Revelation 12

The Woman, Man Child & Dragon - Revelation Chapter 12

And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. Revelation 11:19

The Woman and the Dragon

This is one of the most important chapters in the Bible: an overview of the enigma of Israel, without which the Bible cannot be fully understood.

Pattern for the Ark

Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.    Hebrews 8:5

The Mercy Seat

And David arose and went with all the people who were with him to Baale-Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the Name, the very name of the LORD of hosts who is enthroned above the cherubim.  2 Samuel 6:2 (NAS)

1] And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

2] And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

Four Women of Revelation

1) Jezebel Rev 2:20

2) The Harlot Rev 17, 18

3) (This one) Rev 12, Jer 3:20

4) The Bride Rev 19:7; 21:2, 9

– Espoused Virgin 2 Cor 11:2

Women = religion… 2 good; 2 evil.

If this woman is the bride, she is in a lot of trouble—she’s pregnant! Jer 3:20,22 – “Israel as wife of YHWH”

1 Cor 10:32: Jews, Gentiles, Church are distinct. Her identity is interpreted for us by Jacob in Gen 37:5-11:

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. Genesis 37:5-11

The Woman

• Israel is described as a woman in travail in OT (Isa 54:5; 66:7; Jer 3:6f; Micah 4:10; 5:2-3);

• She gives birth to the man-child (Rev 12:5; Ps 2:9; Rev 2:27; Rev 19:15).

• This is Israel, not the Church (Micah 4:9; 5:2).

– “Unto us a child is born...” (Isa 9:6).

– “Seed of woman” (Gal 3:16; Jer 31:31).

– The Messianic Line begins (Gen 3:15).

“Replacement Theology”

There is a widely held view that:

A) When Israel rejected her messiah, she forfeited the promises to her;

B) These promises devolve upon the Church, thus, becoming “spiritual Israel.”

Israel appears 75 times in the New Testament; each time it refers to national Israel—including the solitary ostensible exception in Gal 6:16: the kai grammatically sets apart the “Israel of God” from the church, and prevents any synonymy [Lindsey; Johnson; Fruchtenbaum; et al.]

Major Problems

• The promises involved were unconditional.

• The Book of Romans stresses that God is not finished with Israel (Rom 9, 10, 11).

• The 70 Week Prophecy outlines the prophetic role of Israel after the “interval” of the Church period.

• Only during the interval between the 69th and 70th week is the period of the Church on the earth (Dan 9:26).

• Jesus has yet to fulfill the promise given to Mary to take David’s Throne (Luke 1:21).

From Augustine to Auschwitz to Armageddon

• Origen’s allegorical interpretations

• Augustine’s Amillennial Eschatology

• Medieval church’s quest for power

• Reformation’s failure to address eschatological issues

• The Holocaust in Germany

• The Great Tribulation

We will address these issues when we get to Revelation 20.

3] And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

“Red” only used 2X: Here, and Red horse (Rev 6:5)! Associated with death (6:4).

4] And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:9

“Devil” = slanderer, in Greek; “Satan” = adversary, in Hebrew.

5] And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

“Rule with a Rod of Iron”

• Messianic Destiny: Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel (Ps 2:9).

• Letter to Church in Thyatira: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father (Rev 2:27).

• Adversary of the Woman: And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne (Rev 12:5).

• The King of Kings: And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS (Rev 19:15-16).

5] And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

arpa,z,z,zw Harpazo to seize, carry off by force; to seize on, claim for one’s self eagerly; to snatch out or away. G.H. Pember was among the first to suggest that this verse may actually refer to the “Body of Christ” rather than the Ascension. [One of 24 similar “gaps” occur between verse 5 & 6…]

6] And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

7] And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8] And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. “And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven” Luke 10:18; Jn 16:11; 12:31.

Michael

• One of chief princes - Dan 10:13

• The Archangel - Jude 1:9; 1 Thess 4:16

• Daniel’s prince - Dan 10:21

• Warrior for Israel - Dan 12:1

• Fights for the body of Moses - Jude 9

• Fought in “Wars of the Lord” - Zech 14:3; Num 21:14

9] And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Red Dragon: Satan

• Origin - Ezekiel 28:2-15

• Rebellion in heaven - Isa 14:12-17

– [Gap?] Gen 1:2 vs. Isa 45:18

– Ancient = beginning - Gen 3

– Stars = angels - Jude 1:13

• Deceives the whole world - 2 Cor 4:3,4

• Liar from the beginning - Gen 3:4, 5; Jn 8:44

• Enmity with Man - Gen 3:14-15

• Seven heads, 10 horns - Rev 13:1; 17:3; cf. Dan 7, et al.

And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. And it waxed great, even to the host of eaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.  Daniel 8:9, 10

Spiritual Warfare

• Background: 2 Cor 2:11; Rev 9, cf. Amos 7:1 (LXX); Eph 6:10-13; Isa 59:17

– Elisha’s servant 2 Kings 6:16

– Powers behind Dan 10:12-20 major empires

• Satan’s Methods: Gen 3; 2

– Deceit Cor 4:3-4; Jn 8:44

– Ultimate lie 2 Thess 2:11

• The ultimate victory 1 John 4:4; 2 Kings 6:16; Rom 8:25-38

• Satan already defeated - 1 John 3:8; Heb 2:14; Jas 4:7; Eph 1:20-21; Heb 10:12, 13; Phil 2:9f; Psalm 110:1; Rev 12:10

The Stratagems of Satan

• Cain’s murder of Abel - Gen 4

• Corruption of Adam’s line - Gen 6

• Abraham’s seed - Gen 12, 20

• Famine - Gen 50

• Destruction of male line - Ex 1

• Pharaoh’s pursuit - Ex 14

• The populating of Canaan - Gen 12:6

• Against David’s line - 2 Sam 7

Satan attempts to thwart the Plan of God by destroying the nation and the Messianic line:

Attacks on David’s Line

• Jehoram kills his brothers - 2 Chr 21:16

• Arabians slew all (but Ahazariah)

• Athaliah kills all (but Joash) - 2 Kings 11:1-3; 2 Chr. 22

• HEzekieliah assaulted, etc. - Isa 36, 38

• Blood curse on Jeconiah - Jer 22:30

– thus, the Virgin Birth

• Haman’s attempts -Esther 3

New Testament Stratagems

• Joseph’s fears - Mt 1

• Herod’s attempts - Mt 2

• At Nazareth - Luke 4

• 2 storms on the Sea - Mark 4; Luke 8

• The Cross

• Summary: Rev 12

…and he’s not through: Rev 13

…in your life and mine! Eph 6:10-18

10] And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

11] And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

How Did They Overcome?

• His Blood - Heb 9:12

• Word of testimony - Mt 4:4,7,10; Eph 6:10-18; Isa 59:17

– Book of Life - Ex 32:32; Dan 12:1

• Loved not their lives Rom 6:11-13; 2 Tim 1:12; Acts 20:24;

– cf. 2 witnesses of Ch 11

And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.  Exodus 32:31-33

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.   Daniel 12:1

12] Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

The Third woe? Cf. 11:14ff.

13] And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

14] And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Focus : on Israel, particularly the faithful (Jer 30:7; Mt 24:15-22).

Israel’s Respite

• Eagle: Ex 19:4; Deut 2:9-11

– Eagles’ wings from Egypt - Ex 19:4

– wilderness - Deut 32:11-12

– return from Babylon - Isa 40:31

• Wilderness: Mt 24:16

– Edom, Moab, Ammon - Dan 11:41; Isa 11:16;

escape Antichrist - Ezekiel 20:35-38

– Door of hope - Hos 2:14, 15; Ex 15; Zeph 2:3

• Earth swallows enemies of God - Num 16:31,33; Micah 7:15

15] And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

16] And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17] And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.               Cf. Psalm 124]

The Conflict Between Two Seeds

• The “Seed of the Woman.”

• The “Seed of the Serpent” (Satanic Trinity):

– The Red Dragon: Satan.

– The Coming World Leader.

– The False Prophet.

• Forces behind world powers today.

The Two Beasts - Revelation Chapter 13

The Seven Personages

• The Woman

• Man-Child

• Red Dragon

• Michael

• The Remnant of Israel

• The Beast out of the Sea

• The Beast out of the Earth...both are featured in this chapter.

The Seventh Trumpet introduces seven personages: Note the Jewishness of these parenthetical passages!

The Beast out of the Sea

1] And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

Manuscript evidence: This is last verse of Chapter 12; “He stood…” John “saw”…

The 1st beast, mentioned 36X in Revelation, is from the sea: Sea = peoples; a Gentile? (Rev 17:15; Isa 57:20, 21). More than just Rome (Lk 4:6,7).

[Review the “Little Horn” of Daniel 7.]

Ten horns = 10 kings (Rev 17:12) and 7 Heads = 7 Kingdoms (Rev 17:9-10): Sumeria (Nimrod, Bab-El), Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persian, Greece, (Dan 2:39; 8:21; 11:2,3), Rome (in two phases, separated by “gap”).

[Contrast conquest of Canaan: original ten; Amalekites (Edomites), Moabites, Midianites, three; seven left for Joshua.]

2] And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Lion, Bear, Leopard: (reversed); Dan 7:3-8. The lion communicates arrogantly; the bear controls extensively; the leopard conquers swiftly!

3] And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.       Zechariah 11:17

4] And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?

They worshipped him!

5] And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

6] And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

“Mr. Big Mouth”: Cf. Daniel 7:8, 25; 11:36-38; 2 Thess 2:4.

7] And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

He overcomes the saints? (Dan 7:21; 8:12,24; 11:31; Rev 11:7). Compare with Mt 16:18 (all saints not necessarily “Church”) and John the Baptist, (Mt 11:11-13).

8] And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

“They that dwell upon the earth”: 13X. Cosmos = world: Mt 4:8-9; John 12:31; 14:30; 18:36;  Eph 2:2; 6:12; 1 Jn 2:15-17.

“Book of Life”: known to Moses, Ex 32:32; Dan 12:1 (Isa 4:3?); 1 Pet 1:19,

20 (“from the foundation” refers to “written,” not “slain”); Lk 10:17-20.

9] If any man have an ear, let him hear.

10] He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

The Beast out of the Earth

11] And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

The second beast (v.11) is from the earth: eretz (Israel?) Jn 5:43; 3X:

“false prophet.”

“Horns” = authority, dominion.

“Spake”: Gen 3:1; 49:17; 2 Cor 11:3.

This leader may be a Jew: Ezekiel 21:25-27; Ezekiel 28:2-10 (of the circumcision);

Dan 11:36, 37; John 5:43 (allos, not heteros). He is received by Israel (Ps 55).

12] And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

Spirit possessed: Acts 16:16-18; 19:15, 16.

Satan + the 1st and 2nd beasts = Satanic trinity?

13] And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

14] And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

Signs, miracles, see Jannes & Jambres: Ex 7:11; 2 Tim 3:8; 2 Thess 2:9-11 (cf. 2 witnesses). [Note the head wound as his identifier, again.]

Prophecy, not “signs and wonders” is Jesus’ primary evidence: Mt 11:1-6.

“Image”: 7 passages—13:15; 14:9,11; 15:2; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4; cf. Dan 2, 3; Ps 73:20

15] And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16] And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

“mark”: ca,ragma charagma: brand, seal.

A mark is prohibited: Lev 19:28;21:5; Deut 14:1; Isa 49:16; Ezekiel 9:4; Ex 13:9, 16.

18] Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

6 = number of man: Sabbath for man, (6 days +1); Goliath: 6 cubits; 6 sheckel spear; 6 pieces of armor; etc. Nebuchadnezzar’s image: 60 cubits high, 6 cubits wide; 6 instruments of music.

Solomon as a Type? 666: 1 Kgs 10:14; 2 Chr 9:13; [Ezra 2:13 vs. Neh 7:18];

Queen of Sheba? Goddess of Fortresses? Six steps to throne; founded commerce, banking, trading in horses (vs. Deut 17:16); “Magen David”

= occultic “Seal of Solomon.”

666

Letters in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin have numerical equivalents.

Roman numerals add up to 666; Arabic numbers from 1 to 62 (36) add up to 666 (some MSS read 616); It is the number of man, not God! See chart.

Forms of Gematria

• Ragil (nominal)

• Kolel, the ragil values plus the number of letters in the word.

• Katan, small values; all tens and hundreds reduced to 1 - 9 by

summing the digits. (Also called “reduced” values.)

• Hakadmi, nominal values plus the values of each letter preceding it.

• Hameruba Haklali, the value of the word squared.

• Hameruba Haperati, the sum of the squares of each individual letter.

• Miluy, the sums of the values of the names of each letter that makes up the word. (Also called “filling.”)

Whose Number?

• Insertable chips, RFID, bar codes, etc. for implementation?

• Remember: it is His number and name that are the critical identity issues.

The Antichrist

Greek, anti = “over against”; “instead of.” [Cf. Latin, Vicar of Christ.]

“Son of Perdition”? Judas Iscariot “Reincarnated”? Ps 55:11-14; Death & Hell (Isa 28:18, Rev 6:8; Mt 12:41-43; Jn 17:12; Jn 6:7; 2 Thess 2:3; Acts 1:25, with Rev 11:7).

Old Testament Allusions

Adversary - Ps 74:8-10; Isa 59:19; Lam 4:11,12; Amos 3:11

Assyrian - Isa 10:5, 12; Micah 5:5, 6

Belial - Nahum 1:15

Bloody and Deceitful Man - Ps 5:6

Branch of the Terrible Ones - Isa 25:5

Chief Prince - Ex 38:2

Crooked Serpent - Job 26:13; Isa 27:1

Cruel One - Jer 30:14,23

Destroyer of the Gentiles - Jer 4:7

Enemy - Ps 55:3; Jer 30:14, 23

Evil Man - Ps 140:1

Head over many countries - Ps 110:6

Head of Northern Army - Joel 2:20

Idol Shepherd - Zech 11:16,17

King of Princes - Hos 8:10

King of Babylon - Isa 14:11-20

Little Horn - Dan 7:8f; 8:9f

Man of the Earth – Psalm 10:18

Merchant, with balances of deceit - Hos 12:7

Mighty Man - Ps 52:1

Nail - Isa 22:25

Prince that shall come - Dan 9:26

Prince of Tyre - Ezekiel 28:2-10

Profane Wicked Prince of Israel - Ezekiel 21:25-27

Proud Man - Hab 2:5

Rod of God’s anger - Isa 10:5

Seed of the Serpent - Gen 3:15

Son of the Morning - Isa 14:12

Spoiler, Destroyer - Isa 16:4,5

Vile Person - Dan 11:21

Violent Man - Ps 140:1f

Wicked One - Ps 9:17; 10:2,4; Isa 11:4; Jer 30:14, 23

Willful King - Dan 11:36

New Testament Allusions

• Angel of the Bottomless Pit - Rev 9:11

• Antichrist, (Pseudo-Christ) - 1 Jn 2:22

• Beast Rev - 11:7; 13

• False Prophet - Rev 13

• Father of the lie - John 8:44; 2 Thess 2:11

• Lawless One - 2 Thess 2:8

• Man of Sin - 2 Thess 2:3

• One comes in his own name - John 5:43

• Prince of Darkness - 1 Thess 5

• Son of Perdition - 2 Thess 2:3

• Star - Rev 8:10; 9:1

• Unclean Spirit - Mt 12:43

• Vine of the earth - Rev 14:18

The “70 Weeks” of Daniel

The Scope 9:24

The 69 Weeks 9:25

(The Interval) 9:26

The 70th Week 9:27

The Interval

And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.  Daniel 9:26

These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Daniel 7:17-22

10 + 1 = 11th horn.

Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.   Daniel 7:23-25

The 11th horn. 1 + 2 + 1/2 = 3 1/2 years; 42 months; 1260 days.

But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. Daniel 7:26-28

After Alexander’s Death

Four Generals divide the empire:

Macedonia and Greece: Cassander

Asia Minor and Thrace: Lysimachus

Syria and Babylon: Seleucus

Egypt, Arabia, Israel: Ptolemy (Daniel 11:5-35)

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.   Daniel 8:23-25

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. Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. 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. Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. 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. 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. He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. 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. And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.  Daniel 11:36-45

The Assyrian

And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. Micah 5:5-6  Cf. Isa 10:5, 12, 24;                                                      [Note: the Pharaoh of the Exodus: Isa 52:4]

The Coming World Leader

• “Big Mouth” (6X!) - Dan 7:8,11,20; 11:36; Ps 52; 2 Thess 2:4.

• The Leader will be the Son of Satan: Gen 3:15; Isa 27:1; Ezekiel 28:12-19; Rev 13.

• He will be an intellectual genius: Dan 7:20; 8:23; Ezekiel 28:3.

• He will be an oratorical Genius: Dan 7:20; Rev 13:2.

• He will be a political genius: Dan 11:21.

• He will be a commercial genius: Dan 8:25; Rev 13:17; Ps 52:7; Dan 11:38, 43; Ezekiel 28:4,5.

• He will be a commercial genius: Dan 8:25; Rev 13:17; Ps 52:7; Dan 11:38, 43; Ezekiel 28:4,5

• He will be a military genius: Dan 8:24; Rev 6:2; Rev 13:4; Isa 14:16.

• He will be a governmental genius: Rev 13:1, 2; 17:17.

• He will be a religious genius: 2 Thess 2:4 (“Allah”?); Rev 13:3,14,15.

• See also: Ps 10, 52, 55; Isa 10,11,13,14; Jer 49-51; Zech 5; Rev 18