of this overall picture. Now in verse 21 of Daniel 10, Gabriel is speaking with Daniel, he says, but I will show thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth and there is none that holdeth with me holdeth with me in these things but Michael your prince and then begins the history of the struggle between these different political empires all the way till human probation closes and within this historical narrative we'll find the only place in the Bible where the king of the north and the king of the south are set forth and therefore you're going to have to in this particular passage if there's a way to identify who the king of the south and the king of the north are you're going to have to find that rule within these chapters and that rule is their king of the south the power that controls Egypt the king of the north the power that controls Babylon and this this history that begins in chapter 11 is a history that we definitely need to understand and it's it's from my experience and I believe you'll you'll say amen to this as Adventists we have a fair ability at setting forth the prophecies of Daniel all the way up to Daniel 11 Daniel 7 Daniel 2 Daniel 8 we have a fair grasp of but when we get to Daniel 11 maybe it's because of the history that there's such a detailed history there that it's difficult to study the ebb and flow of that history and retain it to share it so we don't pursue it but there is a very important passage where Sister White says and this is a paraphrase I'm not going to go there because of time she says that the prophecy of Daniel 11 is now in the process of fulfillment and then the next sentence she says something like this she says much of the history that has taken place in the fulfillment of this prophecy will be repeated so she's teaching us that as Daniel 11 reaches its final fulfillment though those scenes that are portrayed in that final fulfillment are going to be a repeat of history that took place in the earlier part of Daniel 11 so if you're going to approach it a correct understanding of this final fulfillment of Daniel 11 then it must be worthwhile to understand this flow of history and we're going to in our further studies look at this flow of history and there is