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Series: Studies in the Book of Daniel - The ships of Kittim (Cyprus) carried the Roman army, along with their ambassador to Egypt, who to told Antiochus to give up its conquest in Egypt. Antiochus complied with the demand, but he took out his anger on Judea. First he plundered Jerusalem, and the... Read More
Series: Studies in the Book of Daniel - The Treaty of Apamea, which ended the war between Rome and Syria in 188 B.C., required that the Syrian king provide hostages to ensure the peace. One of the hostages was the prince, Antiochus IV, who was to be known later as Epiphanes. Of course, his fathe... Read More
Series: Studies in the Book of Daniel - The terminology used in Daniel 11:15, 16 to describe the Syrian invasion of Egypt—and especially Judea—reveals a (counterfeit) parallel to Joshua’s invasion of Canaan. Joshua had led Israel in the successful invasion of Canaan, the Promis... Read More
Series: Studies in the Book of Daniel - Antiochus III, the king of the north, was defeated at Raphia in 217 B.C. and thereby lost control of Judea. For the next twenty years Judea was controlled by Egypt. But when the Egyptian king died, and his five-year-old son took the throne (Ptolemy V), the... Read More
The stock markets around the world have plunged this week, and it appears that the U.S. Plunge Protection Team that was set up by Reagan is not doing anything about it. Today the Dow is down well over 500 points on top of the 358 point drop yesterday. Wha... Read More
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