THE KING OF NORTH AND THE KING OF SOUTH (Part 1)
INTRODUCTION
A — How to understand the overall coherence of the prophecy of Daniel chapter 11 about the king of north and the king of south?
- To understand this prophecy, it is important to remain, as possible, in the framework of the context of the prophecy of Daniel, particularly in the chapters: 2, 4, 7, 8. These keys of understanding are mainly given by Jehovah, through Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16).
- The angel of Jehovah, in this prophetic narrative, was focusing on the central theme of the prophetic book of Daniel: The Restoration of Jehovah God Sovereignty on Earth and the Disappearance of Satan’s Sovereignty Represented by Human (Godless) Domination on Earth (Daniel 2:34, 44; 7:14). Therefore, the angel of Jehovah gave a special attention to the Jehovah’s Worshippers as, “Holy Ones”, “sons of your people”, “Those having insight”. They remain faithful, even at the cost of their life, faithful to the sovereignty of God (Daniel 7: 17,18,21,22,25,26,27; 8:24 (Holy Ones); 12: 1 (son of your people)); 11 :32–35 ; 12 :3,10 (Those having insights)). The congregation of the Holy Ones is named the “Holy Place”, in connection with the Spiritual Temple (Daniel 8:13,14; 9:26). The sacred service of the Holy Ones is named “the continual sacrifice” (Daniel 8 :10–14 ; 11 :30,31 ; 12 :11). The special relationship of the Holy Ones with God is named the “holy covenant” (Daniel 11:28–30).
- We must understand that this prophecy is focused on the former territory of Israel, as a symbol, in the past, of the sovereignty of Jehovah on Earth. Particularly after the Second World War (1948), in the last part of the prophecy, the narrative shows that the epicenter of the dramatic worldwide events that will lead to the Great Tribulation, is in the former promised land, the “Land of Decoration” (Daniel 11:44 -12:1).
- In the beginning of the Prophecy, the king of North is the “North” in connection with Israel as “Land of Decoration”, that is Syria. The king of the South is the “South” in connection with Israel as “Land of Decoration”, that is Egypt. Though even the front of the conflict between the two Kings, has moved, over the centuries, particularly in Western Europe, the prophecy of the two Kings, in the framework of the narrative of Daniel 11, is truly “circular”: it began in Israel (in the Middle East) and will have the final fulfillment, geographically and historically, in Israel (in the Middle East), until the Great Tribulation.
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