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conditions," or " marriage union"]:
but she shall not retain the power
of the arm; neither shall he stand,
nor his arm: but she shall be
given up, and they that brought
her, and he that begat her, and he
that strengthened her in these
times."
Fulfllled to the Letter!
At the end of 50 years, this oc–
curred exactly as described!
Syria's ruler, the king of the
north , at this time was Antiochus
11 , called Theos. His wife was
named Laodice. And, says Rawlin–
son's
Ancient History,
page 25 1,
" Her influence ... engaged him in
a war with Ptolemy Philadelphus
[king of the south),
a.c.
260, which
is terminated,
B.C.
252, by a mar–
riage between Antiochus and Ber–
nice, Ptolemy's daughter ."
The prophecy says " he that be–
gat her" shall be given up. Also
that she shall not retain the power
of the arm, neither shall the king of
the north, whom she married ,
stand. All three are to come to
their end. Notice how accurately
this carne to pass.
Says Rawlinson's
History,
pages
25 1 and 252: " On the death of
Philadelphus [he that begat her1 ,
a.c .
247, Antiochus repudiated
Bernice, and took back his former
wife, Laodice , who, however,
doubtful of his constancy, mur–
dered him to secure the throne for
her son Seleu c u s
(1 1)
a .c.
246.... Bernice ... had been put
to death by Laodice."
Nowhere in all the Bible is there
so lite ral a prophecy, giving so
many details of future history. And
to read an ancient history of these
kingdoms is simply to see unfolded
before your eyes, step by step,
verse by verse, this marvelous
prophecy. There can be no doubt of
its right application!
The Holy Land Changes Hands
Next Jet us not ice verse 7: " But out
of a branch of her roots shall one
stand up in his estate [margin, " in
bis office"], which shall come with
an army, and shall enter into the
fortress of the king of the north,
and shall deal against them, and
shall prevail."
·"Out of a branch," or "shoot ,"
of her roots. Her parents were her
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roots. Hence, this must be her
brother, who next should occupy
the throne of king of the south and
fulfill this prophecy. Now listen to
this accurate fulfillmen t , quoted
word for word from the same page
of Rawlinson's work (p. 252):
" Ptolemy Euergetes [the
111,
el–
dest son of Philadelphus (p. 272)
and therefore Bernice's brother, a
branch of her roots] invaded Syria,
B.C.
245, to avenge the murder of
his sister, Bernice. . .. In the war
which followed, he carried every–
thing before him."
The eightb verse of Daniel 11
says this king of the south would
carry captives and vessels of si lver
and gold into Egypt, and continue
to reign more years than the king
of the north , who at that time was
Seleucus
11,
and verse 9 says he
(Seleucus 11) shall come into
Egypt. As verse 7 said be should
"enter into the fortress of tbe king
of the north," P tolemy
111
did seize
the fortress of Syria, Seleucia, the
port of Antioch , capital of the
kingdom! Then he carried back to
Egypt immense booty and 2,500
molten images and idolatrous ves–
seis that, in 526
a.c ..
Cambyses had
carried away from Egypt. He con–
tinued to rule until 222
a.c.,
while
the king of the north, Seleucus
11,
died in 226
a.c.
When he died, his two sons took
over the kingdom of the north; first
Seleucus 111, 226-223
B.C.,
who
ruled only t hree years, and then his
brother Antiochus
111,
called "the
Great," 223-187
a.c.
Both of the
sons of Seleucus
li
assembled im–
mense forces to war against Egypt ,
avenge their father, and recover
their port and for tress, Seleucia.
And this was accurately prophe–
sied in verse 10: " But bis sons shall
be stirred up, and shall assemble a
multitude of great forces: and one
shall certainly come, and overflow,
and pass through: then shall he
return, and be sti rred up [margin,
"be stirred up again" ], even to his
fortress."
"And," continues verse 11 , "the
king of the south shall be moved
with choler, and shall come forth
and fight with him, even with the
king of the north: and he shal l set
forth a great multitude; but the
multitude shal l be given into his
hand."
In fulfillment of the latter part
of verse 1
O,
Ant iochus the Great,
a fter 27 years, recovered bis
fortress, Seleucia, and he also con–
quered the territory of Syria, as far
as Gaza, including Judea. But the
young Egyptian king, now Ptolemy
IV (Philopator), was roused, and
with an army of 20,000 inflicted
severe defeat on Ant iochus the
Great; and fulfilling verse 12, he
killed tens of thousands and again
annexed Judea to Egypt. But he
was not strengthened, for be made
a rash and speedy peace with Anti–
ochus, and returned to d issipation,
throwing away the fruits of victory.
Says verse 12, "And wben he hath
taken away the multitude, bis heart
shall be lifted up; and he shall cast
down many ten thousands: but he
shall not be strengthened by it
["prevai l" - RAV, RSV]."
" For," as verse 13 continues,
"the king of the north shall return,
and shall set forth a multitude
greater than the former, and shall
certainly come after certain years
with a great army and with much
riches."
lt
was "after ce rta in
years," or 12 years later , 205
B.C.,
that Ptolemy Philopator died, leav–
ing his throne to an infant son,
Ptolemy Epiphanes. Then Anti–
ochus assembled a greater army,
and won great victories.
He then made a treaty allying
Phil ip of Macedonia with him, and
others, against Egypt, and they
wrested Phoen ic ia and southern
Syria from the king of tbe south .
In this they were assisted by sorne
of the Jews. Josephus' Jewish his–
tory says many J ews helped Anti–
ochus. But notice how accurately
Almighty God had foretold this,
hundreds of years befare it hap–
pened!-
"And in those times there shall
many stand up against the king of
the south: also the robbers of thy
people shall exalt themselves to es–
tablish the vision; but they shall
fall" (verse 14).
Read lt in Your Own Bible!
To save space, the reader is asked
from this point to read each verse
of the prophecy from his own
Bible, thus saving us reprinting the
prophecy in full here. We give here
only the facts in history.
Verses 15- 16- " the g lorious
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