Young Adults Bible Study: 6th Meeting Continued Chapter 11 of Daniel

Friday, July 24, 2009

6th Meeting Continued Chapter 11 of Daniel

Daniel chapter 11 opens with a vision of Daniel in the first year of Darius the Mede, this would be around 539 B.C. This is right after the fall of Babylon and the power shift from the Babylonians to the Medes and Persians. God tells Daniel through an angel how many kings will be part of this kingdom before another kingdom change occurs. Only God can advise details this precise and so far in advance. This is why some scholars say that Daniel had to be written later because it is so accurate. God the creator of the universe and the earth is also Lord over time and space. To deny this is to deny God. God goes further, not only does He advise Daniel how many kings must come before the kinbgdom change, but He also tells Daniel which Kingdom will rise and how this kingdom will be governed. This is in 539 B.C., Alexander the Great did not come on the scene until 323 B.C,
some 216 years later. God does not stop there, He goes on to say that Alexander will stop being the king and the kingdom will uprooted and given to others. This happened, the kingdom was divided between his four generals; and they continued to fight amongst themselves for control of the vast kingdom. Two generals in particular fought the most over control of eachothers land. This would be the Ptolomies (the king of the south) and the Seleucides (the king of the north).
The Ptolomies ruled the lands of Egypt, while the Seleucides ruled the lands around Syria. The locations of both of these kingdoms were on either side of Israel, so war was brought to Israel from both locations. The details of verses 11:5 throught the rest of the chapter read like history instead of prophecy. The fact that history agrees with the prophecy makes it quite hard to believe it was written so far in advance. Only God can be this accurate. If this part of God's Word, is this accurate, then the rest of the Bible has to be also. God can not lie or contridict Himself.

Part of this story includes a Seleucide king by the name of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, this is the one who became the little horn of the third kingdom, that grew out of an existing horn. This king ruled between 175 - 163B.C. He was known to be very visious and tried to wipe out the Jews not only as a people but their religion also. You can look him up in the history books to find out all he did. He is best known for burning the Jewish sacred books and killing mothers and their babies for having them circumcised. He would have the mothers killed and their babies hung around their necks as a warning to others to stop the practice of circumcision. If this was not bad enough he destroyed the altar of incense, built an altar to Zeus and then sacrificed a pig on the altar. This is what Daniel meant when he used the words abomination that causes desolation. Only Daniel and Jesus use these words. Daniel to describe the anti-christ in the third kingdom; and Jesus to describe the ant-christ in the fourth kingdom. Daniel's anti-christ the earth has seen. Jesus' anti-christ has yet to appear.

We need to be aware of what the first anti-christ did, so that we can expose the next anti-christ.
Since Jesus gave us His warning in the Olivet Discourse, and did not seem to hedge who would be witnessing this, I believe we must be ready, we might just be the elect, Jesus was telling to watch out.

The Beautiful Land mentioned in this chapter is Israel, and the Holy Mountain is the Temple Mount.

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ISA 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways,"

declares the LORD.

Daniel 2:28

28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.

DT 29:29 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

MT 5:17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

MT 24:15 "So when you see standing in the holy place `the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand-- 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. 19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23 At that time if anyone says to you, `Look, here is the Christ!' or, `There he is!' do not believe it. 24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible. 25 See, I have told you ahead of time.

MT 24:29 "Immediately after the distress of those days

" `the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light;

the stars will fall from the sky,

and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'

MT 24:30 "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

MT 24:32 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. 34 I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

MT 24:36 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

MT 24:42 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him

MT 24:45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, `My master is staying away a long time,' 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

MK 13:24 "But in those days, following that distress,

" `the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light;

MK 13:25 the stars will fall from the sky,

and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'

MK 13:26 "At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.

MK 13:28 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29 Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door

Galatians 1: 8 - 9

8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!

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