WEBVTT 00:00:00.820 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.539 in a year. Today, we not only conclude the book 00:00:09.539 --> 00:00:12.560 of Daniel with chapters 11 and 12, but we also 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:16.219 conclude the entire Old Testament. And tomorrow, 00:00:16.399 --> 00:00:19.440 by the grace of God, we'll begin the New Testament. 00:00:20.219 --> 00:00:24.460 The book of Daniel, chapter 11. Also, in the 00:00:24.460 --> 00:00:28.910 first year of Darius the Mede, I... even I, stood 00:00:28.910 --> 00:00:32.210 up to confirm and strengthen him. And now I will 00:00:32.210 --> 00:00:35.429 tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings 00:00:35.429 --> 00:00:38.630 will arise in Persia, and a fourth shall be far 00:00:38.630 --> 00:00:42.030 richer than them all. By his strength, through 00:00:42.030 --> 00:00:45.090 his riches, he shall stir up all against the 00:00:45.090 --> 00:00:48.289 realm of Greece. Then a mighty king shall arise, 00:00:48.429 --> 00:00:51.789 who shall rule with great dominion, and do according 00:00:51.789 --> 00:00:55.210 to his will. and when he has arisen his kingdom 00:00:55.210 --> 00:00:58.210 shall be broken up and divided toward the four 00:00:58.210 --> 00:01:01.990 winds of heaven but not among his posterity nor 00:01:01.990 --> 00:01:04.950 according to his dominion with which he ruled 00:01:04.950 --> 00:01:08.810 for his kingdom shall be uprooted even for others 00:01:08.810 --> 00:01:12.769 besides these also the king of the south shall 00:01:12.769 --> 00:01:16.629 become strong as well as one of his princes and 00:01:16.629 --> 00:01:19.209 he shall gain power over him and have dominion 00:01:19.209 --> 00:01:22.769 his dominion shall be a great dominion and at 00:01:22.769 --> 00:01:25.790 the end of some years they shall join forces. 00:01:25.969 --> 00:01:28.629 For the daughter of the king of the south shall 00:01:28.629 --> 00:01:31.409 go to the king of the north to make an agreement. 00:01:31.709 --> 00:01:34.609 But she shall not retain the power of her authority, 00:01:34.810 --> 00:01:37.969 and neither he nor his authority shall stand. 00:01:38.189 --> 00:01:41.290 But she shall be given up with those who brought 00:01:41.290 --> 00:01:44.620 her, and with him who begot her. and with him 00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:47.420 who strengthened her in those times. But from 00:01:47.420 --> 00:01:50.780 a branch of her roots one shall arise in his 00:01:50.780 --> 00:01:53.920 place, who shall come with an army, enter the 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:57.040 fortress of the king of the north, and deal with 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.379 them and prevail. And he shall also carry their 00:02:00.379 --> 00:02:03.959 gods captive to Egypt, with their princes and 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:07.280 their precious articles of silver and gold, and 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.319 he shall continue more years than the king of 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:13.300 the north. Also the king of the north shall come 00:02:13.300 --> 00:02:15.680 to the kingdom of the king of the south, but 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:18.860 shall return to his own land. However, his sons 00:02:18.860 --> 00:02:21.319 shall stir up strife and assemble a multitude 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:24.180 of great forces, and one shall certainly come 00:02:24.180 --> 00:02:27.240 and overwhelm and pass through. Then he shall 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:30.680 return to his fortress and stir up strife. And 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:33.080 the king of the south shall be moved with rage, 00:02:33.259 --> 00:02:35.819 and go out and fight with him, with the king 00:02:35.819 --> 00:02:38.539 of the north, who shall muster a great multitude. 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:41.659 But the multitude shall be given into the hand 00:02:41.659 --> 00:02:44.680 of his enemy. When he has taken away the multitude, 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:47.759 his heart will be lifted up, and he will cast 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:51.240 down tens of thousands, but he will not prevail. 00:02:51.539 --> 00:02:54.439 For the king of the north will return and muster 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:56.800 a multitude greater than the former, and shall 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:59.439 certainly come at the end of some years with 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:02.659 a great army and much equipment. Now in those 00:03:02.659 --> 00:03:05.400 times many shall rise up against the king of 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:09.509 the south. Violent men of your people shall exalt 00:03:09.509 --> 00:03:12.110 themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but 00:03:12.110 --> 00:03:15.009 they shall fall. So the king of the north shall 00:03:15.009 --> 00:03:18.150 come and build a siege mound and take a fortified 00:03:18.150 --> 00:03:21.610 city, and the forces of the south shall not withstand 00:03:21.610 --> 00:03:25.389 him. Even his choice troops shall have no strength 00:03:25.389 --> 00:03:28.530 to resist. But he who comes against him shall 00:03:28.530 --> 00:03:31.330 do according to his own will, and no one shall 00:03:31.330 --> 00:03:34.069 stand against him. He shall stand in the glorious 00:03:34.069 --> 00:03:38.620 land with destruction. He shall also set his 00:03:38.620 --> 00:03:40.699 face to enter with the strength of his whole 00:03:40.699 --> 00:03:44.620 kingdom and upright ones with him. Thus shall 00:03:44.620 --> 00:03:47.500 he do. And he shall give him the daughter of 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:50.780 women to destroy it, but she shall not stand 00:03:50.780 --> 00:03:55.259 with him or be for him. After this he shall turn 00:03:55.259 --> 00:03:58.199 his face to the coastlands and shall take many, 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:01.159 but a ruler shall bring the reproach against 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:05.060 them. And with the reproach removed, he shall 00:04:05.060 --> 00:04:08.120 turn back on him. Then he shall turn his face 00:04:08.120 --> 00:04:11.479 toward the fortress of his own land, but he shall 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:15.659 stumble and fall and not be found. There shall 00:04:15.659 --> 00:04:19.519 arise in his place one who imposes taxes on the 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:22.379 glorious kingdom, but within a few days he shall 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:25.519 be destroyed, but not in anger or in battle. 00:04:25.660 --> 00:04:29.529 And in his place shall arise a vile person to 00:04:29.529 --> 00:04:31.889 whom they will not give the honor of royalty 00:04:31.889 --> 00:04:35.189 but he shall come in peaceably and seize the 00:04:35.189 --> 00:04:38.610 kingdom by intrigue with the force of a flood 00:04:38.610 --> 00:04:41.990 they shall be swept away from before him and 00:04:41.990 --> 00:04:44.509 be broken and also the prince of the covenant 00:04:44.509 --> 00:04:47.689 and after the league is made with him he shall 00:04:47.689 --> 00:04:50.949 act deceitfully for he shall come up and become 00:04:50.949 --> 00:04:54.449 strong with a small number of people he shall 00:04:54.449 --> 00:04:57.300 enter peaceably even into the richest places 00:04:57.300 --> 00:05:00.259 of the province. And he shall do what his fathers 00:05:00.259 --> 00:05:03.439 have not done, nor his forefathers. He shall 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:06.839 disperse among them the plunder, spoil, and riches. 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.639 And he shall devise his plans against the strongholds, 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:14.230 but only for a time. he shall stir up his power 00:05:14.230 --> 00:05:16.790 and his courage against the king of the south 00:05:16.790 --> 00:05:19.569 with a great army and the king of the south shall 00:05:19.569 --> 00:05:22.029 be stirred up to battle with a very great and 00:05:22.029 --> 00:05:25.550 mighty army but he shall not stand for they shall 00:05:25.550 --> 00:05:29.550 devise plans against him yes those who eat of 00:05:29.550 --> 00:05:32.389 the portion of his delicacies shall destroy him 00:05:32.389 --> 00:05:35.670 his army shall be swept away and many shall fall 00:05:35.670 --> 00:05:39.970 down slain both these kings hearts shall be bent 00:05:39.970 --> 00:05:43.029 on evil and they shall speak lies at the same 00:05:43.029 --> 00:05:45.910 table. But it shall not prosper, for the end 00:05:45.910 --> 00:05:49.389 will still be at the appointed time. While returning 00:05:49.389 --> 00:05:52.050 to his land with great riches, his heart shall 00:05:52.050 --> 00:05:54.810 be moved against the holy covenant, so he shall 00:05:54.810 --> 00:05:58.509 do damage and return to his own land. At the 00:05:58.509 --> 00:06:01.110 appointed time he shall return and go toward 00:06:01.110 --> 00:06:03.990 the south, but it shall not be like the former 00:06:03.990 --> 00:06:07.730 or the latter, for ships from Cyprus shall come 00:06:07.730 --> 00:06:10.720 against him. Therefore he shall be grieved and 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:13.899 return in rage against the holy covenant and 00:06:13.899 --> 00:06:17.459 do damage. So he shall return and show regard 00:06:17.459 --> 00:06:20.240 for those who forsake the holy covenant, and 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:23.639 forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:26.560 defile the sanctuary fortress. Then they shall 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:29.319 take away the daily sacrifices and place there 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:33.279 the abomination of desolation. Those who do wickedly 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:36.879 against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery. 00:06:37.129 --> 00:06:39.670 But the people who know their God shall be strong 00:06:39.670 --> 00:06:43.529 and carry out great exploits. And those of the 00:06:43.529 --> 00:06:46.589 people who understand shall instruct many. Yet 00:06:46.589 --> 00:06:49.750 for many days they shall fall by sword and flame, 00:06:49.910 --> 00:06:53.449 by captivity and plundering. Now when they fall, 00:06:53.490 --> 00:06:56.769 they shall be aided with a little help, but many 00:06:56.769 --> 00:07:00.149 shall join with them by intrigue. And some of 00:07:00.149 --> 00:07:03.329 those of understanding shall fall to refine them. 00:07:03.610 --> 00:07:06.550 Purify them and make them white until the time 00:07:06.550 --> 00:07:09.470 of the end, because it is still for the appointed 00:07:09.470 --> 00:07:12.470 time. Then the king shall do according to his 00:07:12.470 --> 00:07:15.209 own will. He shall exalt and magnify himself 00:07:15.209 --> 00:07:18.889 above every god, shall speak blasphemies against 00:07:18.889 --> 00:07:21.990 the god of gods, and shall prosper till the wrath 00:07:21.990 --> 00:07:24.850 has been accomplished, for what has been determined 00:07:24.850 --> 00:07:28.209 shall be done. He shall regard neither the god 00:07:28.209 --> 00:07:31.819 of his fathers nor the desire of women. nor regard 00:07:31.819 --> 00:07:35.540 any god, for he shall exalt himself above them 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:39.079 all. But in their place he shall honor a god 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:42.779 of fortresses, and a god which his fathers did 00:07:42.779 --> 00:07:45.759 not know he shall honor with gold and silver, 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:49.279 with precious stones and pleasant things. Thus 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:51.839 he shall act against the strongest fortresses 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:54.720 with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:57.899 and advance its glory. and he shall cause them 00:07:57.899 --> 00:08:01.240 to rule over many and divide the land for gain. 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:04.579 At the time of the end, the king of the south 00:08:04.579 --> 00:08:07.100 shall attack him, and the king of the north shall 00:08:07.100 --> 00:08:10.120 come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:13.360 horsemen, and with many ships, and he shall enter 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.339 the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through. 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:19.819 He shall also enter the glorious land, and many 00:08:19.819 --> 00:08:23.100 countries shall be overthrown, but those shall 00:08:23.100 --> 00:08:27.459 escape from his hand. Edom. Moab, and the prominent 00:08:27.459 --> 00:08:30.899 people of Ammon. He shall stretch out his hand 00:08:30.899 --> 00:08:33.460 against the countries, and the land of Egypt 00:08:33.460 --> 00:08:36.620 shall not escape. He shall have power over the 00:08:36.620 --> 00:08:39.299 treasures of gold and silver, and over all the 00:08:39.299 --> 00:08:42.379 precious things of Egypt. Also the Libyans and 00:08:42.379 --> 00:08:45.899 Ethiopians shall follow at his heels. But news 00:08:45.899 --> 00:08:48.840 from the east and the north shall trouble him. 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:52.059 Therefore he shall go out with great fury to 00:08:52.059 --> 00:08:55.259 destroy and annihilate many. And he shall plant 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:58.379 the tents of his palace between the seas and 00:08:58.379 --> 00:09:01.019 the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come 00:09:01.019 --> 00:09:06.639 to his end, and no one will help him. Chapter 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:11.379 12 At that time Michael shall stand up, the great 00:09:11.379 --> 00:09:14.240 prince who stands watch over the sons of your 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:17.080 people. And there shall be a time of trouble, 00:09:17.220 --> 00:09:20.960 such as never was since there was a nation, even 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.750 to that time. And at that time your people shall 00:09:23.750 --> 00:09:26.830 be delivered, everyone who is found written in 00:09:26.830 --> 00:09:29.690 the book. And many of those who sleep in the 00:09:29.690 --> 00:09:32.549 dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting 00:09:32.549 --> 00:09:35.269 life, some to shame and everlasting contempt. 00:09:35.730 --> 00:09:39.529 Those who are wise shall shine, like the brightness 00:09:39.529 --> 00:09:42.429 of the firmament, and those who turn many to 00:09:42.429 --> 00:09:45.470 righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. 00:09:45.610 --> 00:09:49.090 But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the 00:09:49.090 --> 00:09:52.240 book until the time of the end. Many shall run 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:55.480 to and fro, and knowledge shall increase. Then 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:59.120 I, Daniel, looked, and there stood two others, 00:09:59.299 --> 00:10:02.179 one on this river bank and the other on that 00:10:02.179 --> 00:10:05.399 river bank. And one said to the man clothed in 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:07.919 linen, who was above the waters of the river, 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:10.940 How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:14.649 be? Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who 00:10:14.649 --> 00:10:17.509 was above the waters of the river, when he held 00:10:17.509 --> 00:10:20.409 up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, 00:10:20.570 --> 00:10:24.629 and swore by him who lives forever, that it shall 00:10:24.629 --> 00:10:28.870 be for a time, times, and half a time. And when 00:10:28.870 --> 00:10:31.490 the power of the holy people has been completely 00:10:31.490 --> 00:10:34.549 shattered, all these things shall be finished. 00:10:34.970 --> 00:10:38.309 Although I heard, I did not understand. Then 00:10:38.309 --> 00:10:41.909 I said, My lord, what shall be the end of these 00:10:41.909 --> 00:10:45.809 things? And he said, Go your way, Daniel, for 00:10:45.809 --> 00:10:48.830 the words are closed up and sealed till the time 00:10:48.830 --> 00:10:52.210 of the end. Many shall be purified, made white 00:10:52.210 --> 00:10:55.529 and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly, 00:10:55.590 --> 00:10:58.470 and none of the wicked shall understand, but 00:10:58.470 --> 00:11:01.769 the wise shall understand. And from the time 00:11:02.090 --> 00:11:04.710 that the daily sacrifice is taken away and the 00:11:04.710 --> 00:11:07.830 abomination of desolation is set up, there shall 00:11:07.830 --> 00:11:14.230 be 1 ,290 days. Blessed is he who waits and comes 00:11:14.230 --> 00:11:20.389 to the 1 ,335 days. But you go your way till 00:11:20.389 --> 00:11:23.730 the end, for you shall rest and will arise to 00:11:23.730 --> 00:11:32.230 your inheritance at the end of the days. I hope 00:11:32.230 --> 00:11:34.070 you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did 00:11:34.070 --> 00:11:36.129 and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow 00:11:36.129 --> 00:11:38.669 to continue on our journey. God bless you and 00:11:38.669 --> 00:11:39.350 have a great day.