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And he said, "Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the
latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be."
Dan 8:11
"........ for the end will still be at the appointed time."
Dan 11:2
"...... until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time." Dan 11:35b
The appointed time is the beginning of the period of the end time, thus Daniel 11 verse 29 onwards are events in the end time. The king of the north refers to Iraq.
At the appointed time he (king of the north) will return and come into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before. For ships of Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened, and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action;...." Dan 11:29-30a (NAS)
Iraq was having wars with the king of the South for thousands of years. Either he wins, loses or makes peace. But in the last days, when Iraq comes against the nations in the South it will turn out to be different. For ships from the Western land (Kittim in Hebrew) will attack him and he will be forced to retreat. He will then hate and attack the people who belongs to the holy covenant (Christians).
Iraq in August 1990 AD attacked and annexed Kuwait to the surprise of the whole world. The President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, claimed that he is the descendant of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. He told the Iraqis that he would bring back the glory of the Babylonians again. The Babylonian Empire comprised of the present-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and the northern part of Saudi Arabia. Because of this war, all the Arab nations (with the exception of Jordan) condemned Iraq. UN ordered the immediate withdrawal of Iraqi troops from Kuwait.
Being a friend of the West, King Hussein of Jordan risked the retaliation of the Arab states by personally appealing to President Bush of America not to attack Iraq. Jordan sided with Iraq and stayed true to him which resulted to annoyance the West and the Arab states. Jordan thus suffered, because of the withdrawal of financial support of the West and the rich oil states and the repatriation of Jordanians working in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Arab states.
In 1991 AD, because of the refusal of Iraq to withdraw, the West attacked in the war code-named `Desert Storm'. The continuous bombing of Iraq from the American warships and carriers based in the Gulf of Arabia destroyed the majority of its weaponry and army. Though the war was one sided, Saddam Hussein resisted and called on `Jihad’ (making it a religious war) and Muslims (making it a holy war) to fight the Americans and the West. Many Iraqis died (with hardly any loss in the camp of the West) and the rest of the Muslim world mourned the killing by the West. Overnight, Saddam Hussein became the `hero’ of the Muslim world. Iraq surrendered and since then it came under UN sanction and supervision. Thus, it is deprived from ever becoming a strong and rich nation again. With Saddam Hussein's continuous verbal attack of the West, the Americans put forth a big budget to remove Saddam Hussein from power or to have him assassinated. So far, they have failed.
The above war code-named 'Desert Storm' is the fulfillment of prophecy in Daniel 11:29-30a. Thus we are now living in the endtime period. Daniel 11:30b-39 is the description of the spiritual and religious aspect of the antichrist from Iraq.
In November 1998 AD, the West (US and Britain) air attacked Iraq and is still attacking military, communication and possible arms storage sites from air bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Saddam Hussein blamed Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for these aerial attacks. Muslims worldwide resent these attacks.
In January 1999 AD during the meeting of the heads of Arabian nations (all Muslim nations), Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait blamed Iraq for causing the on-going aerial attacks. All the other heads of states advised Iraq to comply with the UN resolutions. The Iraqi foreign affair minister walked out and went back to Iraq condemning Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as the agents of US and said that all these other Arab states were used by US. Although these governments are against Saddam Hussein, the people still hero worship him.
At the beginning of October this year, riots and violence broke out in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. For the last 4 weeks over 150 persons were killed by bullets and majority were Palestinians. Many of them were youth and some children were also killed. Muslims worldwide condemned this so-called massacre. Immediately, King Abdullah of Jordan and some of his people donated blood for the wounded Palestinians.
President Saddam Hussein of Iraq on 4th October (weakened by the UN sanction and restricted air-space and movement of its army since 1991 AD) called for jihad or holy war to liberate Jerusalem. Since the Arab world were not able to destroy Israel, Iraq will destroy Israel if only the Arabs will allow a free corridor (land) for Iraq to reach Israel. The Arabs are to support from a distance.
On 16th October, US William Cohen warned Iraq (movement of arm forces) against taking advantage of unrest in the Middle East to threaten his neighbours (Kuwait and Saudi Arabia)
The UN too passed the resolution that Israel was too harsh in their dealing with the Palestinians.
The Cairo Arab summit was a big disappointment to Iraq for the Arab nations were warned by the West and UN to be cautious with their words otherwise they may jeopardize the Peace process. Immediately (23rd. Oct.), Saddam Hussein condemned the kings and rulers who attended the summit, and call on the Arab people to revolt and also `jihad' against them.
There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein has succeeded in creating hatred of Muslims towards the Christians worldwide.
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