Islam & Christianity: The Coming Conflict The Coming Conflict
Powder Keg Radical Islam: “Islam is the answer, jihad is the way”
Joel Rosenberg
Inside the Revolution • Radicals
• Reformers • Revivalists
CNBC – March 6, 2012 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46637485
“Political risk in the Middle East has increased significantly with war between Iran and Israel almost inevitable,” Swiss money manager and long-term bear Marc Faber said on Tuesday.
CNBC – March 6, 2012 http://www.cnbc.com/id/46637485
"The Americans and the western powers know very well they cannot contain China economically... but one way to contain China is to switch on and switch off the oil tap from the Middle East," he said.
"I happen to think the Middle East will go up in flames," he said. • Prophecy in Daniel 11
More Terrorist Attacks?
“The governments of the world should know that…Islam will be victorious in all the countries of the world, and Islam and the teachings of the Qur’an will prevail all over the world.” –Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 1979
All Out Nuclear War?
NO!
Signs of Christ’s Coming
Wars & Rumors of War Famines & Pestilence Earthquakes False Prophets/Christs Lawlessness Labor Pains
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 …“the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman; and they shall not escape.” • Overtaken as a thief in the night • Sons of light – not darkness
• Watch & be sober
Jesus & Signs of the End And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? (Matthew 24:3)
Matthew 24:4-6 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Top Iran Official Recommends Pre-emptive Strike on Israel Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent, November 5, 2008
“Senior Tehran officials are recommending a pre-emptive strike against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear reactors, a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London.”
The Final Sign of the End • Wars & Rumors of War • False christs, False Prophets • Famine, Pestilence, Earthquakes • Lawlessness Abounds • Love Grows Cold • Endure to End/Saved • GOSPEL TO THE WORLD • Tidings from the East and the North
Professors of Godliness 1
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! (1 Timothy 3:15)
George Barna Research 62 % of Protestants are born again 22% of Catholics are born again Born Again Def: Believe in Jesus and had spiritual experience with Jesus because of what He has done for you and you expect to live forever How many have a biblical worldview?
Biblical Worldview • Believe in absolute moral truth • Bible is the standard of moral truth • God exists and is loving
• Sinless life of Christ • Existence of Satan
• Salvation is a gift—Not Earned • Personal responsibility to share gospel
• Reliability of scripture
George Barna Research 62 % of Protestants are born again 22% of Catholics are born again Born Again Def: Believe in Jesus and had spiritual experience with Jesus because of what He has done
for you and you expect to live forever.
How many have a biblical worldview? ONLY 9% ~5 out 100 “Born again Christians”
Turned-off by Christianity? • Seeing only the 95% • Need to look for the 5%
Genuine Christianity Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Cor. 10:31) • Live by the Word of God
• Not Tradition • Obey the Word • Seminar Theme—Map to Eternal Life
King of the North Daniel 10, 11, 12 Main Focus = 11:2-12:4
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
The Time of the End Daniel 12:4 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. Sealed until Time of End Especially 11:40-45
Time of the End Daniel 11:40 40 “At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through. 41 He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown… Night # 5
King of the North Daniel 11 = Parallels & Expands Daniel 2, 7, 8 = Foundational
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
Rise and Fall of Nations Till the End of World 2nd Coming of Christ
Stone striking the Image The 2nd Coming of Christ
King of the North Rome Empire Divides Iron & Clay = Kg of N + Kg of S N. Mediterranean = Christian S. Mediterranean = Islamic (622 AD)
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
King of the North Daniel 2 parallels Daniel 7 Rise & Fall of Nations Invade Israel from the North Jeremiah 1:13-15
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
Israel Attacked from the North Jeremiah 1:13-15
And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot; and it is facing away from the north. Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an calamity shall break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.
For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says the LORD; and they shall come, and each one set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah. (Jeremiah 1:15)
Attack from North
Israel Attacked from the North Jeremiah 1:13-15
All 4 Powers enter Jerusalem from North
Babylon Media/Persia Greece Rome
Daniel’s Second Vision Daniel 7
Daniel 8 ↓
Babylon 605 - 539 BC Medo-Persia 539 - 331 BC
Greece 331 - 168 BC Rome ↓
Little Horn
King of the North Daniel 11 begins with Media/Persia
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
Media-Persian Empire
Invades Israel from North
The Persian Kingdom In the first year of Darius the Mede 2 And now I will tell you the truth: Behold, three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. 3 Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4 And when he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven…
The Persian Kingdom • Dan 11:1
Darius the Mede
• Dan 11:2
• Four more Kings • The 4th richer than other • Attacks Greece
• Key: Focus changes when the current kingdom attacks
the new rising kingdom and doesn’t win.
• Out of the North:
Jeremiah 1:15
Kings of Media/Persia
Number of years
Nabonassar’s Calendar
(Darius the Mede)
Christian Calendar
210-218
(539/38) 538-530 BC
219-226
529-522 BC
(0) 36
(226) 227-262
(522) 521-486 BC
4. Xerxes
21
263-283
485-465 BC
Artaxerxes I (3rd
41
284-324
464-424 BC
Darius II
19
325-343
423-405 BC
Artaxerxes II
46
344-389
404-359 BC
Ocus
21
390-410
358-338 BC
Arses
2
411-412
337-336 BC
Darius III
4
413-416
335-332 BC
Cyrus
(1st Decree)
1. Cambýses 2. (False Smerdis/Bardiya)
3. Darius I Hystaspes (2
nd
9 8
Decree)
Decree)
Grecian Empire Dan 11:3 (Greece: Alexander the Great) Dan 11:4 – Alexander dies at 33 – His 4 Generals divide the empire
Daniel 11:1-4 Cassander (Macedon and Greece) Lysimachus (Thrace Bithynia, and some other of the provinces beyond the Hellespont and the Bosphorus) Ptolemy = King of South (Egypt, Libya, Arabia, Coele-Syria, and Palestine) possessed the empire Seleucus = King of the North (the rest)
Alexander’s 4 Kingdoms Attacks Israel from the North
Daniel 11:5-6 • The Kings of the North & South introduced – Ptolemy I Soter (322-285) = King of South – Seleucus I Nicator (312-280) = King of North served Ptolemy I
– But Seleucus I expands his kingdom & becomes stronger
King of North & King of South
Seleucid Kg of North
Ptolemy Kg of South
Daniel 11:5-19 King of the North is Seleucus (Antiochus) – Followed by his sons
Israel caught in the middle King of the South is Ptolemy & Sons
Daniel 11:10-12 Summary King of N Antiochus III (The Great) appears – Defeats King of South (Ptolemy IV) initially
King of N defeated @ Battle of Raphia June
22, 217 BC
– King of S losses slightly lighter
Ptolemy IV victorious at Raphia – Enters Jewish temple (tens of thousands Jews killed), – dissolute and dies leaving son Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Daniel 11:13-17 Summary Antiochus III (The Great) defeats Ptolemies – Battle of Panium (198 BC) – King of North re-occupies Palestine – Marks the end of Ptolemaic rule in PALESTINE
King of North rules Palestine Now
Daniel 11:17-19 Summary Antiochus III gives Daughter to King of South His affair with “daughter of women” Cleopatra (I) Cleopatra rejects her father’s effort (Julius Caesar/Mark Anthony) (N) Antiochus III raids isles (coastlands of Greece) – Defeated by Roman Commander Lucius Scipio (190 BC)
Antiochus III killed plundering temple in Susa (187 BC) – Thus he “stumbled and fell & found no more”
The role of King of N. switches to Rome hereafter – Not Antiochus Epiphanes
King of the North Roman Phase of King of North Prince of Covenant
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
Roman Empire Rome attacks from the North
Roman Empire (400 AD)
King of South vanquished till 622 AD
King of the North Daniel 11:20-22
Roman Phase of King of North Prince of Covenant Taxing Glorious Kingdom
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
Daniel 11:20 Dan 11:20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. (N) Augustus Caesar’s (63BC -14AD) Tax Decree (Luke 2:1)
– Died peacefully in bed – Julius Caesar not fit
Daniel 11:21-22 Dan 11:21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. Dan 11:22 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.
Tiberius Caesar (14-37 AD) – Becomes emperor – thru divorce/remarriage never popular – ruthless
Jesus, Prince of Covenant killed (See Daniel 9:25) Force of flood = destruction of Jerusalem (Dan 9:26)
King of N. Focus Change Key: Focus changes when the current kingdom attacks the new rising kingdom and doesn’t win.
King of N. (Tiberius Caesar) attacks Christ – Caesar loses – Christ is resurrected
New King of North = Nominal Christianity
–(Holy Roman Empire)
True King of the North Psalm 48:2 Genuine Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. Isaiah 14:13 Counterfeit For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north.’
King of the North Daniel 11:25-28
Crusades Holy Rome vs. Islam
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
Holy Roman Empire (till 622 AD)
Christianity
Israel
Islam
Growth of Islam – Max extent 750 AD Tension: the Islamic Caliphate and the Holy Roman Empire Christians launched the First Crusade in 1095 King of the North
King of the South Islam 622 AD
King of N & Crusades vs. 25-30 • After time of Christ • Pagan Rome never attacked the south (Egypt) • “King of the North” can not be pagan Rome • Rome already possessed N. Africa/South • Therefore, the “king of the North” in verses
25-30 must be the Holy Roman Empire.
Who is the King of the South? Only one possibility: The Islamic powers controlling Egypt and Palestine
Crusades 1095-1291 Crusades initiated by Pope Urban II in 1095 to regain control of Jerusalem from Islam. The area to the south of Palestine was now controlled by Islam. The King of the South enters its Islamic phase. – King of South now both Geopolitical & Spiritual – Israel also Geopolitical & Spiritual
Geopolitical & Spiritual • King of North = Holy Roman Empire • Israel • King of the South = Islamic Caliphate
Competition to Control Jerusalem Islam 622 AD
3 Conflicts: King of N/S Daniel 11:29 “At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.”
Three Holy Wars 1. Arab Islam – The Crusades
2. Turkish Islam – The Reformation 3. Time of End – Final Jihad (Holy War)
Time of the End Daniel 11:40 40 “At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries, overwhelm them, and pass through. 41 He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many countries shall be overthrown….
Time of the End Daniel 11:44-45 44 But
news from the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many. 45 And he shall plant the tents of his palace between the seas and the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no one will help him.
King of the North Time of the End (Daniel 11:40-45) Coming Holy War Christian West (King of North) Israel Islam (King of the South) Followed by Resurrection & 2nd Coming
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
Conflict Identifies God’s True People Some from Christianity (5%) Some from Islam (?%) They embrace & Follow Jesus “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” (Rev. 14:12)
God’s People Delivered 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 12:2 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. [Resurrection] 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Daniel 12:1-3
King of the North Prince of Covenant
King of the South 535 BC to Jesus’ Return & Eternity Future
Jesus cares for you Behold, I’ve Inscribed You on the Palms of My Hands Isaiah 49:16
Prince of the Covenant
Ratifies the Covenant
The King of the North and The Little Horn-Antichrist-Beast
The Coming Conflict