Ptolemaic dynasty appeared in the south (Soter 323-285 in Ptolemy I Soter), and Setiugu dynasty appeared in the north (Nikato I 3 12-280 in Setiugu, and its successor was Antioch I Soter 280-26 1), and the king in the north was stronger.
The back of this sentence is the top. The first half of the sentence simply refers to the king of the south, and the second half refers to the king of the north. They are all one of Alexander's generals. ]
Dan 1 1: 6 After a few years, they are connected with each other, and the daughter of the king of the south will make an agreement with the king of the north, but the strength of this woman's help will not stand, nor will the king and the strength he relied on, and this woman, even if she guided her, gave birth to her and helped her at that time, will die.
What is said here is that Syria, the king of the north, and Egypt, the king of the south, joined hands and signed a peace treaty. Ptolemy II of Egypt (Philadelphus 285-246) married his daughter Berenice to the northern king Antioch II (Theos 26 1-246), thus forming a peace treaty, and a temporary peace period appeared between the northern king and the southern king. This Antioch II divorced his original wife (Laudia), erased her son from the family tree, and married the Egyptian princess, so there was a temporary peace between the two countries. But the Bible says this peace didn't last long.
What does the Bible say next? Later, Ptolemy II, king of the south, died of weakness, and Wang Antik II of the north divorced the Egyptian princess and brought back his ex-wife. Isn't this past history? Soon after, the original wife retaliated against her husband, poisoned Antioch II who abandoned herself, and put her son on the throne (Seleucus Ii Callinicus Galiniki 246-227).
Dan 1 1: 7-8 But this woman's family will have another son who will inherit the throne. He will lead the army into the stronghold of the Northern King, attack them and win; They took their gods, molten idols and gold, silver and jewels to Egypt. For several years, he didn't attack the North King.
In Egypt, Bliss's brother (Ptolemy III Euergetes 246-22 1) led an army to attack the Northern King in order to defend his sister's deadly enemy, and won. That is, Egypt, the king of the south, defeated Syria, the king of the north, plundered a lot of gold and silver treasures to Egypt, and brought many silver statues and gold statues to Egypt.
But11:9-11,the king of the north wants to enter the kingdom of the king of the south, but he still wants to return to his native land. The second son of the North King will go to war and gather many troops. The army will advance like a flood and will fight again until the king of the south occupies the fortress. The king of the south will be furious and come out to fight against the king of the north, and form a great army, and the army of the king of the north will be delivered into his hand.
After that, although Syria continued to fight back, it could not win in the end. 【 Seleucus Ii Callinicus's sons Seleucus III (227-223) and Antioch III (223- 187) fought against Egypt successively, but Ptolemy IV (Philopator 22 1-203) defeated Syria. ]
But 1 1: 12, his army is arrogant and his heart will be lifted. Although he knocked down thousands of people, he can't always win.
"He" means the king of Egypt. He beat the North Queen with pride. He also said that he would persecute Jews and slaughter them because they did not worship Egyptian idols. Although he knocked down thousands of people, he didn't always win.
But11:13-14, the king of the north will come back and build an army, more than before. At the end of the stipulated period, he will lead an army and bring many military uniforms. At that time, many people will rise up against the king of the south, and the violent people in your land will rise up and fulfill this vision, but they will perish.
[Later, when Ptolemy V (Epiphanes 203- 18 1) ascended the throne, Antioch III prepared to lead an army to attack Egypt. But the Romans defeated him and the Syrian dynasty declined greatly. After Rome annexed Syria, it began to attack Egypt. This history of repeated wars and defeats is briefly recorded in the Bible, but only the outline of historical development is said.
In the history of repeated wars and defeats of kings in the north and south, Palestinian Jews were caught in the middle and suffered a lot. After getting rid of Syrian or Egyptian rule and before being occupied by Rome, Palestine had a relatively independent period because of the Jewish uprising led by Maccabees. This is the content of the second half of 14. ]
As has been said above, after Medes, there is Greece; How did Greece split into two dynasties, the North King and the South King? How did Egypt win the battle between the North and South Kings? Then came the Roman Empire, and Syria was annexed by Rome and became a vassal country of Rome. Thus, the history of the war between Rome and Egypt began.
Rome and Egypt
Syria, the northern king, was conquered by Rome, and Rome became the northern king. [In BC 168, the power of Rome was firmly established after the Roman army defeated the king of Macedonia in the battle of Pydna. The rise of the Roman Empire was introduced from 15. This prediction has inspired the future history of the world in advance.
But11:15-16, if the king of the north wants to build a fortress and capture the fortified city, the soldiers in the south will not stand, even the carefully selected soldiers will not stand. Those who attack him will do whatever they want, and no one can stand before the king of the north. He will stand on the glorious land and destroy it with his hands.
The following is a record of Rome's conquest and persecution of Judah by General Pompeii (63 BC). [The land of glory and beauty here refers to the land of Palestine in the Old Testament. ]
Sections 17 to 24 show us how Rome became more and more powerful as an empire. The king of the north was Syria, and later Rome became the king of the north. After Rome mastered Judaism, the Bible recorded the details of how Rome fought against the southern king Egypt. Then it tells how the papal power rose and replaced the pagan king of northern Rome.
But 1 1: 17, he will definitely come with the strength of the whole country, make a Covenant of justice, and keep it, betrothing his daughter to the south king as his wife, in an attempt to destroy him, but this plan will not be realized, and it will not benefit him at all.
The Chinese translation of this poem is incorrect. According to Strong's translation, it is literal translation, and it is like this:
He will bring in all the nation, and the upright will be with him. So he will do it. And he gave him the girl's daughter to destroy the city. But she can't stand and neither can he. [strong]
He will come with the strength of the whole country, and the righteous will follow him. He wants to do this. And (Egypt) is going to destroy that woman's daughter for him. But she can neither stand nor belong to him. ]
Do you know what this means? This is a very amazing speech, which briefly predicted the relationship between Cleopatra (69-30 BC), the last queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, and the commander-in-chief of Rome. Julius Caesar, who founded the Roman state, invaded Syria to attack Egypt.
By this time Ptolemy XII of Egypt had died (5 1 BC). When he died, he gave the country to his son and Princess Cleopatra to govern together. However, Cleopatra's younger brother [Ptolemy XIII] tried to monopolize power, which made Cleopatra very angry. In 48 BC, she was deported and fled to Syria. ]
Just then, the Roman general Caesar attacked Egypt. Seeing the serious civil strife in Egypt, he went to ease the civil strife and stop them from quarreling, so as to conquer Egypt. When Cleopatra met General Caesar, she had a plan in mind. "If I unite with this general, I can become the ruler of Egypt." She has such a plan. This is a very famous story.
So one night, she ordered one of her powerful servants to put her in a box. Then the servant carried the box on his shoulder and went to Caesar's house. He put it down and said, "We sent you a present." Cleopatra came out of the box when no one was around. Caesar was completely fascinated by her charm and eloquence. So Cleopatra made friends with Caesar and secretly controlled Caesar's heart. With the support of Caesar, commander-in-chief of Rome, she regained power and became the only queen in Egypt. What happened afterwards? She married the Roman general Antony again. She tried to conquer Rome with her beauty, but here the Bible briefly predicted that she would still fail. Isn't it interesting?
But11:18-19, and then he will turn back and seize many islands. But one marshal took his shame away and made it his own. He will turn to the local strongholds, but he will stumble and fall, and he will be gone.
Later, it was said here that Rome would conquer many islands in Africa, which was indeed clearly fulfilled in history. Caesar is going back to China. What will happen when he comes back? Caesar became a dictator after returning to China, but he was soon assassinated by a conspirator led by Brutu (44 BC). He "stumbled and had nothing".
After Julius Caesar's death, Octavian and Anthony formed a competitive trend. [In 40 BC, Anthony gained the dominion over the eastern provinces of Rome. In 37 BC, he married Cleopatra VII, the queen of Egypt, claiming to give some territories in eastern Rome to the queen and her son. In 32 BC, the Senate declared war on him. ] In 3 1 BC, Anthony and the queen of Egypt were defeated by Octavian in the naval battle of Akron and fled back to Egypt. The following year, he committed suicide because of despair. It is said that Cleopatra also committed suicide. Some people say that she was killed by a poisonous snake. In this world, power and beauty will die, but those who obey God's will will live forever, which we can see from history!
Dan 1 1: 20 At that time, someone will rise to succeed him as king and make the blackmailer pass through the glorious land of the country. The king will perish in a few days, but not because of anger or war.
[In 3 1 year BC, Octavian defeated Antony and the Queen of Egypt in the naval battle of Akron, and Egypt was incorporated into Roman territory. In 27 BC, the Senate awarded Octavian the title of "Augustus".
Rome entered the age of empire. ]
When it comes to the rise of Caesar's heirs, it refers to Emperor Augustus (Octavian-A.D. 14), who formulated the system of levying taxes on the whole country. At this time, Mary and Yue Se returned to Bethlehem to register, where Jesus was born. Was it not in Augustus' time?
But 1 1: 2 1, a despicable person will rise to succeed him as king. He didn't honor his country, but took advantage of people's calmness and unprepared to win the country with flattering words.
The rise of this scumbag was Emperor Tiberius (A.D. 14-37). Augustus tried to prevent Tiberius from inheriting the throne because he was mean. But in the end he succeeded to the throne.
But 1 1: 22 there will be countless troops washed away in front of him like a flood, and so will the king of the alliance.
It is predicted that the "King of the Alliance" was also harmed by the Roman emperor. So who is this "king of the alliance"? The English expression is Prince of the Covenant, which means "King of the Covenant" and "King of the Covenant", which means Jesus Christ. At that time, Jesus was also persecuted by Roman forces and was crucified under the nails of Rome.
Dan 1 1: 23-24 After he made an alliance with that king, he would be treacherous, because he would come up strong with fewer soldiers. When a person is unprepared, he will come to the most fertile land in this land, do what his ancestors and their ancestors did not do, distribute plunder, plunder and treasure to the people, and design an attack guarantee, but this is only temporary.
There is a mistake in the Chinese translation of section 23, which is not "alliance with that gentleman" According to strong's translation, it is like this: when they join him, he will cheat. [strong] After they joined him, he was treacherous.
These two verses mean: the Roman state allied itself with many small countries and became a powerful country; Make an alliance with those small countries, make them all your own, [set up provinces to rule large areas one after another], and make the Roman country a powerful country.
Section 24 says that "all this is temporary", and the English expression is temporary, that is, one year or one year (but 7: 25,4:16). What is the predicted year? 360 days, which is 360 years. It is predicted here that the Roman Empire will be strong for 360 years.
The victory of the Battle of Akexin in 3 1 BC became the beginning of the Roman Empire. Until Constantine the Great moved the capital in 330 AD, the Western Roman Empire was strong for 360 years, and then began to decline. The Bible predicts that it will rule for "one year", which is interpreted as 360 years according to the Bible prediction. This is its "periodicity", and this prediction has been faithfully fulfilled.
Roman Civil War and Capital Relocation
15 to 24 tells the story of the conquest and establishment of the Roman Empire, and finally predicts its 360-year rule. After Emperor Augustus and Emperor Tiberius, Trajan made the territory of the empire reach the largest scale until the year of 1 17. Later, in the later period of imperial history, there was a full-scale crisis and political chaos. From 284 to 305, Diocletian gained the imperial power. He brutally suppressed the uprising, persecuted Christians, and actively fought abroad, temporarily consolidating his rule. After his abdication, the empire was once again in dispute. ]
Dan 1 1: 25-29 He will March forward bravely and attack the king of the south with a great army. The king of the south will also lead a very strong army to fight with him, but he can't stand because someone conspires to betray the king of the south. People who eat the king's food will destroy him, his army will be washed away and many people will be killed. As for the two kings, they had ulterior motives and lied at the same table, but their plan failed, because at the appointed time, things were over. The king of the north will bring a lot of treasures back to China. His heart is against the Covenant, and he will return to his country at will. At that time, he will return to the south, but the last time is not as good as the previous one.
In 305, Constantine's father became the emperor of the Western Empire. After his father died, he was crowned king by the British army. In order to make use of Christianity to consolidate the rule, Constantine and the eastern ruler Ricini promulgated the "Milan Decree" in 3 13, which recognized the legal status of Christianity and gradually made Christianity an important pillar of the empire. In 324, Constantine, in turn, defeated Lisini and reunified the empire. In 325, he presided over the meeting of Christian bishops in Nicea, which marked that the imperial regime controlled the national church. In 330, he moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and changed its name to Constantinople.
The kings of the north and south, first the Seleucid dynasty and the Ptolemy dynasty, namely Syria and Egypt; Then, Rome conquered Syria, the northern king was transferred to Rome, and the southern king was still Egypt; Then, Rome defeated Egypt, and in the late Roman Empire, the battle between the northern king and the southern king became an imperial civil war.
Verses 25-29 this prophecy is closely related to the period and events of Constantine, ending with the capital moving from Rome to Constantinople, "because it is regular." In section 28, the Northern King's "return to his own country" and "return to his hometown" mean that Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople.
In verse 29, "on a regular basis, he will return to the south, but the last time is not as good as the previous one." The Chinese translation of the second half sentence is incorrect. The English is "but it should not be like the former or the latter". It should be: on a regular basis, he will return to the south, but the result is neither like the former nor like the latter. What does this mean? After moving the capital to Rome, on the one hand, the Eastern Roman Empire was formed, on the other hand, with the decline of the Western Roman Empire, the papal power rose; The eastern Rome formed after moving the capital is neither like the former Roman Empire nor like the later Pope Rome. How accurate the prophecy of the Bible is! ]
From pagan Rome to Pope Rome
Dan 1 1: 30, because Kitty's battleship will attack him, he will go back frustrated, he will be angry with the Covenant people and do whatever he wants, and he will come back to contact those who break the Covenant.
"Keating warships will attack him", so the decline of western Rome began; The barbarians kept attacking him, and the Roman Empire was going to die.
It says here that "he should be angry with the Covenant and do whatever he wants", and verse 28 also says that "he opposes the Covenant in his heart and does whatever he wants". Covenant refers to the Covenant of the Lord, the truth of God, and the commandments of God. For two hundred years, pagan Rome has been persecuting the emerging Christianity. Later, on the surface, Constantine designated Christianity as the state religion, but in essence, through the combination of politics and church, and the combination of church and pagan, he "opposed the Covenant and did whatever he wanted." ]
"He will come back to contact those who broke their promises", that is to say, they took a fancy to and contacted the leaders of the Roman church-they did not follow God's words, did not follow God's commandments, did not follow the true Christian spirit, compromised to politics, and were greedy for money and power. Thus, when the Roman Empire was attacked, Roman apostasy took the opportunity to inherit the capital, power and pagan system of the Roman Empire.
But 1 1: 3 1, he will raise an army, and this soldier will desecrate the holy land, which is a guarantee. Get rid of the regular burnt offering and set up the abomination of destruction.
The Roman army stood on the side of Rome, and the forces of Clovis, the French king who converted to Catholicism, United to help Rome and established the power of the pope, "establishing that hateful line of destruction." Daniel has repeatedly proved that this "hateful destruction" is the power of the trumpet-the Pope.
Sections 30 and 3 1 talk about the process from pagan Rome to Pope Rome. When the Roman Empire was attacked, it came into contact with the apostate Roman religion, so that the Pope gradually gained power and became the leader who could carry out various heresies and the leader of the Christian church all over the world. In the end, the Pope inherited the capital, power and heresy of the Roman Empire.
The war between the northern king and the southern king began with the war between Syria and Egypt, followed by the rise of pagan Rome and, in the order predicted, the rise of the Pope. This passage wants to tell us a historical development route, starting with King Darius and King Ju Lushi of Mesopotamia, how countries and dynasties appeared one after another, how they evolved, how the Pope rose, how he persecuted God's people, how he trampled on the sanctuary and God's laws, and how he destroyed it.
In the seventh and eighth chapters, we have talked about the influence of this trumpet, and here we will explain in more detail how the influence of this trumpet rose and appeared under the background of historical development. First pagan Rome, then Pope Rome, and chapter 1 1 is recorded around this focus.
Papal power in the Middle Ages
Dan 1 1: 32 He will use clever words to seduce people who do evil and violate the Covenant; Only those who know God will be strong.
What I am talking about here is the behavior of papal power, which is similar to the words in section 24-25 of Chapter 8, "You can use puns and deception to realize the tricks in your hands ... and destroy many people"; However, in that case, there is still the threat of not succumbing to the papal power, but the real people who are loyal to God, which implies that the Reformation will rise.
Dan 1 1: 33 A wise man among the people will instruct many people, but for many days he fell by the sword, was burned, or was robbed.
Under the oppression of papal power, many people loyal to the truth fell by the sword, or were burned, or robbed, and tens of millions of people died. What is illustrated here is the persecution of papal power.
Dan 1 1: 34-35, they got a little help when they fell, but many people approached them with flattering words. Some of the wise have fallen, in order to purify the rest and make them clean and white until the end, because at the appointed time, things will be over.
The power of the Pope is cruel, but it is "regular". The Pope ruled 1260 and persecuted them, but the Bible tells us that their power is regular. We can see that on the basis of the predictions in Chapter 7 and Chapter 8, a more detailed explanation is given here.
But 1 1: 36, the king will do whatever he wants, be arrogant, surpass all gods and attack the gods with strange words. He will prosper until the wrath of the Lord is finished, for what has been set will be done.
This verse is similar to that in Chapter 8, verses 23-25. "A king will rise ... things will be smooth, he will do whatever he wants ... he will be arrogant ... and attack the king of kings, but he will not perish in the end." . Revelation chapter 13 also mentioned such evil deeds, and Daniel chapter 7 also predicted them in advance. He is arrogant, blasphemous, boastful and resistant to God. Who is it? Pope's power in Rome!
Although the Lord allowed him to do whatever he wanted and ruled 1260 years, in the end, when it was time to come, he would definitely come.
Dan 1 1: 37-38, he won't care about the gods of his ancestors, nor the gods envied by women, let alone any gods, because he will be arrogant and above everything else. Instead, he will worship the protector with gold, silver, precious stones and lovely things, and worship gods unknown to his ancestors.
What is more important about the papacy than the word of God? State power, treasure. What do they value more than obeying the truth? The power of power, the power to combine politics with religion, status, wealth and public support.
【 And the Pope inherited the pagan system and put on the coat of Christianity. The so-called "patron saint" here refers to pagan idol and goddess worship, which has been transformed into Catholic virgin worship. ]
Dan 1 1: 39, he will rely on the help of external gods to break through the strongest guarantee. Anyone who acknowledges him will glorify him, make them rule over many people, and give them a place to bribe.
There is something wrong with the translation of this poem. According to the original Hebrew meaning, the general idea is that he will worship a foreign god in a strong city, and he will admit it and add glory to it, so as to dominate many people, and all countries will have a share.
In verse 38, it is said that the Pope has the right to worship Mary with precious stones and lovely things, and then in verse 39, it goes on to say that worshipping this foreign god, that is to say, worshipping the virgin Mary and Mary's apparition will have a growing influence. ]
In a word, from Medes to Greece; From Greece to the four kings, after Alexander's death, the Greek empire was divided into four countries; The four kingdoms later became the kings of the north and the south; After that, Rome became the king of the North, and Rome conquered Syria, attacked Egypt and became an empire. In 360, West Rome was very powerful, and then declined as the capital moved to Constantinople in the east. On the contrary, the Roman army and the Frankish kingdom helped the Bishop of Rome establish papal power; The religious authority trampled on the truth and persecuted religious reformers to the extreme; The power of the Pope is not the power of God. They like gold, silver, precious stones and foreign gods, thus beginning the history of the decline of the church ... Daniel 1 1 described these contents in great detail.