is ended, all
the Lord’s people are delivered, everyone whose name is found in the book of life.
• Daniel 12:2-3 reveals that after the tribulation there is the resurrection of the dead, first
a resurrection to everlasting life, and afterward a resurrection to everlasting contempt.
• Though Daniel was not given the time frame between the resurrections (this later given
to John), Daniel was told (see 9:24) at the end of the 70th Week the transgression
would finish, and there an end to sins, and a reconciliation of the people to God, and
everlasting righteousness, and his vision and prophecy completed through the
anointing of the most Holy. The anointing is the coronation of the Messiah as King to
reign over his earthly Kingdom; and according to Revelation 20:4 this reign lasts for a
1000 years before a resurrection of the unsaved, this the fulfillment of Daniels vision.
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Daniel 12:4 – Beginning of the Latter Days
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But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the
end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Daniel 12:4 provides clues to unsealing the mystery to when the latter days of Daniel 2:28
began, in essence this would be the latter portion of the beast empire when it was to be
reborn through the little horn. In previous slides (85-89) The Beginning of the End was shown
to have begun during the Renaissance, the time of an explosion of knowledge unheralded in
history. This knowledge gave the mariner Christopher Columbus the insight to navigate
around the earth to reach India, and his to and fro voyages resulted in the discovery of the
pleasant land which in turn gave birth to Daniel’s little horn . . . America.
In that Daniel was given vision to write a “time table” to tell of the two comings of the
Messiah, this is why the wise men in the east knew he was coming in their generation and
went forth to meet him. Of his final vision he was told to shut up the words and seal them till
the end time, when they would be unsealed and opened for understanding (see 12:9).
One should consider that no prophet other than Daniel was ever told to shut his mouth and
seal up his words. So why Daniel? His latter day prophecies were meant to tell a specific
generation to prepare for the great tribulation coming in their life time . . . and they will
have no excuse when they stand before the Lord on judgment day (See Romans 1:18-32).
Daniel 12:5 – the two standing
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Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood two others, the one on this side
of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river (KJV).
To discern this vision one must take into account previous knowledge given to
Daniel of the pleasant land that mariners discovered to the west, this the land of
the little horn and future Babylon. Gabriel presents to Daniel a most wondrous
vision, for it is of the last days which he seems to have part in, for when he
looked there appeared two others, one standing with him on his side of the river
bank and one standing across the waters on the opposite bank (see 12:13).
The Hebrew dictionary contains specific words to define various size watercourses,
such as trenches, brooks, streams, tributaries, rivers, or channels. The word Daniel
used to best fit his vision was “yetor” (SC-2975), which means a very wide channel.
This Hebrew word appears to have been translated to English incorrectly, for
Daniel did not use “nahar” that means a river, but used yetor which means a wide
watercourse, one that separated ancient Babylon from the future revived Babylon.
In that Daniel knew the pleasant land was to the west, the geographical map on
the next slide shows the opposite bank of the channel to where he was looking.
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Babylon
revived Babylon
the little horn
Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there
stood two others, the one on this side of the
bank of the great channel, and the other on
that side of the bank of the great channel.
Daniel 12:5 - key words
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Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood two others, the one on this side
of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
The understanding of history and key words is critical to solving Bible mysteries, and “river”
is a key word. Daniel lived in Babylon where was the Euphrates, a medium size river a tenth
the width of the great Nile in Egypt that is denoted in Exodus by the word for channel, yetor.
In Genesis the Hebrew word for Euphrates is nahar (SC-5104), one Daniel did not use and
thus why Daniel’s “river” in verse 12:5 is not the Euphrates, but then the Nile could not be it
either because the Nile was south and not to the west of Daniel. The Jordon is just too small,
and though the Mediterranean is large, it is not west of the early Roman Empire where the
pleasant land was mandated by Daniel to be. The only large body of water left to fit Daniel’s
description is the Atlantic Ocean. Let us now look at the other underlined key words.
• Stood: Daniel used the Hebrew word “amad” in the Hebrew dictionary (SC-5975)
which implies one that is standing fast, firm, still, upright. This means the two on the
banks were righteous men of God as was Daniel, and he stood with one of them.
• Two others: Cyrus, was a type of the coming Christ (slide 69), he given the two gates of
Babylon to free both Jews and gentiles. Now Daniel sees these two standing, one of his
fold of Jews and the other the fold of gentiles which Christ delivers together at his return.
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In Daniel 12:6 there is
a man clothed in linen
which was upon
the waters of
the river
Daniel 12:6
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And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of
the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
The one asking the question is one of two righteous ones standing, but interestingly Daniel
made no distinction to which, this foretelling Jesus saying in John 10:16 that he makes no
distinction between his folds of sheep. The man in linen upon the waters is Jesus, who at
his first coming walked on water. Ezekiel 9-10 attest to Jesus being clothed in linen and
having a writer’s inkhorn, the horn attesting he is an author that places the word
“righteous” on the foreheads of those not to be slain. God does not change, so as at the
first coming so shall be done at the second coming of Jesus (see Revelation 14:1).
The word waters is from the Hebrew word “mayim” (SC-4325 ), an euphemism for “urine”
and thus this water is unfit for drinking or bathing, but it rather a flood of bitter waters,
waters as in Exodus 32 which Moses forced all the congregation to drink because of their
sin. Those which do not repent will be cast into this mayim, as God cast Jonah into the
tempest to die, lest he repented in the three days provided. In Revelation 2:22-25, Jesus
states he will give the churches space to repent, if not he will cast them into the mayim.
The word wonders is from Pele’ (SC-6382), which points to extraordinary acts of God
protecting his repentant people through miracles. The ones on the banks are those whom
God is providing for through miracles, the repentant ones standing fast till Jesus returns.
Daniel 12:7
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And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he
held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for
ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have
accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
In answer to the question in 12:6, Jesus lifts his right hand and his left hand to his Father
in heaven and says the time of tribulation will be for three and a half years, till the power
of the holy people is scattered. The word power is from the primary Hebrew word “yad”
(SC-3027) which means an open hand, a symbol of authority and power, and the word
scattered is from the word naphats (SC-5310), meaning to break and scatter into pieces.
Thus Jesus will in the space of 3 ½ years have completely broken the power of his holy
people: this power being the things which they made and trusted in to sustain them:
their idols, traditions, works, gold, laws, government and militaries.
The question one might ask is how are the ones standing on the river banks surviving till
Jesus comes to takes them home? Daniel 12:7 provides the answer: they are secured in
the hands of Jesus: in his right and in his left are the sheep folds he sent into the midst of
wolves, the Jew and Gentile folds that he indicated (in John 10:16) he would bring to his
father, those in Daniel 12:10 which were purified, made white and tested.
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Daniel 12:8-10
8And I heard but understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these
things? 9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the
time of the end. 10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall
do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Daniel recognized the voice of the one upon the waters, and asked him what will be the end
of these things. The Lord then let Daniel know the words were not for him but for the last
generation, and that his words were not meant for the wicked, for they would continue to do
wickedly, but his words were for the wise to understand they need to be purified (cleanse by
his blood), and made white (by confession of every secret error/sin . . . See Psalm 19) and
tried (tested, as were Gideon’s 300 to put down their swords and stand fast in the face of the
enemy and testify of the Lord . . . See also Luke 21:12-19 ).
Daniel had by his own experiences understood the Lord’s words about the end days. From his
account in Daniel 9:1-19, he and his people, while yet slaves to Babylon, were caused to
come to repentance before being set free by Cyrus (a type of the Christ - see slide 69). Daniel
studied the scriptures and knew the prophecies of Jeremiah and of what his great and
dreadful God demanded. Daniel then (no differently than had the King of Nineveh before
him . . . see the Sign of Jonas) got on his face and prayed while as he was fasting in sackcloth
and ashes, and made confession, and led his people to do likewise, knowing the Lord would
keep his promise to give mercy to all that loved him and kept his commandments.
DANIEL 12:11-13
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And from the time the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination that
makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety
days. 12 Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred
and five and thirty days. 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shall
rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Daniel 12:11-12 provides two consecutive time frames that total 1335 days. The first
is a long portion of 1290 days, this the great tribulation that begins with the
abomination of desolation, which Jesus gave a strongly warning of (Matthew 24:15).
On this day, the false messiah (Antichrist) shall halt the daily sacrifice in the new
temple in Jerusalem and declare he is the Christ and demand worship. After the
tribulation is ended, 45 days remain (1335-1290 = 45) in which Jesus returns to
establish his Kingdom upon the earth (see the 70th Week time Chart in slide 19).
Of the final 45 days, the Lord told to Daniel, “blessed is he that waits and comes to
end of the days”, he speaking of the ones which stood fast for their Lord through the
great tribulation, these the ones Paul said were alive and remaining to await the
coming resurrection. Daniel was lastly told by the Lord to go live out the remainder
of his years, for he would then rest (sleep in the Lord) and stand again in the end
time in his lot, meaning he’d be one of his fold raised up to have eternal life.
Daniel led the Lord’s people to repent
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Daniel well studied the prophecies of Jeremiah and knew deliverance was near, but
knew also the law of Moses demanded his people turn to the Lord to confess their
sin and turn from their iniquities (Daniel 9:1-19), as set forth in 2-Chronicles 7:14.
The repentance of a nation does not exclude its leaders, and Daniel (9:3-4) humbled
himself and set his face unto the Lord, dressed himself in sackcloth, sat in ashes,
fasted, prayed, and made confession of his own sin. He then led his people (9:5-19),
including all the Lord’s people in the land (9:6), to do likewise and be forgiven. As
God does not change his ways, so he thus demands likewise for his people today.
During the seventy year Babylonian
captivity of the Jews, Daniel was the
spiritual advisor over his people, but
few realize God also convinced King
Nebuchadnezzar it was wise to make
Daniel head of all the peoples in the
province of Babylon, Jew and non-Jews
alike, and to also make him head of all
the wise men in the Empire.
ONE HOPE REMAINS FOR AMERICA
God said if a nation, against whom he has pronounced {judgment}, will turn from
their evil, he will repent of the evil he thought to do unto them (Jeremiah 18: 8).
In 2-Chronicles, God gave his people a solemn warning:
If they turn away, and forsakes his statutes and
commandments which he set before them, and go and
serve other gods and worship them; Then he will pluck
them up by the roots out of His land which he gave to
them, and he will cast them out of his sight.
In one generation America has fallen and turned to evil,
and now God’s righteous judgment has come. Our
republic is dying, and no earthly power can save it, for
such power is reserved to the one who is preeminent.
Upon his return from heaven, Jesus will destroy the
American nation, unless his people stand for him.
He is calling his own to come in one accord, to humble
themselves and pray and seek his face and turn from
their wicked ways. If done, God will hear their pleas
and will forgive them and God will then bless America.
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God Bless America
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God Bless America
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land that I love
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stand beside her . . .
and guide her
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through the night with the light from above
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from the mountains
to the prairies
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to the oceans
201
white with foam
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Bless America
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my home sweet home
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prairies
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white with
foam
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my home sweet home
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American Prophecy - The Little Horn

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    THE LITTLE HORN OFDANIEL (America in prophecy) by James Brown (March 2015)
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    Table of Contents INTRODUCTION– – – – AMERICA IN PROPHECY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 CHAPTER ONE – – – – DANIEL’S SEVENTY WEEKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CHAPTER TWO – – – – THE JEWISH REVOLT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 CHAPTER THREE -- – – OLD JERUSALEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 CHAPTER FOUR – – – NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S DREAM . . . . . . . . . . 51 CHAPTER FIVE – – – – THE PLEASANT LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 CHAPTER SIX – – – – THE UPROOTING OF THREE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 CHAPTER SEVEN – – – DNA OF THE LITTLE HORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 CHAPTER EIGHT – – – BABYLON REVIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 CHAPTER NINE – – – – BABYLON’S TYRANNICAL LEADER . . . . . . . 154 CHAPTER TEN – – – – THE RETURN OF JESUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 CHAPTER ELEVEN – – – COMMENTARIES DANIEL 12:1-13 . . . . . . . . 180
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    AMERICA IN PROPHECY Manybelieve America is the greatest nation ever blessed by God, but few believe she ought to be mentioned in the Bible. The following argument should cause skeptics to believe otherwise, in that America has blessed Israel more than any nation in history. America is the mighty nation which won the two world wars that enabled the Jews to go back home, and then afterward stood as their only friend. Since every nation that affected ancient Israel had been mentioned in the Bible, and since God does not change in his ways, why would he not mention America in the end time prophecies of Daniel and Revelation? In truth, America ought to be shining in the Bible as brightly as a full moon rising on a cloudless night . . . and she does. 3
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    history is theproof of prophecy and proves America is “the little horn” of Daniel 5
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    Jesus presented his“Olivet Discourse” in answer to when he returns for his own, confirming Daniel by stating it was after the great tribulation ended. Jesus has since been contradicted by undisciplined theologians that dared to take one verse out of context of the Olivet Discourse to concoct a fable of another return never indicated by Jesus or by any prophet in the Bible. These false prophets say “Christians” will be gathered before the great tribulation begins. This fable does not fit the picture Jesus presented, for it divides the gathering of his people and contradicts his promise to treat the Jew fold and his other fold as one fold under one shepherd. Jesus lastly gave dire warnings to any that dare add to or subtract from his holy word (refer to Daniel 9:24, 12:1; Matthew: 24:3, 29-31, 36; John 10:16; Revelation 22:18-19). 6 each piece must fit perfectly To solve a jigsaw puzzle, one must scrutinize each piece to fit it correctly into the picture. No piece should have need to be forced but ought to just “snap” into place, and never is it right to cut a piece to make it fit, for if done the artist’s picture will have gaping flaws; analogous to when truths of the coming of the Lord are cut from the context in which they were presented and forced to fit elsewhere.
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    The smiting stonefrom heaven will crush the last empire of Satan. Signs today herald the return of Jesus to gather his saints, and so Satan is preparing for battle by resurrecting the empire built under Caesar Augustus. This is the ferocious beast Daniel saw resurrect in the last days, headed by the man of sin that comes forth from the little horn nation, and who will declare he is the Christ and attempt to destroy those which do not worship him. Satan’s strategy is to leave no saint alive for Jesus to receive, and if successful void the truth of prophecy so to maintain his seat upon the earth, and stay the sentence of being cast into the lake of fire. Before Satan succeeds, Jesus will fulfill prophecy by cutting short the days and come as a smiting stone (Daniel 2:34-35, Matthew 24: 22, 30-31) to crush the empire of Satan, deliver his people, and establish the Kingdom of Christ upon the earth. Daniel’s explains his vision to Nebuchadnezzar 7
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    8 Nebuchadnezzar had walkedin pride and was humbled by the Lord
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    God is Sovereign Danieltold King Nebuchadnezzar this unchanging truth: God decrees what is to happen and has chosen the heads of every nation. This truth meant God chose past leaders as Pharaoh, Moses, David, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Alexander, Caesar, Washington, Lincoln, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Regan, Gandhi, Castro, and Obama so to accomplish His sovereign will. So what is his will? Daniel revealed this when speaking of the great tribulation: it is the will of God for his children to be purified, made white, and tested (Matthew 24:15,12:10). God had chastised King Nebuchadnezzar in order to humble him: O King, this is the decree of the Most High to come upon you: You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as do oxen, and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven, this for seven years till you declare it is the Most High that rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will. And whereas his command is to leave the stump of the tree roots: your kingdom shall remain, after that you will have no doubt the heavens do rule (Daniel 4:24-26). Hebrews 12:6-7 states the Lord disciplines the ones he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives, and so for seven years God made Nebuchadnezzar eat grass in the field as an oxen and to cut not his hair or nails until he lifted his eyes to heaven and repented and declared this truth: And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? Now I, Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all his works are truth and his ways just, and those that walk in pride he is able to humble (Daniel 4:33-37). 9
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    While in exileon Patmos John was given the Revelation 10 10
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    a wakeup callfrom Jesus Sixty years later Jesus appeared to John, the last living apostle and now exiled on the Isle of Patmos because the Romans found it impossible to kill him. In Revelation, Jesus addressed the seven churches and stated unconditionally what he will do to those that do not repent. Though many believe they are as good as those that were in the Church of Philadelphia, to Thyatira and all the churches Jesus had given this wakeup call : Two days before his crucifixion, Jesus went to Mount Olivet and there forewarned his disciples of the great tribulation that would come in the last days. In the Revelation to John, Jesus then warned all the churches they must come to repentance before his return. In Matthew 24: 9, 21-22 are these words from his Olivet Discourse: Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake . . . For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works (Revelation 2: 22-23). 11
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    Seeing through RoseColored Glasses When ominous storm clouds arise, sailors know well to batten down the hatches and stash the trash, but in contrast to prophecy the saints close their minds and put on rose colored glasses to ignore the great trouble ahead. In Revelation, Jesus warned his own to repent, lest they be cast by him into great tribulation. Despite what the flowery false prophets of today are saying, Jesus must fulfill each and every promise and thus why one should heed his prophetic word. Jesus was not the author of confusion, but made clear his prophetic truth was profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, and a call to righteousness. 12
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    PRAY FOR THEPEACE OF JERUSALEM Both Old and New testaments tell of a literal Kingdom. In Psalms 122:6 David wrote it is prosperous to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and 200 years later it was written in Isaiah 9:6-7) the government would be upon the shoulders of the Prince of Peace. These prophecies define Jesus to be the peace of Jerusalem and the peace to come. Daniel foretold his Kingdom forms at the close of the 70th Week, at which will be the resurrection of both the dead and the living (Daniel 9:24-27, 12:1-3, 9). Jesus fulfills these prophecies upon his return, and in his Olivet Discourse provided the signs meant for a very generation that will see this Kingdom formed. The King of Kings will sit upon the throne of David to reign upon the earth, and of his kingdom there shall be no end (Luke 1:32-33; Revelation 20:6, 11:15). The capital of his kingdom will be Jerusalem where his Father’s house was built, where he was crucified, where he departed from, and where he will return to reign and rest forever (1Kings 11:36, Zechariah 14:16-17, Psalms 132:13-14). 13
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    The midnight houris at hand The vigilant see the midnight hour approaching, as did the wise men 2000 years ago when they saw the signs foretelling of the coming of the Christ. Jesus warned of the days preceding his return, first a beginning of sorrows and then great tribulation. To survive, he warned his own to repent, to cleanse their temples of the depths of Satan. This age in prophecy is called: the time of the end, the last days, the last generation, the time of Jacob’s trouble, the great tribulation: it is the seventieth week of Daniel, and at the end thereof was when Jesus confirmed he would return to receive his own . . . this on the Day of the Lord. 14
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    ALL MY SHEEPHEAR MY VOICE The scriptures are perfectly clear that God treats all his children the same, both Jew and gentile. Apostle Paul confirmed such in Romans 12:10, stating there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. In John 10:15-16, Jesus said unequivocally he has more than one fold, yet all his sheep hear his voice and he will bring them together and will treat them as one fold. The above underlined words indicate not only will the Jew fold go through the great tribulation but the Gentile churches as well. Gospel accounts show the only scripture Jesus advised his own to read was Daniel. In Matthew 24:15 he said, When ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whosoever readeth, let him understand). So who was Jesus speaking to? Being “whosoever” means anyone, it was in reference to any of his sheep, and this is based upon his statement in John 10:16 that all his sheep hear his voice and they will be treated as one fold under one shepherd. In accordance with John 10:16 and his directive in Matthew 24:15, Jesus let Jews and Gentiles know “they would be brought into the great tribulation together as “one fold” that needed to gain understanding in Daniel of what is to happen to them following the abomination of desolation. 16
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    Rejected by hisown At both comings of the Messiah, Ezekiel saw Jesus enter the temple by way of the eastern gate, but 2000 years ago it was the Jew’s ignorance of the prophecies of Daniel that caused them to reject Jesus. Daniel provided a 70-week timeline (9:24-27) to when the Holy One was to first enter the gate and be cutoff and then return at the end of the age to rule (12:8-10). At the close of the 69th week, his hard hearted-stiffed- necked-sickly people chose to look for another and were thus destroyed. History will again repeat as both Jew and Gentile (see John 10:16) will in ignorance look to a false Messiah, and this is why Jesus told the wise to read the book of Daniel (Matthew 24:15, 25). In setting the stage, Daniel points out the nation from whence will come the false Messiah, the evil one, and he even provided his full set of finger prints. 17
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    Daniel’s Seventy Weeks Daniel’sseventy weeks comprise two periods in God’s time clock of the Messiah to come and accomplish the Plan of the Ages. The first period climaxed after 69 weeks (483 years), when Messiah came to be cut off, killed at the crucifixion. At the end of the age, the Messiah returns, at the end of the Seventieth Week, seven years of sorrow and great trouble for God’s people before being delivered, both the living and dead to either everlasting life or to eternal shame and contempt (Daniel 12:1-3). Daniel was told his prophecies were sealed, not to be opened till the time of the end, and Daniel was promised he would rest (sleep in Christ) and then stand with the Messiah at the end of the days (12:13). 18
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    Daniel’s Seventy Weeks(continued) Daniel 9: 24 defines what the Messiah is to accomplish: Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city (Jerusalem) to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Daniel 9:24-26 foretells time and events of the first 69 weeks: Know, therefore, and understand from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Daniel 9:27 foretells the final seven years: And he (antichrist) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. 19
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    THE SEVENTY WEEKSOF DANIEL FIRST 69 Weeks Daniel’s Mystery Gap 70th Week Hosea’s 2000 years For two days (2000 years) Israel will sleep till the time of tribulation, repentance, and then return of the Lord and the resurrection (harvest time) (See Hosea 5:15-6:1-2 / 2-Peter 3:8) Time in wait for the First Triumphal Entry of the Son of David into Jerusalem Decree of Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem Messiah cut-off (the crucifixion) The Day of the Lord 444 BC 33 AD 20 Period waiting for Antichrist to make a covenant with many (See Daniel 12:8-9) 483 years 7 wks -- 62 weeks -- 7 – years the tribulation Beginning of Sorrows (Matthew 24: 4-13) Time of the end (Matthew 24:14-31 1000 year Kingdom of Christ Revelation 5:10 10:15 20:1-6 Zechariah 8:1-8 Luke 1:32-32
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    Cut off soall might be saved The Cross of Christ connects the Old to the New, the answer to the mystery gap of Daniels Seventy weeks of years. Daniel spoke of only one body of believers comprised of the dead and the living, these being the elect Jesus said he would deliver, these on the Day of the Lord. These are the ones Jesus came to die for, those who came to love God, those through the ages that sought his face and called upon the name of the Lord to be saved, those which he had made so they might conform to the image of his son, those made pure by the precious redeeming blood shed at Calvary! at the cross 21
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    The Seventieth Week(2520 days) Sorrows A covenant by Antichrist Daniel says the 70th Week begins when the man of sin makes an agreement with many; Isaiah calls this a covenant of death. At 220 days the sacrifice begins in the new temple See Daniel 7:25, 9:27, 10:41 Isaiah 28:15, 18 Matthew 24:1-20 The Great Tribulation Abomination of Desolation At the desecration of the temple, the antichrist declares he is Lord and orders all to worship him. Archangel Michael, the hinderer, stands aside (no hedge) and the tribulation of the saints begins. In their great affliction the wise seek His face early, and all that repent are wondrously spared death to await the Lord’s coming See: Daniel 10:14,20,21, 12:1-7, Matt. 24:21-22, 2-Thess. 2:1-12 Hosea 5:15, Revelation 12:14) The Day of the Lord the last trumpet Jesus returns on one of the last 45 days to take his kingdom and begin the Harvest, first removing the tares, those that offend him. Finally the last trumpet sounds the resurrection of the dead. Then those alive and remaining are caught up with them in the clouds, all given new bodies and taken by the bridegroom to the Marriage of the Lamb and Wedding Supper See 1-Thess. 4:15, Daniel 12:1-13, 1-Cor. 15:51-52, Matt. 13:30, 36, 41 24:31, 36 Revelation 11:15-19 1290 days 22 2300 days (Dan 8:14) (From the beginning of the daily sacrifice till the temple is cleansed by Jesus Matthew: 21:12-15) KINGDOM 220 days 1285 days 1335 days
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    23 For purposes oftheological discussion, the next slide lists every prophecy found in the Bible that predicts the return of Jesus Christ before the beginning of great tribulation
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    But of thatday and hour only my Father knows Jesus said “there will first be a period of darkness when the sun shall be darkened and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken” By the time the Great Tribulation has ended, the Lord will have purified and tested his one body of believers to stand and hold fast till he comes to take them home. Forty-five days will then remain in the seventieth week, and on one of these days, one which only the Father knows, the great and terrible DAY OF THE LORD shall come as a thief in the night. Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man and all the earth shall mourn and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven in power and great glory 25
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    A Coming Kingof Fierce Countenance Daniel saw the final empire to be a tyrannical beast that would early on execute the Christ and then devour Israel. History shows this was the empire of Rome created by Octavian, its first emperor. Daniel then saw this empire to seemingly die, but in the latter days resurrect through a new nation called the little horn. From it he saw a King of Fierce Countenance arise, one speaking great dark sentences (great lies) and possessing the power of Satan. In the time of great tribulation, Daniel saw this final emperor destroy the power of the mighty and holy people (8:23-24; 12:7). 27 Octavian
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    Three wars againstan invincible Rome As God’s judgment, Israel fell under Babylonian, Persian and Grecian rule before lastly coming under Roman rule in 63 BC, the year of Octavian’s birth. Rome at this time was a peoples republic with elected representatives, but in just one generation Octavian transformed it to an imperial empire with he anointed as emperor: a remarkable type of the coming King of Fierce Countenance spoken of by Daniel. By 27 BC, Octavian had eliminated all his political adversaries and used the military to make his power grab. His rubber stamp senate gave him title as a god: Caesar Augustus – absolute ruler and reverend, and honored him by building the temple of Diva Augustus. In 4 BC, Octavian issued a decree (an executive order) for all in the empire to be taxed at their birthplace; this decree caused Joseph and Mary to go to Bethlehem and it was also the catalyst for a Jewish revolt. The Jews, ignorant of Daniel prophecies, cut off Jesus, because he did not free them, and then revolted against their invincible master Rome, but in truth were revolting against the judgment of God. Jesus, in knowing the outcome, wept for Jerusalem and forewarned his own not to take up arms but flee when the armies gathered (Luke 19:43). His twofold prophecy confirmed Daniel: the horrific 70 year Jewish revolt (Daniel 9:26) and then the great tribulation preceding his return (Daniel 9:27). In 66 AD, the Jews drew first blood, completely annihilating the 600 man Roman garrison of Jerusalem which brought on the full vengeance of Rome. Thus began the first of three wars which resulted in the complete devastation of Israel. 28
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    The Siege ofJerusalem in 70 AD Emperor Vespasian commissioned his son Titus, a general possessing no mercy, to crush all resistance and level Jerusalem . . . and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined (Daniel 9:26). 29
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    The great PsephinusTower failed them In 70 AD, Titus’s legions quickly scaled the new Northern Wall shown in this model Four years before, in 66 AD, the Jews drew first blood by totally annihilating the Roman garrison of Jerusalem. They then built a 2-mile northern wall to thwart the expected Roman assault. When General Titus arrived to Judea, he initially delayed the direct assault against the reinforced city, instead launching a systematic campaign of terror to eradicate other strongholds, destroy food stores, and severely punish the population. 30
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    THE ROMAN SIEGETOWERS The Roman assault began early 70 AD, and expectations of defending the northern wall proved naïve once Roman engineers erected massive siege towers. Many times in history the man made walls of Jerusalem failed, and despite the Psephinus Tower this new wall failed also. To completely crush all resistance, Titus prepared a tight trap to prevent any escape of insurgents, the very trap Jesus had warned of 37 years before. 31
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    In just anamazing four days, Titus’s legions cut every tree within 25 miles of Jerusalem and erected a colonnade pointed fence around the inner walls to starve the insurgents and prevent escape. Jesus had warned all to quickly flee when they saw the armies gathering, saying they would be encircled by a trench that kept them contained on every side (read Luke 19:43, 21:20-21). The prophecies of Jesus were dual, meant also for the future great tribulation: perhaps the many barbed wire containment centers FEMA is building should cause alarm. New defensive wall built in 66 AD 1.3 miles Psephinus Tower 32 Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD
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    The Antonia Fortressfailed After six months of intense and vicious defense, the food stores emptied, and to fight on the Jewish defenders ate rats, and when these were gone began to kill and cannibalize their own children. Ultimately the well fed - well armed Roman soldiers broke through the Antonia Fortress onto the temple mount to gain free access to the city. On that terrible day all hell broke loose, as Jesus warned of, upon all that did not heed his warning but instead chose to resist the chastisement of their God. 33
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    an era ofextermination began Josephus, an educated Jewish general captured by the Romans, had agreed to be their historian. In writing of the one day holocaust, he said Roman soldiers, inflamed by the Jews vicious defense, burned the temple and showed no mercy to the Jews and the non-Jews with them: slaughtering 1,100,000 inhabitants and taking 97,000 as slaves: "The slaughter within was even more dreadful than the spectacle from without. Men and women, old and young, insurgents and priests, those who fought and those who entreated mercy, were hewn down in indiscriminate carnage. The legionaries had to clamber over heaps of dead to carry on the work of extermination.” 34
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    NOT ONE STONELEFT UNTURNED To prevent Jerusalem from ever being a stronghold again, Titus then ordered every wall in the city torn down to ground level. For the days shall come upon thee, when thy enemy shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation (See Matthew 24:2, Luke19:43-44). Jesus warned his own to put down the sword, and all those that did not were killed. An intense fire melted the gold plating on the temple walls, which then oozed down into the stone foundations. To retrieve the gold, Roman soldiers upturned every stone, exactly as Jesus foretold. This picture shows some of the many temple stones which they dumped off the mount. 35
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    ERASED AS ANATION 36 After leveling Jerusalem, Rome took absolute control by dispersing the Jews and wiping out any found resistance, as in 74 AD at the mountain top fortress of Masada. In 115-117 AD, dispersed Jews which fled to Egypt, Crete, and Cyrene, later joined a revolt that killed a million Roman citizens. Emperor Trajan ordered these Jews exterminated and their wealth confiscated. Finally, in 131-136 AD, Simon bar Kokhba, a false messiah led a revolt in Judea. Emperor Hadrian, realizing the stiff-necked Jews would not accept their demise, ordered the total extermination of all Jews in the empire; those which escaped fled into all the world as was prophesied, not to return till the last days when their true Messiah would deliver them. The Masada Fortress God’s promise was to bring total desolation upon the nation of Israel if his people failed to repent: then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations (2-Chronicles 7:20).
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    A TOUR OFJERUSALEM TODAY 38
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    OLD JERUSALEM 39 THE OUTERWALL - THE GATES - THE TEMPLE MOUNT
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    The Wailing Wall TheWailing Wall is a remnant of the original foundation supporting the temple platform, dating back to 19 BC when King Herod initiated a massive re-construction and expansion project of the old Solomon Temple and mount. Though enormous to the eye, one third of its courses are yet below ground; buried by 20 centuries of rubble. This wall is the second most sacred place in Jewish faith, the mount it supports being the first, this where Jews pray and lament over the destruction of their temple. Knowing the Messiah is to come here, is why three times a day for 1900 years devout Jews have prayed here to ask God for their temple to be rebuilt. 40
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    Jesus shall firstset his foot upon the very place from whence he departed and will walk down this mountain side strait to the gate that looketh toward the east . . . And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east (Zechariah 14:4 Acts 1:11 Ezekiel 43:1-5). 41 the Pathway of His glory
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    THIS PLACE BELONGSTO JESUS It is no coincidence the Eastern Gate (inset on the right) is directly in line to where the new temple shall be erected to anoint Jesus, and also in line with the blue dome behind the temple mount, the place where Jesus was crucified. 42
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    Now waiting permission Theblue prints and materials have been prepared so masons can quickly erect a new temple to be in line with the eastern gate and clear of the Dome of the Rock. The building materials have even been readied without use of metal tools, as King David and Solomon were so instructed by God to prepare the altar stones of the temple (Deuteronomy 27:5). The builders now wait for the call to erect the new temple. 43
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    Looking south-east towardthe Mount of Olives where His foot will set down upon his return 44
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    Ezekiel was shownthe Eastern gate Kidron Valley Then he brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces east; and it was shut. And the Lord said to me, "This gate shall remain shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it; for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it shall remain shut. Only the prince may sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gate, and shall go out by the same way.“ (Ezekiel 44: 1-3) 45
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    the Eastern Gateis sealed By this gate Jesus entered into Jerusalem to be cut off and shall return to establish his kingdom. Ezekiel said this gate was to be sealed after the Lord entered, and to remain sealed for no man to enter except the Lord God of Israel, the prince to come. This means Antichrist, who shall claim he is the Christ, is prevented to go through it, thus the way to know he is not the Christ. In 1530, the Ottoman Turks, aware of Ezekiel’s prophecy, sealed this gate and planted a Muslim cemetery in front, knowing a Jewish rabbi is not permitted to cross through it, but Jesus, however, is more than a rabbi, he is the Word of God. He is the Ancient of Days holding the keys to life and death and will return with great power. After setting his foot on Olivet, Jesus will simply walk through this sealed gate and be anointed as King (refer to Ezekiel 44, Daniel 7:22, and Revelation 19:11-21). 46
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    He steps downhere on Olivet 47
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    and the Mountof Olives shall cleave In Matthew 24:27 Jesus confirmed Zechariah, saying he returns by way of the east (from the Mount of Olives) and will shine to the west (as he goes into Jerusalem radiating great glory). Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil will divide in the midst of thee. His feet shall stand upon the Mount of Olives before Jerusalem on the east, and it shall cleave toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley as half of the mountain shall move north and half to the south. . . And the LORD shall be king over all the earth; in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one (Zechariah 14: 1-9). 14:1,4,8-9 When Jesus returns in power and great glory, his foot will set down at the very place from whence he ascended. Interestingly, a recently discovered earthquake fault line crosses under the Mount of Olives, and His power will cause it to cleave, part to the north, part to the south, leaving an east-west valley for recently discovered subterranean waters under Jerusalem to gush forth. 48
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    Eternal Living Waters Salvationfor the world is through the Jews, through the Alpha and Omega that gives life to the former and hinder seas of divided peoples. John 4:5-29 gives the account at Jacob’s well of a Samaritan woman coming to Jesus. Though she was not a Jew, she learned living water had ever been available to end her thirst if she but knew this gift was from God and but asked. So she asked and left behind her old water pot and went forth to tell others about the living water she had received from the Christ. She had drunk from the living well as many did before her, women such as Eve, Ruth, Naomi, Ester, Mary, and men such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, the disciples, the thief on the cross, and this writer. Zechariah 14:8 says in that day shall living waters go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former (the ancient) sea, and half of them toward the hinder (the end) sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. Ezekiel 47:8-9 says these waters will flow east (into these seas which are divided) to heal the waters and bring forth a great multitude of fish (the harvest of Jews and gentiles) and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. 49
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    When Jesus toldhis disciples of the coming sorrows and great tribulation, their weak faith caused them to doubt if he was truly able to provide their needs. On their own accord they made decisions placing their lives in peril, as believers today are doing. Today, many listen to authoritarians that provide no hope, but strangely choose to ignore a reputable authority, a best selling author having great insight into troublesome times. He once delivered a message telling the wise to read what he had shown to Daniel the prophet, a vision revealing when the end was near, the nation from whence comes forth the man of sin, and a picture to recognize him. This invaluable insight was provided so believers could survive the great tribulation, by standing for him by and holding fast to him till he returns. Two days before his crucifixion, Jesus foretold of the soon coming judgment upon his people and his departure. He then went to sit alone on Mount Olivet to where James, Andrew, Peter and John came to privately ask their master: Tell us, when shall these things be, and what shall be the sign of thy coming at the end of the age? A vision is needed for the future 50
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    History of Kingdom/Empirerule To understand end-time prophecies in Daniel and John, one needs to understand the eight kingdoms of Satan that is told of in Revelation 17. The first and longest was Egypt at the time of Abraham, and the last being the crowned Beast that is to lasts for a space of three and a half years. The eight kingdoms shown here are with dates and their initial king. 1. EGYPT (time of Abraham) 3000 - 800 BC Pharaoh 2. ASSYRIA 800 - 606 BC Sargon 3. BABYLON (time of Daniel) 606 - 536 BC Nebuchadnezzar 4. PERSIA 536 - 334 BC Cyrus 5. GRECIA 334 - 63 BC Alexander 6. ROME 63 BC - 1453 AD Caesar 7. The LITTLE HORN (America) 1453 - today no crowned ruler 8. The Beast (a changed America) 3 ½ years Antichrist Of the sixth empire (Rome), both Daniel and John saw it seemingly die but come back to life. Daniel saw this rebirth through ten nations (old provinces of Rome) that give birth to a new new nation called the Little Horn, it the revival of the seventh kingdom having no crowned ruler . . . yet. Daniel and John saw this seventh kingdom at the time of the end transform into the head of a tyrannical empire called the Beast having a crown of ten horns, horns it had been born from. The Beast is the eighth and final kingdom, ruled by the Antichrist for three and one half years, in the time called the great tribulation. 52
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    NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S TROUBLESOME DREAM Whenthe people of Israel departed from righteousness, the nation fell to Babylon. Their prophet Jeremiah then warned of the dire consequences to resist God’s judgment, but many ears listened to the false prophet Hananiah saying swords and walls would deliver them. The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, the had no choice but to conquer Judea without mercy, and history proved Jeremiah correct. The walls of Jerusalem were laid waist, the temple destroyed, all that raised swords were slain, and thousands of families starved as their young and healthy were taken in three waves to become slaves of Babylon, Daniel being one. This tumultuous event began the period of Jewish history termed, by Jesus, as the times of the Gentiles, when Jerusalem was under foreign authority. Nebuchadnezzar was then troubled by a dream he could not remember, of an image of a metal man, which Daniel interpreted to be four empires to rule over Israel till the Messiah came to deliver his people. 53
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    THE METAL MAN Danielsaw a panoramic vision of the final 2500 years of empire rule over Jerusalem; Babylon being the first empire, Persia the second, Grecia the third, and finally Rome, the beast empire which would die and then resurrect in the last days. Daniel boldly told Nebuchadnezzar of the future demise of his kingdom, and precise details of the three that followed. He revealed the destruction of the final one would be by a smiting stone from heaven (the Christ) that would bring forth the world’s final government: The Kingdom of God which would last forever. Like Nebuchadnezzar, we’ve all been troubled over a forgotten dream, but Nebuchadnezzar ordered the deaths of the mystified prophets, including Daniel, that could not interpret the dream he forgot. Daniel asked for time and with his friends prayed for understanding. In a night vision, God then provided the interpretation that Daniel brought to the remembrance of his king, of a mysterious metal man symbolizing the last four world empires and that of a smiting stone from heaven that would crush the toes. 54
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    Daniel told ofthe four final kingdoms BABLYON Head of Gold the Lion PERSIA Breast of Silver the Bear GRECIA Waist of Brass the Leopard ROME Legs of Iron the Beast Ten Toes the Beast (iron & clay) 55
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    the four empireslikened to ferocious creatures In his vision Daniel saw the four empires depicted in the metal man as strange demonic creatures. Each would be different, and each successive empire, though inferior in splendor, would be stronger in power. The magnificence of Babylon was represented by gold and a lion with wings of an eagle that became plucked, the Persian empire by silver and a ferocious devouring bear, the Grecian empire by brass and a swift four headed leopard with wings, and finally Rome, exceedingly strong like iron and the most terrifying of them all; for it possessed the combined characteristics of the first three, and Daniel called it the beast. (See Daniel Chapters 2 and 7). 56
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    The SMITING STONETO COME Daniel interprets his king’s vision the Beast and its Little Horn Daniel revealed a Smiting Stone from Heaven (the Christ) would come at the time of the end to crush the ten toes of the Beast, the revived Roman Empire resurrected out of provinces it once stood upon, the toes of its feet. From these ten he saw a new and mighty nation born, the little horn, from whence came forth the evil one to rule the world and demand all to worship him for a time, times, and half a time, a space of 3-½ years (the time of great tribulation). Then shall come the smiting stone to destroy the Beast and establish a great mountain . . . The Millennial Kingdom of God in which Messiah, the Christ will rule forevermore (Daniel 2: 34-35, 12:7). 57
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    The man ofsin will rise from the little horn From his vision, Daniel provided key descriptors to identify the little horn. When these descriptors are checked against history, only one nation can fit them. It must be a new nation born in the end times, descended from the old empire, diverse from all nations, one which became stout, once which grew great iron teeth, once which had nails of brass, one which uprooted three, one which devoured and broke into pieces its enemies, and one which stomped on the residue to become the leader of the revived empire. In Matthew 24:15 Jesus deemed it prudent and wise to read the words of the prophet Daniel, for he was given a vision of the little horn and the man of perdition that comes forth from it, one who will impersonate Christ, one who shall cause many, even the elect to believe a lie in his attempt to destroy the elect during the great tribulation. To identify this evil one, Daniel provided the evil one’s ”full set of finger prints”. 58
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    the Finger Printsof the Man of Sin Daniel presented the man of sin as one who would speak great words and seek to change the times and the laws. He would not regard the gods of his fathers, nor have the desire for women. He would understand dark sentences, this meaning a trickster and con man that would divide his own land for gain. He would honor a foreign god in the strongest fortresses, and give to them his nation’s gold and silver and pleasant things. He would magnify himself above all, and three times Daniel said he would overcome and break up the power of the holy people. Though he would destroy wonderfully, overthrow many, and enter into the glorious lands, Edom, Moab, and Ammon would escape from out of his hands (Daniel: chapters 7, 11, 12). 59
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    The picture ofhis heart The Holy Scripture paints a perfect portrait of the antichrist. Five hundred years before Jesus, Daniel positively identified this evil one by detailing the many wicked things he would accomplish. Jesus then provided a perfect description of his heart: Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him . . . he is a liar, and the father of it. In truth, the legacy of this evil one, the world ruler that comes forth from the little horn nation, shall read: the greatest prolific liar in all of history. 60
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    Jesus told hisown to read Daniel Though Daniel was one of the tens of thousands taken from Judea to be a slaves of Babylon, he was soon given rule over the province of Babylon and made chief governor of the wise men in all the provinces. In truth, God had made Daniel second in command to his king, and in the seven years God made Nebuchadnezzar to crawl in the fields and eat grass, Daniel thus ruled the Babylonian empire. At the end of the captivity, Daniel led his people to come to repentance so they could be freed (see Daniel’s confession), but he remained and stood as Babylon’s most influential citizen. Daniel’s prophecies were of the four kingdoms that would rule on earth before the Lord returns. He saw the final kingdom seemingly die, but then resurrect in the latter days through the birth of a totally new nation he called the little horn. Daniel saw it mature and become crushingly strong, and from it to come forth the man of sin, the one that will attempt to destroy the Lord’s people in the coming great tribulation. From the gospel accounts, the only scripture Jesus told his own to read was that of Daniel the prophet, this when speaking of great tribulation. So who are his own? In John 10:16, Jesus stated he has more than one flock of sheep and he will treat them as one fold under one shepherd. This truth attests Jesus will treat the Jew fold and the Gentile fold as one, and they as one fold shall enter into the time of great tribulation. 61
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    CHAPTER FIVE the searchfor the little horn 62
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    Let us nowconsider Daniel’s 2500 year old vision and compare it with world history to find the land of the little horn and identify the man of sin 63
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    Since there isno “X” that marks the spot, the search for the “little horn of Daniel” requires one to study and be approved by God so they might be given understanding of the clues in Daniel revealing its whereabouts. If done, the finding should not be an insurmountable task, this considering Gabriel said Daniel’s words would be unsealed in the time of the end (Daniel 12:9), perhaps why for the past 2500 years the location of the little horn remained a mystery till now.,. 64 Where can it be?
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    BABYLON The first ofthe final four empires A Lion with Eagle Wings Revived in the end days 65
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    Babylon was themost glorious city in ancient history, rebuilt by Nebuchadnezzar to have a magnificent palace and hanging gardens, and fifty-three temples, one the great tower of Baal, a ziggurat as first built at Babel, the seat of Satan. There were solid gold lions, an eighteen foot solid gold statue of the king, and a solid gold image of Baal sitting upon tables of pure gold weighing 50,000 pounds; the gold value of such artifacts alone would be worth 10–20 trillion in US dollars today. Babylon was of the same size and comparable value as Manhattan Island today. It was built to be impregnable: having 250 guard towers rising above a 12 mile long, 125 foot high, 70 foot thick wall with foundations 30 feet below ground, and behind this was an inner wall. The city was also made an island, it encircled by a 250 foot moat spanned by eight bridges leading to massive outer gates and to the 100 inner wall gates. Because the Euphrates River flowed through the center, water gates at the entrance and exit were set below water to prevent an enemy to get by. Amazingly, the prophet Isaiah predicted these two water gates were to be Babylon’s demise. THE WONDROUS CITY OF BABYLON 66
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    Media and Persia (thesecond of the final four) The Bear The Persian Empire (539-331 BC) Daniel told King Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson, that Babylon would fall to another kingdom, one like a bear with three ribs in its mouth, meaning it would devour three kingdoms. It was to stand up and move to one side, and history showed this to be in the direction of Babylon, to the west. On the night his kingdom fell, Belshazzar held a great banquet and decided to desecrate the holy temple vessels his grandfather had taken from Jerusalem. That night the Persian bear walked under the water gates of Babylon to devour Belshazzar, and then stood up and moved westward again to devour Lydia and Egypt, just as Daniel had foreseen. Jerusalem Babylon Lydia 67
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    Mene, Mene, Tekelu-Pharsin. Belshazzar trembled as a a hand appeared and wrote on the wall his obituary It is a fearful thing to fall into the hand of the living God, as King Belshazzar literally experienced. At his last supper he drank wine from temple vessels he desecrated (cp. with 1-Corinthians 11:29) and a hand appeared and wrote these strange words on the wall behind his chair: Mene, Mene, Tekul u-Pharsin. He was so shaken his knees knocked and the joints of his bowels loosened. Daniel then provided him this interpretation: ‘O’ King, God weighed you in the balance and found you wanting, and your kingdom this night is given to the Medes and Persians (Daniel 5:26-28).That night the army of Cyrus had upstream diverted the Euphrates River for Cyrus to simply walk under the river gates of Babylon and without a fight slay Belshazzar. 68
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    CYRUS WAS GIVENTWO GATES God’s will for Nebuchadnezzar was to enslave the Jews, but God’s destiny for Cyrus was to free both Jews and Babylonians (two peoples) enslaved by the bondages of Satan. Cyrus was an anointed shepherd, a type of the Christ given two water gates (see Daniel 2:45, 3:29, John 10:15-16), and the Spirit upon Cyrus caused the priests of Baal to be blown away (Jeremiah 51:2), outside the western reaches of Persia to the Kingdom of Pergamon, the place Jesus made known to be a seat of Satan (Revelation 2:13). History states Cyrus was the worlds most ethical leader and great liberator of Babylon. The Bible mentions him twenty-two times: the prophet Isaiah foretelling the name “Cyrus” two centuries before his birth, calling him “my Shepherd” and “my anointed” and said God would give him two gates (water gates) that shall not be shut (44:28, 45:1) and the prophet Ezra said “the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus” to write a proclamation to free the Jews and send them home, and to give them back the holy vessels, and to supply them riches to rebuild their temple. 69
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    Satan’s seat movedto Pergamon The Royal Road stretched from the Persian capital of Susa to the ancient Kingdom of Pergamum (circled in red at left and shown in the bottom picture). This route was long traveled by those whom God caused to leave home, as many in the time of Babel, by Abraham, by Jonah, and by the occult priests of Babylon (Jeremiah 51:2) Pergamon became the next seat of Satan, first filled by witches, astrologers, magicians, money changers, and then temples of Grecia and Rome. Jesus warned, in Matthew 13:25, that Satan plants his seed when men sleep on their watch, and told all the churches (Revelation 2-22-23) they were in the midst of Satan and would be held accountable. One might consider that Constantinople, a throne of Rome, sat atop the churches as if their crown. Constantinople Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Smyrna Philadelphia Ephesus Laodicea Patmos: John given here the Revelation from Christ Jesus Susa the Royal Road Babylon PERSIAN EMPIRE Jerusalem Nineveh Kingdom of Pergamum 70
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    Satan took hisseat to Pergamon Babylon Pergamon The red route shown above is the ancient highway from Babylon to the ancient Kingdom of Pergamon (inset above), to where priests of Baal settled. This area became the center of the occult, the spiritual heart of the Grecian and Roman empires, its capital being Pergamon that Jesus called the seat of Satan, the area where the seven churches of Revelation were situated, all “beneath” Constantinople, the capital of the Beast before it fell to sleep. Constantinople Patmos 71
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    Grecia - thethird empire Daniel saw a swift leopard rise up and conquer Persia. History shows this power transfer occurred in 331 BC at the epic battle of Gaugamela, this when Alexander executed a brilliant lightening quick maneuver to defeat Darius, one now being taught at West Point. Most amazingly, in Daniel 8:5-7 the maneuver was described 200 years previously, and more strange is Alexander saying he dreamed of a man in priestly habit before his victories at Tyre and Gaza and then entered Jerusalem to recognize the man and find he was the Jewish High Priest. According to Josephus, Alexander was then shown Daniel’s prophecies, and this might explain why Alexander was said to have slept calmly the night before his epic battle. (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 11, chapter 8, section, William Whiston translation) the Grecian Empire (331–168 BC) 72
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    After defeating Darius,Alexander simply entered Babylon, but soon after left to continue his swift conquest through present day Iran and Afghanistan and into the sub-continent of India. After ten years of conquest he died and his empire was quartered as prophesied in Daniel 8:17-21: Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. History shows these prophecies fulfilled when Alexander the Great, the great horn, died suddenly at age 33, broken by sickness. His empire was then divided to his four generals without his power - the authority of Alexander. Daniel was given explicit details of the empires so to comprehend them: “Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision” (Daniel 8:15-17). He was shown a two horn ram, co-leaders of the Persian Bear, and a rough he goat with a great horn whose feet did not touch the ground, an incredible portrayal of Alexander expanding his empire as if flying like an eagle! At Gaugamela, the 47,000 Greeks lined up against Darius’ army of 250,000. Alexander then attacked, sending half his men towards the left to cause the strong Persian center to countermove, and then with perfect timing, charged through the weakened center. the ram with two horns a goat with a great horn Fall of the Persian Empire 73
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    The great ancestorof the Little Horn As true to Daniel’s vision, history shows the Grecian empire, likened to a four headed leopard with wings (7:6), conquered swiftly, and had it not been for Alexander’s untimely tragic death, would have continued to conqueror. Daniel then states four others arose (8:8) to have dominion, and history shows the empire of the great horn Alexander was divided up by four generals (Cassander, Lysicamus, Seleucid and Ptolemy) into four provinces: these being Macedonia, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt. Daniel then said (8:9) from one of the four came forth the little horn, and Daniel provided clues, one by defining the timeline conquest by Rome, that shows Macedonia as the little horn’s ancestor, the very one Rome first conquered to become the final empire. A four headed winged leopard the great horn 74
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    Rome – TheFinal Empire Daniel saw the beast arise (Daniel 2:40) and divide (2:41) into iron legs having feet with toes of iron and clay. He then saw one leg break (2:42) and next the other (2:43), but still for the beast to live on through its toes that mingled together but could not join (2:43) without an emperor. This mingling period began the latter times, when Daniel saw the toes give birth to a new nation . . . a little horn having eyes like a man and a mouth speaking great words. At the end of the latter time (8:23), Daniel saw come forth from the little horn a man of sin who unites the toes and reconstitutes the imperial empire (Revelation 13:1). This king of fierce countenance will then proceeds to destroy the mighty and the holy people (8:24) and shall rule for a time, times, and half a time (12:7). The Roman Empire at its zenith (117 AD) As accurate as were Daniel’s prophecies concerning the first three empires, so were they of the fourth and final . . . Rome. Despite the general secular perception that the Roman Empire died, Daniel saw it to continue to live till crushed by the smiting stone, this being Jesus upon his return from heaven 75
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    from the toesthe beast revives The ten toes represent provinces of the older empire, five from each foot which would mingle together (Daniel 2:43) but not unite till the latter time of the kingdom (7:20). The latter time is synonymous to the time of reforming the empire, when the little horn is born from the ten toes, toes Daniels also refers to as the ten horn nations of the beast. The head of the beast, which the ten horns of the revived empire will be upon, is the little horn nation (7:20). The emperor is the antichrist that comes forth from the little horn (7:25), and who shall transformed the little horn, from a republic as once was Rome, into the beast with ten crowns (nations) to make war with the saints (Revelation 13:1). This transformation is completed near the end of the latter days, a period which had begun forty years after the demise of the Roman empire in 1453. The Roman Empire reached its zenith in 117 AD, this under Emperor Trajan, for thereafter it began to decline because of internal unrest. In 295 AD it divided in two legs and co-emperors. The western leg (Rome) then broke in 476 AD and in 1454 the second leg (Constantinople) broke, leaving the ten toes of the metal man with no emperor to cleave to (Daniel 2:43). 76
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    Daniel pointed tothe New World Keep in mind Daniel saw the Beast assimilate the likenesses of the previous empires, and said (in 8:9) from “one” of the four provinces of Grecia comes forth the little horn. Rome previously assimilated Spain and northern Africa before taking Macedonia, the birthplace of democracy and of Alexander the great horn. Daniel next saw Rome become exceedingly great by acquiring more territories (8:9), moving toward the south (Egypt), toward the east (Turkey and Syria), and lastly toward the pleasant land. Daniel 8:9 mandates the pleasant land not east or south, leaving the north and west open. In that Rome later moved north to acquire Gaul, Germania, and Briton before its demise, this leaves one direction remaining, west toward the pleasant land of the New World. SYRIA Turkey Egypt Macedonia The Four Provinces of the Grecian Empire (281-168 BC) 77
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    the mystery pleasantland In Genesis chapters 11-12, God told Abram to leave his birthplace, the land of Ur located near Babylon, and make a long western journey to Canaan. Upon arriving, he showed him a vast expanse of land and promised to make him a great nation, this being the nation Israel. This land was later referred to as the promised land, a land of milk and honey, and the pleasant land which in Hebrew means very desirable. As promised, Israel was born several centuries later, but God promised his blessings would be taken away if the people despised his word and turned from him (read 2 Chronicles 7:19-22, Psalms 106:24, Jeremiah 3:24). For such a cause Israel was erased and her people scattered throughout the world, until the latter days when the little horn would be born and the people of Israel would return home. Daniel 8:9 speaks of the Roman conquest of Grecia. After defeating Macedonia it moved east and south to acquire the provinces of Turkey, Syria and Egypt, and to the pleasant land. This pleasant land cannot be Israel, it already included in the lands mentioned toward the east. This is “the new pleasant land” in direct reference to the little horn nation, from whence comes forth the prince of the host (8:11), the false messiah, the antichrist. The Lord also made it perfectly clear to Daniel the vision given him was not to be fulfilled until the end days (8:17); thus not as some presume to have been fulfilled in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes around 170 BC. 78
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    A progressive movementwestward of Babylon Starting at Babylon Persia expanded further west to Lydia Grecia expanded almost to Rome Rome moved to the pleasant land 79
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    Satan may manifesthimself as a serpent, or can enter into men, or transform into an angel of light. Jesus said he has a seat, and Jesus beheld Satan “as lightning fall from heaven”. When speaking of the last days and the man of sin, Jesus made this other statement about Satan with respect to lightning: “the lightning would come from the east and shine to the west’’. (refer to Luke 10:18, 22:3, Matthew 24:27). Jesus confirmed what Daniel had presented, a westward movement of the seat of Satan, from east to west, towards the pleasant land of the little horn from which comes forth the man of sin. 80
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    The Crushing Beast TheBeast Empire in Daniels vision was far different than its predecessors: Babylon the lion, Persia the bear, and Greece the leopard. Daniel was given by God this understanding: Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass: which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns (nations) that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows” (Daniel7:19-20). 81
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    the beast whichwould not die By 250 AD, turmoil inside the empire made one man rule impossible. In 295 AD Emperor Diocletian quelled disorder and established two seats of government, as true to Daniel’s vision, with Rome as the capital of the western leg and Byzantium (renamed Constantinople) over the eastern leg. In 476 AD, Rome, due to moral corruption, fell to the sword of northern barbarians, but Byzantium continued for another thousand years till it fell in 1453, to Muslims armed with new gunpowder weaponry. With both legs broken, history shows the beast ended, but Daniel and John saw differently, picturing it merely asleep, its ten toes alive and in wait for an emperor to emerge from the little horn to restore the empire to glory. Amazingly, forty years later, a time God uses to accomplish his end, the little horn was born. 82
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    Daniel and Johnsaw the Beast come back to life through the mingling toes of iron and clay, ten nations likened to as horns on the head of the beast that came to life again, one that received the “deadly wound by a sword and did live” (Daniel:2, Revelation 13). This “rebirth of the empire” was from the toes of the original empire giving birth to a new and dominant little horn nation. From this horn Daniel saw to come forth a powerful speaking leader to rule over the reconstituted beast kingdom. As history proved the prophecies of the previous empires, it has as well those of the little horn, and history points to one, and one nation alone that fits the description of Daniel . . . this nation being America. revival of the Beast 83
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    Daniel’s problematic riddle The birth ofthe little horn presents a problematic riddle: how can a nation formed from lands of ten others be strong and manageable? It is irrational to think ten nations would give away parts of their land to birth another, for the nature of man is to not give land away but make war to take it. Even if this did happen, the new nation would be scattered between the parent nations, making it impossible for peoples of ten different ethnicities to agree to have a centralized government to provide for regulation, commerce, and security. This riddle has only one solution: the new nation must be of virgin land, a pleasant land to where immigrants would hasten to. Such an event happened one time in history, when land got settled by immigrants from the toes of the old Roman Empire . . . coming by the tens of millions to America, to the pleasant land, to the land of Daniel’s little horn. These white dots would make a new nation divided 84
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    The latter days ArchangelGabriel presented Daniel the knowledge to recognize the beginning of the end (Daniel12:4) But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even till the time of the end, when many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased Digital art work by Ted Larson 85
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    If one considersthe words Gabriel spoke to Daniel . . . But thou O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased, the question today should not be when will but when did the time of the end begin? In truth, history shows the fulfillment of these prophecies began unfolding 700 years ago. History again proves prophecy 86
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    the Beginning ofthe End Following the black plague which killed 200 million people in Europe, there began in 1353 a period of rebirth called the Renaissance. From it came forth great minds such as Gutenberg, Wyclif, Tyndale, Brunelleschi, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Brahe, Newton, Vesalius, Galileo, Kepler, and Columbus. This was the beginning of an explosion of knowledge which has continued to this day, it the basis for even getting men to the moon.Johannes Kepler When considering the words in Daniel 12:4, “many shall run to and fro,” the red letter words are translated from a Hebrew word pronounced "shuwt”, having the connotation to push forth by mariners sailing to and fro, unless the context is used in conjunction with lands. Since Daniel did not specify land, the correct English translation in Daniel 12:4 should read pushing forth by many mariners to and fro. In truth, Daniel 12:4 is the prophecy about Columbus and the many which pushed forth after him by sea toward the pleasant land, in the greatest mass migration of peoples ever in history. 87
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    Voyages of theGreatest Mariner in History 1492 - 93 1493 - 95 1498 - 99 1500 - 04 San Salvador Daniel fittingly described Columbus going to and fro ATLANTIC OCEAN 88
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    the greatest discoveryin history On August 3rd 1492 a Genoan navigator, Christofo Columbo, sailed west from Spain in the first of his four great voyages. The explosion of knowledge in his day convinced him the world was round, and so he boldly sailed west expecting to find the spice-rich trade coasts of India. Seven weeks later Columbus instead knelt on the shores of San Salvador, claimed this land for Spain, and then returned home on January 15, 1493 to announce his world changing news. Forty years earlier the Empire seemingly died, but it was the Renaissance, meaning “rebirth”, when the toes of the western leg would move westward to conceive the little horn. After Columbus returned home in 1493, a birth sign appeared in the heavens, as one did to announce the birth of Christ 1500 years before, but now to announce the birth of the little horn, a new nation to befriend a reborn Israel, but in the last days transform into the Beast that had the wound by a sword and did live (Revelation 13:3,12). Columbus thanked God for providence 89
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    the signs inthe heavens are all about the coming of Jesus 90
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    and God saidlet there be lights in the firmament to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years. In the beginning God prepared the lights in the heavens for man to heed 91
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    The Nation AeronauticalSpace Administration sent men to the moon and land rovers to Mars through the knowledge of the laws of planetary motion. Such knowledge was derived from the original work of Johannes Kepler, a genius mathematician in the Renaissance following the voyages of Columbus. NASA also used Kepler’s works to calculate time and position of every lunar eclipse in history. If the time clock is wound back to 1493, the year Columbus announced his discovery of the New World, a supernatural signpost is seen, it marking the beginning of the latter days, a period in which the Jews will come home from all nations before the Messiah returns (Ezekiel 36:16-25). One should also marvel of new evidence which shows the Spanish mariner Columbus, who was an Italian by birth, was in secret a Jew. The supernatural historical signpost has to do with lunar eclipses and tetrads. Tetrads are four blood red eclipses in a two year space of time that coincidently fall on major Jewish holidays. Beginning with the one in 1493, the last four mark events in history dealing with the restoration of Israel, and this revelation is stirring the minds of many. To understand these moons, one should read The SIGN OF JONAS, which proves these blood moons are of the sign of the Son of man . . . they about Jesus and his return at the end of this age of history. NASA revealed the birth sign of the little horn 92
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    A FULL LUNARECLIPSE occurs when the Earth gets between the Moon and Sun A lunar eclipse is somewhat rare, happening on average one time per year At full eclipse the moon turns red in color, this strange effect due to atmospheric bending of light, the same effect which causes morning and evening skies to turn red. (for more information go to: www.thesignofjonas.com) 93
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    ARE TETRAD MOONSSIGNS ? A TETRAD is a rare occurrence of four lunar eclipses within two years. Of the fifty-six since the crucifixion, eight are highly peculiar in that these eclipses fall on major Jewish holidays forming a pattern attesting to the PREEMINENCE OF JESUS. In addition, the 5th, 6th, and 7th tetrads are sign posts marking three monumental events of the Jews’ return to Israel. Since the time of the gentiles is fulfilled, the eighth tetrad, begun April 15th, 2014, might very likely herald the Seventieth Week of Daniel. In the midst of these seven years occurs the Abomination of Desolation, and on this day Daniel says an hour glass will start to count down the 1290 days till Jesus returns in power and great glory. 94
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    THE BLOOD MOONTETRADS Depicted by the vertical green bars are 56 tetrads since the crucifixion, the eight tall ones being historical signposts, 1-4 the scattering of the Jews, and 5, 6, & 7 markers signifying monumental events concerning Israel. Tetrad 5 (1493-94) exactly marks the discovery of the New World and birth of the little horn, the nation God prepared to protect the Jews in their journey back home. Tetrads 6-7 exactly mark the re-birth of Israel in 1948 and the taking of Jerusalem in 1967, in anticipation of rebuilding the temple for the Messiah to return to take his throne. Tetrad 8 began in 2014. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Temple Destroyed 70 AD Israel erased 136 AD 1948 1967 The times of the Gentiles fulfilled - Israel rebornDISCOVERY of the New World In 1493 95
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    The sign ofthe Ancient of Days Two days before the crucifixion, Jesus provided clues to show his mysterious sign would appear in the heavens before he returns. Two days later strange things began to happen that were truly signs from God: there was a strange noon time darkness, and at his death an earthquake, the rocks splitting, and a renting of the temple veil, and then in the evening there was a final soul shocking event, it was a lunar eclipse. One can read of this in the Sign of Jonas. 96
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    Z Joel 2:31 saysthe moon is as blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord. On April 3rd, 33 AD there was a blood moon at the beginning of Passover that rose above Olivet in the east, as Jesus stated, as Amos prophesied, and as Peter testified of in Acts 2:19-22. The Ancient of Days planned this in the beginning, so the world would know this was the sign of his coming at the end time . . . the sign of the Son of man. the Sign of his coming 97
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    7 After thisI saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. 8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. Dreams are given when we sleep, and visions upon awakening. Daniel was often awakened to behold vivid presentations of future kingdoms, and be told to write down all that he heard and saw. Daniel 7:7-8 describes the Beast, the final empire of Satan. It is of the father empire, Rome (7:7) that gives birth to a son, the Little Horn (7:8). The information Daniel provided was meant for the final generation to recognize the little horn, and it fits America as well as if it were Cinderella’s Slipper. The Cinderella Slipper 99
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    THE FIRST NEWWORLD SETTLEMENTS Quebec 1608 Jamestown 1607 Veracruz 1519 England France Spain 101
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    THREE PLUCKED UPBY THE ROOTS Daniel wrote key descriptive words to explain his visions. In Daniel 7:8 we read: I considered the horns and behold there came up among them another little horn, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and, behold in the this horn were eyes like those of a man, and a mouth speaking great things. History shows the thirteen original American Colonies were born from out of their mother horn England (7:4 a lion with wings) By 1750, Spain, Great Britain, and France, three of the provinces of Rome, expanded their territories into the New World, colonizing and dividing up the North American Continent, as the map on the left shows. Why did Daniel use a term as the little horn? He had seen it born and then mature into a great world empire, and thus by maps we will visualize what Daniel saw. The term ‘little’ is by definition a relative comparison between sizes of objects, and in this map the American colonies are smaller than the others that belong to Spain, Great Britain, and France.North American Land Holdings 1750 Spain, France, and Great Britain 102
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    FRANCE - TheFirst Uprooted Horn In the year 1753, on a mountain top south of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, a shot was fired that was heard around the world. The order to fire was given by a young inexperienced lieutenant in his first command against the enemy. He was George Washington and his actions triggered the bloody French and Indian War in North America, called the Seven Years War in Europe spreading to four continents, the first global war in history. Washington at Jumonville Glenn The war concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 between France and Great Britain. This ended all French control in North America, and the root France planted in 1608 was now uprooted, just as Daniel saw in his vision of end time world history. Oddly enough, the deciding battle to defeat France was at Quebec, and exactly where the root had been planted was from where it was uprooted . . . this perfection in Daniel’s prophecy yet causes this writer to tremble. 103
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    Destiny was uponAmerica Two hours into the bloodiest battle of the French and Indian War, General Braddock and his ninety British officers were killed or wounded. His army was about to be massacred, save for a Virginian lieutenant that took command and managed to direct fire to provide for a strategic retreat. That day this soldier earned a reputation for courage, gained stature, and learned a valuable lesson in tactics, and by his account said he sensed a presence had been with him. As Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Cyrus, and Alexander so experienced, the Most High is in command and gives kingdoms of men to whomsoever he wills and plucks nations up by the roots when he so chooses (these truths found in Daniel 4:30-32, 2-Chronicles 7:20). When the enemy saw this lone officer assume command, he became the target of their intense fire. Even though two horses were shot from under him and though his vesture had four bullet holes, he remained unscathed. After the wars end, an Indian chief met with George Washington to tell him this, “after missing you thirteen times from close range, I stopped shooting at you, and so did the others, for we realized you were a man that could not be killed. Washington told this to his brother weeks later and in his later years spoke of his destiny, saying he knew he had been spared for a great purpose. The Battle of the Monongahela 104
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    The little hornassuming its destiny As we next look at the changed North American map of 1763, the American colonies on the eastern shores of North America are even more dwarfed by the English and Spanish areas of control. Interestingly, the thirteen original colonies are in the shape of a horn, and perhaps another reason Daniel used the term little horn. In a very few years this new nation would quickly expand and become stout after further conflicts with Great Britain and Spain, as it sought to fulfill its divine destiny. North America after the Treaty of Paris 105
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    GREAT BRITAIN -The Second Uprooted Horn On April 19, 1775 a second shot was heard around the world, this time after Paul Revere made his infamous midnight ride to warn the colonists the British were Coming. That day an untrained American militia chose to attack the most powerful military on earth, and thus began the American War for Independence. Six years later a now battle hardened and ingenious George Washington fulfilled his destiny, winning a decisive victory over Cornwallis at Yorktown. In London, King George was said to tremble and consider abdication, rather than admit the war with Little America was lost, just as Daniel had seen. Just a few miles west of Yorktown was Jamestown, and exactly from where the second root was planted was from where it too was uprooted. Surrender of the British at Yorktown The militia attacking at Lexington Green 106
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    SPAIN - TheThird Uprooted Horn (The Mexican and Spanish Conflicts) In an insatiable thirst to satisfy the greatest influx of immigrants in world history, America fought to acquire lands east of the Mississippi. In 1803 France sold her vast holdings to the west, lest they be taken, and Spain relinquished Florida to prevent war. After annexing Texas, President Polk made Santa Ana an offer he should not have refused: America would buy the southwest and forgive Mexico of all monetary claims held by Texas. Santa Ana declined, and in 1846 America declared war again, this time against the child of Spain. The American landing at Veracruz The final campaign began in March, 1847. General Winfield Scott and 12,000 troops sailed to Veracruz on a great American armada under Admirals Connor and Perry. There the battle hardened Mexican army fell to the withering pounding of heavy American artillery. General Scott entered the capital city to accept surrender of President Antonio López de Santa Ana. The deciding battle of this conquest was once again as Daniel had foreseen: a third nation from the old Roman empire uprooted from where it had planted itself, this time at Veracruz. How shaking and thunderous mighty is the word of God! 107
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    BECOMING STOUT ANDEXCEEDINGLY STRONG Daniel saw the little horn become more stout (chief, master, fatter) than its fellows and exceedingly stronger: America fits this description. She initiated the Mexican War so to take the southwest to reach the Pacific, but while fighting this war began pushing for war again against Great Britain to acquire the entire North American west coast to Alaska. The British wisely relinquished all claims to the Oregon territories to halt the American conquest at the 49th parallel. America would next in 1853 make the Gadsden Purchase from Mexico, and in 1867 buy Alaska to prevent the British taking it from Russia during the Crimean War. The purchase price: seven million dollars, two cents an acre, and not a cry was made from Britain to contest the now stout and exceeding strong America. 49th parallel 108
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    Stomping on itsprey Daniel saw the little horn devour and break into pieces its prey, and afterwards stomp on that left remaining. Here again America perfectly fits Daniel’s description. After forcibly taking France’s vast holdings east of the Mississippi river, she made the greatest land deal in history . . . buying the Louisiana territory for less than 3 cents an acre. In 1812 America then declared war a second time again Britain to end its economic boycott and to prove America’s military and naval prowess against Britain or any other adversary. The American navy, though one tenth the size, stomped its enemy. No British warship proved a match against the newly built USS frigates: the Constitution, the Constellation, the United States, the President, the Congress, and the Chesapeake. Even smaller vessels, manned by well-drilled spirited Yankee crews, outfought and outgunned the British. In total, America captured 1700 British vessels and ended the Royal Navy’s supremacy of the seas. Thirty years later, America stomped on that left remaining, exerting power again over Great Britain to take Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii. The USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) defeats revered HMS Guerriere 109
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    THE SPANISH AMERICANWAR In the late 1800’s, expansionists as Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt, wanted America to become a world power by expanding its military around the globe. Their ambitious policies were furthered after Spain made a sincere request to America to give calm after a recent Cuban insurgency, asking the United States to send a battleship to Havana that would protect American interests and provide for stability. In February 1898, the battleship USS Maine was sent to Cuba. Strangely, the ship blew up in Havana’s harbor, and American newspapers used an expansionist propaganda line to blame Spain. America then declared war and in four months defeated the Spanish Empire which had lasted for 400 years. In the prophetic vision of history which Daniel foresaw, the last of three nations was uprooted, and America took possession of Cuba, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. America had now achieved world empire status, and after the two world wars to follow became Daniel’s final word empire awaiting an emperor. Rough Riders Storming San Juan Hill 110
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    To rightly comprehendthe book of Revelation, one must first read Daniel. The book of Daniel is the foundation for understanding of the end times, and why Jesus stressed his own to read it (Matthew 24:15). As to the uprooting of the three nations, theologians have assumed this will happen in the seventieth week and that the uprooted will cease to exist. Daniel, however, never inferred these particular events began in the final seven years and nor did he state the three uprooted nations would cease to exist. History, however, attests 250 years ago America began the uprooting of France, Great Britain, and Spain, and most notably, they yet remain allies today. In chapters 13 and 17 of Revelation, the ten horns of the beast are seen with crowns, this signifying all ten horns not only remain but become crowns worn on the head of the blasphemous antichrist that declares he is Christ and demands to be worshipped. This crown he wears for “one hour”, for three and one-half years of great tribulation that will end when the smiting stone comes (Read Daniel 2:34-35, Revelation 13:1; 17:12). The books of Daniel and Revelation and history paint a perfect portrait of America, the up- rooter, the little horn from whence emerges the evil one. A Perfect Portrait 111
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    CHAPTER SEVEN The DNAof the Little Horn 112
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    emigration to theUnited States Most of the early settlers between the years 1600 - 1800 came from Western Europe, descended from lands of the broken legs of the Roman Empire, lands such as England, Wales, Scotland, Netherlands, and Germany, and with them a forgotten heritage of slavery. In the 1800’s began a massive influx of peoples from every nation on earth, and by the year 1900 one million each year were being processed legally through the immigration lines to become American citizens. 1900 immigration source data they entered the melting pot 113
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    The Melting Potof Diversity The angel of the Lord three times used one word to identity the Little Horn: it being diverse from all nations: Thus he said, the fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces (see Daniel 7:7,19,23) America became a melting pot for tens of millions of ethnic peoples that renounced their homeland to become a new people: these were Africans, Asians, Europeans, Canadians, Chinese, English, French, Dutch, Germans, Spaniards, Swedes, Finns, Irish, Scots, Italians, Jews, Mexicans, Syrians, Egyptians, Arabs, Indians, Poles, Spaniards, Russians, Japanese, Norwegians, and of every other nation. America alone holds the title of being diverse, this proof that only she can be the Little Horn of Daniel. 114
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    Her diversity madeher stout The founding fathers knew America was derived from broken peoples of every ethnicity, color, and trade, they the oppressed who in a spirit of freedom joined together and were proud to be called Americans. So that none should forget, the fathers wrote in the language of Rome (Latin), the phrase E-Pluribus Unum on the Great Seal of the United States, and on the seals of the President, Vice President, Congress, Senate, House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court, and on the coinage of the people. from out of many one 115
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    Colonial America began withthirteen colonies The little horn, in evolving to become the leader of the revived Roman empire, should have naturally inherited its genetic likenesses. If America is the little horn, she should possess a like size, the architecture, government, authority, military, symbols, and even the immoralities passed on down from her father. As we begin to look at these likenesses, it is remarkable to realize Rome did at the zenith of her power have thirteen (13) provinces and that America was born from out of thirteen colonies, but she would quickly become ever larger than her great ancestor. 116
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    the eagle symbolized thePower and Glory of Rome Daniel saw the little horn to have not only been descended from the broken Roman Empire but to have been the revival of it, and thus one of the genetic likenesses he would have seen would be of their like symbols. There is much truth in the phrase like father like son, and are not the symbol of Rome and the seal of the United States strikingly similar? 117
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    The American Eagleis a bird of fearsome beauty and of proud independence and that will tear apart its prey before devouring them. It has long symbolized the strength and freedom and history of America, and exemplifies a boundless spirit that soars above the valleys. It became the symbol of freedom and of thought and of opportunity to the world, and it fittingly exemplifies that which Daniel had seen in the little horn. America’s great ambassador, Benjamin Franklin, once almost persuaded congress to make the turkey America’s national symbol, but he failed on account of divine destiny: At the start of the Revolutionary War, there was witnessed a strange event in the early morning hours as the Continental Army was engaged in a fierce battle. Booming cannons had caused the eagles on the mountain top above to sail down from their nests and encircle the American soldiers on the battlefield below. Their shrieks soon caused the Yankee battle cry to become they’re shrieking for freedom. General Washington witnessed this event and so revered it that, in spite of those wanting the turkey to be the symbol of freedom, used his executive authority and ordered the bald eagle to become our national symbol. FAR MORE THAN JUST COINCIDENCE 118
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    The native AmericanIndians revered the Bald Eagle to be a symbol conveying great power. It is a species known only to North America and aptly fits Daniel’s description of the little horn. He said the beast would break in pieces its prey with its great iron teeth (the American military), and that these teeth were as iron and its nails were as brass (analogous to the beak and feet of the eagle whose colors are those of brass and iron). Edwin Way Teale aptly wrote of this "Bird of Freedom”: Above all other birds, the soaring eagle, with its size and weight, gives the most abiding impression of power and purpose in the air. It advances solidly like a great ship cleaving the swells and thrusting aside the smaller waves. It sails where lesser birds cannot, and will expand its territories to lands having ample food supplies ( this eagle was prophesied of in Deuteronomy 28: 49-51). With teeth of Iron and Brass 119
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    Rome had amilitary unequaled and America was made from the same mold 120
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    LIKE GOVERNMENT ANDARCHITECTURE Rome began as a strong Republic, as did the United States. Rome had a Senate and a lower house of representatives, as the United States. What is most striking is the similarity of governmental architecture so prevalent in America today. The Romanesque style dominates the architecture in Washington, DC and became the prevalent style for many state capitals and county seats throughout America. 121
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    GOD MADE AMERICAEXCEPTIONAL There is ample reason to believe God prepared, guided, and blessed America to become a mighty nation, a great republic, and the world’s bastion of freedom and liberty. Washington, Lincoln, Bartholdi, Howe, and Patton were some that sensed this destiny upon them, and history proved America was made to be exceptional, for she alone was the ultimate power determining the outcome of two world wars in the 20th century; it was because of America that the Jews were able to go back home. 122
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    There was anoise, and behold a shaking So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to bone . . . Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off! Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. (Ezekiel 37:7, 11-13). Ezekiel was shown in a vision how Israel was to be restored in the last days: there was to be a noise, and then a shaking to cause the dry bones to come together again. History shows it was the two world wars which ultimately forced the Jews back home for survival, and America was the instrument God used to get this done, through destined men such as General George Patton. 123
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    The rebirth ofIsrael fulfilled Gods word On May 14, 1948, a modern day miracle was seen by the entire world. Never before in history had such an event ever occurred: a nation to die and come back to life and have its people return home from all parts of the earth. After 2000 years of non-existence, Israel declared herself once more a sovereign state, and eleven minutes later President Harry Truman acknowledged the reborn State of Israel. For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all countries and I will bring you into your own land (Ezekiel 36:24). 124
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    Exodus 19:4 saysYe have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. In 1972 Israel was about to be defeated by Syrian and Egyptian forces, for she was now down to one day of munitions, and every nation, including America, was refusing to help. Prime Minister Golda Meir, now expecting the worst, began to carry suicide pills in her apron pocket. In final desperation, she made a 3:00 AM call to wake the President, one who personally hated the Jews and refused the urging of his advisors to help them. Then came a bedside call in the middle of the night, a night of his destiny. As Meir began to talk, the President strangely heard the distinct voice of his mother repeating what she told him as a boy: one day you will be in a powerful position, and if the situation arises to help Israel, then you must, and he promised he would. Then he next heard the pleas of Golda Meir, and at that very moment Richard Nixon authorized the resupply of Israel using the fleet of America’s brand new C5A’s having the largest air cargo holds in the world, ones born by eagles’ wings. Meir would speak of this great miracle: when massive planes came at the last possible moment to save Israel from the Egyptians (read again Exodus 19:4 above). A NIGHT OF DESTINY 125 born by wings of eagles
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    Deuteronomy 28:49-52: TheLORD shall bring a nation against Israel from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue it will not understand; a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: And it shall eat the fruit of thy cattle and land, until Israel be destroyed: leaving no corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of cattle or sheep, until he has destroyed thee. 52 He shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high fenced walls come down in which thou had trusted. In looking at this map, only America fits this description of a powerful nation swift as an eagle coming from afar. AMERICA WILL TURN AGAINST SRAEL 126
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    AMERICA IS UNDERJUDGMENT God gave a solemn warning to his people to not follow a multitude to do evil: slay not the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked (Exodus 23:2, 7). For those that would do such, God placed a fearsome judgment upon them: Cursed be he that takes a reward to slay an innocent person (Deuteronomy 27:25). The killing of the innocents has long been a religious practice of the satanic occult. Manasseh, the first king of Judah, following the split up of Israel, not only let witches, soothsayers, spiritualists, and mediums enter Jerusalem but he approved their shedding of the blood of children, even that of his own son. The Lord thus doomed the nation by appointing over them four kinds of judgment: the sword to slay, the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy (Jeremiah 2:34; 15:1-4). After the American Republic approved the shedding of innocent blood, she became cursed by God . . . and she is now divided, being transformed by a leader that is bringing evil upon the land just as did the evil Manasseh. 127
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    It long remaineda mystery to what Jesus meant when he spoke the following in Matthew 24:27-28, this concerning the tribulation of the end days: As the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For whereever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. As discussed in Slides 79-80, Babylon is the lightening that moved from the east to shine in the west, and thus no mystery when America gets pictured as Daniel’s little horn. The prophetic words of Jesus become very clear: America’s eagles create the carcasses during the great tribulation. 128
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    this but HisWarning to come Revelation 18:1-2 tells of future Babylon being initially attacked and then shows Babylon (18:9-19) being totally destroyed. The Twin Towers that crashed down in flames in one hour was but a precursor of far worse judgment to come, this because America, once a great ethical nation, changed into one which made all nations drunk with the wine of her fornication. Her pornography, homosexuality, adultery, abortion, sexual abuse of children, murder and other grievous sins could not go unnoticed, and thus why God’s blessings and protection upon America is come to an end. And after these things I saw another angel come down from the heaven (the sky), having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen (tower-1), is fallen (tower-2), and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit (fuel tanks), and a cage (passenger compartments) of every unclean and hateful bird (terrorists). 129
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    I saw itlifted up from the earth 131
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    ANCIENT BABYLON 132 in Daniel’stime and her remains today Read the following words of Jeremiah that foretold Babylon would become totally desolate and the great voice (the future voice of the little horn in Daniel 7:8) would be removed: Because the Lord had spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice . . . because the spoiler is come upon her . . . and I will make drunk her princes and wise men, her rulers and mighty men . . . the broad walls of Babylon should be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire . . . to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man or beast, but that it shall be desolate forever (Jeremiah 51: 55, 57, 58,62)
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    The Scripture teachesthe “more stout”, the superpower empire in Daniel’s vision will head the Revived Roman Empire. Its greatest City, is described in Revelation 18: 9-19 to be totally destroyed in the great tribulation: ‘Alas, alas that great city Babylon, For in one hour is thy judgment come’ As the empires moved west, so did Babylon . . . and not just spiritually but literally. What city today can better fit this biblical description: Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! For in one hour is she made desolate. Revelation 18:19 asks one to consider What city is like unto this great city? The answer is Manhattan, a 34 trillion dollar island the same size and likes of ancient Babylon, it home to the United Nations, Wall Street, and the world’s financial system. There are also other fingerprints to show this richest piece of real estate on earth is absolutely the reborn city of Babylon. THE END TIME BABYLON 133
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    A portrait offuture Babylon Daniel saw each successive empire inherit characteristics of the previous, thus a likeness of Babylon should be found in the little horn. Daniel saw the little horn having great iron teeth that broke its prey into pieces (7:7), and from this horn one to arise that had a great voice, the same great voice Jeremiah said was in ancient Babylon (Jeremiah 51:55). In Revelation (17:4-7, 18:17) John saw the city of Babylon revived, situated by the sea, having past riches and glory and habitation of devils, the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird, and drunk with the blood of the saints and martyrs. If America is the little horn, then Babylon must be her great city, and there should be conclusive evidence in both Scripture and history that attests to such. Let us now consider Daniel 7:4, for in this one verse is painted a perfect picture of the little horn and of something awesome standing in future Babylon. The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. 134
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    It was likea lion with eagle’s wings, and later the wings were plucked 135
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    The mystery ofDaniel 7:4 In speaking of the last four empires, Daniel (7:4) speaks of the Babylon of his time, a lion with wings, and then in the same verse the future Babylon, it of an empire of an eagle plucked from the lion. In defining this later empire he describes something in his vision which has remained an unanswered riddle to theologians for 2600 years: an object lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon the feet as a man, and given a heart. If one closely studies this verse, they will see Daniel gave three (3) clues to discern what he saw: the first being something lifted up above the ground, the second being something that stands, and the third being something that seems to have greatly puzzled him . . . for in his vision he was looking upon something which seemed to be feminine in nature but was made to stand upon the feet as a man, and it was given a heart. Concerning Daniel’s visions of the end times, he was told (in 12:9) to write them down and go his way, for they would remain sealed until the time of the end. So what was it Daniel saw lifted up to stand as a man and given a heart? 136
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    great iron teethand a tender heart Daniel saw Babylon transform, a lion with eagle wings that got plucked (7:4). History shows Great Britain, a lion, was plucked up by her child America, the eagle. Daniel also shows America was given (by God) a heart. The English translation of “heart” comes from the Hebrew word “leb-ab”, an expression meaning a tender heart, a word unique to the book of Daniel. The correct translation of verse 7:4 should read a nation given a tender heart (See words 3824-3825 in Strong’s Concordance). What can be a more perfect picture of America than Daniel‘s symbolic description of the little horn that came from the feet and toes made of iron and clay: the toes of iron that gave her the great military to rip apart her enemies, and the toes of clay that gave her a tender heart to defend the weak and restore her past enemies? America is unique, an exception from any nation in history, the only nation to wield great power and yet be governed by a tender heart. 137
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    The Battle Hymnof the Republic 138
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    A STAND FORRIGHTEOUSNESS On November 18, 1861 a young American poet, Julia Ward Howe, was awakened in her hotel room in the early morning hours to see a vision . . . it of long lines of poetry being entwined in her mind. She was impressed to not forget the words, and so literally jumped from bed to find a stump of a pen and quickly scrawl them down on the back side of some old stationery. Though she knew not what she wrote down, she remembered telling herself the words seemed far beyond her own imagination. Upon awakening, she could not remember a single word, but there next to her bed was an old sheet of paper with six stanzas written in her neat but uneven hand. The first began with Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. As she read the words they seemed to literally unspool on the paper as if the vision was ongoing, a vision of biblical and apocalyptic imagery and import of a great ongoing battle for the hearts of men. Its most moving lines compared the sacrifices of those borne for the sake of preserving the union and abolishing slavery to that of the crucifixion of Christ: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free. Howe’s words were entwined in The Battle Hymn of the Republic and they caused Abraham Lincoln and his own to stand fast through the end. As it was then, the republic is so now, and we that are living are about to see the glory of the coming of the Lord and are being called to stand fast upon his righteousness. 139
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    Daniel had seena battle for righteousness The scriptures reveal God rules in the kingdoms of men, and that righteousness will exalt a nation, and where there is the Spirit of the Lord there is liberty (Daniel 4:25, Proverbs 14:34, 2-Corinthians 3:17). These truths speak of America, a nation made by God to be the bastion of freedom for the world. One of her great symbols, Lady Liberty, was a gift from the people of France, dedicated on October 28, 1886. On Bedloe’s island she stands before the NY skyline, lifted above the earth on a pedestal, holding high a light for the world to see, the symbol of righteousness and freedom. 140
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    I saw itlifted up from the earth Auguste Bartholdi lived in France since his birth in 1834, but his life was captivated by the American Republic and its offer of freedom to the world. Lincoln’s death greatly affected him, and he was soon given a vision to honor America by building a statue to commemorate the 100th anniversary of her Declaration of Independence. In her left hand he placed a tablet inscribed with the date July 4, 1776 and he lifted up in her right hand an eternal light of freedom. If one were to consider Daniel’s vision of the little horn being America, and then envision what he saw lifted up from the earth to stand, Daniel had to be looking at Lady Liberty.lifted up from the earth (7:4) 141
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    made to standupon the feet One should not forget Jesus told his own to read what Daniel the prophet said concerning the final days. Daniel said she was made to stand upon the feet, and Lady Liberty is not only standing, but leaning in a strong forward posture. In ancient Babylon, Daniel was made to stand and hold high his light in the face of evil, as did Gideon’s men before him. In his vision of future Babylon, Daniel did not see a statue of evil, but one that found the tender heart of God and was made strong, one that could not even be killed if tossed into a den of lions. 142
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    to stand asa man Bartholdi was only two when his father died, and so he was raised by his godly mother, the reason historians think Bartholdi gave to Lady Liberty his mother’s face. If this is true, then he did his mother injustice, for the intriguing face of Lady Liberty seems to have feminine and masculine features, a face that seems to more fit a description given in Daniel 7:4, one (of a woman) made to stand as a man. We shall see that Bartholdi’s vision had much to do about the Lord and his coming, but that aside for now, since Bartholdi’s was caused to sculpture such a stoic and intriguing face, one might ask, if not his mother, whom then did he use for the model? 143
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    Bartholdi’ models wereof two faces he knew well . . . his mother’s and his own. His vision was to erect a monument testifying of those set free by the spirit of liberty, and why he placed the broken chain of slavery at her feet. Daniel 4:35 states God rules in the hearts of men, and the vision given to Bartholdi was that of God’s permissive will. The Lady of Liberty symbolizes those whom Daniel described in 12:6-10, these the ones that will stand for the Lord in the last days, they of the many that shall be purified, made white, and tested against the faces of evil until the time their redeemer comes for them in glory. Auguste Bartholdi Lady Liberty Charlotte Bartholdi Without a vision the people perish 144
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    This chain ofbondage was to break This chain of bondage was one that brought judgment upon America. In1782, her Constitution declared God created all men as equal, but there yet remained within her an evil that needed to be cleansed from the land. Not till the revival which preceded America’s Civil War (see the Sign of Jonas) were her people given tender hearts and the conviction to stand as men and give their lives to break the binding chains of slavery. America is now more in bondage than ever before, and Daniel 7:4 is literally reaching out to America to turn back to the Lord and stand for righteousness. 145
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    Saddam Hussein picturedBabylon 147 In the 1980’s the proud dictator in Iraq, Saddam Hussein, not knowing he was about to defy God, began to rebuild the ancient city of Babylon and become like its great king Nebuchadnezzar. Though he boasted “Babylon’s great palaces and legendary hanging gardens would rise from the dust,” all he managed to build in old Babylon was a not so magnificent summer palace and a small desert community that ultimately were occupied by the American military which defeated him. Saddam needed to have been reminded of the fearsome things God did to Nebuchadnezzar and of the prophecies of Jeremiah-51 which said ancient Babylon shall sink into the Euphrates to never rise but remain desolate forever. If Saddam had known this, he might have come to repentance, as did Nebuchadnezzar, and thus been spared being hung by the neck until dead. There was something, however, which God had permitted Saddam to accomplished, this being the restoration of an old archeological ruin located a hundred miles to the south, far from the rubble of ancient Babylon. Saddam funded the restoration of the Ziggurat of Ur to its past likeness, this accomplished from knowledge gained through recovered cuneiform tablets and other historical documents. This ziggurat was a structure similar to Nimrods’ tower of Babel, and “twin sister” to the tower of Baal in Babylon. If Manhattan is the revived city of Babylon, one might well expect to see there the “sister of Ur.”
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    ZIGGURATS Four hundred yearsbefore the Egyptians built the great pyramids at Giza (circa 2550 BC) Sumerians were building ziggurats. These multi story structures were for the worshipping of idols, they having temples sitting atop the platforms. Ziggurats were native to Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, the place in Genesis where was the tower of Babel, and the also the land of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham situated very near to Babylon. Ziggurats were tiered structures made from brick, the brick composed of mud and reeds covered with glaze and baked. The bricks would decay and require restoration, and each time the structure got taller. The tallest ever was the thirty story tower of Baal in Babylon, and this wonder’s last restoration was done by King Nebuchadnezzar in 600 BC. Sixty years later Cyrus entered Babylon and caused the priests of Baal to flee, and two hundred years later Alexander found the tower deteriorated and ordered it demolished. The glorious age of Babylon ended with the end of its towering Ziggurats, and Babylon and its walls in the centuries thereafter were left to turn into rubble, as prophesied in Jeremiah 51:37. Thereafter, masonry stone/brick was used to build structures with inner rooms, but because of weight bearing limits, all the skylines of the world’s cities were low. Not till the late nineteenth century would the use of iron permit the building of tall towers to be revived. 148
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    The Ziggurat ofUR The photograph on the left (circa 1930) was taken after the excavation of the 3-tier Ziggurat of Ur (circa 2100 BC), one from which the later tower in Babylon was modeled. The ziggurat of Ur was situated not far from Babylon, and the photograph on the right shows a partial restoration done by Saddam Hussein in the 1980’s. In his vanity he though he could restore ancient Babylon, but Jeremiah 51:37-64 said this was not to happen here. Still, the restoration was archeologically sound and a good example of the 7-tier structure of Baal that had been in Babylon. 149
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    The Tower ofBabylon According to ancient cuneiform tablets uncovered from Babylonian archeological sites, the ziggurat of Babylon stood 300 feet high and had thirty foot wide stair cases leading to seven platforms, the temple being the top level. From the detailed descriptions and uncovered remains of the Ziggurat of Ur, the Tower of Babylon would closely have appeared as in the drawing above. 150
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    The first skyscrapper in modern history was built in America in the mid 1880’s. The great American architect, George A. Fuller, solved the problem of supporting tall buildings through the innovative use of a framework of exceedingly strong iron beams, called steel. NYC building restrictions soon relaxed and Manhattan’s skyline changed dramatically. The Empire State Building was erected in just fourteen months, requiring a shell of ten million bricks to cover it. The Sky Scrappers of Manhattan The city of the money changers 151
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    Far more thanmere coincidence Daniel foresaw future Babylonian as one with eagle wings and of a woman lifted up, and John saw Babylon sitting on the sea coast resurrected and drunk with the blood of the saints and having all its past riches and abominations. New York’s Manhattan is by the sea, more glorious that any city on earth and with like riches of Babylon and a tower identical to the tower of Baal. She even sits on an island of like size, and is the only world city that fits Cinderella’s slipper . . . more astounding evidence that America is the little horn. the Empire State Building the tower of Baal in Babylon 152
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    the symbol ofdiversityWelcome to Babylon 153
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    A MOUTH SPEAKINGGREAT THINGS Twenty years after her founding, the little America had grown immensely in size, power, and stature and now projected its resolve into world affairs. In 1801 President Jefferson sent a naval squadron of marines to defeat the Tripoli Pirates; in 1812 President Madison declared war on Great Britain because of her bullish naval supremacy; and in 1823 President Monroe threatened war against all Europe if it did not submit to American demands of no further intervention into the Americas, and the kings of Europe bowed to the President. Since its inception the Office of the American President was recognized as the most powerful and influential position on earth, without exception . . . he is the mouth speaking very great things, whose look is more stout than his fellows. Europe submitted to the American President the Monroe Doctrine 155
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    THE SYMBOL OFTHE PRESIDENT Since 1801, the White House, the oldest structure in Washington, has served as official residence and executive office of the President of the United States and has been the symbol of every American President. Construction began in 1791 under the direct oversight of George Washington, and its first resident was John Quincy Adams. It was referred to as the Presidential Executive Office Building, and also the Presidential Palace, and as destiny will prove, the residence and office of the antichrist. One hundred years after John Quincy Adams took office, Theodore Roosevelt, the first of a line of progressive presidents, began the gradual change to transform the American Republic into a socialist state, boasting he “a steward of the people that took whatever action necessary. I did not usurp power, but I greatly broaden the use of executive power.” This he did openly by ordering stringent actions against American capitalists, and also something very subtle and strange: With no reason given, he renamed the executive office building by personally having the inscription "White House – Washington" engraved on the official executive stationery immediately after becoming President in 1901. 156
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    The White Horseof Apocalypse And I saw and behold, a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow, and a crown was given unto him, and he went forth conquering, and to conquer (Revelation 6:2). The only man in the world that can fit the “cinderalla slipper” of Daniel and John is the President of the United States. Daniel said he was a man who would speak great words and seek to change the times and the laws. If America is the little horn, then the White House is the White Horse of the Apocalypse. It will be as the prophets John and Daniel had seen, one speaking great words that rides a white horse, he is the President of the United States riding the White House of the Apocalypse. 157
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    The Seat ofSatan When Cyrus conquered Babylon in 550 BC, many occultist priests and worshippers of Baal fled to Pergamon, this located in western Turkey today. Later, the Greeks built there a Temple of Athena and the Altar of Zeus at where the occult worshipped. Lastly, the Romans erected in Pergamon a temple to worship emperors Trajan and Hadrian. In 136 AD Hadrian’s twelve legions crushed the last Jewish revolt, and this resulted in a genocide as in 70 AD and the complete depopulation of Judea (called the Diaspora). At the Zeus altar Christians were sacrificed, as was the faithful Antipas in 92 AD. Jesus told of this to John, in Revelation 2:13, and stated this is where the seat of Satan is and where he dwells. Jesus had a future purpose to have said such, for over the next several centuries Pergamon and its temples, as did happen to Babylon, went to ruin. In 1878 German archeologists, however, excavated the altar of Zeus and its friezes of the gods, and transported them to Germany to reassemble them in the Berlin museum. 158 the Altar of Zeus
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    From Pergamon toBerlin In 1930 a Nazi climbed the stairs of the Zeus Altar which had been sitting in the Berlin Museum the past forty years, and as he looked down its steps he suddenly got a strange feeling of power. This man was Albert Speer who was in charge of architecture for the Third Reich. Without knowing the past history or original purpose of the old altar, he adapted its design into a new Nazi monument that later served Hitler’s rise to absolute power. Hitler used this monument, the seat of Satan, as his backdrop to incite the Nazis to exterminate not only 6,000,000 Jews but millions of Christians as well. 159
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    From Berlin toDenver In August 2008 Barack Hussein Obama received the nomination for President of the United States, this at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. There he gave an acceptance speech at a huge rally, standing at a podium with an imposing Altar of Zeus behind as did Hitler 75 years before. History shows a westward movement of the empires in the direction of the pleasant land Daniel pointed to, and Satan’s seat followed, moving from Babylon to Pergamon to Germany, and finally America, the nation at the end of the western road. Since 2008, there has been no subtlety to hide a quick transformation of America into the Beast. The writing is on the wall for the saints to prepare to stand in the Lord, for great tribulation must soon follow. 160
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    This writer hasconfirmed an exegesis published on the internet to be sound: Isaiah 14:14 quotes Satan as saying “I will ascend from the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. Luke 10:18 records Jesus saying “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven”. If these English verses are pronounced today in Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus and Isaiah, they become electrifying. The Hebrew word for lightning (#1299 in Strong’s Concordance) is pronounced barak, and the word for heights (#1116-SC), meaning a high place such as heaven, is pronounced bamah. A commonly used Hebrew conjunction for poetically connecting phrases is “wau”, pronounced as the letter “O”. If Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith were to pronounce these three words today, they would sound out in Aramaic as “barak-O-bamah”. It appears Jesus revealed to us, the final generation, the very name of the evil one. DID JESUS REVEAL THE EVIL ONE ? 161
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    Many signs areprovided in scripture to cause a final generation to realize they will see the return of Jesus. 162
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    The Sign ofInternational Satellite Communications • Only recently has revolutionary technology been perfected to provide the capability to broadcast an “Image of the Beast” to all the peoples of the world simultaneously (Revelation 13:14-15). • All the world’s nations will also be able to see the two witnesses of Christ which are slain and left to remain on the streets, but after three-and-one-half days come back to life gain . . . and all in the world shall see and fear (Revelation 11: 9-11). • Jesus also said we would hear of wars and of rumors of wars and of famines, pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse locations (Matthew 24:6-8). THE REQUIRED TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS WAS DEVELOPED IN AMERICA 163
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    THE SIGN OFTHE GENTILES FULFILLED When Jerusalem fell to Babylon, rule by the line of David ceased and governmental authority was given over to gentile rule. Six hundred years later Rome slaughtered millions, but those who survived fled the sword of the treacherous Roman beast. Since then the nation Israel, which God promised to last forever, existed as a people without a land. In light of this fact, Jesus made a prophecy to signify the time of his return, his words found in Luke 21:24, 32. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled . . . Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled. From 70-136 AD the first half of this prophecy was fulfilled. Eighteen centuries later, in 1948, Israel was miraculously reborn, it the only nation to ever die and come back to life. This rebirth of Israel was a picture of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, their Messiah! Then in June 1967, as a result of the Six Day War, all of Jerusalem, including the temple mount, came under the control of the Jews for the first time in 2500 years. The second half of the prophecy of Jesus was now fulfilled, and since we are the generation to witness this exciting fulfillment of prophecy, according to Jesus we are the same generation to see the return of the Son of David to be crowned! Daniel’s Seventieth week, the last seven years to transpire before the return of Jesus, is about to be fulfilled. 164
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    The Mark ofthe Beast And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six (666). One might ask what has this got to do with America? 165
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    BAR CODE DEVELOPMENT Thebarcode system was developed by IBM and first used in 1974 on a pack of Wrigley’s Chewing Gum. Its inventor was Norman Woodland, who once worked on the Manhattan Project, and on his own accord selected the number six as the isolator for the codes, he not being aware of Revelation 13:18. Common scan technology uses a barcode with three sixes to isolate sets of pertinent data. Once a new world economic system is established, a barcode chip will be placed in either the right hand or forehead (if one has no right hand). This chip technology was also developed by American companies and made to be implemented quickly. The scripture says those who refuse the mark will face death by Antichrist, but use of this monetary system will require one to worship his image. Scripture warns all that take the mark and worship the image (of antichrist) will at the return of Jesus be gathered into bundles to be burn later at the judgment (see also Matthew 13:30,40-42). 166
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    THE NUMBERING THEWORLD’S PEOPLE (Revelation 13:16-18, 14: 9-11) The rise of governmental control of industry, terrorism, and the collapse of the American and European economic systems will play directly into the hand of Antichrist. People are accepting more and more invasion into their privacy by big brother and Homeland Security. This rise of a totalitarian state will be sold to the American public as being necessary for their safety and protection. The United States today is now only one major catastrophic incident away from becoming a people to be given a national identity card and put under total marshal law. These products developed in America 167
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    The Sign ofNuclear Destruction In the Greek dictionary the word for element means something that is fundamental, like the atom which is split in an atomic explosion. Six hundred years before Peter, the prophet Zechariah described the heat effects atomic blasts shall have upon human flesh in the last days: And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongues shall consume away in their mouths” (Zechariah 14:12). This technology was also developed in America, and the secret project was called The Manhattan Project. The first of two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan on August 6, 1945 to demonstrate the futility of furthering war against America. The shocking effects of these bombs were written of by Peter 2000 years ago: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up (2 Peter 3:10). 168
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    WHO CAN MAKEWAR WITH HIM? (Revelation 13:4) Jesus never mixed or wasted words, and certainly was not passing time in heaven when he called John there to show him the things to come to pass upon his people. Despite the many false teaching of today, His message in the Revelation was not directed to the unsaved, but was given for his own to heed: 1. There will be none like the beast (he will stand out as great as did Goliath) 2. There will be none who can resist him (as shown by Rome against Israel) 3. These words were given to his people, not for a story to marvel about around the campfire, but something which they were to heed for their well being. 4. This question implies only JESUS has the power to face the Beast, and thus as sheep our weak faith must become strong and exercised by trusting he truly will supply all our needs and be our shield and buckler. 169
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    Who is likeunto the Beast 170
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    WHO CAN MAKEWAR WITH HIM 171
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    The balance ofpower is quickly changing 172
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    Our dark Congressauthorized the military to arrest US Citizens without warrants, and to contain them indefinitely without legal recourse. As we speak, the US Military Command is being purged of those expected to refuse to execute these orders against the very citizens they once pledged their very lives to protect. THE POWER SHIFT IS NEAR COMPLETE WE ARE IN WAIT FOR AN EMPEROR TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW 173
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    the time ofhis return Of the more than 125 Old Testament prophecies of his first coming, each was fulfilled in the exact time frame given by Daniel. In Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus made it perfectly clear he came to fulfill both the Law and that written by the prophets, and said before heaven and earth pass every jot and tittle (written in the scriptures) would be fulfilled. Daniel foretold the time of the Lord’s return to be at the end of the 70th Week, and Jesus spoke of no time other than given by Daniel the prophet: stating he returned after the great tribulation had ended. From Genesis to Revelation, there is not one prophecy, not one jot or tittle attesting to Jesus returning at the start of the 70th Week of Daniel to take away the believers. What is written, however, is that the man of sin at this time makes a covenant of death to kill all the saints before Jesus returns. In truth, “the rapture” is the strong delusion mentioned in 2-Thessalonians 2:11-12 which deceives many. 175
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    THE SEVENTY WEEKSOF DANIEL FIRST 69 Weeks Daniel’s Mystery Gap 70th Week Hosea’s 2000 years For two days (2000 years) Israel will sleep till the time of tribulation, repentance, and then return of the Lord and the resurrection (harvest time) (See Hosea 5:15-6:1-2 / 2-Peter 3:8) Time in wait for the First Triumphal Entry of the Son of David into Jerusalem Decree of Artaxerxes to rebuild Jerusalem Messiah cut-off (the crucifixion) The Day of the Lord 444 BC 33 AD 176 Period waiting for Antichrist to make a covenant with many (See Daniel 12:8-9) 483 years 7 wks -- 62 weeks -- 7 – years the tribulation Beginning of Sorrows (Matthew 24: 4-13) Time of the end (Matthew 24:14-31 1000 year Kingdom of Christ Revelation 5:10 10:15 20:1-6 Zechariah 8:1-8 Luke 1:32-32
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    The Seventieth Week(2520 days) Sorrows A covenant by Antichrist Daniel says the 70th Week begins when the man of sin makes an agreement with many; Isaiah calls this a covenant of death. one that Jesus did not mention, it likely held secret by Satan. In 220 days the sacrifice begins in the new temple See Daniel 7:25, 9:27, 10:41 Isaiah 28:15, 18 Matthew 24:1-20 The Great Tribulation Abomination of Desolation At the desecration of the temple, the antichrist declares he is Lord and orders all to worship him. Archangel Michael, the hinderer, steps aside (no hedge) and the tribulation of the saints begins. In their great affliction, the wise seek His face early, and all that repent are wondrously spared death to await the Lord’s coming See: Daniel 10:14,20,21, 12:1-7, Matt. 24:21-22, 2-Thess. 2:1-12 Hosea 5:15, Revelation 12:14) The Day of the Lord the last trumpet Jesus returns on one of the final 45 days, fights Armageddon, takes his kingdom and begins the Harvest, first removing the tares that offend The last trumpet will sound the first resurrection of the dead, and those that are alive and remaining are caught up with them in the clouds to be given new bodies and taken by their bridegroom to the Marriage and Supper of the Lamb. See John 5:25-29, 1-Thess. 4:15, Daniel 12:1-13, 1-Cor. 15:51-52, Matt. 13:30, 36, 41; 24:31, 36; Revelation 11:15-19 1290 days 177 2300 days (Dan 10:14) (From the beginning of the daily sacrifice till the temple is cleansed by Jesus) KINGDOM 220 days 1285 days 1335 days
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    THE ABOMINATION OFDESOLATION In his Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24: 3-51, 25:1-51, Mark 13, Luke 21:7-38), Jesus warned his sheep of end time sorrows and great tribulation such as never before. He made it perfectly clear his return follows the tribulation, not before as many are led to believe, and stressed that his sheep must prepare for this time. For understanding, Jesus said to read Daniel. Daniel 12 is total affirmation of the Olivet Discourse: it tells of great tribulation as never was, and of those found in the book of life (the elect) going through the tribulation and being delivered. Daniel reveals the resurrection of the dead occurs at the end of the tribulation. So there would be no doubt, Apostle Paul affirmed both Jesus and Daniel: In 2-Thessalonians 2:1-5 Paul stated the church will witness the abomination and enter into the great tribulation, and in 1-Corinthians 15:51-53 said the resurrection occurs at the last trumpet, which Revelation 11:15 confirms to be at end of the 70th Week, not the beginning. In the middle of Daniel’s Seventieth Week (refer to the two previous charts) is the Abomination of Desolation. This is the day Jesus, Daniel, and Paul warned of, when the man of sin, Antichrist, will enter the newly built temple in Jerusalem, halt the daily sacrifices, declare he is the Christ, demand all in the world to worship him, and then quickly proceed with the extermination of the saints, the Jews and the gentiles. 178
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    THE HINDERER OFSATAN In 2-Thessalonians 2:3-8, Paul speaks of one in God’s realm whom restrains Satan, and Daniel 12:1 shows this is Michael. He is “the hinderer” God will direct on the day of the Abomination of Desolation to stand out of the way and allow Satan to be revealed, for a time, times, and half a time. The forces of darkness will be permitted to persecute to the death the unrepentant saints, these whom Jesus casts into great tribulation unless they repent of their deeds (see Daniel 12:1,7-10 and Revelation 2: 21-25). Michael is the prince in charge of the angels that forms “hedges”, as with the hedge of Job, to protect God’s people,. Daniel 10:21 reveals Michael served to protect Israel, and 2-Peter 2:4 and Revelation 12:7-9 confirmed he prevailed over the dragon and cast from heaven Satan and his rebellious angels. In the great tribulation, Michael is directed to stand aside and not protect those which will be chastised. Those which repent will be purified and made white and tested (Daniel 12:10) and who Michael then wondrously protects till Jesus returns in power and great glory (See Daniel 12:5-6, Psalms 91). 179
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    CHAPTER ELEVEN Commentary onDaniel 12 (the final seven years) 180
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    Daniel 12:1 And atthat time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. • Daniel 12:1 states Michael will stand aside (no longer a hedge) and will permit desolation as foretold in Daniel 9:27; this trouble will be greater than ever was to any nation in history. Jesus confirmed this scripture in Matthew 24:21 . • Daniel 12:1 states the delivery of the Lord’s people, everyone whose name is found written in the Book of Life (see the sign of Jonas), is to happen after the time of trouble has concluded. Jesus confirmed this truth in his words that are found in Matthew 24:29-31. • In 2-Thessalonians 2:1-7 Paul, is speaking to the church and refers to Daniel 12:1 as did Jesus by saying the great tribulation precedes the return of the Lord (2:1) and is a time of trouble (2:2), and confirms Daniel 12:1 in stating the trouble begins when the hinderer is removed (2:7). Paul confirms both Daniel and Jesus, stating in 2:4 the abomination commences the great tribulation. • The last half of Daniel 12:1 tells of the gathering of the people (see next page). 181
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    Daniel 12:1-2-3 And atthat time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. • The last half of Daniel 12:1 (underlined portion) tells after the tribulation is ended, all the Lord’s people are delivered, everyone whose name is found in the book of life. • Daniel 12:2-3 reveals that after the tribulation there is the resurrection of the dead, first a resurrection to everlasting life, and afterward a resurrection to everlasting contempt. • Though Daniel was not given the time frame between the resurrections (this later given to John), Daniel was told (see 9:24) at the end of the 70th Week the transgression would finish, and there an end to sins, and a reconciliation of the people to God, and everlasting righteousness, and his vision and prophecy completed through the anointing of the most Holy. The anointing is the coronation of the Messiah as King to reign over his earthly Kingdom; and according to Revelation 20:4 this reign lasts for a 1000 years before a resurrection of the unsaved, this the fulfillment of Daniels vision. 182
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    Daniel 12:4 –Beginning of the Latter Days 183 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Daniel 12:4 provides clues to unsealing the mystery to when the latter days of Daniel 2:28 began, in essence this would be the latter portion of the beast empire when it was to be reborn through the little horn. In previous slides (85-89) The Beginning of the End was shown to have begun during the Renaissance, the time of an explosion of knowledge unheralded in history. This knowledge gave the mariner Christopher Columbus the insight to navigate around the earth to reach India, and his to and fro voyages resulted in the discovery of the pleasant land which in turn gave birth to Daniel’s little horn . . . America. In that Daniel was given vision to write a “time table” to tell of the two comings of the Messiah, this is why the wise men in the east knew he was coming in their generation and went forth to meet him. Of his final vision he was told to shut up the words and seal them till the end time, when they would be unsealed and opened for understanding (see 12:9). One should consider that no prophet other than Daniel was ever told to shut his mouth and seal up his words. So why Daniel? His latter day prophecies were meant to tell a specific generation to prepare for the great tribulation coming in their life time . . . and they will have no excuse when they stand before the Lord on judgment day (See Romans 1:18-32).
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    Daniel 12:5 –the two standing 184 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood two others, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river (KJV). To discern this vision one must take into account previous knowledge given to Daniel of the pleasant land that mariners discovered to the west, this the land of the little horn and future Babylon. Gabriel presents to Daniel a most wondrous vision, for it is of the last days which he seems to have part in, for when he looked there appeared two others, one standing with him on his side of the river bank and one standing across the waters on the opposite bank (see 12:13). The Hebrew dictionary contains specific words to define various size watercourses, such as trenches, brooks, streams, tributaries, rivers, or channels. The word Daniel used to best fit his vision was “yetor” (SC-2975), which means a very wide channel. This Hebrew word appears to have been translated to English incorrectly, for Daniel did not use “nahar” that means a river, but used yetor which means a wide watercourse, one that separated ancient Babylon from the future revived Babylon. In that Daniel knew the pleasant land was to the west, the geographical map on the next slide shows the opposite bank of the channel to where he was looking.
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    185 Babylon revived Babylon the littlehorn Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood two others, the one on this side of the bank of the great channel, and the other on that side of the bank of the great channel.
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    Daniel 12:5 -key words 186 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood two others, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. The understanding of history and key words is critical to solving Bible mysteries, and “river” is a key word. Daniel lived in Babylon where was the Euphrates, a medium size river a tenth the width of the great Nile in Egypt that is denoted in Exodus by the word for channel, yetor. In Genesis the Hebrew word for Euphrates is nahar (SC-5104), one Daniel did not use and thus why Daniel’s “river” in verse 12:5 is not the Euphrates, but then the Nile could not be it either because the Nile was south and not to the west of Daniel. The Jordon is just too small, and though the Mediterranean is large, it is not west of the early Roman Empire where the pleasant land was mandated by Daniel to be. The only large body of water left to fit Daniel’s description is the Atlantic Ocean. Let us now look at the other underlined key words. • Stood: Daniel used the Hebrew word “amad” in the Hebrew dictionary (SC-5975) which implies one that is standing fast, firm, still, upright. This means the two on the banks were righteous men of God as was Daniel, and he stood with one of them. • Two others: Cyrus, was a type of the coming Christ (slide 69), he given the two gates of Babylon to free both Jews and gentiles. Now Daniel sees these two standing, one of his fold of Jews and the other the fold of gentiles which Christ delivers together at his return.
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    187 In Daniel 12:6there is a man clothed in linen which was upon the waters of the river
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    Daniel 12:6 188 And onesaid to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? The one asking the question is one of two righteous ones standing, but interestingly Daniel made no distinction to which, this foretelling Jesus saying in John 10:16 that he makes no distinction between his folds of sheep. The man in linen upon the waters is Jesus, who at his first coming walked on water. Ezekiel 9-10 attest to Jesus being clothed in linen and having a writer’s inkhorn, the horn attesting he is an author that places the word “righteous” on the foreheads of those not to be slain. God does not change, so as at the first coming so shall be done at the second coming of Jesus (see Revelation 14:1). The word waters is from the Hebrew word “mayim” (SC-4325 ), an euphemism for “urine” and thus this water is unfit for drinking or bathing, but it rather a flood of bitter waters, waters as in Exodus 32 which Moses forced all the congregation to drink because of their sin. Those which do not repent will be cast into this mayim, as God cast Jonah into the tempest to die, lest he repented in the three days provided. In Revelation 2:22-25, Jesus states he will give the churches space to repent, if not he will cast them into the mayim. The word wonders is from Pele’ (SC-6382), which points to extraordinary acts of God protecting his repentant people through miracles. The ones on the banks are those whom God is providing for through miracles, the repentant ones standing fast till Jesus returns.
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    Daniel 12:7 189 And Iheard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. In answer to the question in 12:6, Jesus lifts his right hand and his left hand to his Father in heaven and says the time of tribulation will be for three and a half years, till the power of the holy people is scattered. The word power is from the primary Hebrew word “yad” (SC-3027) which means an open hand, a symbol of authority and power, and the word scattered is from the word naphats (SC-5310), meaning to break and scatter into pieces. Thus Jesus will in the space of 3 ½ years have completely broken the power of his holy people: this power being the things which they made and trusted in to sustain them: their idols, traditions, works, gold, laws, government and militaries. The question one might ask is how are the ones standing on the river banks surviving till Jesus comes to takes them home? Daniel 12:7 provides the answer: they are secured in the hands of Jesus: in his right and in his left are the sheep folds he sent into the midst of wolves, the Jew and Gentile folds that he indicated (in John 10:16) he would bring to his father, those in Daniel 12:10 which were purified, made white and tested.
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    190 Daniel 12:8-10 8And Iheard but understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? 9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. Daniel recognized the voice of the one upon the waters, and asked him what will be the end of these things. The Lord then let Daniel know the words were not for him but for the last generation, and that his words were not meant for the wicked, for they would continue to do wickedly, but his words were for the wise to understand they need to be purified (cleanse by his blood), and made white (by confession of every secret error/sin . . . See Psalm 19) and tried (tested, as were Gideon’s 300 to put down their swords and stand fast in the face of the enemy and testify of the Lord . . . See also Luke 21:12-19 ). Daniel had by his own experiences understood the Lord’s words about the end days. From his account in Daniel 9:1-19, he and his people, while yet slaves to Babylon, were caused to come to repentance before being set free by Cyrus (a type of the Christ - see slide 69). Daniel studied the scriptures and knew the prophecies of Jeremiah and of what his great and dreadful God demanded. Daniel then (no differently than had the King of Nineveh before him . . . see the Sign of Jonas) got on his face and prayed while as he was fasting in sackcloth and ashes, and made confession, and led his people to do likewise, knowing the Lord would keep his promise to give mercy to all that loved him and kept his commandments.
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    DANIEL 12:11-13 191 And fromthe time the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. 13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shall rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. Daniel 12:11-12 provides two consecutive time frames that total 1335 days. The first is a long portion of 1290 days, this the great tribulation that begins with the abomination of desolation, which Jesus gave a strongly warning of (Matthew 24:15). On this day, the false messiah (Antichrist) shall halt the daily sacrifice in the new temple in Jerusalem and declare he is the Christ and demand worship. After the tribulation is ended, 45 days remain (1335-1290 = 45) in which Jesus returns to establish his Kingdom upon the earth (see the 70th Week time Chart in slide 19). Of the final 45 days, the Lord told to Daniel, “blessed is he that waits and comes to end of the days”, he speaking of the ones which stood fast for their Lord through the great tribulation, these the ones Paul said were alive and remaining to await the coming resurrection. Daniel was lastly told by the Lord to go live out the remainder of his years, for he would then rest (sleep in the Lord) and stand again in the end time in his lot, meaning he’d be one of his fold raised up to have eternal life.
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    Daniel led theLord’s people to repent 192 Daniel well studied the prophecies of Jeremiah and knew deliverance was near, but knew also the law of Moses demanded his people turn to the Lord to confess their sin and turn from their iniquities (Daniel 9:1-19), as set forth in 2-Chronicles 7:14. The repentance of a nation does not exclude its leaders, and Daniel (9:3-4) humbled himself and set his face unto the Lord, dressed himself in sackcloth, sat in ashes, fasted, prayed, and made confession of his own sin. He then led his people (9:5-19), including all the Lord’s people in the land (9:6), to do likewise and be forgiven. As God does not change his ways, so he thus demands likewise for his people today. During the seventy year Babylonian captivity of the Jews, Daniel was the spiritual advisor over his people, but few realize God also convinced King Nebuchadnezzar it was wise to make Daniel head of all the peoples in the province of Babylon, Jew and non-Jews alike, and to also make him head of all the wise men in the Empire.
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    ONE HOPE REMAINSFOR AMERICA God said if a nation, against whom he has pronounced {judgment}, will turn from their evil, he will repent of the evil he thought to do unto them (Jeremiah 18: 8). In 2-Chronicles, God gave his people a solemn warning: If they turn away, and forsakes his statutes and commandments which he set before them, and go and serve other gods and worship them; Then he will pluck them up by the roots out of His land which he gave to them, and he will cast them out of his sight. In one generation America has fallen and turned to evil, and now God’s righteous judgment has come. Our republic is dying, and no earthly power can save it, for such power is reserved to the one who is preeminent. Upon his return from heaven, Jesus will destroy the American nation, unless his people stand for him. He is calling his own to come in one accord, to humble themselves and pray and seek his face and turn from their wicked ways. If done, God will hear their pleas and will forgive them and God will then bless America. 193
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