Daniel 11:21-28

These are evil times we live in.  The  fight is with  the principalities of darkness in man.

God has already won the battle but He is long suffering to those who do not know Him.

We desire an end  and the return of Jesus.

God is compassionate and long suffering. He wants as many as can be reached to come to Him for the salvation that He gives in Jesus before His return. He wants no one to perish…no…not…one.

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. Ernest Hemingway

In our weakness, turning over  control of our life to Him He can accomplish, in His strength, everything that we cannot.

Daniel 11:21-28

21 And in his place shall arise a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of royalty; but he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom by intrigue. 22 With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant. 23 And after the league is made with him he shall act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become strong with a small number of people. 24 He shall enter peaceably, even into the richest places of the province; and he shall do what his fathers have not done, nor his forefathers: he shall disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches; and he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, but only for a time. 25 “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 devise plans against him. 26 Yes, those who eat of the portion of his delicacies shall destroy him; his army shall be swept away, and many shall fall down slain. 27 Both these kings’ hearts shall be bent on evil, and they shall speak lies at the same table; but it shall not prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time. 28 While returning to his land with great riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy covenant; so he shall do damage and return to his own land. The New King James Version

Seleucid Control of Palestine (190 b.c.) Antiochus III, king of Syria, expanded the boundaries of the Seleucid kingdom in numerous battles with the Ptolemies. In 221 b.c. he captured part of Palestine, only to lose most of it in 217 b.c. Returning in 201 b.c. he finally defeated the Ptolemies in 198 b.c. with the aid and support of the Jews. Palestine enjoyed freedom from Egyptian domination until 175 b.c., when a new leader, Antiochus IV, became king of Syria. His oppression of the Jews led to the Maccabean Revolt of 167 b.c. and eventual Jewish autonomy in 164 b.c.. The NKJV Study Bible

God, in his providence, sets up one, and pulls down another, as he pleases. This world is full of wars and fightings, which come from men’s lusts. All changes and revolutions of states and kingdoms, and every event, are plainly and perfectly foreseen by God. No word of God shall fall to the ground; but what he has designed, what he has declared, shall infallibly come to pass. While the potsherds of the earth strive with each other, they prevail and are prevailed against, deceive and are deceived; but those who know God will trust in him, and he will enable them to stand their ground, bear their cross, and maintain their conflict. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Daniel 8:19 And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be.

Daniel 8:25 “Through his cunning he shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule; and he shall exalt himself in his heart. He shall destroy many in their prosperity. He shall even rise against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without human means.

Habakkuk 2:3 | For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.