Daniel 11 Essentials Overview of Daniel s Last Prophecy Prepared by Tim Hayden www.sealedremnant.com
Read the book of Daniel. Call up, point by point, the history of the kingdoms there represented. Behold statesmen, councils, powerful armies, and see how God wrought to abase the pride of men, and lay human glory in the dust. E. G. White, Testimonies to Ministers, p. 112
The Kings of Medo- Persia and Greece
Medo-Persia and Greece Daniel 11:2: The four kings of Medo- Persia ruled after Cyrus Daniel 11:3: Alexander the Great was the mighty king of Greece Daniel 11:4: Greece was divided toward the four winds of heaven
Cassender Daniel 11:4 Lysimachus Seleucus Ptolemy
Daniel 11:4-16 Antigonids (west) Ptolemies (south) Israel Seleucids (north)
Daniel 11:8 And [the king of the South] shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold [from the North]...
Daniel 11:8 Antigonids (west) Ptolemies (south) Egypt Israel Seleucids (north)
Zechariah 2:6-7 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord.... Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Seleucus established himself in Babylon in 312 BC, the year used as the foundation date of the Seleucid Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/seleucid_empire
Daniel 11:5-16 Antigonids (west) Ptolemies (south) Egypt Israel (glorious land) Seleucids (north) Babylon
Daniel 11:11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north [Ptolemy IV fought Antiochus III at the Battle of Raphia on June 22, 217 BC]...
Daniel 11:11-12 Lost Territory Ptolemy IV Egypt Antiochus III Babylon Raphia Lost Territory
Powers in the Final Conflict Daniel Egypt (South) Daniel 11:40-43 Israel (Glorious Land) Daniel 11:41-12:3 Babylon (North) Daniel 11:40-45 Revelation Egypt (Spiritual) Revelation 11:7-8 Israel (144,000) Revelation 7, 12-17 Babylon (Mystical) Revelation 13-18
Daniel 11:12-13 Lost Territory Ptolemy IV Egypt Antiochus III Babylon Lost Territory
Philip V Macedonia Daniel 11:13-14 Antiochus III Babylon Ptolemy V Egypt
Rome Establishes the Vision
Daniel 11:14b... also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
the robbers of the Jews King James the children of robbers (margin) New King James violent men or the sons of breakage (margin) Literal Translation The young breakers of your people will exalt themselves...
Rome Broke the Nations Daniel 2:40 (iron legs): breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things... break in pieces and bruise Daniel 7:7 (fourth beast): devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it Daniel 8:10 (little horn): it cast down... stamped upon them
Rome Daniel 11:14-16 Philip V Macedonia Antiochus III Babylon Ptolemy V Egypt
Daniel 11:16 But he [Rome] that cometh against him [Antiochus] shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land [Israel], which by his hand shall be consumed.
He [Rome] is not referred to either as the king of the south or the king of the north.... At this point [v. 16] we find the king of the north does not appear again in chapter 11 until verse 40. Shea, Daniel, p. 245
The Three Caesars in Daniel 11 Daniel 11:17-19: Julius Caesar in Egypt and conflicts around coasts Daniel 11:20: Augustus Caesar taxed people at the time of Jesus s birth Daniel 11:21-22: Tiberius Caesar had many killed, including Jesus
Daniel 11:22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him [Tiberius Caesar], and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant [Jesus was crucified].
Daniel 9:25-27... the Messiah the Prince... shall confirm the covenant with many for one week...
The Flow of Daniel 11 Jewish Era Christian Era Daniel 11:2-22 Daniel 11:23-45 The prince of the covenant is broken in Daniel 11:22.
Israel and its Covenant, Kingdom, and Territory
Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts...
The change of name... represented his transformation from a deceiver of men to a victor of God [Israel]. SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 1
Isaiah 41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ [the One true Israelite].
Galatians 3:29 And if ye be Christ s, then are ye Abraham s seed [Israel], and heirs according to the promise.
Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you [ethnic Israel], and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof [spiritual Israel].
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 8:1 And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
Israel of God Daniel 11:22
Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined [cut off] upon thy people [ethnic Israel] and upon thy holy city [Jerusalem], to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins...
The biblical focus of prophecy is never on Israel as a people or a nation, as such, but on Israel as the believing, worshiping, covenant people, as the messianic community. LaRondelle, Israel of God in Prophecy, p. 209
Types and Antitypes in the Scriptures
John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness [type], even so must the Son of man be lifted up [antitype].
Hebrews 8:1-2 We have such an high priest [antitype],... A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, [antitype] and not man.
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God [antitype], which taketh away the sin of the world.
Galatians 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God [type or antitype?].
Symbols and Types in Daniel Daniel 2: The Image of Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron, Mingled Iron and Clay, and the Toes Daniel 7: The Lion, Bear, Leopard, Ten- Horned Beast, and the Little Horn Daniel 8-9: The Ram, Male Goat, Little Horn, Prince, Host, and the Sanctuary Daniel 11: North, South, Glorious Land, Egypt, Mountain, Edom, Moab, Libya, Etc.
The Flow of Daniel 11 Local Middle East Conflicts Jewish Era (OC, Type) AD 34 Global Spiritual Conflicts Christian Era (NC, Antitype) Daniel 11:2-22 Daniel 11:23-45 Type Palestine, national Israel, earthly Jerusalem Egypt, literally has the land south of national Israel Babylon, literally has the land north of national Israel Antitype God s global church, spiritual Israel, heavenly Jerusalem Spiritual Egypt (atheism, humanism, secularism, communism, paganism) Mystical Babylon (church-state union, apostate Christianity)
Pagan and Papal Rome in Conflict
Rise of the Papacy in Daniel 11 Daniel 11:23: Christians united with pagan philosophers creating the Church of Rome Daniel 11:23-24: Though small at first, they gained control in Rome and Alexandria Daniel 11:24: They ignored the teachings of the apostles and spread human traditions Daniel 11:24: They worked for 360 years to undermine paganism in the empire
Daniel 11:25a And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south [spiritual Egypt] with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army...
Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Paganism in Egypt and Rome Egypt (Type) Polytheistic and worshiped idols Pharaoh denied Christ s divinity Pharaoh persecuted the Jews Rome (Antitype) Polytheistic and worshiped idols The pagans denied Christ s divinity Pagans persecuted the Christians
Constantine (Catholic) Daniel 11:25-26 Maxentius (pagan, south)
Daniel 11:27 Constantine (Catholic) Licinius (pagan, south)
Daniel 11:28 Constantine (Catholic) Licinius (pagan, south)
Daniel 11:28b... and his heart shall be against the holy covenant [he made a Sunday law].
Sunday Law, March 7, AD 321 On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in the cities rest, and let all the workshops be closed.
Daniel 11:29-30 Constantine (Catholic) Licinius (pagan, south)
Daniel 11:30b Therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
Indignation against the Covenant 1. The Council of Nice commanded that Easter be on Sunday (AD 325) 2. Constantine directed Christians to have nothing in common with the Jews 3. Pope Sylvester called the first day the Lord s day and decreed all to rest on that day and fast on Sabbath (AD 325) 4. Eusebius boasted they had transferred Sabbath duties to Sunday (AD 330)
Daniel 11:31
The Reign of the Papal Abomination
Daniel 11:31c... and shall take away the daily sacrifice [southern power removed in AD 508], and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate [the Papacy received civil power and began its reign in AD 538].
Papal Abomination in Daniel 11 V. 32: Flatter who forsook the covenant Vv. 33-35: Persecuted and killed the saints Vv. 35-36: Exalted themselves above God V. 36: Spoke blasphemies against God Vv. 37-38: Instituted celibacy and idolatry V. 38: Gained great wealth from idolatry V. 39: Distributed land for their profit
The Clash in Daniel s Final Conflict
Daniel 11:40a And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him [in 1798, France attacked the Papacy]
The Renaissance (meaning rebirth ) has been so named for the very reason that the submerged pre-christian culture of Greece and Rome [paganism] was revived in this period [it was the return of the king of the south]. Morris, The Long War Against God, p. 200
Evolutionism then came to the surface again in the humanistic emphases of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment periods, first in the revival of pantheism, then in deism, and finally in full-fledged atheism [in France]. Morris, The Long War Against God, p. 206
The murder of a Frenchman in Rome in 1798 gave the French an excuse for occupying the Eternal City and putting an end to the Papal temporal power. The aged Pontiff himself was carried off into exile in Valence... Church History, p. 24
Daniel 11:40b and the king of the north [the pope reigning over spiritual Babylon]
Spiritual Babylon s 3 Divisions Dragon: Satan working through the nations of earth to destroy the Church Beast: The Roman Church united with the churches and nations of Europe False Prophet: The Protestants in the US united with the government
When our nation shall so abjure the principles of its government as to enact a Sunday law, Protestantism will in this act join hands with popery... E. G. White, Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 712
King of the North Returns 1. The Protestant, Evangelical, and Catholic churches all make up spiritual Babylon 2. These churches will gain control over the civil powers in Europe and America 3. Protestant America will yield to Rome by enforcing Sunday, uniting Babylon 4. The Pope will then become king over spiritual Babylon, the king of the north
Daniel 11:40c-43 [papal Rome] shall come against him [an atheist power] like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Daniel 11:40c-43 He [king of the north] shall enter also into the glorious land [spiritual Israel], and many countries [people] shall be overthrown:
Daniel 11:40c-43 but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon [Jewish relatives: symbolizes those Christians who have heard Bible truths and will turn and obey God].
Daniel 11:40c-43 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape [The allied atheist nations are overthrown. The papacy will then have control of the entire world, except God s people].
Daniel 11:40c-43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps [Spiritual Babylon will control all finances].
Revelation 13:17 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.
Daniel 11:44a But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him [the loud cry calling people to be sealed will upset the king of the north]:
Revelation 18:2-5 [An angel] cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,... And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people,
Revelation 18:2-5 that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Revelation 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Daniel 11:44b therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many [the king of the north makes a decree to destroy all of God s people].
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Daniel 11:45a And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain [the king of spiritual Babylon usurps the place of Christ as king of spiritual Jerusalem, the church];
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father s name written in their foreheads.
Isaiah 14:4, 12-14 Thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say,...
Isaiah 14:4, 12-14 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!... For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
Isaiah 14:4, 12-14 I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Daniel 11:45b yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him [the people of spiritual Babylon are destroyed by the seven last plagues and Satan is bound 1000 years, and then killed].
Daniel 12:1-3 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,
Daniel 12:1-3 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 12:1-3 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.
Daniel 12:1-3 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.
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