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Continued from previous post.
In the last chapter we looked at the first
five trumpets and the first of three woes.
Before we begin studying the sixth trumpet and the second woe, there are
a few things that must be clarified. In
the past chapters of this book I would simply refer to the appendices, but I
know many readers have not flipped to the back and read them. This section on the sixth trumpet and the
second woe is too important not to be understood completely; therefore we are
going to define everything up front instead of using the appendices.
King of the North/Lamb from Earth King of the South
In Daniel
11:1-30 we see a repeat of the three world empires that followed Babylon: Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. More detail is given as to the events that occurred
under each empire, but we have already covered all this in enough detail to
suit our purposes. All we need to
recognize is that in Daniel Chapter 11 the king of the North usually represents
the dominant power and the king of the South represents a secondary power. In verses 31 through 33 we find the Catholic
Church described. We know it is the
Catholic Church because it is described as doing away with the regular sacrifice,
as setting up the abomination of desolation, and as persecuting those who do
not fall into line (see chapter five of this book).
To confirm our identification of the Catholic
Church here in Daniel, verse 37 says that he (the church, or the Pope) shows no
regard for the desire of women. Catholic
priests are celibate and show no regard for the desire of women.
Daniel 11:40 says, “At the end time the king of the South will collide
with him…” meaning a secondary power will wage war with (the) Catholic Church.
Catholicism is the largest and most visible of all Christian
denominations, so if any other religion, such as radical Islam, were to want to
attack Christianity, this would be a logical description for the Bible to give
of the first target.
Verse 40 continues;
“…and the
king of the North will storm against him (the king of the
South) with
chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he (the king of the
North) will
enter countries, overflow them and pass through.” So what is this dominant power that will
fight for Christianity against the king of the South? The answer to that question is found in
Revelation Chapter 13.
“Then
I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a
lamb and he spoke as a dragon.”
Rev. 13:11 We know that a beast
represents a nation, kingdom, or political power. And we learned that the beast in the first
half of Revelation 13 was the Catholic Church (see chapter five of this book),
and that it came up out of the sea, meaning it arose out of a population of
people (see Appendix 2).
This new beast, however, comes up out of the earth. This can only mean that it is a new power,
one that does not rise out of an established population. There were two brand new nations that arose
around the time of the decline in the power of the Catholic Church in
1798: Australia and the United States of
America. The United States was the only
one to become an independent nation around this time and is the only one that
is a dominant world power now.
Therefore, this beast from the earth must represent the United States.
