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There are three powerful characters in this picture: the king of the south; the king of thenorth and the king who is introduced in verse 36 as the one who “will do according to his will” –the Antichrist. “The king of the south,” in the Bible is always Egypt – and, “the king of thenorth,” is Syria – probably in a confederacy with the other Arab nations. They will unite in theiropposition to the Antichrist, but he will be victorious. The Antichrist will then pass throughIsrael (Palestine), permitting some countries to escape his vengeance, but plundering Egyptalong with Libya and Ethiopia.Now hear what Daniel says as he continues tin verses 44-45 and predicts what is tofollow:“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 utterlyto make away many. And he shall plant the tabernacles of hispalace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet heshall come to his end, and none shall help him”While the Antichrist is engaged in securing his victory over the rebels in the Middle East,he will receive news from the east and the north that will trouble him. He will come up throughIsrael (Palestine) with a fury and a rage that will lead him to destroy and exterminate many inthat land. He will build a palace on the Mount of Olives from which a person would be able tosee both from the Mediterranean and from the Dead Sea. This will be done in a blasphemousattempt to insult the true God, the very one to whom many of the Jews will have turned.Here in the Holy Land, however, the Antichrist will meet with disaster. The LordHimself will bring bout his overwhelming defeat.Further details concerning the final doom of the antichrist in Israel are given in Zechariah14. Jerome, writing in the 4 th century, declared, “No one shall be able to assist the Antichrist asthe Lord vents His fury upon him…Antichrist is going to perish in that spot from which our Lordascended to heaven.”Yes, the day is coming when Israel, Egypt and the Arab nations will have a commonenemy. This man, the Antichrist, will cause them great suffering as he unwittingly becomesGod’s chastening rod. When God’s purpose has been accomplished through him, however, theLord will destroy him utterly.What a comfort it is to know that although the world scene darkens and sin runs rampanton every hand, the day is coming when “the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the gloryof the Lord, as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14).The things which are transpiring before our eyes today should alert us to the lateness ofthe hour, the nearness of our Lord’s return. “When these things begin to take place, stand up andlift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near” (Luke 21:28).
Lesson FiveIsrael and Moses’ ProphecyThe book of Deuteronomy is both a moving personal document and a striking prophecy.Moses, knowing that he would soon die, reiterated God’s covenant with Israel and also face thenew generation that was to enter Canaan with the demand that they pledge their loyalty toJoshua, his divinely appointed successor. He pronounced glorious blessing upon them forobedience, and dire curses for disobedience. In addition to this, he gave a detailed picture ofIsrael’s future that is amazing in its accuracy.Moses predicted that the Israelites would not obey God and that they would be removedfrom their land, scattered among the nations and delivered to their enemies who would bitterlypersecute them. Listen to Moses as he declares in Deuteronomy 28:63-67,“And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good,and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and tobring you to naught; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goestto possess it. And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the oneend of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, whichneither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. And among thesenations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but theLORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow ofmind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day andnight, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say,Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it weremorning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sightof thine eyes which thou shalt see.”This is indeed one of the most amazing prophecies in the entire Word of God, and all ofit has been accomplished to the letter.Moses also foretold that day when the nation of Israel would return to the land ofCanaan. He said in Deuteronomy 30, verses 1 through 3 and verse 6,“And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, theblessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them tomind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, Andshalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to allthat I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, andwith all thy soul; That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and havecompassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations,whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee…And the LORD thy God willcircumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God withall thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.”Comparing this prediction with that of Ezekiel 36:24-28, and the prophet’s vision of thedry bones in chapter 37, it appears that although a remnant will return to the land of Israel inunbelief, the complete regathering of the Israelites and their permanent establishment in the landwill not be realized unto they have genuinely repented and returned to God.
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