Holy Scriptures and Israel

Guest (Male): Holy Scriptures and Israel is a ministry designed to share with the Jewish people the good news of the Lord Jesus Yeshua the Messiah and to instruct Christians on the Jewish roots of their faith. And now teaching God's word from a Hebrew Messianic perspective here is Gideon Levitan.

Gideon Levytam: The study of Daniel chapter 11 And so you can see that we are speaking here about a man about an individual the willful king that will magnify he will speak great things about himself he will speak as it says here in verse 36 B he will magnify himself above every God every God. And if we'll just continue here in verse 36 it says here not only that he might will magnify himself above every God but he shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods. He will speak against the God of gods as we have read in in Daniel chapter 7 verse 8 and 25 but I also want you please to turn to second Thessalonians chapter 2 here for one moment second Thessalonians chapter 2.

Second Thessalonians 2 we read about this man in verses 1 to 4. Now I beseech you brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah and by our gathering together unto him this is second Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 1. That we be not soon shaken in mind nor trouble neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us as the day of Messiah is at hand. Let no men deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there shall come a falling away first and that men of sin be revealed the son of perdition.

And then verse 4 tells us who opposes and exalted himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped so that he as God sitting in the temple of God showing himself that he is God. What I want you to see here beloved that there is a connection between Daniel 7 verses 8 verse 25 the little horn. Daniel 11 and this verse 36 the willful king. And second Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 4 or 3 and 4 the men of sin. It is the same person. The little horn the willful king the man of sin the man of sin and we can in the in the book of John the epistles of John is antichrist counterfeit Messiah.

Since you are in second Thessalonians just go to Revelation chapter 13. I want to read just a couple of verses there Revelation chapter 13 and specially verse 6. Revelation chapter 13 verse 6 the apostle John gives us again a description of that beast. Little horn Daniel 7 willful king Daniel 11 men of sin second Thessalonian a little horn or in in in in Revelation chapter 13 the beast. Here it says in verse 6 and he openeth his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in them and so on.

And so the same person is spoken about Daniel receiving information now it goes beyond Antiochus Epiphanes into the future future tribulation day the rise of the Messiah Shaker as we say it in Hebrew the false Messiah the counterfeit Messiah. And so back in our chapter chapter 11 and verse 36 it says this that he and it says in at the end of verse 36 it says and he shall prosper notice it says that he shall prosper. He shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished for that that is determined or what is determined shall be done.

Well he's going to prosper. Apparently if you read the prophet Zechariah chapter 13 verses 8 and 9 he's going to prosper the two third of the Jewish people will suffer eventually and die two third of the of the Jewish community the people of Israel will suffer at his hand and die. And so he will prosper but it's only going to be as long as God allows him. And so chapter 11 and verse 26 the indignation has to do with God's judgment and discipline what God will allow. Remember the tribulation they're going to be twofold on the one hand God will pour out judgment.

On the other hand the man the Satan will will will behave will act in the worst way using of course the beast and the false prophet to cause havoc among the people and the nations of this world also this indignation has to do with the tribulation period. So in verse 36 it is the what he's going to do and definitely he will do those things he will do as he pleases. He will exalt himself and he will magnify himself and he will prosper until the end of the indignation and no more. Now verse 37 tells us something that is very interesting.

Most of the time when people read verse verse 37 many come to a to to the conclusion and I think this is a mistake that the antichrist will be a Jewish man. Using these two expression that is found in verse 37 and it is interesting I believe and I don't I I understand from the word of God that the future counterfeit Messiah will not be a Jew but he will be of origin of the Roman Empire. But notice what what makes people think it says here in verse 37 that he will show no regard to the God of his fathers.

Notice this expression it says in verse 37 neither shall he regard the God of his fathers. Just pause here for a moment. You know this is an an expression that we often use as Hebrews the God of our fathers. You know many times you'll find Jewish people saying the God of our fathers. The fathers are Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You notice by the way that here it is the only other I I I'm not going to I don't want you to answer me right now but here it is the only place in many other Bibles the word God here is not used with capital G mostly it is used in a in a King James.

But it is basically here it does not mean that it's speaking about the God of his fathers meaning the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob at all. It simply means the gods in the word here it's a plural. He this does not regard the gods plural of his forefathers. In other words the idols that his forefathers had worshipped. And so and it is interesting from verses 36 to verse 39 they quite a few time the word God is mentioned and every time it is mentioned it's mentioned in singular not in plural. In the Hebrew word is Eloha.

For example in verse 37 after it says nor shall regard the gods of of his fathers nor the desire of women nor regard any God notice it's small G. Then in verse 38 but in his estate shall he honor the God of forces. Again the capital G should not be there. And a God whom his fathers knew not the word is singular a God Eloha. And if you're going to go down also to verse 39 again the word is Eloha. Every time it's mentioned it's is singular and this particular men the only time it is plural it is in verse 37 and it has to do with the multitude of of idols that his forefathers had worshipped.

Now I know that some teach that it's speaking about the God of his father they take from this verse that that mean that that has to do with a Jewish person who will be the antichrist. I do not see that from this scripture. In fact if you just go back to Daniel Daniel 9 for a moment just go back to Daniel 9 and verse 26. Daniel 9 verse 26 it says in verse 26 this and after three score and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off but not for himself. And the people of the prince this is the counterfeit Messiah the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.

The people out of whom the prince the antichrist that will come will be the one that will destroy the sanctuary namely the Romans. Later on the Romans in 70 AD did destroy the temple in Jerusalem. And so I take it and that is in verse 37 where it says neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers simply has to do that this particular person will not acknowledge the gods of his fathers who worshipped all kind of gods. Then you notice what it says next to it in verse 37 know the desire of women. This is another place where where they will say some have been inclined to say that they would would see would because he's we assume that he's Jewish because of the desire of women because the Jewish women did had the hope of the birth of the coming of the Messiah coming through them.

Well after all the Messiah was born to a Jewish woman by the name of Miriam. And so he will not regard to this the desire of women. So in other words it is interesting here because it says really he will not regard the desire of women and the desire of women is the Messiah the birth and the entry of the true Messiah into this world. He will not regard the true Messiah. And he continue here no regard any gods any God for he shall magnify himself above all. And so verse 37 he will show no regard to the God of his fathers the gods of his father no regard to the Messiah himself and he will not regard no one.

He will be that willful king who will seek to do according to his will. And so verse 30 38 now he will honor the God of forces or the God of warfare. That's what he will honor. In verse 38 we read but in his estate he shall honor the God of forces again there again it should be singular and small. It's not speaking about the the the true and living God but he's speaking about the the gods of the the Eloha of forces. So he doesn't regard any God. And a God of whom his fathers knew not shall he not shall he honor with gold and silver and with precious stones and pleasant things.

In other words you notice he will honor everyone else except the true and the living God. And verse 39 says that he will enjoy military success and he will have a lot of influence. In verse 39 and I'm reading 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 lane the land for for gain. And so by the way this this strange God can very well have an an an implication that that's the one that he will he will this strange God whom he shall acknowledge really he will be influenced by none else but by Satan himself.

Satan Satan will empower him and he will be really empowered by this wicked one the one that hates God and hates God's people namely Satan himself. I want you to turn please once again to second Thessalonians once again chapter 2 again. And then read with me the verses 8, 9 and 10 of second Thessalonians chapter 2. Verse 8 and then shall that wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth. And he shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. Even him this is verse 9 whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders and with all deceivableness and unrighteousness or of unrighteousness in whom that perish because they receive in them that perish because they receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved.

But you notice that that verse 8 whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and sign and lying wonders. In other words he will be influenced by satanic power. And so verse 39 tells us very interestingly that thus shall he do in the most strongholds with a strange God whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory. And so he will be influenced by Satan satanic power he will have he will acknowledge Satan if you will as his God and the power that he will receive from Satan with this power he will rule.

You notice it says in our in our chapter in this verse it says that he shall cause them if to rule over many and shall divide the land for gain. So he will whatever he's going to do he's going to do it for gain and he's going to do it with with all kind of military success and much influence upon the face of this earth. And so verses 36, 37, 38 and 39 gives us the character of the coming antichrist or what will the anti-Messiah will do at his coming. Now verse 40 to 45 that's the second half of this portion.

In verses 40 to 45 it is the military career of the antichrist his conquest. You see how he will be also he will lead a military he will he will fight and he will seek to take control. And so verse 40 now Egypt and Syria will act jointly at the end of time. Verse 40 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 overflow and pass over.

Now let me just pause here for for a moment. It is interesting here that this particular at this particular time Egypt and Syria will seek to attack him. It says here that at that time at the end shall the king of the south this is Egypt push at him that's the antichrist. And the king of the north this is Syria shall come against him like a whirlwind with chariots and with horsemen and with many ships. And so there will be the opposition that he will have by both that at that time Egypt and Syria they will push against him.

And so it says here that and and and if you just take this in connection imagine we have seven years tribulation period. In the beginning of the first three the first three and a half years he will enter into a position of of authority and rulership in a very sneaky way. You remember we studied it in the book of Revelation in the in the beginning of chapter 6 of Revelation where he going to come appearing like he's trying to make peace. He's going to come in a very sneaky way to try to to take a to have to take his authority in a very sneaky way.

But by the time that we get to the middle of the tribulation things will be completely different. And so in the beginning everything seems to be fine. Even though it is the tribulation but still when it's come to this man to this wicked willful king he in the beginning of the tribulation beginning in a very smooth way. But by the time that we get to the middle of the tribulation things are going to get harder and he's going to seek to have his own way. And so it is interesting that the king of the south and the king of the north are going to attack him.

Now how they are going to attack him? They are going to attack him by attacking the nation of Israel. The nation of Israel made a covenant with him. And so by the way for for for for them to attack this antichrist they will seek to come and attack the nation of Israel. And so by attacking the nation of Israel we find out that he is going to go and seek to come and and and attack back. And so we read here he shall enter into the countries and he shall overflow and he will pass over.

That's the antichrist. That is in verse 40. And then we read he continue in verse 41 it says that the antichrist will enter into the land of Israel. 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. And so by him going to go back to attack the king of the north Syria and Egypt in the land of Israel he's going back into the what we call here the glorious land here in verse 41.

And so we really are here at a time at a point of basically the middle of the tribulation. When he's going back to stop the attack of the king of of of Syria and Egypt then he's going he's overflowing he's passing all sort of countries in the Middle East and eventually he's entering into the glorious land. That is the land of Israel the land of Israel called the glorious land. And so in this verse verse 41 the antichrist enter Israel and what happening somehow he's sparing three if you want to call it three nations Edom Moab and Ammon.

It says these shall escape out of his hand even Edom, Moab and of the chief of the children of Ammon. That is in the east. Of course if you look at the map today Edom, Moab and Ammon by the way Rabat Ammon is a capital city of Jordan present day Jordan today. And it is beautiful to see that in my imagination in another word for me to think about what is presently found in the in Edom, Moab and Ammon in the same area. If you look at the map the north of course is Syria the south of course is Egypt.

In the west it is the Mediterranean and in the east is Jordan as we have just heard. And what happening it also it's very interesting because if you remember that when God said through Daniel in chapter 7 and also chapter 9 and the Lord Jesus the Messiah said in Matthew 24 verse 15 when you shall see therefore the abomination of the desolation standing or in the temple. Anyone who read Daniel whosoever whoever read the book of Daniel let him flee into the mountains or into the desert. In other words the tribulation period the Jewish remnant the people of Israel will flee the people of Judah or and Israel will flee.

Where they're going to flee? They're not going to flee to the west Mediterranean. They're not going to flee to the south. We have Egypt. We're not going to flee to the north but they're going to flee into a location that is found in the area of Edom, Moab, Ammon present day Jordan. In fact it is right there where we have what is well known today a place that is called Petra Bozrah where many do believe that it's the location where the future remnant of Israel will escape and God will preserve them in this area. And turn to Micah the Old Testament prophet Micah chapter 2.

In Micah 2 I'm going to read just a couple of verses there. Verse 12. Micah chapter 2. I will surely assemble this is verse 12. I will surely assemble all Jacob all of the I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah as the flock in the midst of their fold. They shall make great noise by reason of multitude of men. Interesting just like a shepherd gathering his people in the fold God will gather the multitude as it says here by reason of the multitude the noise by reason of the multitude of men.

And it's interesting the location is Bozrah Bozrah. Turn to Matthew 24 please. Matthew 24. I'm mentioning that is because it is interesting that it is speaking about those those countries Edom, Moab and Ammon that have been that have escaped the antichrist a army who would march through and cause a devastation found in the east. Edom, Moab and Ammon present day Jordan.

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