Habakkuk's Two Tables #44

PART SIX: 1989

Presented by Jeff Pippenger

Invocation by Brother Jeff Pippenger: Heavenly Father, we thank you for bringing us together this morning. We thank you for resolving the LiveStreaming problem. We ask as we take up our study this morning that you grant us the presence of your Holy Spirit and that you let us have the discernment to recognize the significance of Daniel 11 and verse 40. We want you to take control of our minds, our hearts that we can understand what you have for us and that the message presented would be from on High and not from a human being. We want the Latter Rain poured out upon us. We ask that you accomplish that for us at this time. In Jesus's name, amen.

The Kings of the North and South

BROTHER PIPPENGER: Do you know who Malachi Martin is? He is dead, but he is a Jesuit and he was a spokesman for the last Pope; and this is probably his most famous book, The Keys of This Blood.

I have not busted out this book for years now, but it is marked up all the way through. We used to spend a lot of time dealing with what he said. But, I want to start with his introduction here to The Keys of This Blood.

The Keys of This Blood is about a three-way race to take control of the world between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Papacy; and, his premise is that the Papacy is going to win; and, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Papacy are the three powers that are in Daniel 11, verse 40. And that is what we are going to look at this morning.

And the Papacy understood this struggle over verse 40.

The "Introduction" to The Keys of This Blood, by Martin Malachi:

"Willing or not, ready or not, we are all involved in an all-out, no-holds-barred, three-way global competition. Most of us are not competitors, however. We are the stakes. For the competition is about who will establish the first one-world system of government that has ever existed in the society of nations. It is about who will hold and fill the dual power of authority and control over each of us as individuals and over all of us together as a community; over the entire six billion people expected by demographers to inhabit the Earth early in the third millennium.

"The competition is all out because, now that it has started, there is no way it can be reversed or called off.

"No holds are barred because, once the competition has been decided, the world and all that's in it—our way of life as individuals and as citizens of the nations; our families and our jobs; our trades and commerce our money; our educational system and our religions and our cultures; even the badges of our national identities, which most of us have always taken for granted—all will have been powerfully and radically altered forever. No one can be exempted from its effect. No sector of our lives will remain untouched.

"The competition began and continues as a three-way affair because that is the number of rivals with sufficient resources to establish and maintain a new world order.

"Nobody who is acquainted with the plans of these three rivals has any doubt but that one of them can win. Each expects the other two to be overwhelmed and swallowed up by the coming maelstrom of change. That being the case, it would appear inescapable that their competition will end up as a confrontation." Malachi Martin, The Keys of This Blood, introductory paragraphs of "The Servant of the Grand Design," p. 15.

So, he goes through and explains why he thinks in this three-way power struggle the Pope of Rome is going to end up in control of the New World Order, that the Pope of Rome is going to defeat the Soviet Union and the United States.

In Daniel 11:40, it is dealing with those same three powers; and, Malachi Martin was viewing verse 40 from the perspective of Catholicism.

Now, you go to Daniel 11, verse 40, we have said already in these worship studies that verse 40 is one of the most profound verses in God's Word. And I am not promoting Christmas or birthday presents. In fact, I read a passage from the Spirit of Prophecy within the past week; and, I do not remember the words; this is just a broad paraphrase. Ellen White said something to the effect that "Those that want to send me," speaking of herself, Ellen White, "birthday presents, you need to understand that I am just going to pass them on to mission work." She was just being out front, "Give me a birthday present, that's fine; but, I am going to put it in the mission work."

And, we certainly do not want to be worshipping Tammuz; but, that being said, we all know about Christmas presents and birthday presents. And the very best present, perhaps, just to make a point, is when you are in the military. When you are in the military and you are overseas and you get a present for Christmas, or whatever, even for your birthday, it is a box and what it is, it has got a present from your Mom, it has got a present from your Dad. It has got several presents in that one box. It has got a present from your niece, a present from your nephew; and, as you open it up, you know, there are the cookies from Mom, and there is the joke gift from your brother, and there is the picture of your little niece; and, you have gotten all these gifts, several of them, all in one box. There is nothing better than that; better than one present.

Daniel 11, verse 40 is like that. There are presents, jewels, gem after gem in this verse. So, I am just telling you that when we deal with verse 40 today, all we are doing is taking the ribbon off the package. We will be in verse 40, the Lord willing, for a long time. And the things that are in verse 40, they are truly amazing. And there is no way that all the things in verse 40 have been recognized yet.

So, verse 40 is talking about a three-way struggle between, as Malachi Martin said, the Papacy, the United States, and the Soviet Union. And the Papacy, and the United States, and the Soviet Union are the beast, the dragon, and the false prophet of Revelation 16 that lead the world to Armageddon. And verse 45 in Daniel 11 is Armageddon.

So, verse 40 of Daniel 11 is opening up the story about how the beast, dragon, and false prophet lead the world to Armageddon; and, that is the kinds of truths that are in there. But, you have to define these symbols in order to see it, and that is where we are going to begin.

In verse 40 of Daniel 11, it says,

"⁴⁰And at 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." Daniel 11:40 (KJV).

We need to define the King of the North and the King of the South.

We have already ready referenced Uriah Smith's book, Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation, is God's helping hand; and, in your notes you will see where Uriah Smith is commenting on verse 5 of Daniel 11. He quotes verse 5 and then he says this—this is from page 249 of his book:

"'VERSE 5. And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.'

"The king of the north and the king of the south are many times referred to in the remaining portion of this chapter."—chapter 11—"It therefore becomes essential to an understanding of the prophecy clearly to identify these powers. When Alexander's empire was divided, the different portions lay toward the four winds of heaven, west, north, east, and south; these divisions of course to be reckoned from the standpoint of Palestine, the native land of the prophet. That division of the empire lying west of Palestine would thus constitute the kingdom of the west; that lying north, the kingdom of the north; that lying east, the kingdom of the east; and that lying south the kingdom of the south. The divisions of Alexander's kingdom with respect to Palestine were situated as follows: Cassander had Greece and the adjacent countries, which lay to the west; Lysimachus had Thrace, which then included Asia Minor, and the countries lying on the Hellespont and Bosphorus, which lay to the north of Palestine; Seleucus had Syria and Babylon, which lay principally to the east; and Ptolemy had Egypt and the neighboring countries, which lay to the south.

"During the wars and revolutions which for long ages succeeded, these geographical boundaries were frequently changed or obliterated; old ones were wiped out, and new ones instituted. But whatever changes might occur, these first divisions of the empire must determine the names which these portions of territory should ever afterward bear, or we have no standard by which to test the application of the prophecy: that is, whatever power at any time should occupy the territory which at first constituted the kingdom of the north, that power, so long as it occupied that territory, would be the king of the north; and whatever power should occupy that which at first constituted the kingdom of the south, that power would so long be the king of the south. We speak of only these two, because they are the only ones afterward spoken of in the prophecy, and because, in fact, almost the whole of Alexander's empire finally resolved itself into these two divisions." Uriah Smith, Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation, 249.

Rome

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Babylon

M E D I T E R R A N E A N S E A

● Jerusalem

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Figure No. 88.

So, what we are saying is—this is the map that we are dealing with—is that the power up here that controls the North is the King of the North, and the power that controls Egypt is the King of the South; and, this will carry on all the way through Daniel 11.

Daniel 11 is the only place you are going to see a war between the King of the North and the King of the South in God's Word. So, the internal rule of definition of who is the King of the North and the King of the South has to be marked, has to be located in Daniel 11. That is what Uriah Smith was saying.

Before and After the Time Period of the Cross

Isaiah 43:9-12; 46:5-10; 44:1-8; 41:4; Galatians 4:22-26; 3:6-9, 26-29; Romans 2:28-29; 1 Corinthians 15:42-47

Now, there is a trick or a rule, something you have to understand if you are going to deal with verse 40. Verse 40 says, "And at the time of the end," and we have already identified that is 1798 in a previous worship; but, 1798, the King of the South and the King of the North must be understood as spiritual entities because there is a rule in Bible prophecy—some people say it is the most important rule—and that rule is that prophecy that is fulfilled before the time period of the cross is to be understood in its literal application, and prophecy that is fulfilled after the time period of the cross is to be understood in its spiritual application. And this rule will show you from God's Word, if you go to Isaiah 43:9-12, it says,

"⁹Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. ¹⁰Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. ¹¹I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. ¹²I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God." Isaiah 43:9-12 (KJV).

So, in this passage of Isaiah, the Lord is saying, "Gather all nations together. We are going to show you who is God, who is the Savior by the demonstration of the former things."

Go to Isaiah 46:5-10.

"⁵To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? ⁶They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. ⁷They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. ⁸Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. ⁹Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, ¹⁰Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure." Isaiah 46:5-10 (KJV).

The Lord here is contrasting Himself with idolatry, and He is saying what proof that He is God is that He illustrates the end from the beginning. The former things illustrate the end. And this is the biggest argument in God's Word about proving who God is: He is the One that identifies the end of the world by the former things, and He says we are to be witnesses of this very fact.

Isaiah 44:1-8:

"¹Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: ² Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. ³ For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: ⁴ And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. ⁵ One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. ⁶ Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. ⁷ And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. ⁸ Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any." Isaiah 44:1-8 (KJV).

Once again He is identifying that He is God because He declares the end from the beginning, and He says that we are to be witnesses of this principle, of this fact; but, in accomplishing the work of declaring the end of the world from the former things, He says He has appointed the "ancient people."

The ancient people in the Old Testament are what illustrate the end of the world.

Isaiah 41:4 says,

"⁴Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first and with the last; I am he." Isaiah 41:4 (KJV).

So, the proof that God is God, in contrast with idolatry, the thing that we are to witness to at the end of the world is that Jesus is the God that illustrates the end of the world from the beginning of the world; and, the ancient people in the beginning of the world illustrate the people at the end of the world. And once you understand that, then you just have to understand that those literal people at the beginning of the world are prefiguring their spiritual fulfillment at the end; and, that is the rule about before the time period of the cross is literal, and after the time period of the cross is spiritual.

The spokesman for this rule probably is Paul. If you go to Galatians, Galatians, chapter 4, beginning at verse 22, it says,

"²²For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. ²³But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. ²⁴Which things are an allegory: for these are two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. ²⁵For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. ²⁶But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all." Galatians 4:22-26 (KJV).

Here Paul is identifying two Jerusalems: literal Jerusalem, which is still there; but, he is living in the time period of the cross and he is identifying spiritual Jerusalem, which is above. He is saying that the true Jerusalem of prophecy in his time period is Jerusalem, which is above, which is free.

Look at Galatians 3, verses 6 through 9:

"⁶Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. ⁷Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham."—

That they which are of faith are the children of Abraham, not those that are blood descendants of Abraham.

Verse 8:

—"⁸And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. ⁹So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham." Galatians 3:6-9 (KJV).

So, here, the seed of Abraham, after the time period of the cross, is based upon a spiritual relationship, not a blood relationship.

Look at verse 26 of the same chapter.

"²⁶For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁷For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." Galatians 3:26-29 (KJV).

It is not literal descendants of Abraham. Now it is spiritual descendants of Abraham after the time period of the cross.

Romans 2: 28-29:

"²⁸For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: ²⁹But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God." Romans 2:28-29 (KJV).

From literal to spiritual, the time period of the cross.

1 Corinthians 15:42-47, says,

⁴²So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: ⁴³It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: ⁴⁴It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. ⁴⁵And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. ⁴⁶Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. ⁴⁷The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven." 1 Corinthians 15:42-47 (KJV).

After the cross, spiritual; before the cross, natural.

So, when you come to 1798, the Time of the End in Daniel 11, verse 40, you are after the time period of the cross and you are not looking for the power that controls literal Egypt or the power that controls literal Babylon to identify the King of the North and the King of the South. You are identifying the powers that control spiritual Babylon and spiritual Egypt.

The North is Babylon

Jeremiah 25:9; Ezekiel 26:7 (a king of kings); Joel 2:15-20 (between the seas); Ezekiel 38:14 – 39:7 (falls upon the mountains)

Jeremiah 25:9: We are now going to try to nail down the King of the North, understanding that all the prophets are speaking about the end of the world more than the days in which they lived; and, all prophets agree with one another. Jeremiah 25:9:

"⁹Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations." Jeremiah 25:9 (KJV).

The king of Babylon is the King of the North in this passage.

And upon the testimony of two or three a thing is established. Go to Ezekiel 26:7:

"⁷For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings,"—

Now, please take note that this is adding a layer of truth to the King of the North, the king of Babylon, to Nebuchadrezzar. He is also a king of kings, identifying that the King of the North at the end of the world would be a counterfeit christ, because Christ is the King of Kings. And when Christ is represented in the Bible as a King of Kings, the King is with a capital "K"; and, you notice here that Nebuchadrezzar as a king of kings, it is just a little "k," but representing a counterfeit christ, which is one of the characteristics of the King of the North. And I just want you to note it while we are here, right now all we are showing you is that the King of the North is the king of Babylon.

—"⁷For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people." Ezekiel 26:7 (KJV).

That is two places where the King of the North is the king of Babylon.

Go to Joel 2:15-20.

Remember that in verse 45 of Daniel 11, the King of the North, whoever he is in the last six verses of Daniel 11, he comes to his end right here, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea. He comes to his end with none to help in the Valley of Megiddo.

And in Joel, chapter 2, beginning at verse 15, we are just looking at the King of the North here, but you will see why I added that in there. It says,

"¹⁵Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: ¹⁶Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. ¹⁷Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

"¹⁸Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people. ¹⁹Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil,"—all three: The Three Angels' Messages—"and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen. ²⁰But I will remove far off from you the northern army,"—this is the King of the North—"I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things." Joel 2:15-20 (KJV).

He comes to his end between the seas, this northern army, the King of the North. This is Daniel 11, verse 45.

Ezekiel 38:14 through 39:7: The King of the North, this is the king of Babylon. He is a counterfeit christ; he is a king of kings. He comes to his end in between the seas.

"^{Ezekiel 38:14} Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog,"—

There is a lot of false teaching about Gog and Magog.

—"^{Ezekiel 38:14} Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? ¹⁵And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts,"—

Gog comes from the north parts. Gog is the King of the North.

—"thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: ¹⁶And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days,"—it is going to be at the end of the world—"and I will bring thee against my land,"—His land, Palestine—"that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. ¹⁷Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? ¹⁸And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face. ¹⁹For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; ²⁰So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. ²¹And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains,"—he is going to come to his end on the mountains of Israel—"saith the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother. ²²And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. ²³ Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

"^{Ezekiel 39:1-7} Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: ² And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: ³ And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. ⁴ Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. ⁵ Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. ⁶ And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord. ⁷ So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel." Ezekiel 38:14 – 39:7 (KJV).

So, Gog that comes against Israel at the end of the world—and that is what the King of the North does in Daniel 11:40-45—he comes out of the north, and he is going to come to his end with none to help.

So, the King of the North is the king of Babylon; but, in verse 40 of Daniel 11 in 1798 has to be spiritual Babylon.

The Great Controversy, page 382, is commenting on Revelation 17.

Please notice, as we identify the King of the North and the King of the South we are going to get our definitions from the Book of Revelation, and we are going to use the Spirit of Prophecy as the second testimony to confirm it. Upon the testimony of two a thing is established. And the testimony of the two witnesses about these spiritual entities will be The Great Controversy and the Book of Revelation.

The Great Controversy, page 382, says,

"The woman (Babylon) of Revelation 17 is described as 'arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness: . . . and upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon the Great,"—

This woman is Babylon the Great.

—"the mother of harlots.' Says the prophet: 'I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.' Babylon is further declared to be 'that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.' Revelation 17:4–6, 18. The power that for so many centuries maintained despotic sway over the monarchs of Christendom is Rome." The Great Controversy, 382.

The King of the North is spiritual Babylon. It is the Papacy.

The South is Egypt

Verse 40 of Daniel 11 says, "And at the time of the end," in 1798, shall the king of the south begin a war against the Papacy.

SOUTH: Strong's Concordance 5045—from an unused root mean. To be parched; the south (from its drought); spec. the Negeb or southern district of Judah; occasional, Egypt (as south to Pal).

The word SOUTH in the verse is Negeb. You will see from Strong's it says, from an unused root meaning to be parched; the south (from its droughts); specifically, the Negeb or the southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt.

King of the South

Daniel 11:5-8; Isaiah 30:1-7; Revelation 11:8

Okay. The King of the South is the King of Egypt.

And if you are just looking at this verse for the first time, you may not catch something that sometimes people stumble over; but, you should not stumble over it because it is actually a clarification; and, it is this: The Papacy is going to conquer the King of the South in verse 40; but, the symbol of the King of the South is Egypt. And in verse 42 the Papacy, the same power, is going to conquer Egypt.

So, is God being redundant? Does He conquer Egypt, the King of the South, in verse 40; and, then, conquer Egypt again in verse 42? You know, is there some kind of miscommunication going on here? And the answer is no. The answer is no, and it is explained very clearly in the Scriptures. But, I want you to at least see it.

What identifies the King of the South is the power that controls Egypt, and south is a word that is sometimes translated as Egypt.

In Daniel 11, beginning at verse 5, it says,

"⁵And the king of the south shall be strong,"—

And this is the verse that Uriah Smith was commenting on that we read.

—"⁵And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. ⁶And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times."—

So the king of Egypt, he gives a daughter in marriage to the King of the North in this history. And after a little while, the King of the North, he sets aside this wife and takes another wife. Okay? So, there is going to be a conspiracy to overthrow this king [the King of the North] by his ex-wife, or his set-aside wife. But that is the history that we are talking about here.

Now, I am not too worried about the history here. I want you to see why we are calling the King of the South "Egypt."

So, in verse 7 it says,

—"⁷But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army,"—

Okay. One of her relatives back here in Egypt, he does not like that she got set aside for another wife; so, he is going to exercise revenge.

—"⁷But out of a branch of her roots"—the wife that gets set aside by the King of the North—"shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:"—

Okay. The King of the South here, the king of Egypt, he is going to attack in retaliation for this wife being dishonored.

And in verse 8, it says,

—"⁸And [he] shall also carry captives"—

He is also going to take some captives from Babylon, from the King of the North.

—"⁸And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north." Daniel 11:5-8 (KJV).

And all I want you to see there is that when he goes and attacks here [indicating on the whiteboard against the King of the North], he carries captives and booties, and he carries it back to where?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: Egypt.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: To Egypt. Egypt is the King of the South. These verses here are defining the King of the South as Egypt.

Isaiah 30, verses 1-7:

"¹Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: ²That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! ³Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. ⁴For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. ⁵They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. ⁶The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. ⁷For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still." Isaiah 30:1-7 (KJV).

They were not supposed to go to Egypt; but, Egypt here is the "burden of the beasts of the south." Egypt is the South, the King of the South. The power that controls Egypt is the King of the South.

Revelation 11:8.

In 1798 we are looking for spiritual Egypt, Revelation 11, verse 8, spiritual Egypt, in the time period of 1798. And Revelation 11 is about the French Revolution, which is the history of 1798.

In verse 8, speaking of France, it says,

"⁸And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,"—spiritually, Sodom and Egypt—"where also our Lord was crucified." Revelation 11:8 (KJV).

In Revelation, spiritual Egypt is France, atheistic France. And as a second witness to this spiritual King of the South, in The Great Controversy, commenting on this verse, The Great Controversy, page 269, says,

"This is atheism, and the nation represented by Egypt would give voice to a similar denial of the claims of the living God and would manifest a like spirit of unbelief and defiance." The Great Controversy, 269.

Spiritual Egypt in the 1798 time period is atheistic France that "would give voice."

All right. The Great Controversy, page 443, says,

"The speaking of the nation is the action of its legislative and judicial authorities." The Great Controversy, 443.

And in the French Revolution, France legally enshrined Atheism into their constitution. They gave voice; and this influence continues all the way to the end of the world.

Education, page 228, says,

"The worldwide dissemination of the same teachings that led to the French Revolution—all are tending to involve the whole world in a struggle similar to that which convulsed France." Education, 228.

And the teachings of the French Revolution are the teachings of the United Nations; but, we are not going there yet. We just want you to see that spiritual Egypt in the 1798 time period was atheistic France. So, verse 40 of Daniel 11 says, "And at the time of the end," in 1798, atheistic France shall push against the Papacy, spiritual Babylon.

Push

PUSH: Strong's Concordance 5055—to butt with horns; fig. to war against: gore, push.

And the word PUSH, in your notes, means to butt with horns, to war against.

Daniel 8:4

And if you will go to Daniel 8:4, you will see the same word, only it is translated a little bit differently but it is recognizable. Daniel 8:4 says,

"⁴I saw the ram pushing"—the same word PUSH—"I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great." Daniel 8:4 (KJV).

This is the Medes and Persians, and this is identifying the areas of their conquering the world. They went West, North, and South. The pushed; it was war.

So, in 1798, verse 4 says, at the Time of the End in 1798 shall atheistic France begin a war against the Papacy. And, of course, we know that this is so.

Come Against Like A Whirlwind

In verse 40 of Daniel 11, once the war has begun in the first part of the verse, and then there is a colon and it says,

"⁴⁰. . . : 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." Daniel 11:40b (KJV).

And you see the Hebrew words COME, AGAINST, and WHIRLWIND in your notes.

COME: Strong's Concordance 8175—a prim. root; to storm; by impl. to shiver, i.e. fear-:be (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.

AGAINST: Strong's Concordance 5921—same as 5920. 5920—from 5927. 5927—to ascend, intrans. (be high) or act. (mount)—arise (up). (cause to) ascend up.

WHIRLWIND: Strong's Concordance 8175—same as 'come' above.

To come against, COME means to storm, to come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.

Against, AGAINST is worth taking note of. AGAINST means to ascend. So, not only is the Papacy, when it retaliates against the king of Atheism, going to sweep away the king of Atheism like a whirlwind, like a tornado, but at the same time he will begin to ascend to the throne of the Earth; because, Satan is the power that wants to ascend to the throne of God, and Satan's representative on Earth is the Pope of Rome. It is characteristic of both Satan and the Papacy. They are the power that ascends.

Chariots and Horses

Exodus 14:9; 1 Kings 1:5; 20:1

Satan and the Papacy are going to come with an ally that gives the chariots, horses, and ships.

Exodus 14.

So far all our claims are based upon the testimony of two or three. Exodus 14:9, and according to God's Word if you have two witnesses it is established.

"⁹But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon." Exodus 14:9 (KJV).

Chariots and horses represent army/military strength.

1 Kings 1, verse 5:

"⁵Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him." 1 Kings 1:5 (KJV).

1 Kings 20, verse 1, third witness - chariots, horsemen, and military strength:

"¹And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it." 11 Kings 20:1 (KJV).

Horses, chariots, and military strength in 1798, atheistic France would begin a war against the Papacy; but, as history unfolded, the Papacy would retaliate against the king of Atheism, the King of the South. And when he did so, he would bring an ally that supplied military strength.

In Review and Herald, March 9, 1911, it says,

"Everything in God's world—men and doctrines, and nature itself—is fulfilling God's sure word of prophecy, and accomplishing his grand and closing work in this world's history. We are to be ready, and waiting for the orders of God. Nations will be stirred to their very center. Support will be withdrawn from those who proclaim God's only standard of righteousness as the only sure test of character. And all who will not bow to the decree of national councils, and obey the national laws to exalt the sabbath instituted by the man of sin to disregard God's holy day, will feel, not the oppressive power of popery alone, but of the Protestant world, the image of the beast." Review and Herald, March 9, 1911.

I am missing page 3. Does anyone have page 3? My notes do not; I do not have pages 3 or 4.

FROM THE AUDIENCE: (Provides Brother Pippenger with the missing pages.)

BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Great Controversy, beginning on page 615:

"As the Sabbath has become the special point of controversy throughout Christendom, and religious and secular authorities have combined to enforce the observance of the Sunday, the persistent refusal of a small minority to yield to the popular demand will make them objects of universal execration. It will be urged that the few who stand in opposition to an institution of the church and a law of the state ought not to be tolerated; that it is better for them to suffer than for whole nations to be thrown into confusion and lawlessness. The same argument many centuries ago was brought against Christ by the 'rulers of the people.' 'It is expedient for us,' said the wily Caiaphas, 'that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.' John 11:50. This argument will appear conclusive; and a decree will finally be issued against those who hallow the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, denouncing them as deserving of the severest punishment and giving the people liberty, after a certain time, to put them to death. Romanism in the Old World and apostate Protestantism in the New will pursue a similar course toward those who honor all the divine precepts. —

"The people of God will then be plunged into those scenes of affliction and distress described by the prophet as the time of Jacob's trouble.—"

So, in the Old World, NATO is going to carry out the persecution, and in the Western World, the armies of the United States are going to carry out the persecution; but, they are going to be doing it in agreement with the directions of the Pope of Rome.

And in this passage here, if you look carefully, it is not talking so much about The Sunday Law in the United States. It is talking about when the Death Decree is passed. Sister White says, "denouncing them as deserving of the severest punishment."—

What is the severest punishment?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: Death.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: Death.

—"and giving the people liberty, after a certain time, to put them to death."

Okay. This is the Death Decree.

Then in the next paragraph she says, "Then comes the time of Jacob's trouble," and the time of Jacob's trouble takes place after probation is closed. So, she is inferring that the close of human probation, when Michael stands up, is at the Death Decree.

—'Thus saith the Lord: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. . . . All faces are turned into paleness. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.' Jeremiah 30:5–7." The Great Controversy, 615–616.

Acts 7:54-60.

And if you go to Acts, chapter 7, verse 54, you will get your Biblical support for that application. Acts 7:54 says,

"⁵⁴When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. ⁵⁵But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God."—

Michael just stood up.

"—⁵⁶And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. ⁵⁷Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord. ⁵⁸And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. ⁵⁹And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. ⁶⁰And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep." Acts 7:54-60 (KJV).

So, when Michael stands up, it is at the Death Decree.

Ships

Psalm 107:23; Proverbs 31:14; Revelation 18:17-19; 2 Chronicles 9:21-22

Ships, what are ships? Because, when the Papacy retaliates against the king of Atheism, he is going to bring not only armies, chariots and horsemen, but also ships.

Psalm 107:23: What are ships?

"²³They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; . . ." Psalm 107:23 (KJV)

Ships represent economic strength.

Proverbs 31:14:

"¹⁴She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar." Proverbs 31:14 (KJV).

Merchants' ships, food, and commerce.

Revelation 18:17-19:

"¹⁷For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off. ¹⁸And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! ¹⁹And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate." Revelation 18:17-19 (KJV).

Ships represent economic strength.

2 Chronicles 9:21-22.

Of course, ships are important to recognize because Islam is what brings down the ships at the end of the world; and, the primary symbol of economics in terms of the ships are the ships of Tarshish, and this is what the east wind brings down. But, we are not studying Islam at this time.

2 Chronicles, chapter 9, beginning at 21, says,

"²¹For the king's ships"—Solomon's—"went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. ²²And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom." 2 Chronicles 9:21-22 (KJV).

So, when the King of the North retaliates against the King of the South, when the Papacy retaliates against the king of Atheism at the end of the world, he brings an ally with him that supplies military and economic strength; and, it is going to pass over the countries.

Countries

Daniel 11:40, 41, 42

You will notice in your notes Daniel 11:40, 41, and 42.

And as I said, all we are doing is taking the bow off the package of verse 40 here this morning. We are just getting started, but we have to have a point of reference as we take some of these other jewels out in the coming worships.

But, at the end of verse 40, when the King of the North sweeps away the king of Atheism, when the Papacy in conjunction with the United States collapses the Soviet Union in 1989, it passes over the countries. That is what verse 40 says. It shall enter into the countries, in the plural. And that is in there.

But, in verse 41, it says,

"⁴¹[When the king] shall enter into also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown."—

And that word countries is a supplied word [shown as italics in the King James Bible]; because, when the glorious land (the United States of America) is conquered by the Papacy at The Sunday Law—and that is what verse 41 is identifying—many Seventh-day Adventists will be overthrown, but not many "countries."

But, then in verse 42, it says,

"⁴²He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape."

This word "countries" is in there, and Egypt here is representing all the countries of the world. So I just want you to see that there is light to be gleaned from marking this word countries/countries in these three verses, and noting that in verse 41 it is a supplied word. But what we are saying is that in 1989 the Soviet Union was swept away by an alliance between the Pope of Rome and Ronald Reagan, and that even though verse 40 begins in 1798, the King of the South, the king of Atheism, was one nation, the nation of France. As history progressed, the new king of Atheism, the Soviet Union, was made up of a confederacy of countries. So for verse 40 to say when he sweeps away the King of the South and he is going to pass over the "countries," this is absolutely accurate.

Overflow and Pass Over

OVERFLOW: Strong's Concordance 7857—a prim. root; to gush; by impl. to inundate, cleanse; by anal. to gallop, conquer;- drown, (over-) flow (-whelm), rinse. run. rush. (thoroughly) wash (away).

PASS: Strong's Concordance 5674—a prim. root; to cross over.

This word OVERFLOW [Daniel 11:41], when he going to overflow the countries, it means a primary root; to gush; by implication to inundate, to conquer, to (thoroughly) wash (away).

And PASS means to cross over.

The reason why I am taking time to note some of these more mundane words in the verse is letting the Hebrew define what they mean you will find that the secular reporters of this history of 1989, they would repeatedly use these words that are found in verse 40.

Prophecy Defined

We have a definition of prophecy here. There are two things that I want you to see in this definition. One is the definition of prophecy; the other is what the last scenes of prophecy are.

It says from Selected Messages, book 2, page 102,

"Historical events, showing the direct fulfillment of prophecy, were set before the people,"—

And what we are going to do here in closing out this study is we are going to set before you historical events to substantiate the claim we just made about verse 40; and, the claim we just made about verse 40 is that in 1798 atheistic France began a war against the Papacy by delivering the deadly wound to the Papacy. But at the end of the world, the king of Atheism is no longer France; it is the Soviet Union, and that the Papacy is going to retaliate against the Soviet Union with its end-of-the-world ally, the United States that supplies military and economic strength, and there is going to be a mighty sweeping away of the Soviet Union. It is going to happen almost overnight. All the commentators are amazed on how fast it happened, and that is consistent with the word whirlwind in the verse. And at this point the Papacy is going to once again begin to ascend to the throne of the Earth with this mighty sweeping away, and it is going to pass over the countries. So, historical events were set before the people and prophecy was seen. And the way that you prove the fulfillment of prophecy is with historical events. That is why we are using this quote.

—"Historical events, showing the direct fulfillment of prophecy, were set before the people, and prophecy was seen to be a figurative delineation of events leading down to the close of this earth's history."—

And that is where these verses are going. They are going right down to the close of this Earth's history.

Then she says,

—"The scenes connected with the working of the man of sin are the last features plainly revealed in this earth's history." Selected Messages, book 2, 102.

Right there, that sentence there, if you are willing to see, tells you that the King of the North in the last six verses of Daniel 11, it has got to be the man of sin; because,
"The scenes connected with the working of the man of sin are the last features plainly revealed in this earth's history." And in Daniel 12:1 human probation closes.

But, we are not using that prooftext. We are just laying that over the top of this presentation.

Education, page 184:

"From the rise and fall of nations as made plain in the pages of Holy Writ, they need to learn how worthless is mere outward and worldly glory." Education, 184.

We are saying that when the Soviet Union was swept away in 1989 that it was a fulfillment of Daniel 11, verse 40, and that it was the fall of a nation.

Push

The Ongoing War

Now, I had to be selective about the visual aids that I brought today.

This is one of my favorites. This is from this history. This is from Time magazine, February 1992. It is called "Holy Alliance." It is talking about the alliance between the Vatican and the United States, Reagan and the Pope, to sweep away the Soviet Union.

And the main article in this magazine was written by Carl Bernstein. Carl Bernstein is the son of a famous conductor. Carl Bernstein got the Pulitzer Prize for the Watergate Scandal, along with another man, that I am not remembering his name [Bob Woodard, with The Washington Post]; but, it does not matter. And when he was asked to do this article, Bernstein, in this Time magazine—and we are going to quote from this magazine about the demise of the Soviet Union in 1989—he says (and we will show you this tomorrow. We will show you the interview that Carl Bernstein has with [talk show host] Larry King). Carl Bernstein says, that he realized that this was the greatest story of his lifetime. So, he collaborated with a man who was an expert on the Vatican and he wrote this book, His Holiness John Paul II and the Hidden History of Our Time, the hidden history being the secret alliance between Ronald Reagan and the Pope of Rome.

And when you read this magazine or you read this book, it is 100 percent in agreement with what we are saying about verse 40. It is about how the United States used its money, for instance, to prop up the Solidarity Union in Poland to keep them in protest mode, and that is where the collapse began, was in Poland.

The CIA smuggled in $50 million to support them, to support that union that was on strike, bringing down Poland. And at that time, what do you suppose those union workers made a week? What was their paycheck? $3.00 a week. So, how much money is $50 million, and how did the United States get $50 million cash into Poland? Through the priests of the Catholic Church.

So, that is the "ships," the economics.

And that is just one minor illustration of the economic struggle that went on there.

The military struggle is the United States took the missiles that were in Western Europe and it turned those nuclear warheads towards the Soviet Union; but, it only did so as the Pope of Rome told them that they could do it. Reagan never pointed one missile towards the Soviet Union, except when he first got permission from the Pope of Rome. And when they did that, the Soviet Union was forced to counter and bring its military to the borders of Western Europe in defense of what they could see what was happening, and it brought about an economic collapse.

Military and economics—chariots, ships, and horsemen—being directed by the Pope of Rome.

We will deal a little bit more with that tomorrow.

Now, through the years, there are people that have been fighting this message. You know, they say, "Well, you know, I think the collapse was really 1991. What are you saying 1989?"

And initially I used to say, "Well, you know, 1989, 1991, you know, big deal. I believe it was 1989."

Some people even went farther than that, down to Year 2000.

But, this is a recent—when was it?—a couple of years ago. I like this one. This is Time magazine, "1989: The Year that Defined Today's World." They marked 1989 as the collapse of the Soviet Union, no matter what these Adventists that are sleeping on want to argue about. 1989. Okay?

1989, and then to William Miller's dream.

The Man of the Century, this book is about the man of the Century because he [Pope John Paul II] brought down the Soviet Union: The man of sin of the Century.

I like this one from Life magazine, once again on the bringing down of the Soviet Union: "Pope John Paul II: A Tribute." The reason why I like this one: with a forward by the Reverend Billy Graham. There is a secret alliance, not with the political but with the religious apostate protestants; Billy Graham praising the Pope, praising the man of sin.

So, what we are going to do here in closing is we are going to take some of the statements from the reporters that were reporting on the collapse of the Soviet Union and demonstrate that the history that was recorded is in agreement with what we are saying about in verse 40.

Time magazine, December 4, 1989, says,

"Until recently, the battalions of Marxism seemed to have the upper hand over the soldiers of the Cross."—

The "soldiers of the Cross" being the Catholic Church; but, what I want you to see here is they are noting a long drawn-out war, a war that began in 1798.

—"In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917,"—

And the Bolshevik Revolution, what is another word for the Bolshevik Revolution? It is the Russian Revolution, is it not?

And the Russian Revolution is when Russia becomes the King of the South. It becomes the king of Atheism, and you will see something. It is not an accident.

Who is the first King of the South? France.

And where does France become the King of the South? When? What is the historical event that brings Napoleon into power?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: The French Revolution.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: In the French Revolution.

Wherever the King of the South goes in history, you will find a revolution. As Atheism spread throughout South America or Asia or Africa, the way that the King of the South accomplishes his conquering is he goes into a country and he begins to spread his civil unrest to accomplish a revolution. It is one of the characteristics of the King of the South, is revolution.

The Bolshevik Revolution is marking the beginning of the modern King of the South, just as the French Revolution marked the beginning of the first King of the South.

And in history it is called the Bolshevik Revolution; it is called the Russian Revolution. And what else is it called?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: The October Revolution.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: The October Revolution.

Why is it important to note that it is the October Revolution? Because, it was in 1917.

In 1917, in October, the most important date for the Soviet Union, that is where they get started. That is their birth. That is like 1776 on July 4^th here in the United States, July 4^th. Okay? That is the starting point for them.

What else happened in October of 1917?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: Fatima.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: The Miracle of Fatima.

And the most important point of reference for this man [Pope John Paul II] and for the Catholic Church today is Fatima.

I was looking at this, this morning; and I have not looked at this book, The Keys of This Blood, by Malachi Martin, for years. I have it marked up, all over the place; but, these pages here that are folded, they were for when I was going to do presentations on this, it is about and saying that Pope John Paul II was directed by the messages of Fatima. Okay? The Miracle of Fatima took place in October of 1917; same month, same year.

The starting point for the King of the South in verse 40 is the starting point for the modern King of the North in verse 40. And when you understand the Fatima message, you understand more about verse 40; but, we are not going there.

—"Until recently, the battalions of Marxism seemed to have the upper hand over the soldiers of the Cross."—the war began in 1798. He pushed against them—"In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Lenin had pledged toleration but delivered terror. 'Russia turned crimson with the blood of martyrs,' says Father Gleb Yakunin, Russian Orthodoxy's bravest agitator for religious freedom. In the Bolsheviks' first five years in power, 28 bishops and 1,200 priests were cut down by the red sickle. Stalin greatly accelerated the terror, and by the end of Khrushchev's rule, liquidation of the clergy reached an estimated 50,000. After World War II, fierce but generally less bloody persecution spread into the Ukraine and the new Soviet bloc, affecting millions of Roman Catholics and Protestants as well as Orthodox." Time, December 4, 1989.

What is my point? Verse 40 says the king of Atheism was going to begin a war against the Papacy. He was going to push against him. This was a war. Blood was being spilled.

And notice that this commentary is coming in connection with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989. It is being drawn from these secular testimonies of this history.

Life magazine, December 1989:

"In 1935 Josef Stalin, absolute ruler of the Soviet Union, was given some unsolicited advice. Make a propitiatory gesture to the Vatican, he was told. Pushed too far, his country's Catholics might become counterrevolutionary."—

Pushed? If the King of the South pushes the King of the North too far, he might have a counterrevolution on his hands, the same words.

—"Stalin's great mustache amplified his sneer. 'The pope. And how many divisions has he?' The answer then was that he has none. The answer now is that he needs none. The structures of Communism are crumbling to the touch." Life, December 1989.

A Whirlwind

"Days of the Whirlwind" Title in Newsweek, December 25, 1989.

I have this magazine here. This is another one of my favorite magazines, but I did not locate it yesterday; but, it is over there. It is The Newsweek Magazine from December 1989, and the title of the magazine is "Days of the Whirlwind." He will sweep them away as a whirlwind!

And in this magazine, it gives the chronology of the collapse of the Soviet Union in the Days of the Whirlwind. And what does verse 40 say? "He shall come against him like a"—what?

FROM THE AUDIENCE: Whirlwind.

BROTHER PIPPENGER: —"like a whirlwind."

"Of all the events that have shaken the Soviet bloc in 1989, none is more fraught with history—or more implausible—than the polite encounter to take place this week in Vatican City. There, in the spacious ceremonial library of the 16th century Apostolic Palace, the czar of world atheism, Mikhail Gorbachev, will visit the Vicar of Christ, Pope John Paul II.

"The moment will be electric, not only because John Paul helped inflame the fervor for freedom in his Polish homeland that swept like brush fire across Eastern Europe."—

Go look at these Hebrew words in verse 40. It is a mighty sweeping away.

—"Beyond that, the meeting of the two men symbolizes the end of the 20th century's most dramatic spiritual war, a conflict in which the seemingly irresistible force of Communism battered against the immovable object of Christianity." Time, December 4, 1989.

This was a war between the King of the South and the King of the North.

And after Gorbachev met with him, he went back and finished off the collapse of the Soviet Union. And then what did Gorbachev do?

He stepped down and he moved. He had been the King of the South; but, he stepped and he moved and took a position in Egypt, in the United Nations, and he still works there today. Because, this is the dragon here. The King of the South is the dragon, and the dragon moves through history; but, that is another story.

Time magazine, December 4, 1989:

"While Gorbachev's hands-off policy was the immediate cause of the chain reaction of liberty that has swept through Eastern Europe in the past few months, John Paul deserves much of the longer-range credit." Time, December 4, 1989.

Swept being one of the definitions of a whirlwind.

Reader's Digest, March 1990:

"With the Pope's support, Solidarity (Polish Labor Union) was formed, and John Paul II sent word to Moscow that if Soviet forces crushed Solidarity, he would go to Poland and stand with the people."—

Okay. So, they are starting their protest in Poland, and he threatens them, this Pope threatens them, "If you are going to stomp these guys out, I am going to go over there and stand with them."

Why is that a threat? Why is a man in Italy threatening to come to Poland a threat to them?

It has to do with Fatima. It has to do with Fatima.

See, there was a time—the Miracle of Fatima in Portugal was in a little, tiny village and it took place in the part of the village called the Cova da Iria on October 13, 1917; and, because the virgin Mary appeared to these three young children and gave them some messages, the Catholic Church, of course, turns this into a shrine and they built a church there now and it is a gigantic cathedral, Catholic church since 1917.

But, in order to build that church, they had to raise money to build that church. So, they made little Virgin of Fatima dolls and they sold them, and they raised their money by selling little Virgin of Fatima dolls. And there came a point of time in this history of building Fatima that they had a Virgin of Fatima statue, and they sent it around the world to visit certain countries to raise money. The Catholic Church is about raising money. And every country that this statute went to, there were miracles.

It went to Egypt, and as soon as it went to this Catholic Church in Egypt, the virgin Mary started appearing in Egypt.

It went to Brazil, and they put it in a courtyard in Brazil so people could come to see it; and, as soon as it got there, a flock of doves landed on its feet while thousands of people milled around for two weeks. Those doves never ate; they never drank. Do you know how long a bird can go without drinking water? It cannot go two weeks; but, those birds were alive the whole two weeks.

Miracles like this happened everywhere that statue went, and finally it went to Poland. And the communist authorities in Poland said, "We don't want that statue. Send it home." So, they sent it back to Portugal.

And then all these countries where these miracles had happened, they contacted the Polish authorities and they said, "You really ought to receive that statue. It has been a blessing."

So, the Polish Government, they went to Cardinal Wyszyński, who was the head of the Polish Catholic structure at that time, and they said, "We will take your statue."

And Cardinal Wyszyński said, "We don't want your statue here now. What we want to do is build a church."

And the Communists said, "Well, now, we said you could bring the statue."

And he said, "No, we want to build a church."

So, after some interplay, the Polish Government said, "Okay. You can build a church."

It was the first church that was built in the Soviet Union since World War II. Of course, the Catholics understand that that church, the first Catholic Church that was built since World War II, was built because of the intercession of the Virgin Mary of Fatima.

So, they built the church and the Bishop that was in charge of building the first Catholic Church since the Communists took control of the Soviet Union after World War II, he builds the church and then in front of the church he puts a great big cross.

And the Communists came and said, "Hey, we told you that you could build a church; but, we didn't tell you, you could put that cross up there." So, they took a chainsaw and they cut it down.

So, this Bishop, he rebuilds the cross.

The Communists cut it down.

He rebuilds the cross.

The Communists cut it down.

He rebuilds it, and the Communists give up. They give up, and the historians point to that argument right there is what broke the mentality of the Communists in Poland, was this Bishop had the guts to stand up to the Communist authority and he won. And that Bishop ended up being Pope John Paul II. So, when he says, "If you crush this Solidarity Union, I am coming back to Poland," they thought, "Oh, man! We don't need this." And they backed down.

That is the history about this statement, about his threat to come to Poland.

—"The Soviets were so alarmed that they hatched a plot to kill him. . . ."—

When we first started teaching this, there was still an argument, "Oh, the Soviets really didn't hire this Islamic guy to try to assassinate the Pope." But, since we first start teaching this, they have opened up the archives of the Soviet Union and, without a doubt, it is all there in black and white. It was the Soviet Union, the King of the South, that hired Mehmet Ali Ağca to assassinate Pope John Paul II.

But, he did not assassinate him, did he. He just gave him the deadly wound that was healed.

—"The Pope cautioned Solidarity leaders, particularly his friend Lech Walesa, to proceed slowly. They did. In 1988 General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the Polish communist leader, went to them offering a deal. Solidarity insisted on an election, which it carried with some 80 percent of the vote. When the Communist government fell, the impact on Eastern Europe was electrifying." Reader's Digest, March 1990.

Moving on. There is so much history on this verse, and it has been a long time since I have gone through this history. This is kind of fun.

Time magazine, December 11, 1989.

"When the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV decided to seek pardon of Pope Gregory VII in 1077, he stood barefoot for three days in the snow outside the papal quarters in Canossa, Italy. Though Gorbachev's concordat with the church was less arduous, it was no less significant in its way." Time, December 11, 1989.

When he went to bow to the Pope, the demise of the Soviet Union was underway.

"GORBY'S BOW TO THE ROMAN LEGIONS" Title in the US News & World Report.

And the title of the US News & World Report from 1989 is, "Gorby's Bow to the Roman Legions": The King of the South bowing to the King of the North.

"The Soviet president's session Friday with Pope John Paul II is the latest development of a revolution in the Communist world that the pope helped spark and Gorbachev has allowed to happen." USA Today, cover story.

Life magazine, December 1989:

"In private meetings with heads of state, back room consultations with dissident groups and persistent propagandizing for his crusade against tyranny, he [John Paul II] has helped bring about the greatest policy change since the Russian Revolution." Life, December 1989.

Dropping down to the next paragraph:

Jubilee, April 1990:

"In Poland the freedom movement was born almost three decades ago when the bishop of Krakow sought approval to build a new church. When Communist authorities denied his application, the bishop had a giant cross erected and celebrated open-air masses. The Communists tore it down. The church members replaced it over and over until finally the Communists gave up." Jubilee, April 1990.

Time magazine, December 4, 1989:

"His [Pope John Paul II] triumphant tour of Poland in 1979, says Polish bishop, altered the 'mentality of fear, the fear of police and tanks, of losing your job, of not getting promoted, of being thrown out of school, of failing to get a passport. People learned that if they ceased to fear the system, the system was helpless.' Thus was born Solidarity, backed by the church and led by such friends of the pope as Lech Walesa and Tadeusz Mazowieke, who subsequently became the Soviet bloc's first Christian Prime Minister." Time, December 4, 1989.

But, also, "altered the 'mentality of fear . . . ,'" is that the United States pumped $50 million in to be keeping them alive during this protest.

From Life magazine, December 1989:

"In May, 1981, before a vast audience in St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul was shot and severely wounded by Mehmet Ali Agea. There was immediate speculation that the gunman had been sent by East bloc plotters from Bulgaria, sponsored by the Soviet secret police. Their aim: to silence the one man capable of shaking the foundations of international Communism." Life, December 1989.

And what is Pope John Paul II's story? And you cannot believe these Catholic stories, but this is the story: He is in the car. The idol that Pope John Paul II worshipped was Mary of Fatima, and he sees a little girl with a Mary of Fatima button on, so he bends down to bless her, right as the guy is shooting. And had he not bent down, he would have been killed; but, he gets wounded. They take him to the hospital and he looks out the window, and the Miracle of Fatima takes place outside his window.

So then he calls for the secret messages of Fatima to be brought to him that none of the Popes had been willing to receive. They were all supposes to receive it. And he realizes that he is the Pope that is suppose to fulfill the message of Fatima.

And the message of Fatima, according to Catholics—and this is satanic prophecy—is that Pope John Paul II was the Good Pope, and that the Good Pope was going to be followed by the Bad Pope. I guess this makes this guy [Pope Benedict/Pope Francis] the Bad Pope.

And in the time of the Bad Pope, the Third World War was going to begin, even with nuclear weapons.

Are you watching what is going on in Iran?

And that this Third World War was going to annihilate some countries, but it is going to be brought immediately to an end very quickly because Jesus is going to return. And in the Miracle of Fatima, they know it is Jesus because, when he returns, what does he do? He calls fire down out of Heaven.

So, the Miracle of Fatima, when you look closely at it, you can see that it has the design and the mentality of Catholicism to receive Satan as Christ; and, it agrees with Adventist understanding of end-time events.

Time magazine, February 24, 1992:

"A COMMON BRUSH WITH DEATH—At their first meeting, Reagan and John Paul II discussed something else they had in common: both had survived assassination attempts that occurred only six weeks apart in 1981, and both believed God had saved them for a special mission. And both referred to the 'miraculous fact that they had survived.'" Time magazine, February 24, 1992.

Chariots and Horsemen

"HOLY ALLIANCE," Time magazine, February 24, 1992, Cover Title.

"Only President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II were present in the Vatican Library on Monday, June 7, 1982. It was the first time the two had met, and they talked for 50 minutes. . . .

"In that meeting, Reagan and the pope agreed to undertake a clandestine campaign to hasten the dissolution of the Communist empire. Declares Richard Allen, Reagan's first National Security Advisor: 'This was one of the great secret alliances of all time.'. . . . "—

And I want you to take note, if you would, that as we go through this worship, that when we are identifying 1989 as the fulfillment of Daniel 11, verse 40, any historian that has any sensibilities about them would tell you that the greatest historical event in the 20^th Century was the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989.

And as we proceed on in this worship study and we get to 9/11/2001, with the bringing down of the Twin Towers, once again any historian that is worth his salt would tell you that the greatest historical event of the 21^st Century was 9/11.

So, when the Lord says that He confirms the fulfillment of prophecy by historical events, it is not just minor, obscure historical events. The greatest historical event of the 20^th Century is Daniel 11, verse 40, the collapse of the Soviet Union.

And you may think that we have got another 88 years in this century, so something else may happen that is more significant than 9/11; but, if you are thinking that, you really need to pinch yourself, because you are asleep. 9/11 is what is guiding the whole direction of Planet Earth right now.

So, we are making a point about the significance of which histories the Lord uses to fulfill prophecy.

—"'This was one of the great secret alliances of all time.' . . . .

"'Reagan came with very simple and strongly held views,' says Admiral Bobby Inman, former deputy director of the CIA. 'It is a valid point that he saw the collapse (of Communism) coming and he pushed it hard.' During the first part of 1982, a five-part strategy emerged that was aimed at bringing about the collapse of the Soviet economy. . . .

1. The U.S. defense buildup, already under way, aimed at making it too costly for the Soviets to compete militarily with the U.S. Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative-Star Wars became a centerpiece of the strategy.

2. Covert operations aimed at encouraging reform movements in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Poland."—

Smuggled the money into the Solidarity Union.

—"3. Financial aid to Warsaw-Pact nations calibrated to their willingness to protect human rights and undertake political and free-market reforms."—

Start giving the poor nations of the Soviet Union money, so their sympathies would be drawn away from the leadership in Moscow.

—"4. Economic isolation of the Soviet Union and the withholding of Western and Japanese technology from Moscow. The administration focused on denying the USSR what it had hoped would be its principal source of hard currency in the twenty-first century: profits from a transcontinental pipeline to supply natural gas to Western Europe. . . ."—

The reason why Russia right now, today, has some cash flow is because they finally finished a pipeline from Siberia, all the way down to Western Europe; and, they were building that pipeline during this time period, but they did not have any money to build that pipeline. The money came from the United States. What Ronald Reagan did is he quit giving them money to build that pipeline, and they had been getting money from banks under the premise that "When the pipeline is finished, we'll pay you back because we will have a bunch of oil." So, once the United States quit giving them money to build the pipeline and the pipeline stopped, they had no collateral to get money from the banks. Ships, ships—

—"5. Increased use of Radio Liberty, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe to transmit Administration's messages to the people of Eastern Europe. . . .

"'Like all great and lucky leaders, the pope and President exploited the forces of history to their own ends.' " Time, February 4, 1992, 29–30.

—and propaganda.

Chariots

Reader's Digest, March 1990:

"In 1981, the Communist bloc got another shock. A new American President, Ronald Reagan,"—

Why did Ronald Reagan say he wanted to bring down the Soviet Union? Because he said he believed it was the antichrist of Bible prophecy, and Ronald Reagan professed to be a Christian. And Sister White says that all those that become confused on the meaning of antichrist will ultimately end up on the side of antichrist, and he ended up in a secret alliance with the man of sin, even though every Protestant church at one point in time identified the Pope of Rome as the man of sin. He became confused in his understanding and he thought the Soviet Union was the antichrist of Bible prophecy, so he formed an alliance with the antichrist of Bible prophecy.

—"A new American President, Ronald Reagan, began fulfilling his promise to challenge the Soviets, not to placate them. Over the next few years, he accelerated the military buildup and announced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), a space-based system for protecting against missile attack. He backed anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua, Angola, Cambodia, and Afghanistan. And with American troops, he liberated the island of Grenada from Communist thugs.

"The Soviets' confidence was shaken. . . .

"The Western Europeans also pressured the Soviets. NATO forged ahead with military modernization. German voters spurned Soviet 'peace overtures' and elected a government that voted to deploy new intermediate-range missiles. . . .

"Military pressure from America and its Western allies had caused the Soviets to flinch." Reader's Digest, March 1990.

Ships

Time magazine, December 1989:

"Gorbachev has also grasped the fact that political and economic survival depends upon the goodwill of the Soviet people, among whom Christians have always outnumbered Communists. Gorbachev, moreover, needs the cooperation of the West, observes Father Mark, a reform-minded Orthodox priest in Moscow, who considers Gorbachev's program within the USSR 'a result of foreign policy necessity.' " Time, December 4, 1989.

Gorbachev was realizing that he was going bankrupt.

Reader's Digest, March 1990:

"In the 1980s, Communist economies, always inefficient, went belly up. Before, they had lacked consumer and luxury goods. Now perennial shortages of staples worsened as well. When Soviet miners went on strike in 1989, their demands included soap, toilet paper, and sugar." Reader's Digest, March 1990.

And you have evidence of this.

US News and World Report, January 1990:

"For Gorbachev, the ferment in the Baltics is shaking not just a small corner of the empire built by Lenin and Stalin, but the foundations of the empire itself. The nationalities question is a potent distillation of many other signs, from a crumbling economy to violent ethnic clashes, that the breathtaking disintegration of the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe may not stop at the Soviet border. As the economy deteriorates and shortages grow, public disillusionment with Communism and with Gorbachev himself is rising, and hostile republics, nationalities and interests groups are competing more fiercely for political power and for shares in the shrinking economy. Corruption and crime are rampant; minors and railway workers threaten to cut off fuel supplies during the bitter winter; Azerbaijanis cut the rail line to an Armenian enclave in their midst; farmers hoard food, leaving city shelves bare." US News and World Report, January 15, 1990.

Overflow

From Life magazine, December 1989:

"The rush to freedom in Eastern Europe is a sweet victory for John Paul II." Life, December 1989.

Life magazine, December 1989:

"THE TRIUMPH OF JOHN PAUL II—The tide of freedom washing over Eastern Europe answers his most fervent prayer." Life, December, 1989.

The reason why I am reading these, these are the words from Daniel 11, verse 40.

He Shall Pass Over

You will have evidence that as the Soviet Union collapsed, the political leaders that began to get elected into office were Catholics.

U S News and World Report, May 1990:

"When Tadeusz Mazowiecki took over in August 1989 as Poland's first non-Communist prime minister in 45 years, he was asked if he was a socialist. 'I am a Catholic,' he answered tersely." US News and World Report, May 21, 1990.

Time magazine, December 1989:

"Last year Lithuania's two leading bishops were returned to head dioceses after a combined 53 years of internal exile, and the cathedral in Vilnius, previously used as an art museum, was restored for worship. This year the Belorussian republic got its first bishop in 63 years. That paved the way for Archbishop Angelo Sodano, who oversees the Vatican's foreign relations, to make the arraignments for Gorbachev's historic visit to the Holy See.

"These concessions to Catholicism are only part of Gorbachev's religious liberalization." Time, December 4, 1989.

Life magazine, December 1989:

"Three new Catholic bishops have recently been named in Czechoslovakia. And this month Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II during a visit to Italy-the first face-to-face encounter between leaders of the Kremlin and the Vatican. The sessions may lead to legalization of the long-banned Ukrainian Catholic Church in the USSR." Life, December, 1989.

US News and World Report, December 1989:

"The revival of religious freedom is expected to include lifting of an official ban on the five-million-member Ukraine Catholic Church, which has survived underground since 1946 when Stalin ordered it absorbed into the Russian Orthodox Church. Winning legalization for the Ukrainian Church has been a primary aim of the pope's. Officials in the Soviet Union say they will clear the way for legalization by permitting Ukrainian Catholics to register, as other religious groups are now required to do under Soviet law." US News and World Report, December 11, 1989.

Summary

So, what are we saying?

Daniel 11, verse 40, begins at the Time of the End in 1798. It is one of the most profound verses in God's Word.

In 1989 this verse was fulfilled with the collapse of the Soviet Union, marking the Time of the End for the 144,000. That is pretty profound in itself, that the Time of the End for the beginning of Adventism and the Time of the End for the end of Adventism is in the very same verse.

But, the history that we are suggesting for this verse, we gave you two or three witnesses for every symbol, and the historians are loud and clear that what we say about that history is accurate.

We have more to say about that tomorrow.

Shall we pray?

Benediction: Heavenly Father, we want to be benefitted by the fact that you as the Lion of the tribe of Judah, as the Dirt Brush Man, began to unseal the testing truth for your people with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989. We want to be among those that run to and fro in your Word and understand this increase of knowledge and allow this increase of knowledge to perfect your character within us. We know that time is short. We have been sleeping on as Laodicean Adventists, well beyond the fulfillment of verse 40, and we would ask that you would help us be about our business of preparing ourselves for the times that are just ahead, when verse 41 is fulfilled at The Sunday Law. We thank you for another day that we can serve you. We ask that you keep us safe and let us work in a way that we would glorify you this day, and we would ask for your continued blessing upon the work that we are attempting here. We thank you for these things in Jesus's name. Amen.