The Fundamentals
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FULFILLMENT
PROPHECY GIVEN B. C. 534
Additional actions of Antiochus and warfare, in which he was successful, followed.
“Yea, they that feed of the por tion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.” (Verse 26.) “And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.” (Verse 27.) “Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant ; and he shall do ex ploits, and return to his own land.” (Verse 28.) “At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the South; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.”' (Verse 29.) “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.” (Verse 30.)
The two kings are Antiochus Epiphanes and his associate Philo- metor. They made an alliance against Ptolemy Euergetes II, also called Physcon. But they spoke lies against each other and did not succeed in their plans. In 168 b . c. he. returned from his expedition and had great rich es. Then he marched through Judea and did his awful deeds. A report had come to his ears that the Jewish people had reported him dead. In the first and second book of the Maccabees we read of his atrocities. Then he retired to Antioch. He made still another attempt against the South. However, he had not the former success. The ships of Chittim are the Roman fleet. When within a few miles of Alexandria he heard that ships had arrived. He went to salute them. They delivered to him the letters of the senate, in which he was commanded, on pain of the displeasure of the Roman people, to put an end to the war against his nephews. Antiochus said, “he would go and consult his
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