ready been fulfilled and history mar vellously substantiates what is here recorded concerning the nations that are mentioned. Before we look at the facts of this prophecy that have be come history, let me emphasize the fact that only the nations that are directly concerned with God’s deal ings with Israel are mentioned in these prophecies. Palestine is the geo graphical center of the earth and only those nations that are directly con cerned with this land have a place in prophecy for we read in Deut. 32:8, ‘When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.’ Thus when we read in this chapter of the king of the north and the king of the south, it refers to the nations in their relation to Pales tine.” Now let us look at the vision in detail. The heavenly being told Dan iel that there would stand up three kings in Persia. “Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia . . . ” (v. 2.) This prediction was fulfilled in the monarchs that followed Cyrus on the throne of Persia whose names were Cambyses, Smerdes the Magian, and Darius Hystospes. The prophecy goes on to relate that a fourth king would arise who would be “far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.” This prophecy was fulfilled in Xerxes the fourth king who reigned after Cyrus. He in vaded Greece with a mighty army and with a great fleet. The battle of Ther mopylae was fought, resulting in the defeat of Xerxes. That battle brought about the beginning of the downfall of Persian power and the rise of Greece. In verses 3 and 4 the angel con tinues to unfold what has become his tory: “And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great do minion, and do according to his will. And when he shall stand up, his king dom shall be broken, and shall be 31
D r . L ouis T. T albot writes, “In our study of chapter 10, we saw that it was a part of the last vision which was given the prophet Daniel, the account of which is continued in chapters 11 and 12. Here we have an account of the circumstances in con nection with the giving of this last revelation to Daniel. This prophecy is the most detailed of all the proph ecies given to him, beginning in Dan iel’s day and ending with the over throw of Gentile dominion and the establishment of the kingdom of the Son of God. “Chapter 11 divides itself into two main divisions, the first part of which has already been fulfilled, while the last part is yet to be fulfilled. “The main content of the second division presents a description of the antichrist and his great antagonist at the time of the end, and of how in the hour of Israel’s need, when the antichrist and his antagonists meet on the field of Armageddon, the Lord will go forth and fight those nations.” In his commentary Stearns tells us, “It is quite apparent that everything recorded in verses 1 to 35 has al
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