"He will establish himself in the fairest of all lands (1) and it will come wholly into his power... 'He will be succeeded by one who will send out an officer with a royal escort to extort tribute; after a short time this king (2) too  will meet his end, yet neither openly nor in battle. 'A contemptible creature (3) will succeed but will not be given recognition as king; yet he will seize the kingdom by dissimulation and intrigue in time of peace. He will sweep away all forces of opposition as he advances, and even the Prince of the Covenant* will be broken. He (4) will enter into fraudulent alliances and, although the people behind him are but few, he will rise to power and establish himself in time of peace. He will overrun the richest districts of the province and succeed in doing what his fathers and forefathers failed to do, distributing spoil, booty, and property to his followers... Then one will return home with a long baggage train, and with anger in his heart against the Holy Covenant; he (5) will work his will and return to his own land. 'At the appointed time he will once more overrun the south, but he will not succeed as he did before. Ships from the west (6) will sail against him, and he will receive a rebuff. He will turn and vent his fury against the Holy Covenant; on his way back he will take due note of those who have forsaken it. Armed forces dispatched by him will desecrate the sanctuary and the citadel and do away with the regular offering. And there they will set up "the abominable thing (7) that causes desolation". He will win over by plausible promises those who are ready to condemn the covenant, but the people who are faithful to their God will hold firm and fight back. Wise leaders (8) of the nation will give guidance to the common people; yet for a while they will fall victims to fire and sword, to captivity and pillage... Some of these leaders (8) will themselves fall victims for a time so that they may be tested, refined and made shining white... The king will do what he chooses; he (9) will exalt and magnify himself above every god and against the God of gods he will utter monstrous blasphemies. All will go well for him until the time of wrath ends, for what is determined must be done. He will ignore his ancestral gods... but will exalt himself above them all. Instead he will honour the god of the citadel, a god unknown to his ancestors, with gold and silver, gems and costly gifts. He will garrison his strongest fortresses with aliens, the people (10) of a foreign god. Those whom he favours he will load with honour, putting them in office over the common people and distributing land at a price. 'At the time of the end…the king of the north... will overrun land after land... amongst them the fairest of all lands, and tens of thousands shall fall victims. Yet all these lands [including Edom and Moab and the remnant of the Ammonites] will survive his attack... and Egypt will not escape. He will gain control of her hidden stores of gold and silver and of all her treasures; Libyans and Cushites will follow in his train. Then rumours from east and north will alarm him, and he will depart in a great rage to destroy and to exterminate many. He will pitch his royal pavilion between the sea and the holy hill, the fairest of all hills; and he (11) will meet his end with no one to help him. At that moment Michael* shall appear… the great captain, who stands guard over your fellow-countrymen; and there will be a time of distress such as has never been since they became a nation till that moment. But at that moment your people will be delivered, every one whose is written in the book: many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will wake, some to everlasting life and some to the reproach of eternal abhorrence. The wise leaders (8) shall shine like the bright vault of heaven, and those who have guided the people in the true path shall be like the stars for ever and ever.'"  (From Dan 11:16 to 12:3 NEB).

(1) Israel.

(2) Shah of Iran.

(3) Ayatollah Khomeini
     the "warrior king"
     of Dan 11:3 NEB.
(4) "He": The will of
      satan through the
      "guardian angel of
       the Persian kings."
       (Dan 10:13 Moffatt).

(5) Ayatollah Khomeini.

(6) Demoncratic allies.

X
 

(7) Apostates.
     (See Rev 3:9).

(8) Spirit anointed
      faithful sons of God.

X
(9) he = satan.

X

X

(10) Apostates opposing
       new covenant for a
       Kingdom of anointed
       priests and judges.
       (Rev 5:9,10).

X

X
X

(11) End of satan and the
       "guardian angel of
        the Persian kings"
        by the appearance of
        The Christ Michael*

5/3/84.