DREAMS-VISIONS

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DREAMS-VISIONS

• CHAPTER TWO SEVEN EIGHT
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR DANIELS FIRST
  DANIELS SECOND
• GREAT IMAGE FOUR BEASTS RAM WITH
  TWO HORNS
• FOUR KINGDOMS FOUR KINGDOMS GOAT -
  LARGE HORN
• FOUR HORNS
• LITTLE HORN
• FOUR KINGDOMS
• BABYLONIAN GOLD HEAD LION
• NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• MEDO-PERSIAN SILVER BREAST BEAR RAM
• DARIUS AND CYRUS?
• MACEDONIAN BRASS THIGHS LEOPARD MALE
  GOAT
• ALEXANDER? FOUR HORNS
• FOUR KINGDOMS
• ROME IRON LEGS BEAST OF IRON LITTLE
  HORN

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REVIEW DANIEL CHAPTER NINE

• DANIEL UNDERSTOOD THE WRITINGS OF JEREMIAH
• DANIEL PRAYS FOR ISRAEL AND HIS PRAYERS ARE
  ANSWERED
• GABRIEL SPEAKS TO DANIEL ABOUT
• JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE - RECONSTRUCTED
• THE COMING OF MESSIAH - THE PRINCE
• A NEW COVENANT - TO BE GIVEN
• FINAL DESTRUCTION - OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE
• GABRIEL TELLS DANIEL TO SEAL UP THE VISION

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REVIEW DANIEL CHAPTER TEN

• MESSAGE TO DANIEL DURING THE REIGN OF CYRUS
• DANIEL MOURNED AND FASTED FOR THREE WEEKS
• DANIEL SAW AN ANGEL IN A VISION
• AND BECAME HELPLESS AND WEAK
• DANIEL HEARD THE ANGEL SPEAK
• AND FELL TO THE GROUND IN A DEEP SLEEP
• THE ANGEL TOUCHED HIM AND MADE HIM TREMBLE
• DANIEL WAS ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES
• AND THE ANGEL TOLD HIM TO STAND UP
• THE ANGEL SAID TO DANIEL
• I AM SENT TO YOU TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND THE
  VISIONS
• THE PRINCE OF PERSIA WITHSTOOD ME FOR TWENTY-ONE
  DAYS
• BUT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL CAME TO HELP ME

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REVIEW DANIEL CHAPTER TEN

• ONE LIKE OF THE SONS OF MEN TOUCHED DANIELS LIPS
• DANIEL HAD NO STRENGTH AND WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK
• THE ANGEL TOUCHED DANIEL AGAIN AND STRENGTHENED
  HIM
• THE ANGEL TOLD DANIEL TO BE STRONG AND FEAR NOT
• DANIEL WAS STRENGTHENED
• THE ANGEL SAID
• I MUST GO TO FIGHT THE PRINCE OF PERSIA
• I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS IN THE SCRIPTURE OF
  TRUTH
• AND NO ONE UPHOLDS ME BUT MICHAEL

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OUTLINE CHAPTER ELEVEN

• THREE KINGS IN PERSIA
• CAMBYSES, SMERDIS, DARIUS HYSTASPIS
• THE FOURTH KING - XERXES
• ANOTHER KING - ALEXANDER THE GREAT
• CONFLICT BETWEEN EGYPT AND SYRIA
• SUCCESSOR OF ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT - SELEUCUS
• THE LIFE AND ACTS OF ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES

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READ DANIEL 1020 - 112

• THIS IS THE CONTINATION OF DANIEL 1020-21
• 20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to
  you? And now I must return to fight with the
  prince of Persia and when I have gone forth,
  indeed the prince of Greece will come.
• 21 "But I will tell you what is noted in the
  Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against
  these, except Michael your prince.
• 1 In the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even
  I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.)
• 2 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.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1020 - 112

• 20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to
  you? And now I must return to fight with the
  prince of Persia. And when I have gone forth,
  indeed the prince of Greece will come.
• 21 "But I will tell you what is noted in the
  Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against
  these, except Michael your prince.
• 1 In the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even
  I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.)
• WHO IS SPEAKING HERE? (GABRIEL)?
• WHY DID HE COME TO DANIEL?
• (TELL HIM WHAT IS NOTED IN THE SCRIPTURES)?
• HOW DID HE DEFINE THE SCRIPTURES?
• (THE SCRIPTURE OF TRUTH)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1020 - 112

• 20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to
  you? And now I must return to fight with the
  prince of Persia. And when I have gone forth,
  indeed the prince of Greece will come.
• 21 "But I will tell you what is noted in the
  Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against
  these, except Michael your prince.
• 1 In the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even
  I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.)
• WHO IS THE PRINCE OF PERSIA? (CYRUS)?
• WHO IS THE PRINCE OF GREECE? (ALEXANDER)?
• WHEN DID THIS OCCUR?
• (IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS THE MEDE)?
• WHO DID HE CONFIRM AND STRENGTHEN?
• (MICHAEL OR DARIUS)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 111-2

• WHO WAS DARIUS THE MEDE?
• READ DANIEL 531
• 31 Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being
  about sixty-two years old. (NKJ)
• READ DANIEL 61
• 1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one
  hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole
  kingdom (NKJ)
• READ DANIEL 91
• 1 In the first year of Darius the son of
  Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was
  made king over the realm of the Chaldeans (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 111-2

• WHO WAS DARIUS THE MEDE?
• READ EZRA 44-5
• 4 The people of the land tried to discourage the
  people of Judah. They troubled them in building,
• 5 And they hired counselors against them to
  frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus
  king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius
  king of Persia. (NKJ)
• READ NEHEMIAH 1222
• 22 During the reign of Darius the Persian, a
  record was also kept of the Levites and priests
  who had been heads of their fathers' houses in
  the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and
  Jaddua. (NKJ)
• READ ZECHARIAH 11-2
• 1 In the eighth month of the second year of
  Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah
  the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the
  prophet, saying,
• 2 "The LORD has been very angry with your
  fathers. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 111-2

• WHO WAS DARIUS THE MEDE?
• READ HAGGAI 11-2
• 1 In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth
  month, on the first day of the month, the word of
  the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel
  the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to
  Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,
  saying,
• 2 "Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying 'This
  people says, "The time has not come, the time
  that the LORD'S house should be built."' (NKJ)
• READ HAGGAI 114-15
• 14 So the LORD stirred up the spirit of
  Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of
  Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of
  Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all
  the remnant of the people and they came and
  worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their
  God,
• 15 On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month,
  in the second year of King Darius. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 111-2

• 2 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.
• READ DANIEL 1021
• 21 "I will tell you what is noted in the
  Scripture of Truth. (No one upholds me against
  these, except Michael your prince. (NKJ)
• WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF TRUTH?
• (THE SCRIPTURE OF TRUTH)?
• ARE THE SCRIPTURES TRUE? WHY?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 111-2

• 2 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.
• WHO ARE THESE THREE KINGS OF PERSIA?
• (CAMBYSES, SON OF CYRUS)?
• (SMERDIS, WHO PRETENDED TO BE A SON OF CYRUS)?
• (DARIUS, SON-IN-LAW OF CYRUS)?
• WHO IS THIS FOURTH KING?
• (XERXES, SON OF DARIUS)?
• WHAT XERXES ABLE TO DO? HOW?
• (STIR UP ALL AGAINST GREECE)? (HIS RICHES)?

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READ DANIEL 113-4

• 3 A mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with
  great dominion, and do according to his will.
• 4 When he has arisen, his kingdom shall be
  broken up and divided toward the four winds of
  heaven, but not among his posterity nor according
  to his dominion with which he ruled for his
  kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others
  besides these.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 113-4

• 3 A mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with
  great dominion, and do according to his will.
• WHO SHALL RISE UP AFTER THIS FOURTH KING?
• (ALEXANDER THE GREAT)?
• WHY IS HE CALLED ALEXANDER THE GREAT?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 113-4

• 4 When he has arisen, his kingdom shall be
  broken up and divided toward the four winds of
  heaven, but not among his posterity nor according
  to his dominion with which he ruled. For his
  kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others
  besides these.
• WHAT IS SAID OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT?
• WHAT SHALL HAPPEN TO HIS KINGDOM?
• READ DANIEL 822 THE MALE GOAT
• 22 "As for the broken horn and the four that
  stood up in its place, four kingdoms shall arise
  out of that nation, but not with its power.
• (HIS KINGDOM WILL BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR KINGDOMS)
• WILL HIS DESCENDENTS REIGN IN HIS STEAD?
• (NONE OF HIS POSTERITY SHALL REIGN)?

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READ DANIEL 115-7

• 5 The king of the South shall become strong, as
  well as one of his princes and he shall gain
  power over him and have dominion. His dominion
  shall be a great dominion.
• 6 "At the end of some years they shall join
  forces, for the daughter of the king of the South
  shall go to the king of the North to make an
  agreement but she shall not retain the power of
  her authority, and neither he nor his authority
  shall stand but she shall be given up, with
  those who brought her, and with him who begot
  her, and with him who strengthened her in those
  times.
• 7 "But from a branch of her roots one shall arise
  in his place, who shall come with an army, enter
  the fortress of the king of the North, and deal
  with them and prevail.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 115-7

• 5 The king of the South shall become strong, as
  well as one of his princes. And he shall gain
  power over him and have dominion. His dominion
  shall be a great dominion.
• WHO IS THE KING OF THE SOUTH?
• (PTOLEMY - SON OF LAGUS)?
• WHO IS ONE OF HIS PRINCES?
• (SELEUCUS NICATOR)?
• WHAT ABOUT HIS POWER AND DOMINION?
• (HE SHALL BE STRONG AND HIS DOMINION GREAT)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 115-7

• 6 "At the end of some years they shall join
  forces, for the daughter of the king of the South
  shall go to the king of the North to make an
  agreement. But she shall not retain the power of
  her authority, and neither he nor his authority
  shall stand. She shall be given up, with those
  who brought her, and with him who begot her, and
  with him who strengthened her in those times.
• HOW MUCH TIME HAS ELAPSED? (YEARS)?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN? (THEY WILL JOIN FORCES)?
• WHO IS THE KING OF THE SOUTH? (PTOLEMY)?
• WHO IS HIS DAUGHTER ? (BERENICE)?
• WHAT DOES HISTORY TELL US ABOUT BERENICE?
• (SHE MARRIED ANTIOCHUS THEOS, KING OF SYRIA,
• WHO WAS ALREADY MARRIED TO LAODICE).

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 115-7

• 6 "At the end of some years they shall join
  forces, for the daughter of the king of the South
  shall go to the king of the North to make an
  agreement. But she shall not retain the power of
  her authority, and neither he nor his authority
  shall stand. She shall be given up, with those
  who brought her, and with him who begot her, and
  with him who strengthened her in those times.
• WHO WILL SHE MAKE AGREEMENT WITH?
• (KING OF THE NORTH (SYRIA) - ANTIOCHUS THEOS)?
• WHAT WILL SHE TRY TO DO?
• (UNITE EGYPT AND SYRIA)?
• HOW? (BY MARRIAGE)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 115-7

• 6 "At the end of some years they shall join
  forces, for the daughter of the king of the South
  shall go to the king of the North to make an
  agreement. But she shall not retain the power of
  her authority, and neither he nor his authority
  shall stand. She shall be given up, with those
  who brought her, and with him who begot her, and
  with him who strengthened her in those times.
• WILL SHE BE SUCCESSFUL? WHAT HAPPENED?
• (ANTIOCHUS WILL GO BACK TO HIS FIRST WIFE)?
• (BERENICE AND HER SON WILL BE MURDERED)?
• WHO STRENGTHENED HER IN THE PAST?
• (HER FATHER - PTOLEMY PHILADELPHUS)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 115-7

• 7 "But from a branch of her roots one shall arise
  in his place, who shall come with an army, enter
  the fortress of the king of the North, and deal
  with them and prevail.
• WHO WILL ARISE FROM HER ROOTS?
• (HER BROTHER - PTOLEMY EUERGETES)?
• (HE WILL BE KING OF THE SOUTH)?
• WHAT WILL HE DO?
• (HE WILL AVENGE HIS SISTER'S DEATH)?
• WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL?
• (HE WILL DEAL WITH THEM AND PREVAIL)?

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READ DANIEL 118-10

• 8 He shall also carry their gods captive to
  Egypt, with their princes and their precious
  articles of silver and gold and he shall
  continue more years than the king of the North.
• 9 The king of the North shall come to the
  kingdom of the king of the South, but shall
  return to his own land.
• 10 "However his sons shall stir up strife, and
  assemble a multitude of great forces and one
  shall certainly come and overwhelm and pass
  through then he shall return to his fortress and
  stir up strife.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 118-10

• 8 He shall also carry their gods captive to
  Egypt, with their princes and their precious
  articles of silver and gold. And he shall
  continue more years than the king of the North.
• WHAT WILL HE (PTOLEMY EUERGETES) DO?
• (HE WILL CARRY THEIR GODS AND PRINCES TO EGYPT
• ALONG WITH ALL THEIR TREASURES)?
• WHO IS THE KING OF THE NORTH (SYRIA)?
• (SELEUCUS CALLINICUS)?
• HOW LONG WILL HE (PTOLEMY) LIVE ?
• (FIVE YEARS LONGER THAN THE KING OF THE NORTH)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 118-10

• WHO IS THE KING OF THE NORTH? SOUTH?
• READ DANIEL 119
• 9 The king of the North shall come to the
  kingdom of the king of the South, but shall
  return to his own land. (NKJ)
• 9 So the king of the South shall come into his
  kingdom, and shall return into his own
  land. (KJV)
• 9 The king of the North will invade the realm of
  the king of the South but will retreat to his own
  country. (NIV)
• 9 "The latter will enter the realm of the king of
  the South, but will return to his own land.
  (NAS)
• 9 The latter shall come into the realm of the
  king of the south but shall return into his own
  land. (RSV)

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 119

• 9 The king of the North shall come to the
  kingdom of the king of the South, but shall
  return to his own land.
• CAN WE RESOLVE THESE DIFFERENCES?
• WHO IS KING OF THE NORTH?
• (SELEUCUS CALLINICUS)?
• WHO IS KING OF THE SOUTH?
• (PTOLEMY EUERGETES)?
• WHO WILL INVADE WHOM?
• WHERE DID HE RETURN TO?
• (EGYPT OR SYRIA)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 118-10

• 10 "However his sons shall stir up strife, and
  assemble a multitude of great forces and one
  shall certainly come and overwhelm and pass
  through then he shall return to his fortress and
  stir up strife.
• WHO ARE HIS SONS, EUERGETES OR CALLINICUS?
• THE SONS OF CALLINICUS ARE
• (SELEUCUS, CERAUNUS AND ANTIOCHUS)?
• WHAT WILL THEY DO?
• (HIS SONS WILL STIR UP STRIFE AND
• ASSEMBLE A MULTITUDE OF GREAT FORCES)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 118-10

• 10 "However his sons shall stir up strife, and
  assemble a multitude of great forces and one
  shall certainly come and overwhelm and pass
  through then he shall return to his fortress and
  stir up strife.
• WHO IS THE ONE WHO SHALL COME?
• (ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT)?
• WHAT WILL HE DO?
• (HE WILL OVERWHELM THEM AND
• RETURN TO HIS FORTRESS AND STIR UP STRIFE)?

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READ DANIEL 1111-13

• 11 The king of the South shall be moved with
  rage, and go out and fight with him, with the
  king of the North, who shall muster a great
  multitude but the multitude shall be given into
  the hand of his enemy.
• 12 "When he has taken away the multitude, his
  heart will be lifted up and he will cast down
  tens of thousands, but he will not prevail.
• 13 The king of the North will return and muster
  a multitude greater than the former, and shall
  certainly come at the end of some years with a
  great army and much equipment.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1111-13

• 11 The king of the South shall be moved with
  rage, and go out and fight with him, with the
  king of the North, who shall muster a great
  multitude but the multitude shall be given into
  the hand of his enemy.
• WHO IS THE KING OF THE SOUTH?
• (PTOLEMY PHILOPATER, SON OF EUERGETES)?
• WHAT WILL HE (PTOLEMY) DO?
• WHAT SIZE ARMY WILL HE ASSEMBLE?
• (70,000 SOLDIERS, 5,000 HORSES, 73 ELEPHANTS)?
• WHY WILL HE ATTACK THE KING OF THE NORTH
• (HE WAS MOVED WITH RAGE)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1111-13

• 11 The king of the South shall be moved with
  rage, and go out and fight with him, with the
  king of the North, who shall muster a great
  multitude but the multitude shall be given into
  the hand of his enemy.
• WHO IS THE KING OF THE NORTH?
• (ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT)?
• WHAT SIZE ARMY WILL HE ASSEMBLE?
• (62,000 SOLDIERS, 6,000 HORSES, 102 ELEPHANTS)?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIS ARMY?
• (THEY WILL BE GIVEN INTO THE HAND OF HIS ENEMY)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1111-13

• 12 "When he has taken away the multitude, his
  heart will be lifted up. And he will cast down
  tens of thousands, but he will not prevail.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM (PTOLEMY)?
• (HIS HEART WILL BE LIFTED UP)?
• WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL IN HIS ENDEAVORS?
• (HE WILL NOT PREVAIL)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1111-13

• 13 The king of the North will return and muster
  a multitude greater than the former, and shall
  certainly come at the end of some years with a
  great army and much equipment.
• WHAT WILL THE KING OF THE NORTH (ANTIOCHUS) DO?
• (HE WILL MUSTER A GREATER ARMY)?
• WHEN WILL IT COME TO AND END?
• (END OF SOME YEARS - 14 YEARS LATER)?

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READ DANIEL 1114-16

• 14 In those times many shall rise up against the
  king of the South. Also, violent men of your
  people shall exalt themselves in fulfillment of
  the vision, but they shall fall.
• 15 The king of the North shall come and build a
  siege mound, and take a fortified city and the
  forces of the South shall not withstand him. Even
  his choice troops shall have no strength to
  resist.
• 16 "But he who comes against him shall do
  according to his own will, and no one shall stand
  against him. He shall stand in the Glorious Land
  with destruction in his power.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1114-16

• 14 In those times many shall rise up against the
  king of the South. Also, violent men of your
  people shall exalt themselves in fulfillment of
  the vision, but they shall fall.
• WHO WILL ARISE AGAINST THE KING OF THE SOUTH?
• (ANTIOCHUS AND PHILIP KING OF MACEDON, WILL
  UNITE TOGETHER AGAINST EGYPT)?
• WHO WILL TRY TO FULFILL THE VISION?
• (VIOLENT MEN WILL EXHALT THEMSELVES)?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?
• (THEY SHALL FALL)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1114-16

• 15 The king of the North shall come and build a
  siege mound, and take a fortified city. And the
  forces of the South shall not withstand him. Even
  his choice troops shall have no strength to
  resist.
• WHO IS THE KING OF THE NORTH?
• (ANTIOCHUS THE GREAT)?
• WHAT WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) DO?
• (HE WILL TAKE THE FORTIFIED CITY)?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE FORCES OF THE SOUTH?
• (THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND HIM)?
• (EVEN HIS CHOICE TROOPS SHALL BE TAKEN)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1114-16

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TP THE FORCES OF THE SOUTH?
• READ EZEKIEL 3022-26
• 22 "Thus says the Lord GOD 'Surely I am against
  Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms,
  both the strong one and the one that was broken
  and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.
• 23 'I will scatter the Egyptians among the
  nations, and disperse them throughout the
  countries.
• 24 'I will strengthen the arms of the king of
  Babylon and put My sword in his hand but I will
  break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before
  him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1114-16

• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TP THE FORCES OF THE SOUTH?
• READ EZEKIEL 3022-26
• 25 'I will strengthen the arms of the king of
  Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down.
  They shall know that I am the LORD, when I put My
  sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he
  stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
• 26 'I will scatter the Egyptians among the
  nations and disperse them throughout the
  countries. Then they shall know that I am the
  LORD.' (NKJ)
• WHO RAISES UP NATIONS AND DESTROYS THEM?
• WHY? (THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1114-16

• 16 "But he who comes against him shall do
  according to his own will, and no one shall stand
  against him. He shall stand in the Glorious Land
  with destruction in his power.
• WHO WILL COME AGAINST HIM?
• (ANTIOCHUS WILL COME AGAINST PTOELMYS ARMY)?
• WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) BE SUCCESSFUL?
• (NO ONE SHALL STAND AGAINST HIM)?
• WHERE WILL HE GO?
• (HE WILL STAND IN THE GLORIOUS LAND)?

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READ DANIEL 1117-19

• 17 "He shall also set his face to enter with the
  strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones
  with him thus shall he do. And he shall give him
  the daughter of women to destroy it but she
  shall not stand with him, or be for him.
• 18 "After this he shall turn his face to the
  coastlands, and shall take many. But a ruler
  shall bring the reproach against them to an end
  and with the reproach removed, he shall turn back
  on him.
• 19 "Then he shall turn his face toward the
  fortress of his own land but he shall stumble
  and fall, and not be found.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1117-19

• 17 "He shall also set his face to enter with the
  strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones
  with him thus shall he do. And he shall give him
  the daughter of women to destroy it but she
  shall not stand with him, or be for him.
• WHAT WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) SET HIS FACE TO DO?
• (ENTER WITH THE STRENGTH OF HIS KINGDOM)?
• WHO ARE THE UPRIGHT ONES WITH HIM?
• (CHRISTIANS? SAINTS?)
• READ PSALMS 117
• 7 The LORD is righteous, he loves righteousness
  his countenance beholds the upright. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1117-19

• 17 "He shall also set his face to enter with the
  strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones
  with him thus shall he do. He shall give him the
  daughter of women to destroy it but she shall
  not stand with him, or be for him.
• WHAT WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) GIVE TO HIM (PTOLEMY)?
• (HIS DAUGHTER CLEOPATRA)?
• WHY WILL HE DO THIS?
• (TO UNITE EGYPT AND SYRIA)?
• WILL SHE HONOR HER FATHER WISHES?
• (SHE WILL NOT STAND WITH HER FATHER)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1117-19

• 18 "After this he shall turn his face to the
  coastlands, and shall take many. But a ruler
  shall bring the reproach against them to an end
  and with the reproach removed, he shall turn back
  on him.
• WHERE WILL HE TURN TO?
• (THE COAST OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE
• ISLANDS OF RHODES, SAMOS, DELOS)?
• WHO WILL BRING REPROACH AGAINST (ANTIOCHUS)?
• (THE ROMAN GENERAL LUCIUS SCIPIO ASIATICUS)?
• WHAT WILL HE DO?
• (HE WILL REBEL AGAINST HIM)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1117-19

• 19 "Then he shall turn his face toward the
  fortress of his own land but he shall stumble
  and fall, and not be found.
• WHAT WIILL HE (ANTIOCHUS) DO ?
• (HE WILL FLEE TO SARDIS AND ANTIOCH)?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM (ANTIOCHUS)?
• (HE WILL BE DEFEATED AND DISAPPEAR)?

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READ DANIEL 1120-22

• 20 "There shall arise in his place one who
  imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom but within
  a few days he shall be destroyed, but not in
  anger or in battle.
• 21 In his place shall arise a vile person, to
  whom they will not give the honor of royalty but
  he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom
  by intrigue.
• 22 "With the force of a flood they shall be swept
  away from before him and be broken, and also the
  prince of the covenant.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1120-22

• 20 "There shall arise in his place one who
  imposes taxes on the glorious kingdom but within
  a few days he shall be destroyed, but not in
  anger or in battle.
• WHO SHALL ARISE IN HIS PLACE?
• (SELEUCUS PHILOPATER - SON OF ANTIOCHUS)?
• WHAT WILL HE DO?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM?
• (HE WILL BE DESTROYED BY HIS TREASURER)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1120-22

• 21 In his place shall arise a vile person, to
  whom they will not give the honor of royalty. But
  he shall come in peaceably, and seize the kingdom
  by intrigue.
• 22 "With the force of a flood they shall be swept
  away from before him and be broken, and also the
  prince of the covenant.
• WHO WILL ARISE IN HIS PLACE?
• (A VILE PERSON - ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES)
• HOW WILL HE SIEZE THE KINGDOM?
• (BY INTRIGUE AND THE FORCE OF A FLOOD)?
• WHO IS THE PRINCE OF THE COVENANT?
• (THE HIGH PRIEST - ONIAS)?

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READ DANIEL 1123-24

• 23 "After the league is made with him he shall
  act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become
  strong with a small number of people.
• 24 "He shall enter peaceably, even into the
  richest places of the province and he shall do
  what his fathers have not done, nor his
  forefathers he shall disperse among them the
  plunder, spoil, and riches and he shall devise
  his plans against the strongholds, but only for a
  time.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1123-24

• 23 "After the league is made with him he shall
  act deceitfully, for he shall come up and become
  strong with a small number of people.
• WHAT WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES) DO?
• (HE WILL MAKE A TREATY WITH EGYPT AND SYRIA)?
• WILL HE HONOR THIS TREATY ?
• HOW WILL HE COME UP?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1123-24

• 24 "He shall enter peaceably, even into the
  richest places of the province. And he shall do
  what his fathers have not done, nor his
  forefathers. He shall disperse among them the
  plunder, spoil, and riches. And he shall devise
  his plans against the strongholds, but only for a
  time.
• HOW WILL HE ENTER?
• WHERE WILL HE ENTER?
• WHAT WILL HE DO THAT HIS ANCESTORS DID NOT DO?
• HOW WILL HE MAINTAIN HIS POWER ?
• WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL?

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READ DANIEL 1125-27

• 25 "He shall stir up his power and his courage
  against the king of the South with a great army.
  And the king of the South shall be stirred up to
  battle with a very great and mighty army but he
  shall not stand, for they shall devise plans
  against him.
• 26 "Yes, those who eat of the portion of his
  delicacies shall destroy him his army shall be
  swept away, and many shall fall down slain.
• 27 "Both these kings' hearts shall be bent on
  evil, and they shall speak lies at the same
  table but it shall not prosper, for the end will
  still be at the appointed time.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1125-27

• 25 "He shall stir up his power and his courage
  against the king of the South with a great army.
  And the king of the South shall be stirred up to
  battle with a very great and mighty army but he
  shall not stand, for they shall devise plans
  against him.
• WHO WILL HE (ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES) GO AGAINST?
• WHO IS THE KING OF THE SOUTH?
• (PTOLEMY PHILOMETOR - PTOLEMY PHYSCON)?
• WHAT WILL THE KING OF THE SOUTH (PHYSCON) DO ?
• WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1125-27

• 26 "Yes, those who eat of the portion of his
  delicacies shall destroy him his army shall be
  swept away, and many shall fall down slain.
• WHO WILL BETRAY HIM (PTOLEMY PHYSCON)
• WHAT WILL HAPPENED TO HIS ARMY ?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1125-27

• 27 "Both these kings' hearts shall be bent on
  evil, and they shall speak lies at the same
  table but it shall not prosper, for the end will
  still be at the appointed time.
• WHAT WAS IN THE HEARTS OF THESE KINGS?
• HOW WILL THIS BE MANIFESTED?
• WHAT WILL THE END OF THIS BE?
• WHEN WILL THE END COME?

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READ DANIEL 1128-30

• 28 "While returning to his land with great
  riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy
  covenant so he shall do damage and return to his
  own land.
• 29 "At the appointed time he shall return and go
  toward the south but it shall not be like the
  former or the latter.
• 30 "For ships from Cyprus shall come against him
  therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage
  against the holy covenant, and do damage. So he
  shall return and show regard for those who
  forsake the holy covenant.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1128-30

• 28 "While returning to his land with great
  riches, his heart shall be moved against the holy
  covenant so he shall do damage and return to his
  own land.
• WHO IS HE? (ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES)?
• WHAT WILL HE DO ON HIS WAY HOME?
• HE WILL ATTACK JERUSALEM?
• HE WILL KILL 80,000 AND MAKE 40,000 SLAVES?
• HE WILL DEFILE THE TEMPLE?
• THEN HE WILL RETURN TO HIS OWN LAND

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1128-30

• 29 "At the appointed time he shall return and go
  toward the south but it shall not be like the
  former or the latter.
• WHAT IS THE APPOINTED TIME?
• WHO SET THE APPOINTED TIME?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE APPOINTED TIME?
• HOW WILL THINGS BE DIFFERENT?
• HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE FORMER?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1128-30

• 30 "For ships from Cyprus shall come against him
  therefore he shall be grieved, and return in rage
  against the holy covenant, and do damage. So he
  shall return and show regard for those who
  forsake the holy covenant.
• WHO WILL COME AGAINST HIM? (SHIPS FROM ROME)?
• WHAT WILL HE DO WHEN HE IS DEFEATED?
• WHO WILL HE SHOW REGARD TO?

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READ DANIEL 1131-33

• 31 Forces shall be mustered by him, and they
  shall defile the sanctuary fortress then they
  shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place
  there the abomination of desolation.
• 32 "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he
  shall corrupt with flattery but the people who
  know their God shall be strong, and carry out
  great exploits.
• 33 Those of the people who understand shall
  instruct many yet for many days they shall fall
  by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1131-33

• 31 Forces shall be mustered by him, and they
  shall defile the sanctuary fortress then they
  shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place
  there the abomination of desolation.
• WHAT FORCES SHALL HE MUSTER? (ROMANS)?
• WHAT WILL THESE FORCES DO ?
• WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?
• (AT THE APPOINTED TIME)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1131-33

• WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?
• READ DANIEL 927
• 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for
  one week but in the middle of the week he shall
  bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on
  the wing of abominations shall be one who makes
  desolate, even until the consummation, which is
  determined, is poured out on the desolate. (NKJ)
• (UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION IS POURED OUT ON THE
  DESOLATE)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1131-33

• WHEN WILL THIS COME TO PASS?
• READ MATTHEW 2415-20
• 15 "Therefore when you see the 'abomination of
  desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
  standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let
  him understand),
• 16 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the
  mountains.
• 17 "Let him who is on the housetop not go down to
  take anything out of his house.
• 18 "And let him who is in the field not go back
  to get his clothes.
• 19 "But woe to those who are pregnant and to
  those who are nursing babies in those days!
• 20 "And pray that your flight may not be in
  winter or on the Sabbath. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1131-33

• 32 "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he
  shall corrupt with flattery but the people who
  know their God shall be strong, and carry out
  great exploits.
• WHO ARE THOSE WHO DO WICKEDLY?
• (THOSE WHO FORSAKE THE LAW)?
• WHAT WILL HE DO WITH THEM?
• WHO ARE THOSE WHO KNOW GOD?
• (CHRISTIANS - SAINTS)?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1131-33

• 33 Those of the people who understand shall
  instruct many yet for many days they shall fall
  by sword and flame, by captivity and plundering.
• WHAT WILL THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND DO?
• YET, WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR MANY DAYS?

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READ DANIEL 1134-36

• 34 When they fall, they shall be aided with a
  little help but many shall join with them by
  intrigue.
• 35 Some of those of understanding shall fall, to
  refine them, purify them, and make them white,
  until the time of the end because it is still
  for the appointed time.
• 36 "The king shall do according to his own will
  he shall exalt and magnify himself above every
  god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of
  gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been
  accomplished for what has been determined shall
  be done.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1134-36

• 34 When they fall, they shall be aided with a
  little help but many shall join with them by
  intrigue.
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY FALL ?
• HOW SHALL MANY ATTEMPT TO JOIN THEM ?
• WHAT IS INTRIGUE ? (FLATTERY, DECEIT) ?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1134-36

• 35 Some of those of understanding shall fall, to
  refine them, purify them, and make them white,
  until the time of the end because it is still
  for the appointed time.
• WHY WILL SOME WITH UNDERSTANDING FALL?
• HOW LONG WILL THIS CONTINUE?
• WHY?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1134-36

• 36 "The king shall do according to his own will.
  He shall exalt and magnify himself above every
  god. He shall speak blasphemies against the God
  of gods. and he shall prosper till the wrath has
  been accomplished for what has been determined
  shall be done.
• WHO IS THIS KING? (ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES)?
• WHAT WILL HE CONTINUE TO DO?
• HOW LONG WILL HE CONTINUE TO PROSPER?

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READ DANIEL 1137-39

• 37 "He shall regard neither the God of his
  fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any
  god for he shall exalt himself above them all.
• 38 In their place he shall honor a god of
  fortresses and a god which his fathers did not
  know he shall honor with gold and silver, with
  precious stones and pleasant things.
• 39 He shall act against the strongest fortresses
  with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge,
  and advance its glory and he shall cause them to
  rule over many, and divide the land for gain.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1137-39

• 37 "He shall regard neither the God of his
  fathers nor the desire of women, nor regard any
  god for he shall exalt himself above them all.
• WHAT WILL HE NOT REGARD ?
• HOW DOES HE REGARD HIMSELF ?
• READ DANIEL 811
• 11 He even exalted himself as high as the Prince
  of the host and by him the daily sacrifices were
  taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was
  cast down. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1137-39

• 38 In their place he shall honor a god of
  fortresses and a god which his fathers did not
  know he shall honor with gold and silver, with
  precious stones and pleasant things.
• WHAT SHALL HE HONOR IN THEIR PLACE?
• ( A GOD OF FORTRESSES JUPITER ? DIANA ?)
• HOW WILL HE HONOR THEM?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1137-39

• 39 He shall act against the strongest fortresses
  with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge,
  and advance its glory and he shall cause them to
  rule over many, and divide the land for gain.
• HOW WILL HE ACT AGAINST STRONG FORTRESSES?
• WHAT WILL HE CAUSE THEM TO DO?

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READ DANIEL 1140-42

• 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 but these
  shall escape from his hand Edom, Moab, and the
  prominent people of Ammon.
• 42 "He shall stretch out his hand against the
  countries, and the land of Egypt shall not
  escape.

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1140-42

• 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.
• WHAT IS THE TIME OF THE END?
• (END OF ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES)?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE TIME OF THE END?
• WHO IS THIS KING OF THE SOUTH ?
• (PTOLEMY LAGUS - KING OF EGYPT)?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1140-42

• 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.
• WHO IS THIS KING OF THE NORTH?
• (ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES KING OF SYRIA)?
• WHAT WILL HE DO ?
• WHAT COUNTRIES WILL HE ENTER?
• (COELO-SYRIA, PALESTINE, EGYPT)?
• WILL HE BE SUCCESSFUL?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1140-42

• 41 "He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and
  many countries shall be overthrown but these
  shall escape from his hand Edom, Moab, and the
  prominent people of Ammon.
• 42 "He shall stretch out his hand against the
  countries, and the land of Egypt shall not
  escape.
• WHERE WILL HE GO?
• WHAT WILL HE DO?
• WHAT IS THE GLORIOUS LAND? (ISRAEL)?
• WHO SHALL ESCAPE?

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READ DANIEL 1143-45

• 43 "He shall have power over the treasures of
  gold and silver, and over all the precious things
  of Egypt also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall
  follow at his heels.
• 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 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. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1143-45

• 43 "He shall have power over the treasures of
  gold and silver, and over all the precious things
  of Egypt also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall
  follow at his heels.
• WHAT WILL HE HAVE POWER OVER ?
• WHO WILL FOLLOW AT HIS HEELS ?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1143-45

• 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.
• WHAT NEW WILL TROUBLE HIM?
• (ARTAXIAS, KING OF ARMENIA, GOES AGAINST HIM)?
• WHAT WILL HE DO?

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QUESTIONS DANIEL 1143-45

• 45 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. (NKJ)
• WHERE SHALL HE (ANTIOCHUS) SET UP HIS TENTS?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM?
• WILL ANYONE COME TO HELP HIM?

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