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Daniel 11:32-35
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

  Those that conspire to be wicked with Antichrist against God's holy covenant ( Covenant God made with Israel through Abraham concerning the land of Israel - Gen 15:18) shall be corrupted because they believed the lies of Antichrist (see Daniel 11 page2).

Gen 15:18
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

      Antichrist will flatter those under him with position, power, and wealth and new age deception that they can evolve to become gods with him in his new world order when he establishes his throne in Jerusalem to rule the world. In contrast to the wicked, those that serve the true God will be strong and do exploits. Those that know and serve the true and living God will be strong because God's Spirit will be upon them and knowing that shortly Christ will return and establish His everlasting Kingdom on earth (see Kingdom). Many will live to see the visible return of Christ as these verses of Daniel cover the last 7 years (known as the Day of the Lord/Daniel's 70th week) before Christ returns. The exploits they do will be witnessing, helping the wounded and dying, praying for healing and deliverance.

                        

  During this 7 year treaty Antichrist makes with Israel (see chart above - Daniel's 70th week - also Daniel 9:27), many other events are taking place. 144,000 Jewish Christians that got saved during the 3 1/2 Chrstian tribulation in Israel (see 144,000 sealed - Rev 14:1) are the firstfruits of Israel to be saved and are waiting for visible return of Christ on Mount Zion - the final goal of Antichrist's conquests but where he will be defeated.  During the wars of Antichrist with the King of the south and other nations, God from heaven has been executing judgments from heaven on earth ( seventh seal - 7 trumpets/vials of Revelations see chart above).

  These judgments affect the sun, moon, stars ,trees, land, oceans, rivers, lakes, streams, animals, people from all nations especially Antichrist's Empire . Their will be intense heat on the earth with no rain; the polar caps melting causing the earth to be reeling to and fro (Isaiah 24:20-23) - resulting in great earthquakes such as never was(see Kingdom). Isaiah also says at that time God will punish the host and high ones (Satan and his angels) and the kings of the earth (nations). When Christ returns Satan and his angels are cast into prision (see Kingdom).

                   

Isaiah 24:20-23
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.


Job 38:22,23 talks of the polar caps as being used in the day of the Lord

Job 38
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

  The day of the Lord (see time frame 5) is that time of trouble of battle and war Job speaks about. During this time great heat will be applied to the earth and the great ice caps will melt with fervent heat. This great heat as judgment is burning up the sinful works of men and yet this judgment restores the water canopy of Genesis 1:6,7 and makes the earth upright again resulting in much more even climate over the whole earth.

2 Peter 3:10
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the 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.

  Psalm 148:4-8 is an amazing psalm summing up the previous verse. 

Psalm 148:4-8
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

This psalm talks of the activity of nature during the day of the Lord (see time frame 5) involving fire, and hail; snow, and vapours (ice melting and evaporating because of the great heat in the day of the Lord). This evaporation restores the water canopy which is not here now but verse 4 says will be created and established forever. If it existed in the past (Genesis 1:6, 7) and is not here now then it must be created in the future. It will be as a result of judgments of the Day of the Lord which ends with Christ's visible return to begin the Millenium. Praise God.  

Genesis 1:6-8 (the heaven with its water canopy before the flood resulting in an even climate and living hundres of years)
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.




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33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

 

    Their will be many that have understanding of what is going on and are waiting for the Lord's visible return (see Kingdom). There are Christians that got saved and endured the great Christian tribulation which lasted 3 1/2 years without being killed and were sealed by God for protection during this time (see martyrs raised and living sealed). They are now teaching and instructing many about what is going on.  Besides them, there will be many others that have understanding and are instructing others that this is the terrible Day of the Lord that will last 7 years then Christ returns. Yet, many of these instructors and teachers will die in the process due to wars, fires, and being taken captive. Their will be those who will voluntary give their life to make others white - that is - to see them saved.

Daniel 11:36
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

36 And the king shall do according to his will

  The king is going to do according to his will. This has always been Satan's problem.  Jesus was just the opposite always seeking to do His Father's will. Isaiah 14:12-14 list the 5 'I wills' of Satan. Remember, Antichrist after the rapture is now also Satan incarnated (see Rev 12, Daniel 7 page 5, Daniel 8 page 4) which Isaiah (verse 16) had prophesized - that is - one day Satan will become a man.

Isaiah 14:12-17
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

36 and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods,

  Antichrist after the rapture as Satan in the flesh exalts himself above every god and speaking marvellous things against the God of gods. By speaking out against the God of gods he is unwittingly acknowleging God. What these marvellous things are that he says we are not told. We know from Rev 13:6-8 (see timeframe 4 - Beast) that he blasphemes God in heaven and those that dwell in them. This is because the saints are the new powers of the air with Christ and now have taking over the heavenly territory Satan and his angels had before they were cast down at the rapture.  

Revelations 13:6-8
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.

  Antichrist as Satan in the flesh does not regard the God of his fathers. Antichrist came from the old Roman Empire land area (see Daniel 7:8, Daniel 8:9, Daniel 9) where the gospel was first preached throughout by Paul the Apostle (see church age, Great Commission). Antichrist has no regard to the God of the Christians. Antichrist, as Satan in the flesh after the rapture ,will not anwer to the Christian God or any other god but be consumed with himself being worshipped as a god. Before the rapture ,Antichrist acknowledged and gave honor to a new and strange god for his star war success (this was Satan - see Daniel 7 page 3. Before the rapture Satan was also the prince of the power of the air and used his angels to give visible star war air support in helping Antichrist and his land forces rise to power (Daniel 7, Daniel 8). The world does not know that Satan has been cast down to earth after the rapture . At the same time Antichrist has died a mysterious death for a sinister purpose and Satan ressurrects him by incarnation (Rev 12, Daniel 7 page 5, Daniel 8 page 4 timeframe 4 page 1). Satan in Antichrist wants the worship of the masses to change now from worshipping him above to worshipping him on earth because that is where he now is. Satan incarnate in the resurrected Antichrist will now promote himself as a god in all his military strongholds that he has established or taking over. Antichrist both before and after the rapture will also will honor a universal 'God of forces' seeking to replace the 'person' of the Holy Spirit with his own doctrine. These forces most likely will be divided into good and evil and make up a universal consciousness that directs all things in our evolutionary climb as gods in the making with each lifetime we are born just like reincarnation and karma doctrine except mixed with a lot of new age philosphy to try to poison every one with it.

Daniel 11:40-44
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him 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.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
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.
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him 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.

  We are approaching the end of Antichrist's reign. The king of the south confederacy of nations is pushing one direction and the king of the north (nations possibly confederate with Russia who Antichrist severely limited earlier when he came to power before the rapture(Daniel 7, Daniel 8) in another direction. King of the north confederacy wll attack with many horsemen (soldiers), like a whirlwind (great speed) and by ship. Antichrist will enter the countries that make up the king of the north and overflow (Antichrist's armies must be very large and overwhelming). Then he will pass over (meaning he will not stop) but continues on toward Israel. Israel is called the glorious land because the Ark of the Covenant has been there on Mount Zion since the mass return (see timeframe 3), and Christ is soon to return and defeat Antichrist in the valley of Megiddo in the battle call armageddon (see Kingdom).

41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
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.

  Edom, Moab and Ammon are not directly in the path of Antichrist's advancing armies. The Kings of the south and north have entered Palestine from the south and north. Antichrist's armies are marching through countries in the line of fire. Egypt is attacked and robbed of great posessions of gold, silver and precious things. Libya and Ethiopia are right there to be defeated next but according to Ezekiel 38 they decide to be confederate with Antichrist (see Gog and Magog).

Ezekiel 38:1-23
1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all
sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them
with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls,
and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited,
and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold,
to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

  We are closing in on that last famous battle called Armageddon fought on the plain of Megiddo in Jerusalem (see Kingdom). The kings of the east (another group of nations that are conderate with each other coming into Palestine from the east - Korea? China? Japen? etc.) are on the march. Ezekiel 38 (see Gog and Magog) talks of a fourth group when interpretated seems to be the U.S., Great Britain and other english speaking countries (Canada and Australia) and other free countries who are concerned about Antichrist entering Palestine for world domination and making Jersualem his capitol. Rev 16:12-16 tells us that the Euphrates river will be dried up to make a way for the kings of the east to enter Palestine (see Day of the Lord - 6th trumpet/vial judgment).

Rev 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

Daniel 11:45
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

  God's holy mountian in Israel is Mount Zion. Antichrist will plant his royal tents (his palace in the fields) between the seas (Mediterrean and Dead sea) that are either side of mount Zion. Yet, we are told he will come to his end and no one will be able to help him. Antichrist will be defeated not by man but by God himself. The visble return of Christ and the saints with him will establish the long awaited visible kingdom of God on earth (Rev 19:11-21 see Kingdom)

Revelations 19:11-21
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
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: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set
forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against
the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward
the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: 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.
31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he
corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a
little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him 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.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many
countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
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.
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall
trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.