Transcript 9) The King of the North - Part 3. Three Geographical Obstacles.

School of the Prophets 2004
The King of the North
Part Three:
Three Geographical Obstacles
The Inspired Pattern
• “We have no time to lose. Troublous times are before
us. The world is stirred with the spirit of war. Soon
the scenes of trouble spoken of in the prophecies
will take place. The prophecy in the eleventh of
Daniel has nearly reached its complete fulfillment.
Much of the history that has taken place in fulfillment
of this prophecy will be repeated. In the thirtieth
verse a power is spoken of that, Daniel 11:30–36
quoted.
• “Scenes similar to those described in these words
will take place. We see evidence that Satan is fast
obtaining the control of human minds who have not
the fear of God before them. Let all read and
understand the prophecies of this book, for we are
now entering upon the time of trouble spoken of:
• “Daniel 12:1–4 quoted” Manuscript Releases,
number 13, 394.
Much of the History
• “The prophecy in the eleventh of Daniel has
nearly reached its complete fulfillment. Much
of the history that has taken place in
fulfillment of this prophecy will be repeated.
In the thirtieth verse a power is spoken of
that, Daniel 11:30–36 quoted.”
– The fulfillment of Daniel eleven
– Much of the history identified in Daniel eleven
“will be repeated”
– Daniel 11:30-36 isolated and emphasized
Scenes Similar to Those
• “Daniel 11:30–36 quoted.
• “Scenes similar to those described in these words
will take place. We see evidence that Satan is
fast obtaining the control of human minds who
have not the fear of God before them. Let all read
and understand the prophecies of this book.”
– Scenes similar to Daniel 11:30-36, “WILL TAKE
PLACE”
– Let “all” understand the prophecies of Daniel
Verse Thirty
• “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.”
Verse Thirty- “ships of Chittim”
• “The prophetic narrative still has reference to the
power which has been the subject of the prophecy
from the sixteenth verse; namely, Rome. What were
the ships of Chittim that came against this power,
and when was this movement made? What country
or power is meant by Chittim? . . . the mind is carried
by the testimony of Jerome to a definite and
celebrated city situated in that land; that is,
Carthage.
• “Was ever a naval warfare with Carthage as a base of
operations, waged against the Roman empire? We
have but to think of the terrible onslaught of the
Vandals upon Rome under the fierce Genseric, to
answer readily in the affirmative.” Uriah Smith,
Daniel and the Revelation, 281.
– The second trumpet of Revelation 8
Verse Thirty- “grieved”
• “‘He shall be grieved and return.’ This
may have reference to the desperate
efforts which were made to dispossess
Genseric of the sovereignty of the seas,
the first by Majorian, the second by
Leo, both of which proved to be utter
failures; and Rome was obliged to
submit to the humiliation of seeing its
provinces ravaged, and its ‘eternal city’
pillaged by the enemy. (See on
Revelation 8:8.)” Ibid. 282.
Verse Thirty- “indignation”
• “‘Indignation against the covenant;’ that is, the Holy
Scriptures, the book of the covenant. A revolution of
this nature was accomplished in Rome. The Heruli,
Goths, and Vandals, who conquered Rome,
embraced the Arian faith, and became enemies of the
Catholic Church. It was especially for the purpose of
exterminating this heresy that Justinian decreed the
pope to be the head of the church and the corrector
of heretics. The Bible soon came to be regarded as a
dangerous book that should not be read by the
common people, but all questions in dispute were to
be submitted to the pope. Thus was indignity heaped
upon God’s word.” Ibid.
Verse Thirty- “intelligence”
• “And the emperors of Rome, the eastern division of
which still continued, had intelligence, or connived
with the Church of Rome, which had forsaken the
covenant, and constituted the great apostasy, for the
purpose of putting down ‘heresy.’ The man of sin
was raised to his presumptuous throne by the defeat
of the Arian Goths, who then held possession of
Rome, in A.D.538.” Ibid.
• The church of Rome forsook the holy covenant
Verse Thirty- Summary
– Pagan Rome is being addressed
– The time period after 330, when the trumpet
powers of Revelation eight are attacking the
Roman Empire
– The Bible attacked by appointing the pope as the
“corrector of heretics”, thus legally placing man’s
word above God’s word
– The papacy is the power who had “forsaken the
holy covenant”
– The work of removing the Heruli, Goths and
Vandals is taken up, in order to establish the
papacy on the throne of the earth in 538
– The power who would place the papacy began to
have intelligence with papacy
Verse Thirty-one
• “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.”
• “The power of the empire was committed to the carrying on of
the work before mentioned.” Ibid.
– Pagan Rome’s military might is here identified in the word “arms”
– “Arms”, that is pagan Rome, stands on the part of the papacy
– “Arms” pollute the sanctuary of strength
– “Arms” take away the daily
– “Arms” place the abomination that maketh desolate
Pollute the Sanctuary of Strength
• “The power of the empire was committed to the
carrying on of the work before mentioned. ‘And they
shall pollute the sanctuary of strength,’ or Rome. If
this applies to the barbarians, it was literally fulfilled;
for Rome was sacked by the Goths and Vandals, and
the imperial power of the West ceased through the
conquest of Rome by Odoacer. Or if it refers to those
rulers of the empire who were working in behalf of
the papacy against the pagan and all other opposing
religions, it would signify the removal of the seat of
empire from Rome to Constantinople, which
contributed its measure of influence to the downfall
of Rome. The passage would then be parallel to
Daniel 8:11 and Revelation13:2.” Ibid.
Take away the Daily
• “How was the daily, or paganism, taken away? . . .
• “As we approach the year A.D.508, we behold a grand
crisis ripening between Catholicism and the pagan
influences still existing in the empire. Up to the time of the
conversion of Clovis, king of France, A.D.496, the French
and other nations of Western Rome were pagan; but
subsequently to that event, the efforts to convert idolaters
to Romanism were crowned with great success. The
conversion of Clovis is said to have been the occasion of
bestowing upon the French monarch the titles of ‘Most
Christian Majesty’ and ‘Eldest Son of the Church.’
Between that time and A.D.508, by alliances, capitulations
and conquests, the Arborici, the Roman garrisons in the
West, Brittany, the Burgundians, and the Visigoths, were
brought into subjection.
• “From the time when these successes were fully
accomplished; namely, 508, the papacy was triumphant
so far as paganism was concerned; for though the latter
doubtless retarded the progress of the Catholic faith, yet
it had not the power, if it had the disposition, to suppress
the faith, and hinder the encroachments of the Roman
pontiff.” Ibid., 282-283.
The Abomination that Maketh Desolate
• “In the month of March, 538, dangers beginning to
threaten them [the Goths] from other quarters, they
raised the siege, burned their tents, and retired in
tumult and confusion from the city, with numbers
scarcely sufficient to preserve their existence as a
nation or their identity as a people.
• “Thus the Gothic horn, the last of the three, was
plucked up before the little horn of Daniel 7. Nothing
now stood in the way of the pope to prevent his
exercising the power conferred upon him by
Justinian five years before. The saints, times, and
laws were now in his hands, not in purpose only, but
in fact. And this must therefore be taken as the year
when this abomination was placed, or set up, and as
the point from which to date the predicted 1260
years of its supremacy.” Ibid., 289.
Verses Thirty-two through six
• 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. 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. Now when they
shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall
cleave to them with flatteries. 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.
• 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.
– Persecution and exaltation
Scenes Similar to Those
• “Daniel 11:30-36 quoted.
• “Scenes similar to those described in
these words will take place.”
– Transition from pagan to papal Rome
– The removal of religious profession by the
power which supplies military strength to the
papacy
– The removal of three geographical obstacles
– When the third obstacle is removed-the
papacy is established and persecution begins!
Transition to Power
• 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.
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. He shall stretch
forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land
of Egypt shall not escape. 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. Verses 40-43.
Persecution and Exaltation
• 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. 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. Verses 44-45.
Military Might Changes Profession
• And I beheld another beast coming up
out of the earth; and he had two horns
like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
And he exerciseth all the power of the
first beast before him, and causeth the
earth and them which dwell therein to
worship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed. Revelation 13:11-12.
• TWO HORNS
Two Horns of Power
• “‘And he had two horns like a lamb.’
The lamblike horns indicate youth,
innocence, and gentleness, fitly
representing the character of the United
States when presented to the prophet
as ‘coming up’ in 1798. . . .
Republicanism and Protestantism
became the fundamental principles of
the nation. These principles are the
secret of its power and prosperity.” The
Great Controversy, 441.
The United States Changes
• “The lamblike horns and dragon voice of the symbol
point to a striking contradiction between the
professions and the practice of the nation thus
represented. The ‘speaking’ of the nation is the
action of its legislative and judicial authorities. By
such action it will give the lie to those liberal and
peaceful principles which it has put forth as the
foundation of its policy. The prediction that it will
speak ‘as a dragon’ and exercise ‘all the power of the
first beast’ plainly foretells a development of the
spirit of intolerance and persecution that was
manifested by the nations represented by the dragon
and the leopardlike beast. And the statement that the
beast with two horns ‘causeth the earth and them
which dwell therein to worship the first beast’
indicates that the authority of this nation is to be
exercised in enforcing some observance which shall
be an act of homage to the papacy.” The Great
Controversy, 442.
Military and Economic Horns
• And he had power to give life unto the image
of the beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause that as many
as would not worship the image of the beast
should be killed. And he causeth all, both
small and great, rich and poor, free and
bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or
in their foreheads: And that no man might
buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his
name. Revelation 13:15-17.
– Should be killed-military strength
– No man buys or sells-economic strength
Removal of Profession-the Reagan Years
• 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. Verse 40.
– US changes from Protestant to apostate Protestant!
– US begins to fulfill prophetic role of false prophet!
– US begins to use its military and economic power to remove
three geographical obstacles; king of south, the glorious land
and Egypt!
– The image of the beast begins in the USA!
– US begins “intelligence” with the papacy!
Upon the Testimony of Two-pagan
Rome
• And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which
waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward
the east, and toward the pleasant land. Daniel 8:9.
• 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. 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. Daniel 11:1617.
– Syria, Palestine and Egypt.
Upon the Testimony of Two-papal
Rome
• I considered the horns, and, behold, there came
up among them another little horn, before whom
there were three of the first horns plucked up by
the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like
the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great
things. And of the ten horns that were in his head,
and of the other which came up, and before whom
three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a
mouth that spake very great things, whose look
was more stout than his fellows. And the ten
horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall
arise: and another shall rise after them; and he
shall be diverse from the first, and he shall
subdue three kings. Daniel 7:8, 20, 24.
• And an host was given him against the daily
sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast
down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and
prospered. Daniel 8:12; and also 11:31.
– Heruli, Ostrogoths and Vandals
The Two Rome’s
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Both were persecuting powers
Both called their ruler called Pontifex Maximus
Both were Pagans
Both trample down God’s people and
Sanctuary
Both exalted themselves to God
Both had time prophecies identifying how long
they would rule supremely
Both time prophecies were connected to the
city of Rome
Both time prophecies began when third
geographical area was conquered
Both pagan and papal Rome prefigure modern
Rome
– Upon the testimony of two, a thing shall be
established!
Modern Rome’s Three Geographical
Obstacles
• 1. King of the south-verse forty
• 2. The glorious land-verse forty-one
• 3. Egypt-verses forty-two and forty-three
– When the third obstacles is overcome, Rome rules
supremely
– When the third obstacle is overcome, the deadly
wound is healed
– When the third obstacle is overcome, persecution
begins
– “Scenes similar” to verses thirty through thirty-six
“will be repeated” in verses forty through forty-five
John and Daniel Agree
• The deadly wound is healed
– Revelation 13:11-18
– Revelation 17:12-18
– Daniel 11:40-43
• The message of God, His people and
persecution
– Revelation 14:1-12
Revelation 18:1-4
Daniel 11:44, 45
• The parallel of Daniel 11:30-36
– The papacy empowered-verses 30, 31
– The message of God and persecution-verses 32-36
“scenes similar to those described, will take place”