STRANGER THINGS … GOD IS IN THE DETAILS
DANIEL 11
“EVEN THOUGH THE 11TH CHAPTER IS DIFFICULT, IT CALLS FOR A DETAILED EXPLANATION … THIS IS THE LAST, LONGEST, MOST DETAILED AND THEREFORE MOST IMPORTANT PROPHECY IN THE BOOK.” JAMES MONTGOMERY BOICE
“IF THE GOD OF THE BIBLE IS OMNISCIENT, KNOWING ALL THINGS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, THEN PROPHECY, EVEN A HIGHLY DETAILED ONE LIKE DANIEL 11, IS NOT A PROBLEM.” AKIN
“WHAT IS AT STAKE THEN IS A VITAL ISSUE: DOES GOD SO RULE HISTORY AND CAN HE SO COMMUNICATE WITH US THAT HIS FUTURE PURPOSES MAY BE DISCLOSED TO US BEFORE THE EVENTS? IT IS MY CONVICTION, ROOTED IN A SUPERNATURAL WORLD VIEW, THAT THIS CHAPTER IS A BONAFIDE PROPHECY OF FUTURE EVENTS, GOD INSPIRED IT, THE ANGEL REVEALED IT AND WE GET TO READ IT AND INTERPRET IT!” FERGUSON
DANIEL 10-12 IS A SINGLE UNIT:
DANIEL 10, A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES ...
DANIEL 11, THE DRAMA PLAYED OUT ON EARTH …
DANIEL 12, THE CONCLUSION …
THE CONTENDERS: 1-20
THE REGENTS OF PERSIA … CYRUS, 1-2
CAMBYSES – SMERDIS – DARIUS I HYSTAPES – XERXES
THE RULER OF GREECE … ALEXANDER, 3-4
CASSANDER – LYSIMACHUS – PTOLEMY (EGYPT) – SELEUCUS (SYRIA)
THE RIVAL KINGS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH … SELEUCUS, AND PTOLEMY, 5-20
WHAT DOES THE TEXT TEACH US ABOUT GOD?
DANIEL 4:7
WHAT DOES THE TEXT TEACH US ABOUT HUMANITY?
THE CONTEMPTIBLE:
ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES …
DECEPTIVE, 21-24
POLITICAL SKILLS WEDDED TO AN EVIL HEART ARE A DANGEROUS COMBINATION.
DESPICABLE, 25-28
DESOLATION, 29-35
ANTICHRIST, 36-45
DEIFY, 36-37
“WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS SPIRIT EMERGE IN VARIOUS FIGURES IN DANIEL. IT WILL EMERGE IN FULL-BLOWN FORM AT THE END IN THE FINAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE KINGDOMS. IT DOES SO INEVITABLY BECAUSE IT IS THE CRUX OF THE CONFLICT. IT’S FOUNDATIONS RUN BACK INTO THE ORIGINS OF HISTORY AND BEYOND INTO THE MISTS TO ECHO THROUGH THE AGES FROM A WHISPER IN THE GARDEN TO A CLAMOR AT THE END OF TIME.” FERGUSON
“THE KING WILL NOT FAVOR NORMAL MARITAL RELATIONS NOR ANY GOD BECAUSE HE WILL MAKE HIMSELF GREATER THAN ALL. HIS ARROGANCE MAKES HIM INCAPABLE OF THE LOVING DEVOTION THAT IS REQUIRED BY BOTH MARRIAGE AND TRUE PIETY. HE PERSONALLY IS NOT MARRIED AND DOES NOT RIGHTLY HONOR THE ONE TRUE GOD, AND AS A KING HE IMPOSES THIS DISDAIN FOR MARRIAGE AND THE IS DISHONORABLE VIEW OF GOD UPON HIS SUBJECT.”
ANDREW STEINMANN
DESTROY, 38-44
“THIS IS A NIETZSCHEAN WORLD COME TO FRUITION. THE VISION OF ADOLPH HITLER AND HIS NIETZSCHE NAZISM WILL ARRIVE IN ALL ITS INFAMY AND THE WORLD WILL BE ABLE TO DO NOTHING TO STOP IT.” AKIN
DONE, 45
“ANTICHRIST WILL MEET THE ATTACKING FORCES IN PALESTINE AND MAKE HIS HEADQUARTERS (“PITCH HIS ROYAL TENTS”) “BETWEEN THE SEAS AT THE BEAUTIFUL HOLY MOUNTAIN.” “SEAS” DENOTES THE TWO BODIES OF WATER ON EITHER SIDE OF ISRAEL, THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON THE WEST AND THE DEAD SEA ON THE EAST. THE “BEAUTIFUL HOLY MOUNTAIN” IS MOUNT ZION, WHERE THE TEMPLE STOOD, RENDERING THE MOUNTAIN “BEAUTIFUL” AND “HOLY.” ANTICHRIST WILL USE THE JERUSALEM TEMPLE FOR HIS HEADQUARTERS (2 THES 2:4) THOUGH THE BRUNT OF THE BATTLE WILL BE ELSEWHERE. DANIEL WAS HERE REPORTING THAT THE FINAL WAR WILL BE FOUGHT IN ISRAEL, A FACT SET FORTH ELSEWHERE IN SCRIPTURE
(EZEK 39:2-29; JOEL 2:2-16; ZECH 12:2-9; 14:1-21). THE BOOK OF REVELATION INDICATES MORE SPECIFICALLY THAT THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO WILL BE THE SETTING OF THIS FINAL CONFLICT – THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON
(REV 16:16).” FERGUSON
