Daniel 10

1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

                                             Dan 11:2

Dan 8:19, Dan 8:27

Dan 9:20-24

Dan 10:1, Dan 10:11, Dan 10:14, Dan 10:21

Amos 3:7, Isa 42:9, Jn 13:19, Jn 14:29, Jn 16:4

      Isa 43:9-11, Jn 15:26-27, Acts 5:29-32

2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;

5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:

6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.

7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.

8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.

9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.

10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.

Dan 8:19, Dan 8:27

Dan 9:20-24

Dan 10:1, Dan 10:11, Dan 10:14, Dan 10:21

Dan 11:2

12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

Dan 8:19, Dan 8:27

Dan 9:20-24

Dan 10:1, Dan 10:11, Dan 10:14, Dan 10:21

Dan 11:2

15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.

16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.

17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,

19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.

21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
                  Jer 30:7-11    Dan 12:1, Mt 24:21-31
                                     Ps 22:27-30, Lk 22:28-30
                  Ps 47:5-8 <------------------> Mt 19:28
                                   Heb 2:5, 1 Cor 6:2-3

Dan 8:19, Dan 8:27

Dan 9:20-24

Dan 10:1, Dan 10:11, Dan 10:14, Dan 10:21

Dan 11:2

Daniel 11

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. <------> Dan 7:6

Dan 8:19-22, Dan 8:8       Zech 1:15-21       Dan 2:36-40
Cambyses_II                                                 Dan 7:23-26

Bardiya                                                          Dan 7:21-22

Darius_I_of_Persia

Xerxes_I_of_Persia

Artaxerxes_I_of_Persia

Achaemenid Empire#Achaemenid kings and rulers

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.


Gain the Whole World, and Lose His Own Soul?
      Mt 16:24-28, Mk 8:34-9:1, Lk 9:23-27
           Jn 12:25-26, Jn 13:33-14:3, Jn 10:26-36
           Jn 7:15-17, Jn 8:21-31, Jn 6:63-68
                             Jn 13:13-19

Alexander_the_Great <------> Zech 1:15-21, Dan 2:31-40
                                                       Dan 7:3-7, Dan 7:16-17

Dan 8:21, Dan 8:5-7, Dan 10:20

Dan 8:19-22, Dan 8:8

Diadochi - wikipedia

Diadochi - livius

Diadochi Wars, 323-280 BC

Ptolemy I Soter           Cassander

Seleucus I Nicator       Lysimachus

Battle of Ipsus (301 B.C.)

Battle_of_Ipsus - wikipedia

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.

Diadochi Wars Dan 11:5-20

Seleucus I Nicator

Ptolemy I Soter

When the coalition against Antigonus was renewed in 302, Ptolemy joined it, and invaded Syria a third time, while Antigonus was engaged with Lysimachus in Asia Minor. On hearing a report that Antigonus had won a decisive victory there, he once again evacuated Syria. But when the news came that Antigonus had been defeated and slain by Lysimachus and Seleucus at the Battle of Ipsus in 301, he occupied Syria a fourth time.

The other members of the coalition had assigned all Syria to Seleucus, after what they regarded as Ptolemy's desertion, and for the next hundred years, the question of the ownership of southern Syria (ie, Judea) produced recurring warfare between the Seleucid and Ptolemaic dynasties. Henceforth, Ptolemy seems to have mingled as little as possible in the rivalries between Asia Minor and Greece; he lost what he held in Greece, but reconquered Cyprus in 295/294. Cyrene, after a series of rebellions, was finally subjugated about 300 and placed under his stepson Magas.

Coele-Syria       Levant

King of the North and King of the South

      Dan 11:6, Dan 11:11, Dan 11:15, Dan 11:40

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.

Ptolemy II of Egypt

Antiochus II Theos

Berenice (Seleucid queen)

Greco-Bactrian Kingdom – about 255 B.C.

Seleucid Empire - Roman power, Parthia and Judea

Parthian Empire – 247 B.C. – 224 A.D. – 470 Years

Parthian_Empire

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:

Third Syrian War (246-241 BC)

Ptolemy III of Egypt

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.

Seleucus II Callinicus

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.

Antiochus III the Great

Battle of Raphia

Battle_of_Raphia

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.

Dan 8:19-26

      Dan 8:1-12

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.

Scopas of Aetolia

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.

Syrian Wars - Fifth Syrian War (202-195 BC)

Antiochus III the Great – Persia and Judaea campaigns

Battle of Panium (198 B.C.)

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.

Ptolemy V Epiphanes

Cleopatra I Syra

      Roman–Syrian War – Prelude

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.

Antiochus III the Great – War against Rome

Seleucid Empire - Roman power, Parthia and Judea

Roman–Syrian War – 192 B.C. – 188 B.C.

Second Macedonian War – 200–197 B.C.

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.

Treaty of Apamea

Treaty_of_Apamea

Seleucus IV Philopator

Seleucus_IV_Philopator

Battle of Magnesia – Aftermath 190 B.C.

Paragraph one, last sentence:

     The Aegean Sea was a natural frontier for a state based in Babylonia, as Xerxes discovered long ago. If Antiochus had wanted to advance west into Greece, he needed to turn his state into the leading naval power in the Mediterranean, from nowhere, before sending his army west.

Paragraph two, last two sentences:

     Polybius states the financial burden of war indemnity forced Antiochus III to loot temple treasuries. This alienated Seleucid subjects and further reducing the dynasty's prestige already sharply reduced by the decisive defeat suffered against the Romans. <------> Dan 2:40, Dan 7:7-10

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.

    Dan 11:21-39 and Dan 11:44-45

Antiochus IV Epiphanes – a political hostage in Rome following the Peace of Apamea in 188 B.C.

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.

Onias III

                                                       Jer 33:17-18

Ezek 13:3-15, 21:25-27       Zech 3:8-10, 6:11-13

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.

He Shall Work Deceitfully: Puppet Monarch

Antiochus IV Epiphanes – Wars against Egypt

Ptolemy VI Philometor – Antiochus IV Epiphanes' Puppet Monarch

Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II

Ptolemaic Kingdom – The decline of the Ptolemies
 

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.

Rich Cities Spoiled – Strength Thru Riches & Payoffs

Dan 11:38, Dan 11:2

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.

Egypt Shall Be Defeated – A Great Army

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.

Antiochus IV Against Jerusalem

2 Macc 5:11-17     1 Macc 1:17-26

See also:    Hasmonean – Pompey the Great

Pompey entered the Holy of Holies; this was only the second time that someone had dared to penetrate into this sacred spot.

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.

In 168 B.C. Antiochus IV Epiphanes is Met by Roman Consul Gaius Popillius Laenas – A Line in the Sand

Antiochus IV Epiphanes – Wars against Egypt

-- implying that, were he to step out of the circle without an immediate commitment to withdraw from Egypt, the Syrian king would find himself at war with Rome. Being ambitious but not foolhardy, Antiochus promised to withdraw; only then did Popillius agree to shake hands with him.

Roman Republic – Consuls, praetors, censors, aediles, quaestors, tribunes, and dictators

The consul of the Roman Republic . . .

Consuls had supreme power in both civil and military matters. . . . While abroad, each consul would command an army. His authority abroad would be nearly absolute.

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.

In 168 B.C. Ships from the 4^th Kingdom – Against Him              Roman Navy         Dan 7:7-10
      Zech 1:15-21, Jer 30:7-11, Dan 7:23-26
                                 Mt 24:21-31, Dan 2:35, Dan 2:44

Syrian Wars - Sixth Syrian War (170-168 BC)

Hasmonean – Hellenization

Hellenization

Turn of Events – In 168 B.C. Roman Power in Egypt

Gaius Popillius Laenas (He Was One of the Two Roman Consuls)

Roman Republic – Macedon, the Greek poleis, and Illyria (215–148 BC) – See Perseus and Rome declared war on Macedonia again.

Turn of Events – In 168 B.C. Rome Defeats the Greeks

Third Macedonian War

Perseus was defeated by the legions of the Roman consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC.

The Third Macedonian War and the Battle of Pydna (168 BC)

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.
 

The Abomination that Makes Desolate ( Second )

The Abomination that Makes Desolate ( First )

Antiochus IV Epiphanes – Sacking of Jerusalem and persecution of Jews

See also:

Hasmonean – Pompey the Great

Pompey entered the Holy of Holies; this was only the second time that someone had dared to penetrate into this sacred spot.

Hasmonean – Antiochus IV against Jerusalem

Hasmonean

Hasmonean

Maccabees

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.

Persecuted Many Days – They That Know God Will Prevail – Others Corrupted by Deceit

Maccabean Revolt

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.

      Dan 9:24-27, Lev 26:27-33 <------> Deut 29:28

                Isa 65:9-12 <--------> Isa 56:1-8

Isa 46:12-13, 51:5-8    Jer 31:16-37, Num 15:29-31

Made White - Even to The Time of the End

Dan 12:4-10, Mt 5:1-12, Mt 23:29-39, Lk 11:27-52

                       Jn 16:1-5, 15:20, 13:13-17, Acts 7:47-60

                       1 Thess 1:6-2:19, Jn 13:33-14:3

Dan 8:17, Dan 11:35, Dan 11:40, Dan 12:4, Dan 12:8-9

Job 38:18, 38:12-21 <------> Treaty of Tordesillas

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.   Dan 8:19-21

                                           Dan 2:36-40

                  Zech 1:18-19 <------> Zech 1:20-21                      Siege of Jerusalem (70)
                          Ezek 5:10-6:10, Deut 28:45-68
                                           Ezek 20:36-37
                                           Jer 7:20-27    Jer 7:28

Deut 29:9-28 <------> Deut 29:19-21, Ezek 20:37-42

   Dan 8:16-17 <-----> Da 8:19, Dan 9:24, Lev 26:27-33

                   Dan 10:1, Dan 10:11, Dan 10:14, Dan 11:2 |    

                                         Dan 8:20-11:45, 12:11         |

                                                                                      |

      Dan 8:26                                                       Jer 25:11
         Dan 8:13-14

           Dan 12:7-10                            Dan 12:4

                Dan 7:25 <----> Dan 7:17-22 <----> Rev 15:2
                   Rev 13:2-5, Dan 7:11-12, Rev 19:11-19
           Rev 15:5-6, Rev 15:7-16:15 <----- Rev 16:16-21
             Lk 17:26-37, Mt 24:27-28 <----> Rev 19:20-21
 

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.

Dan 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, . . . .

Dan 8:19, Isa 66:5-15

      Dan 8:20-25 <------> Dan 8:3-12

           Dan 11:21-39 and Dan 11:44-45

Hasmonean Civil War – Not in Isolation – Regional Wars

Hasmonean – Civil war – Read to the end of the article.

Antipater the Idumaean

Kingdom of Armenia ( See Dan 11:44 )

Roman–Parthian Wars – Roman Republic vs. Parthia ( See Dan 11:44 )

Herod the Great

Antigonus II Mattathias – Parthian-supported invasion of Judea

Daniel 9:20-27

Lev 26:13-26, Jer 25:11, Ezek 4:16-17

             Lev 26:27-33 <------> Dan 9:24-27

      Zech 7:5

      Zech 7:12 , Zech 7:1-14

               Gen 18:16-33 <------> Jer 5:1-2, Ezek 22:19-31

Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192 A.D.

Caesar's Civil War

Battle of Pharsalus – Aug 48 B.C.

Siege of Alexandria (47 BC)

Battle of the Nile (47 BC)

Mithridates of Pergamum, who marched overland from Asia Minor to Egypt

Battle of Zela Aug 47 B.C.

After the defeat of the Ptolemaic forces at the Battle of the Nile, Caesar left Egypt and travelled through Syria, Cilicia and Cappadocia to fight Pharnaces, son of Mithridates VI.

 "I came, I saw, I conquered"

Cleopatra – Cleopatra in the Roman Civil War

Battle of Philippi – 42 B.C.

Roman–Persian Wars

Roman expansion – Triumvirates, Caesarian ascension, and revolt (53-30 BC)

Battle of Carrhae – 53 B.C.

Battle of Mount Gindarus 38 B.C.

Pacorus I of Parthia

Liberators' civil war – Naval battle and other developments
 

Roman_expansion - Early to Middle (30 BC – 180 AD)
 

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.

Dan 8:19 <------> Deut 29:9-28

               Mt 23:1-38

Roman Navy

Antony's Parthian War – The war

With the aid of Mark Antony, Triumvir and lover of Egyptian Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII, the son-in-law of Hyrcanus, Herod, returned to Judea and recaptured Jerusalem in 37 BC. Antony then went on to attack the Parthian Empire itself, marching into Atropatene (present-day Iranian Azerbaijan) with some 100,000 legionaries.

      Battle of the Nile (47 BC)

                                             10 Toes
Zech 1:15-21, Dan 2:31-40 <------> Dan 2:41-45
                        Dan 7:3-7     10 Horns <------> Dan 7:8-14, 7:20-22
                        Dan 7:17-19
                        Dan 7:23 <----------------------------> Dan 7:24-27
                                               Dan 11:3-4

                        Against Heresies (Book V, Chapter 26)

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.

Maps - Edom, Moab, and Ammon became Nabataea

Palestine – 1259-1125 B.C. and 953-722 B.C.

Roman Expansion
– Nabataea – Independent until 106 A.D. when it became a Roman Province

2 Cor 11:32-33 and

           the Nabataean King Aretas IV Philopatris

Aretas IV Philopatris was the King of the Nabataeans from roughly 9 BC to AD 40

Acts 9:1-25

1 Kgs 10:1-15 The Incense Road

      Mt 12:39-45, Lk 11:27-36

Nabataea – Independent until 106 A.D. – It Became the Roman Province of Arabia under the Emperor Trajan

Arabia Petraea

Paragraph 5

Yet before Rome dominated Arabia Petraea, there was a history of interaction between the two 'states'. In 62 BC, M. Aemilius Scaurus (briefly the brother-in-law of Pompeius Magnus and governor of Syria following Pompey's eastern conquest) attacked Nabataea. As a result King Aretas III agreed to pay an annual monetary tribute to Rome. Even minted coins showed King Aretas III in submission to Scaurus by means of an olive branch.

Paragraph 6

By 26 BC another bold Roman attempt at dominating Arabia came in the form of an incursion into Arabia Felix. With support from Nabataean soldiers, the Romans still could not advance deeply into the region. Conquest had proven to be impractical, and other foreign wars would take precedence (Germania, Britannia and the Danubian frontier) for the next century and a half. Only under Trajan, and the full attention of Rome, was the conquest of Arabia finally proven achievable.

Arabia Felix (today's Yemen) Aelius Gallus

Nabataeans - wikipedia

Nabataeans - livius.org       See: The Nabataean Kingdom

Nabataean Kingdom and Petra

Middle Nabataean History      26 B.C. – 40 A.D.

Nabataea / Nabatu

Nabataeans - Bing Search Images

Nabataeans - Jewish Encyclopedia

Guarding Petra - SmithsonianMag

     Paragraph 4 . . . It was not even on Western maps until it was rediscovered in 1812

     by the Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt.

Arabia Petraea - wikipedia

Solving the Enigma of Petra and the Nabataeans

Petra: Lost City of Stone - American Museum of Natural History

Petra - New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia
 

42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

Roman navy – Mithridates and the pirate threat

Final War of the Roman Republic

      Mark Antony

      Antony and Cleopatra

Battle of Actium – Sept, 31 B.C.

Augustus

Roman navy – Operations under Augustus

Pax Romana

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.

Egypt (Roman province)

Kingdom of Kush – Move to Meroë

     Nubia or as Cush Ethiopia

     In early Greek geography, the Meroitic kingdom was known as Ethiopia. The Kushite kingdom with its capital at Meroe persisted until the 4th century AD, when it weakened and disintegrated due to internal rebellion.

     The Kushites succeeded in negotiating a peace treaty on favourable terms.

Kush and Rome

Meroe

Furthermore, Nubia was very rich in gold.

          National Geographic:

                Ancient Gold Center Discovered on the Nile

Kandake

     One of the earliest references to the kentakes comes from 332 B.C. when Alexander the Great set his sights on the rich kingdom of Nubia.

Amanirenas

Aksumite Empire – Foreign relations, trade and economy

Ethiopia

An independent nation since ancient times, being one of the oldest countries in the world. Its roots go back to the 2nd century B.C.

Ethiopia – Antiquity       Acts 8:26-40

Dan 11:21-39 and Dan 11:44-45

Antiochus IV Epiphanes – Wars against Egypt

Syrian Wars – Sixth Syrian War (170-168 BC)

Antiochus IV Epiphanes – Sacking of Jerusalem and Persecution of Jews

Battle of Magnesia       Treaty of Apamea

Artaxias I

Artaxiad Dynasty – Armenian Empire       Phraates I of Parthia

Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)                 Mithridates I of Parthia    about 171 BC to 138 BC

Roman Armenia                                          Eucratides I

Parthian Empire <------> Harat - History Herodotus described Herat as the bread-basket of Central Asia. . . It became part of the Parthian Empire in 167 BC. . . .

                                          Harat - Pearl of Khorasan para.2 Hera-t was a great trading centre strategically located on trade routes from Mediterranean Sea to India or to China. . . .

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.

Map: Armenian and Parthian Empires

Isa 44:25-27

      Jer 32:37-42, Jer 33:12-26 <------> Jer 31:21-37

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.

Parthian Empire The Parthian Empire - para. 3

The Seleucid monarchs attempted to "hold the line" against the Parthian expansion; Antiochus IV Epiphanes spent his last years on a campaign against the newly emerging Iranian states. After his death in 164 BCE, the Parthians took advantage of the ensuing dynastic squabbles to make even greater gains.

Daniel 12

1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Jer 30:7-11

     Mt 24:21-31, Mk 13:19-27, Lk 21:25-28

Lk 14:13-14 ------> Ps 102:13-28, Ps 22:27-30
                                                        Isa 66:22-24

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,

some to everlasting life, and

some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Jn 12:47-50 Rev 15:2, Lk 22:28-30

Lk 14:13-14, Lk 20:33-36, Lk 21:33-36, 1 Jn 2:25-3:2

Ps 110:1-6 , Isa 24:1-22, Dan 7:11-12

      Mt 24:27-28, Lk 17:24-37        Mal 3:18-4:3

3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Dan 8:13-17, Dan 8:26-27, Dan 12:4, Dan 12:8-9

5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

Dan 12:1, Jer 30:7-11, Mt 24:21

7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

Dan 7:25, Rev 13:4-5, Rev 11:1-2, Dan 7:21-22

Rev 10:7, 1 Cor 15:51-52, Jn 13:33-14:3

Rev 11:15-20, Rev 15:2 <-------------------> Mt 24:21-31

Jn 3:36 <----> Rev 15:5-21, Rev 19:11-21, Mt 24:27-28

8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

Dan 8:13-17, Dan 8:26-27, Dan 12:4, Dan 12:8-9

10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but

the wicked shall do wickedly: and

             none of the wicked shall understand;

but the wise shall understand.

Jn 8:41-47, Jn 10:25-30                         Jn 16:1-3

Jn 7:15-17, Isa 52:6-7, Jn 15:20, Jn 17:14-20, 1 Jn 4:1-6

11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
                    Ps 81:11-12, 2 Chr 30:7-9, Lev 26:27-33
                                   Rom 13:1-10, Zech 7:5-7, Zech 7:12
Jer 44:21-23, Ezek 33:23-33     Jer 7:12-16, Jer 26:2-9
           Ezek 33:30-31 <------> Lk 16:1-17:10, Ps 50:12-21                                Lk 16:14-17 <---------------> Mal 3:1-5
      Dan 9:27, Dan 12:11, Mt 24:15-20, Mk 13:14-18
           Lk 19:41-44, Lk 21:20-24

The Abomination that Makes Desolate ( First )
 

The Abomination that Makes Desolate ( Second )

First_Jewish-Roman_War - Outbreak of the rebellion

See the diagrams below.
 

Mt 24:15-20, Lk 23:56, Lk 1:1-4, Isa 56:1-8, Isa 57:13-19

Mk 13:14-18       Isa 56:10-57:13 <-------------> Acts 2:34-39

      Lk 19:41-44 <----> Siege of Jerusalem (70)

      Lk 21:20-24       Gen 18:16-33 <-----> Jer 5:1-2

Hos 3:1-5, Zech 7:12       Ezek 13:4-9    Ezek 22:19-31
        Jer 30:7-11
        Dan 12:1

13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.                                          Lk 14:13-14

Jn 13:33-14:3, Job 14:10-12    Isa 34:1-17, Ps 102:13-28

Ps 47:5-9                      Job 14:14        Isa 24:1-22

Rev 10:5-7, 1 Cor 15:51-52        Rev 11:15-18