19) Daniel 11, Headlines, And The End Times

What if a 2,500‑year‑old text could decode today’s headlines? We take a bold, verse‑by‑verse journey through Daniel 11 and 12—starting with Persia’s clash with Greece and Alexander’s sudden empire—then track how “kings of the North and South” evolve from geographic rivals into competing worldviews that still collide on our screens. From Cleopatra’s fateful alliances to Rome’s ascent, Byzantium’s struggle with the Ottomans, and the Renaissance windfall that powered colonial expansion, we lay out a continuous arc that makes the present feel eerily familiar.

As the timeline reaches modernity, we weigh two provocative readings of “the robbers of thy people”: ISIS’s brutal bid to force the End, and a transnational deep state—what scripture calls the Whore of Babylon—enriching itself through secrecy, leverage, and vice. We connect those threads to contemporary power, the “eagle heads” who rise outside normal succession, and a first leader who smashes the South with unprecedented “devices,” using upright soldiers inside a corrupt architecture. Then the story swerves: a sudden reversal by the “ships of Chittim,” a sanctuary profaned, and a second abomination that makes desolate as the world hardens against Jerusalem.

Against that darkness, we highlight the hope baked into Daniel 12: Michael stands, knowledge opens, and a scattered remnant “that know their God” become strong and do exploits—teaching, gathering, and enduring while false treaties crumble. We explore how sealed words make sense only when the moment arrives, why technology without truth becomes a snare, and how covenant communities become both a target and a refuge. If you’ve sensed that history is rhyming louder than ever, this is your map for reading the signs with clarity and courage.

Listen now, share with a friend who loves history and prophecy, and leave a review with your biggest insight or question so we can tackle it next.

Transcript

Setting The Stakes And Sources

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Welcome to the Black Swan Rising Podcast, an L10 production. For transcriptions, show notes, and extras, please visit us at the Black Swan Rising Podcast.com. Now, broadcasting across the world from the heart of the American Bible Belt, here is your host, Michael B. Rush.

Daniel 11 As The Framework

Persia Versus Greece: Proof Of Prophecy

Alexander’s Rise And Fourfold Split

Cleopatra, Caesar, And Rome’s Ascendancy

Zenobia And A Lasting Schism

From Geography To Ideology

Byzantium, Ottomans, And The Crusades

Renaissance Wealth And Northern Return

Colonial Powers Carve The South

“Robbers Of Thy People” In Our Time

Deep State, Babylon, And Epstein

Trump, ISIS, And Prophetic Intersections

Eagle Heads, Continuity, And A Trigger

First Eagle Head And Middle East War

Upright Ones And Leverage Through Vice

Isles, A Prince, And A Shift At Home

Taxes, Tumbling, And The Vile Ruler

Antichrist’s Devices And Unified Opposition

Ceasefire Theater And Hostility To Covenants

Ships Of Chittim And A Stunning Reversal

Abomination, Rising Power, And Strongholds

Saints’ Exploits Amid Global Chaos

Trials, Purging, And Preservation

Exalting A Strange God And An Image

Final Campaigns And The Glorious Land

Michael Stands And Deliverance Timelines

Sealed Words, Wisdom, And The Count

Closing Reflections And Next Steps

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Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Black Swan Rising Podcast. I'm your host, Michael B. Rush. Today we're going to be talking about current events. I get asked all the time if I could please weigh in on you know what's going on and how I see that playing into the last days timeline. And so that's that's what this episode is going to be all about. But when I do things like this, I always like to base whatever I'm talking about in the scriptures. And so we're going to talk about the last days, but we're going to do it from the context of Daniel chapter 11. Now, I've actually written a book on Daniel 11, so if you're interested in this episode, you can just go to Amazon and look up Michael B. Rush, Daniel 11, and you can find a book, and I'll go into a lot more detail. That's just a verse-by-verse analysis than what I'm going to go through today. My purpose for today is going through this just to show you how it fits. Because I think a lot of times people will cherry-pick verses and they'll try to force that interpretation to mean something where if you look at the broader context of the entire revelation, uh, it's obvious that the meaning that they are attributing to it is forced. So I'm going to start from verse one and I'm going to go through the whole thing. And you know, it's the first 14 verses apply to history. They set the stage, and you know, Daniel 11 goes, it's 45 verses long. So most of this is going to be talking about the last days. And I'm also going to do verse or chapter 12 as well. So the vast majority of what we're going to be talking about today is going to be taken out of today's headlines, but I'm I'm starting with verse 1 just so you can see how it all fits into the historic context. And it, you know, in my opinion, it fits beautifully. So let's get started with verse one. Also, I, in the first year of Darius the Mead, even I stood to confirm and to strengthen him. And now I will show 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 realms of Grecia. Okay, so this prophecy gives a definitive forward-looking prophecy about the fourth king of Persia from Darius the Mead would do this thing. So if you count four kings from Darius the Mead, you get surprisingly another king named Darius. Darius the Great. Darius the Great was the king of Persia when it was at its absolute pinnacle of power. He had more wealth and influence than any other Persian king Bar nun. And incredibly, he decided he was going to wage war on Greece. And he goes in with all the might and power of Persia, and he's defeated at the famous Battle of Marathon. This is where you know the race comes from, because the what one of the soldiers ran from the Battle of Marathon, 26.2 miles, to let the Greeks know that they were victorious in that battle. That was against this king. So why is this important? Well, it's important because it lets us know that this prophecy is legit. Okay, this is the real deal. Daniel said this was going to happen, and boom, it happens. So we better pay attention as this prophecy unfolds, because if this is true, everything else in this prophecy is true. Okay, so back to Daniel's vision. So Darius the Great lost at the Battle of Marathon, and someone as powerful and as influential as Darius the Great is not going to forget what happened in Greece. In fact, Darius is so distraught by this that historians refer to this subsequent period as his Greece grudge period. He carries this grudge against Greece until he dies, and he passes that grudge on to his son Xerxes. Now, Xerxes plans this great invasion of Greece to avenge his father. He comes up with this amazing plan where he's going to build this pontoon bridge across the well, this, I think they called it the Hellespont. But he builds this bridge, and then there's this storm that comes and it destroys the bridge, and he's so furious that he commands his officers to give the ocean 10,000 lashes. It's kind of you know funny. And then he finally gets across to the other side, and he has to go through this choke point in the between these two canyons, and there's 300 Spartans there. These 300 Spartans hold off his entire army, hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and they kill tens of thousands, if some of these stories are to be believed, of Persians, because you know they can't get through this choke point, and these 300 Spartans just kill them. Well, eventually they get through and they go into Greece and they're defeated once again. And you know, Xerxes is not able to vindicate his father, and you know, really no one else is either. This is a a mantle that each of the uh Persian kings you know takes up to try to go and stick it to the Greeks, and this brings us after a series of this back and forth between uh Persia and you know Greece, that finally there is a warrior in Greece that puts an end to this back and forth conflict. But this back and forth con conflict, the point of uh what Daniel was making was that it all started with this fourth king after Darius the Mead, which is Darius the Great. And that's pretty interesting. So let's continue in Daniel verse three. A mighty king shall stand up that shall rule with great dominion and do according to his will, and when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided towards 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 besides those. So what is this talking about? This is talking about the rise of Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great is the only general in recorded history to never lose a single battle. Every single battle that he led in his entire life, he won. He was fearless, he was a genius, he just would go in and he would just get it done. And he went in against Persia and he just wiped them out. He he amasses the largest empire that the world has ever seen. But while he is in the height of his power, he dies, and his kingdom is divided amongst four his four generals. So this is what this verse four is talking about when it says, and when he shall stand, his kingdom shall be broken and shall be divided towards the four winds of heaven and not to his posterity. Again, guys, this is absolutely astounding. You know, Daniel prophesies something and it happens. This this is legit, okay? We're not you know pounding square pegs into round holes here. This fits hand in glove. This is exactly what happens to Alexander's kingdom. His kingdom didn't go to his descendants, it went to his four generals, and they did divide it up the north, west, east, and south. And this is you know really interesting because it's exactly what Daniel prophesied would happen. And when the Jews saw this happen, they immediately uh interpreted it as being the fulfillment of the vision that Daniel saw. So this is where we are, and now we go into verse five. And the king of the south, meaning the southernmost kingdom, which would be centered in Egypt. That's what we're talking about, you know, in the king of the south now. Now, over the the course of Daniel's vision, there will be this epic struggle between the king of the north and the king of the south. And the originally, you know, this is the first time we're hearing about kings of the north and kings of the south, but this idea, whereas in originally it's between a struggle of these the northern kingdom of you know Alexander's empire and the southern portion of that kingdom, it's geographical, but during the as the prophecy continues, it morphs to be less about geography and more about ideology. And that will that will become clear as uh we progress through this. So where we're at in verse five is that we're we're going to have a struggle between the southern kingdom that once belonged to Alexander's the Great's rule and the northern part. And so let's see how this struggle unfolds in verse six. And in the end of years, they shall join themselves together. So, what does this mean? Means there will come a time when the broken the four broken pieces of Alexander the Great's kingdom will be reunited. And this, what Daniel is going to talk about right now, is the events that precede that unification. In other words, when Alexander's four uh shattered kingdoms become reunified into what would become the Roman Empire. So let's continue here. I'll I'll start back again at the beginning of verse six. 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. Okay, so what are we talking about? The the daughter of the king of the south goes to the king of the north to try to preserve her kingdom, but the king of the north, who does try to help her, he doesn't stand. So what are we talking about here? Well, this is talking about Cleopatra, who was the queen of the southern kingdom, but there were all kinds of family disputes. Her sister wanted the to rule the kingdom, her brother wanted to rule the kingdom, so she went and appealed to Julius Caesar, who was ruling the northern part of Alexander the Great's empire at this point, and asked for help. And Julius Caesar did help Cleopatra and helped her solidify her rule, but that didn't last very long. Actually, Julius Caesar and Cleopatra had a child together, Caesarean, which means just basically little Caesar. And he was called back to Rome, where he was assassinated in the Roman Senate. We all know that story. And so Cleopatra was once again fighting for sovereignty. Her sister rose up and wanted to claim the throne, so she goes to another prominent and powerful Roman. And this was Marcus Antonius, also known as Marc Antony. Now, Mark Antony, he was essentially a joint ruler of Rome with another man named Octavian. And Marcus and Octavian, they kind of saw things differently, but uh Marcus was very powerful. He he was the general of Rome. And so Cleopatra goes to Marcus and appeals for help. Now Cleopatra must have been a stone-cold fox because Caesar falls in love with her. Marcus Caesar falls in love with her. He also has children with her. He puts down Cleopatra's sister, establishes the rule under Cleopatra. But you know, the Octavian he gets he gets nervous because Mark Antony, he's starting to talk about Caesarean, Caesar and Cleopatra's son, he starts calling him the king of kings and saying that he is the he's the next ruler of Rome. And you know, Octavian doesn't like this at all. He actually uh kills the the children that uh Cleopatra and uh Caesar had, and there's a it starts a war between him or yeah, him and Mark Antony, and this war does not go very well. Mark Antony actually loses this war and he gets news that Cleopatra has been killed. Now this isn't true, but he believes it, and so out of grief, he kills himself, he takes his own life. Now Cleopatra hears this, and then she kills herself. So this is again a remarkable fulfillment of Daniel's prophecy, where the daughter of the king of the south goes to the king of the north uh and asks for help, receives that help, but then he doesn't stand, he gets killed, Caesar gets killed, and he goes she goes to someone else who also doesn't stand, and neither does she. She loses the the kingdom. And Octavian is able to usurp the the four uh ancient kingdoms, and Rome you know rises to power and will remain in power for a long time. So again, Daniel's prophecy here is just nailing it. Then we go into verse seven. 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. Okay, what is what are we talking about here? So so Daniel saw that a branch out of Cleopatra's roots would rise up and threaten the Roman Empire. So what was this branch? Well, this we we see this in a an incredible woman named Zenobia, who claimed to be a descendant of Cleopatra. She and her son rise up and challenge the Roman Empire. Not only do they they challenge it with their rhetoric, they take up arms and they split the Roman Empire in half. They take the southern part and the eastern part, and they rule it, and they rule it from Egypt, just like Cleopatra did. And this this creates a lasting schism in the Roman Empire. Rome was so that's that's where we're up to now in verse 7. So let's uh let's read in verse 8 to see what uh Daniel saw happening next. And shall carry captives into Egypt, their gods, with their princes and with their precious vessels of silver and gold, and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. So what are we seeing here? We're seeing Daniel saw that this schism that would arise in the Roman Empire would be based in Egypt, and that it would last longer than the Roman Empire itself. So what are we talking about? Well, Daniel isn't saying that Zenobia's empire would last longer than the Northern Empire of Rome. What he's saying is that you know this created a philosophical divide that would last and you'll be a permanent schism in the Roman Empire. It's it's very similar in my mind. You have you the you know in the the British Empire when you had the colony in North America rise up and declare independence and break away from that empire. That you know philosophy of liberty is undying and it is you know a hallmark of America. This is what Daniel is saying. This when Zenobia split the Roman Empire in half, that schism would survive longer than the King of the North's kingdom. And how that that happened is even though Rome came in and within three years they reabsorbed Zenobia's empire back into Rome, there was that feeling of independence in the eastern half of the Roman Empire that never went away. And ultimately, Rome permanently broke into two pieces that would become the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. And Rome would ultimately collapse in you know around 476 AD. Don't quote me on that date, but this is when the Germanic tribes, for reasons that we've we've also discussed in prior episodes of the Black Swan Rising podcast, it's amazing how relevant ancient history is to the events of uh of modern times and how it's you see the fingerprints of these things all over a society today. But the point is that this north the king of the north did not last as long as the king of the south. And in this instance, you're talking about the Byzantine Empire outlasted the Roman Empire, which fell around 476 A.D. and the Byzantine Empire continued until 1453 A.D. So it does indeed outlast. Now, this is where this prophecy starts morphing from the king of the north and the king of the south representing strict geographical regions to more philosophical differences. Because you have after the rise of the Byzantine Empire, you have the rise of a new power in the South, and this is Islam. Now, Islam they embrace Zenobia as they actually refer to her as the pre Islamic queen. Okay, so she's she's a heroine to. To the Islamic community, Zenobia is like a founding father or founding mother of independence against the oppression of the North. And the Byzantine Empire now from a philosophical perspective becomes the king of the North. And you now have this struggle between two very different uh philosophical views of the world. The Byzantine Empire is very much based upon the Greco-Roman philosophies of government, whereas now this rising kingdom of the south, or Islam, is based upon a religious Sharia law. And you start having real conflict between these two philosophical ideal ideologies. And this is now what we Daniel is talking about going forward. So let's pick up on the next verse now. So I'm starting in verse nine. So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom and shall return into his own land. So again, this is talking about the rise of Islam, and Islam spreads in the south and starts moving forward and pushing up against the Byzantine Empire. So this is referred to in history as the Ottoman Empire and their conflict with the Byzantine Empire. So now we go into verse 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, and the king of the south shall be moved with collar, and even come forth and fight with him, even the king of the north, and he shall set forth a great multitude, but the multitude shall be given into his hand. 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. Okay. So these verses are talking about this massive struggle that takes place between the Ottoman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. Both of these empires are raising large armies and they're going back and forth against each other. The and then ultimately what it's talking about is how the Byzantine Empire is facing an existential crisis. It needs help. It raises a large army. We know this as the Crusades, where it's going through Europe and saying, guys, if you don't come and help us, this may very well be over. And so they go against the King of the South with a large army, in the words of verse 12, many ten thousands, and the king of the south overcomes that army. But curiously, it says that he shall not be strengthened by it. That's interesting. Because ultimately, in this this conflict, despite the vast armies that the north is throwing at the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire wins. And ultimately, the Byzantine Empire collapses. And what it's the capital city of the Byzantine Empire was Constantinople. And it turns into Istanbul. But what Daniel is saying here is that despite the king of the South's great victory, he's not strengthened by it. His philosophies, or you know, this the Islamic philosophy, which represents now the kingdom of the South, it's it's not garnering more power, like in the the kingdoms in the ancient world, yeah, when you had you know Persia at the height of its power, you know, it could dominate you know regions. The the same wasn't couldn't be said for the Ottoman Empire. You would think now it's it's at it's just conquered the Byzantine Empire, it should be at the height of its glory, but that doesn't really happen. And we understand why from verse 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. Okay, so it seems like there is a space between when the Byzantine Empire falls and then the kings of the North return with a greater army, because it says that they shall certainly come after certain years with much riches. So something has happened to the philosophical North that is different than the philosophical South. So during this time period, the North is becoming incredibly wealthy, but the South is not. They're stagnant, which enables the North to return after certain years and just, you know, go roughshod over the king of the South. So what happened after the fall of the Byzantine Empire? Well, you had the Renaissance happen, where all of the European countries, with the fall of the Byzantine Empire, they kind of wake up and they start looking back to the empires of the ancient world, and they realize listen, we are living beneath our privileges. And they start, you know, there's a you know blossoming of science and exploration. It's you know, after the fall of the Byzantine Empire that Columbus sells the ocean blue. In fact, you know, Columbus sells the ocean blue less than 40 years after the fall of the Byzantine Empire. And what does he discover? He discovers a new land across the ocean. And that new land is primarily what just enriches the kingdoms of the north beyond belief. This starts with Spain, and Spain is bringing back literally ships filled with gold, wealth of unfathomable scope. And then you have England going over and colonizing North America, you have many of the other uh European countries going over and creating colonies, and there is just an incredible amount of opportunity that arises from this newly discovered world. But the kingdom, the Ottoman Empire, it doesn't participate in this at all. It's not enriched by this. In fact, it is beginning to fracture under the weight of its own religious views, and you you have schisms now in the Ottoman Empire where you know different religious factions are following different descendants or prophets, religious influential leaders that are interpreting Islam differently. And so it's the the philosophy of the kingdom of the south has fractured it. Whereas the kingdom of the north is enjoying more freedom, more liberty, and more wealth than any time in its in its history. And this these are the circumstances for when the king of the north returns with a great army and much riches to come against the king of the south. Now we are ready to read verse 14. And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south. So think about the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire at this time was had grown to be massive. I mean, the Ottoman Empire, it encompassed Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Egypt, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, you have parts of Arabia, and large swaths of the North African coast. So it was huge. And now you have these enriched northern kingdoms that have been practicing this colonial model that they developed in the new land, and now they're looking at the Ottoman Empire and they're saying, Hey, let's go in there and colonize the Ottoman Empire. And that's exactly what they do. And you know, this this isn't just England, although England is probably the most successful at doing this, but you know, this is France, it's the Netherlands, it's anybody and everybody that can is doing this. This is why you have all these African countries that speak French and Portuguese and English, because they went down there and you know they they divided up the Ottoman Empire. Now they're going amongst the king of the South and dividing up his lands. Remember, at this time, the king of the south now it's it's more a philosophy, and that philosophy is you know can can really be described by Sharia law, okay, compared to now what you would describe describe as you know the the Western philosophy that is really based off of you know Greco-Roman traditions from these ancient empires. And this, you know, pretty much all of this stuff, uh, Daniel is just laying out the groundwork to bring us to now current times. And it's been important for me to lay this groundwork so we can now jump into what did Daniel see happened happen next. Because these you know, first 14 verses that we have gone over, you know, that brings us to our days and the rest of Daniel's vision, which encompasses through verse 45 in Daniel 11, and then the entire chapter of Daniel 12. This is all about our days and the things that are going to happen in our days. And this is the part of the vision that now helps us to interpret what is going on in the Middle East right now. And so let's let's now read the last part of verse 14 because this brings us very current. Well, I'm just I'm gonna read the entire verse of 14 and then then we'll talk about it. And in those times there shall many stand up about the king against the king of the south. Also, the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision, but they shall fall. Okay, who are these robbers of the people? Well, the way that I see it, there's really just two interpretations of who these robbers of the people could be, and either interpretation lands this square in our day. So the first interpretation of this would be the robbers of the people are the rise of ISIS, because ISIS definitely arose amongst the philosophies of the kingdoms of the south, radical Islam, and ISIS, they they literally created a caliphate by robbing their own people, and they sought to establish the vision. What is the vision here? Well, if if you assume that ISIS are these robbers, that Daniel was thinking, then the vision of ISIS, as they clearly stated, was they wanted to bring about the second coming of Jesus Christ. Now, if you are not familiar with Islam, that may sound totally bonkers to you. But Islam, they they believe that Jesus Christ, they don't believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but they believe that he was a very important prophet. And they believe that he is going to come again in the last days and fight the Antichrist. And they their Isis's perception, and frankly, this is a perception very commonly held amongst the philosophies of the kingdom of the South, is that the Western uh philosophies are the great Satan and the Antichrist. So this is why you have countries, and you know, really it's anyone who's practicing a radicalized version of Islam, they chant death to America and they refer to America as the great Satan. And essentially, ISIS thought that if they could goad America, the great Satan, into coming into an all-out war with them, then they would force the second coming, or they would force the establishment of the vision. Now, Daniel said that they would fail in this purpose. So that's one interpretation of this. Another interpretation is that the robbers of the people are the rise of this deep state or the whore of Babylon. Now, the Horror of Babylon has enriched itself by robbing the people, robbing the American taxpayer, enriching itself by siphoning off vast amounts of American resources to establish a global cabal that is operating in its own interest, that has its own vision for world dominance that it is seeking to implement. Now, in either interpretation, both the Hor of Babylon will fail in establishing its vision, and ISIS failed in establishing its vision. Either interpretation that you take, and you know, frankly, I think that there are great and valid points for either one of them, and you know, regardless of which organization you're looking at, the author of both of these organizations, ISIS and the Whore of Babylon, is the same. You know, there is no doubt that Satan, Lucifer, was behind the rise and philosophies that were espoused by Isis, just as Satan or Lucifer was behind the philosophies that are espoused by the Whore of Babylon. So from that perspective, you could say that Isis and the Whore of Babylon are one of the one and the same. In fact, there are many signs that indicate that the Whore of Babylon gave birth to ISIS and wanted Isis to become stronger because it uh furthered their agenda of you know global domination. So that that's how I look at these verses. And either way, it's we're talking now about our day, because the horror of Babylon, you know, it goes by many different names. I've I've done episodes uh on the Hor of Babylon, but when you look at the Hor of Babylon in what is going on in the world today, you what's what's going on today? Where the world today is flush in rumors and conspiracies about the Epstein files, about Massad, and you're this you know evil consortium of uh highly influential Jewish interests. I'm talking like Rothschild, you know, kind of George Soros, nefarious influences, Massad, which you know was clearly heavily involved in the whole Epstein scenario. And then you have the American deep state, which is you know, frankly, working hand in hand with Massad. You know, all of this can be described as the whore of Babylon. I mean, when Jeffrey Epstein was arrested, the government came in and said, hey, you can't prosecute this guy, he's a CIA asset. Well, he was clearly an asset of Masad as well. So it would be better said that Jeffrey Epstein was an asset of the Whore of Babylon. So I think that if you're trying to look at the world from the perspective of these wicked different groups, like the American Deep State and Mossad as separate entities, I think you're missing the boat. We are seeing the rise to great power of the Whore of Babylon, and that is what is happening in the world today. I can guarantee you that the average American does not want war with Iran, and the average uh Israeli does not want war with Iran, but for some reason, the Hor of Babylon absolutely does want war with Iran, and the Hor of Babylon is at the height of its power right now, and it is pulling the strings in the background because it has incredible leverage over so many global leaders, presumably because of all of these Epsteinian, you know, atrocities that are coming to light, but are also being suppressed by some you know shadowy, incredibly powerful hand that is making even our elected, it's it's impossible to prosecute the Epstein files or even see all of the unredacted names associated with those. And that is because of the horror of Babylon. So when you when you're looking at these passages and trying to interpret them, this is how I think that uh you need to be thinking of these things. Now, another very interesting thing, regardless of your interpretation of this being ISIS or the American Deep State, or as I've just recently said, the overarching umbrella of the Whore of Babylon, which is probably the more holistic way of looking at this, I think is very interesting that the leader of the North that is associated with both of these things would be President Trump. Now, why would I be saying that? Well, President Trump came to power by promising Americans that he would, quote, bomb the hell out of ISIS, unquote. So, you know, ISIS just popped up and you know became a global phenomenon under President Obama, who spoke really tough things against them but never did anything. So Trump campaigned on the promise that he would wipe them out. Also, under President Trump, the American deep state became a household name. Prior to that, you never really even heard of the deep state. So Trump is a key figure here. And again, it's important to note that you know I'm not trying to pound a square peg through a round hole here. I mean, you look at the prophecy of Ezra's Eagle that we we went through, and there is a line of presidents that you know brings us right to President Trump. That is one data point. Then you have this prophecy of Ezra's Eagle where it's talking about you know this uh the robbers of the people, you know. robbers you know they've they uh they're nefarious you know they're they're doing things that they they shouldn't and in the context uh of modern times you know this is the whore of babylon the horror of babylon enriches itself by robbing the people by operating in secrecy conspiracy remember upon the whore of babylon's forehead is mystery and you know she enriches you know people in every country of the world that are part of this conspiracy this is you know pointing to our times and i i think that that's that's important to understand here because in the context of Ezra's eagle which the entire thing is a countdown to when the Hor of Babylon takes power this would now mean that we're if we're talking about President Trump here this next leader that's going to rise to a position of global power has got to be this first eagle head so let's look at what global events are like when this eagle head takes power because again this is something that is you know going to be imminent up to this point in time we're looking back at history and we're aligning it with Daniel's prophecy and honestly I I think it aligns perfectly from this point forward we are theorizing what these things mean. But again this angelic guide told Ezra hey I didn't expound that part of the vision to Daniel but I'm going to expound it to you so the part of that vision of Ezra Zegal that we're talking about now would be the rise of these three eagle heads so let's pick up in verse 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 so what is this talking about? It's talking about the first eagle head coming down on the king of the south think Islam with a vengeance so the question is why why would the first eagle head go after the Middle East with a vengeance well I think this goes back to the prophecy of the Ezra's Eagle again how is it that the head of Ezra's eagle comes to power well it comes to power by making Trump a short feather and devouring the next two who think to reign in their hearts and so it I mean one interpretation and again we are looking at things that have not yet happened and trying to project meaning onto them. This whatever happens will become very clear when it actually does but for now we're just theorizing what these things could mean. But to me one very plausible interpretation of this could be that if the Whore of Babylon is going to rise to power which the scriptures prophesy will be the case it looks to be in a manner that would be consistent with Ezra's eagle. And that happens by devouring the feathers how do you devour the feathers and usurp the rule because again the eagle heads are not like the feathers they don't they're not set up meaning they don't lead the country through ordinary course their rise to power is not business as usual it's a usurpation because of some triggering event and to me it sounds like a continuity of governance situation. And why do why do I say that? Well because there exists already codified into law this all happened during the Bush administration was actually Dick Cheney was instrumental in writing and codifying the continuity of governance program into law and according to that according to the very limited knowledge that we have because the vast majority of the continuity of governance is classified to this day but on a Hugh Hewitt interview Dick Cheney talked about the continuity of governance and he said that it was his belief that you would see some sort of nuclear event in Washington DC that would bring to pass this continuity of governance and if you look at what's going on in the world today the entire reason that we have been attacking Iran allegedly is because of their buddy nuclear capabilities. Iran has been at the point within two weeks of creating a nuclear bomb you know for at least the last 20 years. So to me it isn't a huge stretch to think that they may actually have some sort of nuclear capability right now. I mean they are literally saying that they have a weapon that has never before been seen and that we have now crossed the red line which will enable them to use this weapon. And there are whisperings that that may be some sort of nuclear device. Now we have no indication that they have tested anything. When you test a nuclear weapon it creates a seismic fingerprint that can be detected worldwide. We have not seen anything like that coming out of Iran but we have evidence that they have enriched the uranium that would be required for such a device and we do know that some of their allies have all of the triggering mechanisms that would be required and they could just literally acquire you know this the triggering devices from say North Korea I don't know that North Korea has would have any moral qualms setting Iran up with that kind of technology. Now what is important about Iran actually having the ability to enrich the uranium themselves because when you enrich uranium your the technology that you use leaves a fingerprint on it to such a degree that any bomb residue can literally be traced back to the centrifuges that made it and in a continuity of governance type scenario if you wanted to set Iran up as the fall guy for some sort of nuclear event all you would need would be the uranium to come from centrifuges that were enriched in Iran and then all signs would point to Iran having been the perpetrator of the bomb. So again this is all speculation but given current global events it's entirely possible we're we're talking about black swan events friends you know I I'm not saying that this is going to happen. The whole purpose of this podcast is to postulate on black swan events. So that's what we're doing here. I'm theorizing on a potential black swan event wherein you know the there is some sort of nuclear detonation that in the United States that not only eliminates Trump but a line of succession which seems to be contemplated in this vision. And that whatever that event is the next eagle head goes into the Middle East and goes against the king of the south like no one ever has and the king of the south is not able to withstand and basically this first eagle head takes him out. Now that brings us to verse sixteen but he that cometh against him meaning the first eagle head that comes against the king of the south shall do according to his own will mean in the verbiage of Ezra's eagle he will rule the world with more wicked oppression than any of the feathers that existed in America prior to this point. And he shall stand in the glorious land which by his hand shall be consumed. So what does that mean? What are we to understand by the glorious land? Well the only thing that we are told is that the glorious land is consumed because of this man. And from the context of the scriptures the glorious land would be a land of promise a land of promise was consumed by this man. And I believe that for all intents and purposes we're talking about the usurpation of a promised land and we know that it's not the first eagle head that goes and consumes the land of Israel. That's the antichrist. The antichrist and the beast are the last two little feathers. Again we talked about this in a prior episode the three eagle heads that's what we're talking about right now this is the first of those he has consumed a land of promise. What I believe that means is he has usurped the governance of the United States of America the glorious land he's consumed it. He's consumed the constitution based governance of that country and is now ruling the world with more wicked oppression than has ever been seen before. That is how I am interpreting this right now. So now let's let's look at the next verse because this becomes more and more fascinating as we move on here. And he shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom and upright ones with him. Okay so let's let's pause right here this guy he goes into the King of the South's territory and he does so bringing his upright ones with him what you know what does this mean? To me this is more than just a bombing campaign that we're seeing right now in the Middle East yeah we're saying that you know Trump is saying he's not putting American boots on the ground he's you know just going to bomb you know these guys to smithereens and then leave it to the Iranians to overtake their own government but the interpretation of this verse is that this man goes into the land and brings upright ones with him what do what does this mean? I think that he is going into and you know given current events let's just say this country is Iran because that's you know definitely the hot spot in the Middle East right now. So this man goes into Iran with boots on the ground he's taking the American military with him who Daniel describes as being upright ones meaning the soldiers on the ground they are not part of the Hor of Babylon they are being used by the military industrial complex to bring to pass the objectives of the Horror Babylon but they themselves are upright you know they are their patriots they think that they are fighting for freedom when in reality they are being wielded by the Hor of Babylon to bring to pass the devil's work so to speak so that's that's what I think that this means so now let's continue thus he shall do and he shall give him this hymn is undefined here it's very interesting we're not quite sure who the hymn is but this man meaning the leader of the whore of Babylon shall give him the daughter of women corrupting her but she shall not stand on his side neither before him so apparently this whore of Babylon the leader of the Whore of Babylon uses the daughters of women to gain leverage over him whoever he is okay and that could not be more relevant to current events than you know anything I can think of because we've you know got the Epstein files are on so many you know news headlines they're all redacted they're redacted because it's obvious that the Whore of Babylon has been using this as a way to gain leverage over very important people and note that Daniel says the daughter of women not the women themselves so by the daughter of women we are to associate this with pedophilia which is precisely what is going on what Epstein was all about. So it seems that this first eagle head uses pedophilia as an instrument to gain power and influence and to be able to facilitate the things that he is doing. Okay so now we pick back up in verse eighteen 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 him to cease and without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. Okay so what are we talking about here? So the first eagle head he goes and he doesn't stop with the Middle East he goes after the isles of the sea now by isles of the sea we're to understand global domination we're not just talking he's ruling the main land masses his rule his wicked oppression extends even to the isles of the sea okay now according to the prophecy of the Ezra's eagle something happens to the uh first eagle head we're not told exactly what it is but whatever it is it causes him to die in his bed with great pain. So something happens to this guy and that seems to be what is going on in this verse when it says that a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease. Meaning the whole world is looking at the rise to power of this eagle head you know very suspiciously and this prince that rises to power who is essentially a disciple of the first eagle head he causes this reproach to disappear so somehow he ingratiates himself with the people and we're going to understand how that happens in a little bit but what is not clear is how this man rises to power only that now he is calling the shots. So presumably the first eagle head has now died in his bed with great pain and a prince of his own behalf meaning this guy is the second eagle head and is also affiliated with the whore of Babylon he now causes the reproach that was you know encumbering the dominion of the first eagle head to go a to go away and this then it says and without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him meaning now that the reproach is gone he takes the governance of the United States of America and he is now calling the shots and then we read in verse 19 then he shall turn his face towards the fort of his own land but he shall stumble and fall and not be found. So this is how he ingratiated himself with the people he said hey nuts to these wars and foreign involvement we are going back to making America great again but something happens to him and he's gone so from the prophecy of Ezra's eagle we know that he is eliminated by the third eagle head and so now we have the rise of the next eagle head and we read about this in verse 20 then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom but within a few days he shall be destroyed neither in anger nor in battle okay one two three that's the first three eagle heads one after another again the third eagle head he is raising taxes for the glory of the kingdom he is continuing down the vein of let's make America great again and let's do this by taxing the snot out of everybody maybe yeah hopefully he's talking about taxing the snot out of everyone outside of America through these Trumpian tariffs yeah I'm I'm saying that tongue in cheek because I don't want to be I don't want to have the snot tax out of me I guess it goes back to that old adage don't tax him don't tax me tax that guy behind the tree that's kind of what the uh the tariffs do but anyways now we have the first three eagle heads are gone which would now bring us in the prophecy of Ezra's eagle to the last two feathers which rule jointly according to that prophecy so this lines perfectly with the next verse in Daniel 11 which is verse 21 and in his estate meaning this razor of taxes shall stand up a vile person to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries and with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him. Meaning this vile person stands up and takes control of the kingdom. He's not given control of the kingdom by the whore of Babylon. He gets control of the kingdom through flatteries and then the first thing that he does is he overflows with the arms of a flood the whore of Babylon. And that is 100% consistent with Revelation chapter 17 which says that this antichrist this false prophet and the beast that they will destroy the whore of Babylon they will hate the whore and they will devour her that is entirely consistent with what Daniel is seeing taking place here. But interestingly enough this man does not stop with overflowing the whore of Babylon because it says let me just read the entire verse again this is verse 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 meaning this man isn't only going to destroy the whore of Babylon he is also going to overcome the Prince of the covenant now you will recall in the book of Revelation When it talks about this Antichrist and beast rising to power, it talks about them overcoming the saints. Now, at the head of the saints, you would have the Prince of the Covenant. The Prince of the Covenant is the person who has the keys or the authority to administer the gospel covenants. Okay. So Daniel saw that this vile person is going to overcome the saints. That's what we should be understanding by this. Now we go to verse 23. And after the league made with him, shall he shall work deceitfully, for he shall come up and shall become strong with a small people. Now, friends, let me just reiterate here that this ain't your mama's Sunday school class. Okay, this is the Black Swan Rising Podcast. We are talking about strange things here. And we need to talk about these things in the context of the other things that we've been discussing in the Black Swan podcast. And when you look at the Black Swan, the things that we have discussed so far, and the things that are coming up, well, what's coming up? Some strange, very peculiar things. We've talked about the return of the watchers. It is my belief that you know this vile person that is going to be arising is going to be a watcher. So it's very interesting that he rises to power with a small people. I think that this may be a literal description of these individuals that are empowering this vile leader. And who might that be? Well, let's go back to the story of Chris Bledsoe, where he said that the lady appeared to him, and that the lady had these small people with her. They fit the description of a classic gray alien, except that they were black with grow with glowing red eyes. It's hard to think of something creepier than that. Might that play into all of this somehow? It's very curious when you think of the timing that Chris Bledsoe has come out with this. Now, Chris originally was giving out Easter 2026 as this date, but he has since posted on his Facebook that his friends at NASA have rerun the calculations for when the red star of Regulus is going to be before the gaze of the Sphinx, right before dawn, as being the 29th of August. So regardless, Chris Bledsoe is saying that something highly different is about to take place, not in some wildly future time, but this year, 2026. So I hope that that is not true. But if it is true, then it would lead or certainly be relevant to the timing of all of these things, which means that we're talking about some event that may be eminent. Certainly what's going on in Iran right now is eerily consistent with what we've talked about so far. So again, who knows what the future holds? The one thing that we'll be sure is that hindsight is 2020, and looking back, we should be able to see all these things and say, Yeah, this is what this meant. Okay, so let's continue in verse 24. He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the providence, and shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his father's fathers. He shall scatter amongst them the prey, and shall spoil the riches, and he shall forecast his devices against the strongholds, even for a time. So this is curious that this man shall do that which his father's fathers did not do. What does that mean? And he obtains his power by forecasting his devices, meaning this guy comes with technology that nobody, not even the strongest hold on earth, can stand up to. And he's able to do this for a time. Now that means that there is a time where he will no longer be able to do this. So this is really interesting. Let's keep going in verse 25. And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south. Okay, now remember that the second eagle head got rid of the stigma by saying, Hey, I'm getting us out of the Middle East, and we're gonna focus on our own problems back home. We're gonna rebuild America. And that was the mantra of the third Eagle head, also. In fact, he was raising the taxes to that end. So this man, he he's doing something different. He's going against the king of the south again. Okay, so it's not make America great anymore. Apparently, that's what the that's how he obtained the rule of the kingdom. Remember, he obtained power by flatteries, but now he has a reason to go against the king of the south again. And that's where we're at. And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south, meaning he makes an excuse to go to war with the Middle East again, and with a great army, and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army. Now, this is very important to know to go back to what was ISIS trying to do? They were trying to bring to pass the second coming. And how did they think they could trigger that? Well, they have prophecies that prior to the second coming, there will be an antichrist, and they have to fight against that antichrist before the second coming happens. So now you have the rise of the actual Antichrist. What do you think that's going to do to the Middle East? That is going to unite all of the various Islamic uh factions like they've never been united before. And so this Antichrist is going to go to deal with them, and he's going to forecast his devices against them. So, again, let me I'm going to start at this verse again. And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south, and with a great army 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. Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow, and many shall fall down slain. And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak many lies at one table, but it shall not prosper, for yet the end shall be at the appointed time. So what are we talking about here? Well, the Antichrist goes to war against the king of the South. The King of the South unites what appears to be the entire Muslim community. They have a very great army, but they can do nothing against this Antichrist. He forecasts his devices against them and they fall exceedingly fast. So fast that whoever is at the head of the Middle Eastern states leading them, he gets killed by the people preparing his food because they want the battle to stop. And then they go to a table and apparently they work out some sort of peace treaty. But Daniel says, listen, it's lies. Whatever they're working out, this temporary ceasefire, it's not going to hold because neither one intends to honor it. They just, the king of the south just needs some breathing room to you know re-gather himself because he's just had his head handed to him in a manner of warfare that has never been seen by anyone on the planet before. This is where we're at. So now we continue with verse 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. Okay, so they've created a little peace treaty over there that no one intends to honor, but it you know caused a stop to the hostilities. So this man returns to America. And what does he do when he returns to America? He he his heart is against the holy covenant, meaning the saints. He is going to, he's already overflown the prince of the covenant, but now he's going to really, you know, turn the screws and you know apply pressure. By this, we are to understand that this Antichrist, he, if you read in the book of Revelation, he is not content with ruling the world. He wants to be venerated as a God. You know, you will recall that this man sits in the temple of God showing the world that he is God. But the saints, the righteous, they are going to see through this deception, and this will bug him. The righteous are not going to be venerating the queen of heaven or this man. They will have somehow been able to see through the deceptions, and so he is going to go after the Holy Covenant as soon as this war in the Middle East ends. But this is very interesting what happens in verse 29. At the time appointed, he shall return and come towards the south, but it shall not be as the former or as the latter. For the ships of Chittim shall come against him. Therefore he shall be grieved, and return and have indignation against the holy covenant. Okay, so what's just happened? The ships of Chittim came against this man, and they kicked his buns, and that should not have happened, because no stronghold on earth has been able to withstand before his devices. But now of a sudden the ships of Chitam come and they kick his buns around his earlobes, and he has to, you know, seek shelter somewhere, and while he's licking his wounds, what does he do? He has indignation against the holy covenant. What does this mean? It means that he associates the ships of Chittim with the covenant people of the Lord. That is really interesting. Okay, because that goes hand in hand with the return or with these ships of Chittim being the restoration of the house of Israel, which are the Lord's covenant people. And you know, in the Book of Mormon, again, it is no mystery that I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the Book of Mormon, Christ spoke to the nation-state of Joseph that existed at that time. This is, you know, at the same time that he was in Jerusalem, there was a nation-state of Joseph. And after his death and resurrection, he went to that nation-state. And he prophesied to them what would happen to the latter-day nation-state of Israel that was upon that same land of promise that they were. And he said that a remnant of Jacob would come amongst that nation-state and utterly destroy the wicked. The wicked would not be able to stand before them. I think that the ships of Chittim coming to this covenant land and liberating the righteous and kicking the Antichrist out of that land of promise. I think that's what we're talking about here. The ships of Chitam are an indication that the restoration of Israel is going to happen through unconventional means, meaning they are coming in ships, foreign ships. That's what we are meant to understand by the ships of Chittim. And when they do, the Antichrist will rage against the covenant. Then we continue in verse 30. So shall he do. He shall even return and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. Okay, so that's the end of uh verse 30. So apparently he's blindsided by the house of Israel. And now he needs to know everything that he can about who these people are and how it was that they were not on his radar. And so he's seeking to obtain intelligence from dissenters, people that used to be covenant people, but turned. These are likely people that are worshiping the Queen of Heaven, just like happened in ancient times. They side with this guy, and they give him the 411 on the covenant people and the things that they believe. Now we move on to verse 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. Now, if you recall in the 24th chapter of Matthew, this is Christ talking to his disciples on the Mount of Olives, and he tells them, Listen, you are going to see two abominations of desolation. And the first one is going to be the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. But you're going to see another force come to Jerusalem intent on making it desolate once more. That will be the second abomination of desolation. That second abomination of desolation is associated with this man. Elsewhere in the scriptures in Ezekiel, this is referred to as the battle of Gog and Magog, where this nefarious leader, there's two, Gog and Magog, think the Antichrist and the Beast, both of them, they get all of the nations of the world to be angry against the Jews. And frankly, friends, this is not going to be a big stretch. You can see the growing anti-Semitism right now, and it's not being helped by the fact that you have large portions of both Massad and the CIA, the American Deep State, that are doing very bad things, and that people are painting the entire Jewish people with a very broad brush, which frankly is very unfair. It's like painting all Americans with the brush that the Whore of Babylon has been painted with. We should not paint all Jewish people, call all Jewish people wicked and evil because there are wicked and evil, because the Whore of Babylon is using parts of Mossad just like it's using parts of the American deep state to bring to pass its own agenda. Okay. So you should resist any nonsense like that. That's precisely what Hitler was doing during World War II. And you know, we should not do that. But this man, he does that, and all of the nations except for America, which has now been liberated by the ships of Chittim and the restoration of the house of Israel, which becomes the only place of refuge on the entire planet, the only place where there is peace. Everywhere else will be in utter chaos. These people are there, there's civil war everywhere, but they unite in their hatred against the Jews, and this man leads them in the second abomination that maketh desolate. Now we're in verse 32. And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries. But the people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits. So there will be people scattered amongst all nations that will have their eyes open. Hopefully, this podcast is going to be an instrument that the Lord can use to help people all around the world to open their eyes and not be fooled by these things that are most definitely coming down the road very soon. But these people who are not deceived, they become strong. God empowers them and they are able to do exploits, think they do miracles. Christ stated that his disciples would be able to do miracles that were greater than anything he ever did. Well, these are the exploits that Daniel is talking about. And the reason that they are given such great power is because the forces of evil have become so incredibly powerful that the Lord empowers the righteousness. He arms them with righteousness and with great glory, and they are able to resist. Without this endowment of power, they would not be able to do that. Now, going forward into verse 33. And they that understand amongst the people shall instruct many. Now, I know that there are many people that have read my books and that are listening, fans of this uh show, that are very frustrated that nobody wants to listen to them because they sound completely bonkers. Well, Daniel foresaw that the day is going to come that those people that have eyes to see and know what's going on, that when this happens, that they will be instructing many people. I mean, they're going to be teaching people from the rising of the sun to its setting. Nonstop, they are going to be instructing people and helping them make sense of what is going on in the world around them. And then continuing in verse 33, yet they shall fall by the sword and by famine and by captivity and by spoil many days, meaning that these people are going to be striving to open the eyes of people while the world is simultaneously collapsing in self-destruction and chaos, and they're rallying to the Jews to wipe them out in what we know as the Battle of Armageddon or of the Battle of Gog and Magog. So this is really interesting and frankly scary stuff. Now we go on to verse 34. Now, when they fall, meaning, you know, some of these righteous people are going to be killed, they shall be helpened with a little help, but many shall cleave to them with flatteries, and some of them will of understanding shall fall to try them and to purge them and to make them white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for a time appointed. Meaning the Lord He has our best interests in mind at all times. And if he allows some of these righteous people to fall, it is for the benefit of those righteous people. Now he is he's not going. To let the body of the saints go into oblivion. He is going to preserve them. And this is where we have this miraculous gathering that the larger Christian community refers to as the rapture, where you've got two people in a field and one is taken and one is left. Two people at the flower mill, one is taken, one is left. Two people in bed, one is taken, one is left. They will be gathered in miraculous ways out from amongst the wicked, and they will be brought to this land of refuge. This is all going to be going on during the same period of time. But there will be some righteous people that will fall. Just like when you read in the book of Revelation about all of those martyrs that were beheaded because of their testimonies of Jesus. But they would not recant their testimonies. And you know, that's that's just going to be part of what happened. But you know, that is part of God's plan. And believe me, if that turns out to be your fate, it will be well with you. Okay, so back to the text. We're picking back up in uh verse 36. And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every God, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be complete, for that which is determined shall be done. So here we're talking about obviously the Antichrist. He is not just presenting himself as a powerful leader, he is presenting himself as God. And if you're not drinking his Kool-Aid, he is going to go after you to the extent that he can. We've already talked about how the saints will be liberated from him when the ships of Chitram come, but the Jews will still definitely be within his power, and so he is going to go after them with everything that he has. So now we pick up in verse thirty-seven. 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. But in his estate he shall honor the God of forces, and a god whom his fathers knew not, and he shall honor them with gold and silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things. Thus shall he do in the most strongholds 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. So according to these verses, this man he magnifies a strange God, and this God empowers him. Because remember, elsewhere in Daniel, we read that this man becomes great, not by his own power, but by the power of another, and that is clearly Lucifer or Satan. So it stands to reason that this man is going to enable Satan in ways that Satan is presently not enabled. And if you read in the book of Revelation, it says that this man and the beast will create an image and they will give life to that image. Well, if you look at you from a scriptural context, whenever you are creating an image of a God, you're creating a body for a God and you're worshiping that body. So he's saying that he's going to create a body and he is going to give life to that body, and that he's going to cause everyone on the earth to worship that body, which is consistent with he's going to increase this God and give him glory. So one of the things that Satan does not have is he does not have a physical body, and he's not going to get a physical body unless this man is somehow able to uh create a body and he's got the technology that will enable his spirit to inhabit it. We do know that wicked spirits can possess bodies. So who knows? We we uh everyone has heard about these strange uh encounters where people are being abducted and they're having these tissue samples removed and they see these alien beings creating these bodies that are in these tubes. Who the heck knows? Maybe that's all your fake stuff. Think back into the X-Files show where Moli or what is it, Scully and Molar? I can't. It's been a long time, but I do remember that there were tubes filled with uh uh with people that had been you know created. Maybe that's what it's talking about here when it says that uh they create an image to the beast and they give life to it and cause everyone to worship it. All right, so now we're in verse forty. And at that time, 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 overthrow and overpass them. 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. Meaning, you know, there are some people that will not be overcome by him, and these people are called by their ancient names, and you know, so identifying them yeah is going to be a yeah, people have theories for that, but I'm not really interested in jumping into those right now. So uh verse forty-two. 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 treasuries of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps, 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 to utterly 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. Well we understand from the book of Revelation that he comes to his end when Jesus Christ returns, and takes him and the beast, and casts them into fire and bounds Satan for a thousand years. Now we move on to chapter twelve, and the first chapter or first verse of chapter twelve is very interesting. 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. Now this is very, very curious because in the book of Enoch, God gave Michael charge over the watchers, and Michael bound the watchers until seventy generations, and now Daniel says that Michael will be present at the time of the end, and when Michael comes back, there will be a time of trouble, since that will be greater than any time there ever has been a nation. So presumably this is because the watchers have returned and have corrupted the entire earth. So we continue now, and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that is found written in the book. Meaning that Michael returns when the saints are delivered. Now, when are the saints delivered? Well, the saints are delivered when the ships of Chitam return, and Michael's return corresponds with that. Now, if you're not familiar with LDS doctrine, in LDS doctrine, we believe that there will be a large meeting in Adam on Diamond, and that Michael would be present at that meeting. I believe that that meeting is going to be to prepare the North American continent for the massive gathering of the saints that will come, and also for the New Jerusalem, which is going to descend out of heaven, at least the city center, will descend out of heaven as a bride adorned for her husband. It says this in the book of Revelation, and it also says that in the Book of Mormon and Ether chapter 13, verse 3. So I believe that this large meeting that will take place in Adam on Diamond, where Michael will be present, and Daniel mentions as much, is going to be in preparation of that. All right, now we move on to verse 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. Meaning that the morning of the second resurrection resurrection will take place and you will literally see those that have given their lives come back to life. That will be totally awesome. So again, if you have lost, you give your life for your faith in Jesus Christ, you're not going to be gone for very long. You're going to be coming forth in the morning of the first resurrection. Now in verse 3, and they that be wise shall shine as the firmament, the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn away many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. So here it's talking about those people of understanding that were able to convince many people to just hang on to their faith in Jesus Christ. It's saying that they will be glorified in that day, and you know that they're they will shine as the brightness of the firmament. That's pretty cool. Then the next verse, Daniel 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. What it's talking about, many shall run to and fro. Many people, yeah, in the book of Amos, we read that people will run to and fro seeking for the word of God. And these people of understanding will be the only ones that will be able to provide it to them. Thus highlighting the great importance to learn these things so that you can help others to understand them on these days of utter chaos. You want to be one of those that can help people to retain their faith when that happens. Okay, now verse five. Then I Daniel looked and beheld, there too stood another two, one on this side and one of the other side of the bank of the river, and on the other side of the bank of the river. 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? And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his hand on the right hand and on his left hand unto the heaven, and swear by him that liveth forever, that it shall be for a time and times and a half, and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. Now this is a really interesting reference, because you know Daniel is seeing an angel, and he asks the angel, Hey, how long until these things are done? And he says, until essentially a time and times and a half. You read that exact same phrase again in Daniel when it's referring to how long the saints will be subjected, and it will be until a time and times and the dividing of time. And then in the book of Revelation, this is, I believe, Revelation chapter 12, that you have this woman who represents a portion of the house of Israel that was removed, given the wings of a great eagle. She was able to flee from before the face of Lucifer, who is bound to this planet. So she left and she would return in times and time and the dividing of time. And why does she return? Well, this is the remnant of Jacob that returns to save the saints. So this is this is what this is talking about. This time and times and the dividing of time is an indicator of until the restoration of the house of Israel, when he shall have accomplished his scatter the power of the holy people, all of these things shall be finished. So when he has overcome the saints, then Israel will be restored, and his power will no longer hold any sway over the saints. But it will, he still will hold sway over the Jews when he tries to bring to pass the second abomination of desolation. This is where we go to verse eight. And I heard, but I understood not. Then I said, I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. In other words, listen, Daniel, people aren't really going to understand this until these times are upon you. And now we have the prophecy of Ezra's Eagle and Daniel 11 and 12 make a whole lot more sense. At least uh, you know, I think I can make heads or tells of them. So to me, this is a sign that we are very near the end. Now we come to verse 10. Many shall be purified and made white and tried. This is again a reference back to those people of understanding who were being tried so that they would be made white, meaning that they would be glorious and righteous. But the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand. So again, the Lord isn't saying that these things are not understandable. He's saying the opposite. He's saying the wicked won't understand them, the hard-hearted, the foolish, those that rely on other people, have those who have outsourced their spiritual education. This is wickedness. This is exactly what Israel did at the base of Mount Horeb. When the Lord said he wanted to come and be their God and talk to them, they said, nuts to that. We're gonna have Moses go and be our emissary. He's gonna learn those things and he's gonna tell us everything that we need to know. But we are not going to learn from the Lord directly. That is wickedness. So anyone who has outsourced their education, their spiritual education to someone else, they're gonna be blind concerning these things. But those people that seek to be taught by the Lord, they will understand these. And then we come to the last couple of verses, verse 11. And from that 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. So this is referring to when the Antichrist is sieging Jerusalem. This is the abomination that maketh desolate. This is the timing for that. Okay, this time period aligns perfectly with the time period that is given in Revelation chapter 13, wherein the city of Jerusalem will be trodden under foot or sieged for three and a half years. That's you know, one thousand uh two hundred and ninety days is approximately three and a half years. Now you have verse three. Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the three thousand three hundred and five and thirty days, meaning this is referring to Jesus Christ coming. Because there is a time when, remember, the two prophets in Jerusalem that are also spoken of in Revelation chapter 13, that's a very important chapter. You should go back and study that one. The Antichrist overcomes them, he kills them. They lie in the streets for three and a half days, which means the Antichrist, he makes it into Jerusalem. He he sieges it for three and a half year years, but then he makes it into Jerusalem. He's there for a little bit, not very long, and the wicked think they've won. But then Jesus Christ comes. And according to this, I mean he's he's coming like around 45 days after the Antichrist uh takes over Jerusalem. So that that is really, really interesting. We don't know when all of these things are going to take place, but Daniel tells us when that essentially that blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days. So sure sounds like to me that uh he's saying, Hey, listen, forty-five days after Jerusalem falls, the Messiah is coming. Then the last verse, but go thou thy way till the end be, for thou shalt rest and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. You know what does this mean? It means that Daniel has fulfilled the measure of his creation. He has fulfilled his purpose in life, and as such, he is going to be there present. I mean, when Jesus Christ returns again, he's coming with the hosts of heaven. And Daniel is told, listen, you are going to be one of those. You are going to come back, you're going to witness all of this stuff. So just relax if you don't understand this now. You will see this play out, and it'll be awesome. So, friends, this has been a pretty epic episode. Very probably the longest uh episode that I have done as part of the Black Swan Rising podcast so far. But I think that it's a really important episode. I think it answers some of the questions that people have been asking regarding timing and how the current events line up. And you know, I I don't like to rely on a lot of kind of visions and dreams and you know prophecies that just Joe Blow on the street is posting on YouTube. I don't really like to frankly rely on that at all. I like to look at you know the canonized scripture, I like to look at you know you know the things that the Lord caused to be written down about these things and use that as my basis. So that's what I've tried to do on this episode. I hope that you find it has been worth your time and that it encourages you and motivates you to seek out for yourself, for they that seek shall find. Until next time, friends, God bless.

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