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Dan. 11:29 “At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.”
“HE”, is referring to the king of the north.
After Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, his Empire was divided into four kingdoms; Macedon, Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt. Macedon, being the most northern, is the king of the north. Egypt, the most southern of the four, is the king of the south.
In 149 BC, Rome had captured Macedon, and was now the king of the north.
The former invasion against the south, by the king of the north referred to in v. 29, was in 30 BC, when the Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, and Mark Anthony, tried to split from Rome.
The latter occurred in 269 AD, when Zenobia declared herself the Queen of the south, and Rome dealt with her too.
The appointed time for the third invasion was 1798 AD.
By this time the Roman Empire had ceased to exist, only the image of the beast/Rome, the Pope, carried on in the tradition of Rome, and the title of the king of the north. France, although ruled over by the Pope, was the protector of the Pope, and therefore considered the king of the north.
In the 11th Century, the Muslim Turks captured Egypt and with that became the king of the south. The Turks also defeated what was left of the eastern Roman Empire, in the mid 15th Century, and were now pushing hard against France;Dan. 11:40 “And 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.”
France had another enemy, England; and so the invasion was twofold, improve and protect french trade routs, and disrupt England's trade routs from India.
It was Napoleon who led the invasion with 400 ships and 40000 troops. But this invasion was to fail, because;Dan. 11:30 “For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.”
These ships were the British Royal Navy under the command of Admiral Horatio Nelson. He had sailed from the Island Chittim, now called Cyprus, looking for Napoleon. Nelson completely destroyed Napoleons ships, and left him stranded in Egypt. He tried to fight his way home, going around the Mediterranean Sea, but only got as far as Acre, Palestine, and was forced back to Egypt;
Dan. 11:41 “He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.”
v. 42 “He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.”He set up his tent between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea.
Dan. 11:45 “And he shall plant the tabernacle of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.”
The following year he received some very disturbing news;
San. 11:44 “But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.”
England, north, was making allies with Austria and Russia, east.
It grieved him to abandon his troops, v. 30, but he had to return to France. With only three ships he managed to slip passed the British. On his way back he made some intelligent decisions. He would reinstate the Catholic Church, v. 30.
At the beginning of the French Revolution, 1789 AD, the Catholic Church was cast out; in fact, tens of thousand of Clergy and Catholics were massacred.Dan. 11:33 “And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.”
Napoleon realised it would be to his benefit to bring the Church back.
Dan. 11:32 “And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”
Not that Napoleon changed his feelings toward religion, he had no regards for any church, woman; or any other god, King.
Dan. 11:37 “Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of woman, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.”
Napoleons god was his army;
Dan. 11:38 “But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.”
Napoleon considered no other king greater than he, not even the Pope, the god of god's, or better, ruler of rulers;
Dan. 11:36 “And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.”
Other kings and rulers feared the Pope, because they believed in the power of his curses, Napoleon did not. Antichrist time was about up, and Napoleon was destined to bring about the indignation, humiliation of the Pope/Antichrist. Napoleon was to prosper till it was accomplished.
In 1809 AD, Napoleon annexed the Papal States to his Empire. Pope Pius 7th responded with a bull of excommunication; excommunication was a ticket straight to hell. Napoleon only laughed at the Pope and had him arrested. He put him in jail in Fontainebleau, near Paris. After four years the Pope had enough. He signed a Concordat, document, placing all authority in Napoleons hands, even to nominate Bishops and Archbishops, without leaving the Pope any power to veto. The Pope was allowed to return to Rome the next year. The indignation was accomplished. Napoleon had shown the world, the Pope/Antichrist, was just a man. The world realised that the power of the Pope lied only in the fear and superstition of the unknown. His power to rule was over, but not his power to influence.
The Vatican at last abolished torture in 1843 AD.Napoleon did prosper till the end; he fought his last battle in 1815 AD at Waterloo. He was exiled to a small island in the south Atlantic, were he died in 1821 AD.
The last King of the north was dead.Dan. 11:45 “…yet shall he come to his end, and none shall help him.”
God works in mysterious ways; bless you all
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