Example 6- The next example also comes from the Book of Daniel and is found in chapter 7. It tells of four great beasts that come forth out of the sea, and just as in the statue vision, the four beasts vision is a countdown from the restoration of the Jewish nation until the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ.
“The first beast was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.” Daniel 7:9
The first beast describes the British empire of the last 200 years. England has employed the crowned lion as the official symbol of the royal families. The lion appears on every coat of arms in the British royal line going back at least 700 years. This lion is usually seen standing up on its two hind feet. Earlier coat of arms had the British lion with eagle’s wings. Because the United States is associated with the eagle, the removed wings refer to the American Independence which strengthens the identification. One last point was the British monarch Richard the Lionhearted, instead of a lion with a man’s heart, the king was styled as a man with a lion’s heart. Historically speaking, it was the British throne that paved the way for the Jews to return back to Israel in 1917. This was known as the Balfour Declaration, the single most important move towards the establishment of the Jewish state in modern history.
“And I beheld another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it, and they said thus unto it, arise and devour much flesh.” Daniel 7:5
Just as the British lion restored the Jews to the state of Israel, so the Russian Bear also effected Jewish immigration, but in a more ominous way. The Russian persecution of the Jews was some of the worst Semitic hatred ever seen in modern history. This dark characterization of the devouring beast is in stark contrast to the humane lion before it. The bear is widely recognized as the universal symbol of Russia. Communist government is described to the leftist, which is what Russia’s central theme is. The three ribs between its teeth relates to the three Baltic states that were gobbled up by the Soviet Union. The statement to go forth and “devour much flesh” was certainly fulfilled by the great single mass murder in the history of the planet earth, Joseph Stalin. He brutally executed approximately 5 million people throughout his evil empire that was the Soviet Union.
“The third beast was like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl, the beast had also four heads, and dominion was given to it.” Daniel 7:6
The next nation that has similarly played a crucial role in the relationship of the Jewish nation was the nation of Germany. The question of identifying the Leopard with Germany is advanced by the idea that leopard is actually another word for Panther. The German people seem to have a particular fondness for the Panther. In the German television industry, the primary vender is Panther electronics. In the military, two prominent vessels (a cruiser and gunboat) were both named the Panther. Under Hitler’s 3rd Reich, the primary tanks were named Panthers. The Armored division of the Nazi’s was known as the Panzer division. The panther is a best predatory animal image of the German militarist of both world wars because of its great speed. The Leopard in Daniel’s vision was described as having 4 wings like those of a fowl as well as having four heads. Because no bird has one wing, this would imply two sets of wings, or two forces that
assisted the panther. History records the forces of the Axis encompassed were Germany, Italy, and Japan. Both Japan and Italy were very active in the air war, so this refers to Germany’s two air power allies that backed Hitler in World War II. Before the turn of the century, there were 4 prominent states that made up Germany- Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtternberg. The first federation government of Germany consisted of four free cities loosely bound together. Just like in the statue dream, when Alexander the great fell, his kingdom was given to his four generals, so it was when Germany fell, it was given to the four defeating kingdoms. A Russian general controlled the Eastern Zone, a French general controlled the southwestern Zone, a British general controlled the Northwestern Zone, and an American general controlled the western zone, and just like in the statue dream, after time only the presence of the America and Russia provided the lasting influence on the surviving country. And again, Adolph Hitler was responsible for the butchering of literally millions of Jews.
“…and I beheld a forth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth, it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it, and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns”
Daniel 7:7-8
This is the forth and final beast to come forth to make war with the saints. This beast is also spoken of in Revelation 13. This beast will not be one nation or kingdom, but a “diverse” number of kingdoms (10 in all) that will make up the beast. Scholars reveal that this beast will be the manifestation of the Battle of Gog and Magog. It is through this beast that we will come to know the Anti-Christ, for he is the little horn. This new beast or kingdom will be exceedingly strong that will devour “much.” Could that “much” be large parts of the United States as well a Brittan?
Example 7- The land Israel. To Abraham and his seed after him, God made an everlasting covenant to give them all the land of Canaan, which is modern day Israel.
Gen 17:8 Although Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived in Canaan during their lives, they were just visitors. The land didn’t become theirs for another 674 years.
But before the Children of Israel were given the land, the Lord warned the people (prophecy) that if they do not destroy all of the idol worshipers in the land, the idolaters would corrupt them (the Children of Israel) and would make them fall. Deut 12:30, Joshua 23:13. Over the next 823 years, the Children of Israel became so ensnared in sin and idolatry that the Lord had them taken captive and led away to Babylon. Sadly, the Lord sent Jeremiah the prophet to prophecy or warn the people that if they would not repent, they would be taken captive. Just like with much of America, Jeremiah’s words fell on deaf ears. So in 585 B.C. the Babylonian army came and took Israel captive. In Jeremiah 25:11, we read where Jeremiah prophesied that the Jews would be held captive for 70 years and then they would be let go. And that is what happened. After they had been held captive for 70 years, Daniel was reading in the writings of Isaiah where he found a letter to King Cyrus telling him to let his people go. Isaiah 44:28, 45:1 The problem was, Isaiah lived a 150 years before King Cyrus came to rule. And so here again, prophecy rules. It is during this time that the Jews were ruled by 1st the Babylonians, then the Meds and the Persians, then the Greeks, followed by the Romans, as prophecied in Daniel 2. After 70 A.D. the Jews or the Children of Israel were displaced all over the land. But Ezekiel as well as other prophets prophesied that in the last days, they would be given back their land as their everlasting covenant promised. (Ezek 35, 36, Isaiah 11:11)
Just like with all the other prophecies, on May 14th, 1948 at 4:32 P.M. the nation of Israel was granted their independence and statehood. It was this birth of a country that thus fulfills Isaiah’s prophecy Isaiah 66:8, Shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.”
Again, some 4000 years latter, the Jews or the Children of Israel were given the same land promised to them by God back in Gen 17:8. Every since that time, the Lord, God Almighty has been blessing them and fighting for them.
In the year 1967, six major Islamic countries (Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Lebanon) came forth to destroy Israel once and for all. They were backed by Russia with Russian missiles, tanks, and planes. It would be kind of like, the United States going against the State of Delaware, and the tiny country of Israel won. This war is what is known as the 6 Day War. During the war, Israel lost a total of 779 people, while the Arab coalition lost over 21,000.
In 1973, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq again came against Israel, leading a host of other Islamic countries in a war that was known as the Yom Kippur war. During the first week of the war, it looked as if Israel would be lost, but then God stepped in and over took the war. So much in fact that Egypt and Syria asked Russia for help. Russia came to us and said, either you get Israel to stop attacking Syria (after Syria started it) or Russia will step in with nuclear weapons. During this war, Israel lost 2,656 men, 400 tanks and 102 planes while the Arab forces lost over 15,000 men, 2,250 tanks and 432 planes. With these past two examples, Israel being greatly outnumbered should have been utterly destroyed. However, since the Almighty has stepped in and fought for Israel, the infant state continues to grow.
There have been numerous wars against Israel, each time they were badly out numbered, and yet each time Israel won.
One more blessing that was outlined in prophecy that has come about in the last couple of years is a major discovery of oil in Israel. This discovery was first thought to be around 65 million barrels, but at late is believed to be around fifty billion barrels. Flooding the market with that much oil could drive the market down which would greatly affect the Arab nations. At first, experts believed that there was no oil in Israel, and people believed that Moses dragged Israel around the desert for 40 years to just give them a barren land, but as oil teams began looking at prophecy, they figured out exactly where to drill. The oil supply is even greater that that of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran. These prophecies read-
Gen 49:1 …in the last days… Gen 49:25…blessings of the deep that lies beneath…
Deuteronomy 33:13 …Blessed of the Lord be his land, with the choice things of heaven, with the dew, and from the deep lying beneath. (19) …for they will draw out the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand. (24) More blessed than sons is Asher, may he be favored by his brothers, and may he dip his foot in oil.
These are just a few of the prophecies that have been fulfilled in the last days that bless Israel.
The Lord told Abraham, Those who bless you shall be blessed, and those who curse you shall be cursed. America has received blessings for supporting Israel, that is, 99.99% of the time. We are the big brother and protector of Israel. However, back in August of 2005, President Bush made a peace keeping mandate that Israel was to give back all of the land that was won during all the battles since Israel became a nation, even though Israel has never started the wars. The boundaries were to go back to the boundaries set up by Brittan in 1948. President Bush said that this mandate was to go into effect on August 29th, 2005. Was it President Bush’s place to step in and make this pact? He did this to try to make peace in the region. He was trying what Chamberlain tried back in 1939 with Hitler. He was trying to trade land for peace. But what the Almighty said was true, I will bless those who bless Israel, and I will curse those who curse Israel. So on August 29th, 2005 as an American President forced Israel to give up their lands, including part of the sacred temple mount, America was hit by the number one natural disaster of its time, Hurricane Katrina. Prophecy or just bad luck?
Example 8- This next example comes from Daniel and reveals to the day, when Jesus, the Son of God made his triumphant entry as the King of the Jews.
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks, the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.” Daniel 9:25
This prophecy is saying that from the command to rebuild Jerusalem (that was destroyed through the Babylonians) when Cyrus let the Jews go, until the time when the Messiah would come would be- 7 weeks + 62 weeks. Now in the scriptures, there are weeks of days (7), weeks of months (7) and weeks of years. (7) This is talking about weeks of years. 7 + 62 = 69 x 7 (the numeral value for the word weeks) = 483 divided by 360 days (Hebrew had 360 days in a year and not 365 as we do) in a Hebrew year = 173,880 days or 483 Hebrew years
The command to rebuild the temple came by Artaxerxes Longimanus on March 14, 445 B.C. Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem came on April 6th, 32 A.D. Exactly 173,880 days after the command to rebuild the temple. This was the only day He allowed Himself to be proclaimed as king. Just as Jews throughout Jerusalem were presenting their Passover lambs for acceptability, so Jesus also presented himself as the Passover Lamb for all mankind.
This amazing scripture is just one of 4 other scriptures that are found in Daniel 9. The first scripture says-
Seventy weeks (490 years) are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy. (Daniel 9:24)
- finish the transgression will come at the end of time
- to make an end of sins - this too will come at the end of time.
- to make reconciliation for iniquity - the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
- to bring in everlasting righteousness - will come at the end of time
- to seal up the vision and prophecy - will come at the end of time
- to anoint the most holy - will come at the end of time
Then we covered Daniel 9:25 above that talked about the 69 of the seventy weeks spoken of in Daniel 9:24.
Next verse- (After) threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off (Crucified), but not for himself, and the people of the prince (Rome) shall come and shall destroy the city (Jerusalem) and the sanctuary (Temple), and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. (this happened in 70 A.D. The end did come like a flood) Daniel 9:26
The word “After” at the beginning of the verse means that after the 62 weeks of years, there is a break in the time period. The 173,880 days that started at the laying down the foundation of the temple ended when Christ made his famous entry in on the donkey. It wasn’t until another 38 years had passed that Jerusalem and the temple was destroyed.
We are still in the break. We haven’t yet come to the seventieth week spoken in Daniel 9:24. We had 69 weeks until the coming of Jesus Christ the first time. It is this 70th or final week that has yet to come that the bible speaks of as the tribulation period. This is the time when the Anti Christ shall be made known. This is the period that the Judgments that are spoken in Revelation 6 thru 19 shall be poured out upon the world. It is the Battle of Gog and Magog that begins this period, and it is the Battle of Armageddon that ends this period. It is this last week or seven years that the world will see war poured upon the earth, more than man has ever seen in the history of man. Famines will follow with pestilence, as well as pandemics. It is during this time that we will see “stars fall to the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs,” Rev 6:13 Then will come hail and fire mingled with blood that will destroy a 3rd of the trees, and the grass. Rev 8:8
Will this hail and fire be a nuclear attack. In Zechariah 14:12-15 it says, their flesh all dissolve while they stand on their feet, their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, and their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths….
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