The
primary reason
is that Arabia was never part of the ancient Babylonian
(lion), Persian (bear),
or Grecian (leopard) Empires. Territorial parts of these
ancient empires are combined
in Revelation 13:1-2 to form the revived tripartite
(leopard/bear/lion) Beast Empire
(Caliphate) that is prophesied to rise up from the shores of
the Mediterranean Sea
in the latter-days.
As
mentioned in my
previous post (24 Dec 2017), the revived Islamist Caliphate
(ISIS) was given “authority
to continue for forty-two
months.”This
period began on 29th
June 2014 and ended on 9/10th December 2017, in the
42nd
month of its tenure. Although delegitimised
and disempowered
as a Caliphate
(with no Capital or country), it is still a viable and
dangerous entity. It
should be noted that the “great city” is
yet to be destroyed by the ‘beast powers,’ and they have yet
to gather the
kings of the earth to the battle of Armageddon (Rev.16:13–16).
It
appears that
Saudi Arabia is destined to fulfil a different role in the end
times; i.e.,
that of providing the finance, and impetus for constructing
and re-creating
“Mystery Babylon, the great city.”
This
developing “great
city” is scheduled to be destroyed by the beast caliphate and
its ten associated
terrorist groups
(Rev.17:15–18).
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However,
the Bible
indicates that in addition to the revived Caliphate and its
ten affiliate
groups, additional marauding forces are at large in the end
time. These forces
are of particular relevance to Israel.
The
information in
Daniel 11:40-45 shows that “at the time
of the end” a "king of the North" (i.e., a latter-day
fulfilment
of the ancient Grecian-Seleucid prophecy) will arise. This
latter-day "king
of the North" is identifiable as the mounting Shi’a alliance between Iran/Iraqi/Syria and
Hezbollah (Lebanon);
nations that occupy the same territories held historically by
the Seleucid
Empire. According to Daniel, this northern power will—after
provocation by the
“king of the South” (Southern alliance)—advance south and “enter” many countries until the "king of the
North" has “power over
the treasures of gold and
silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the
Libyans and
Ethiopians shall follow at his heels.” (Dan. 11:43).
Recent
news
bulletins indicate that this Southern alliance is being formed
by Sunni Saudi Arabia
and Israel. Jordan and
Egypt (adjoining Sunni countries) will not be far behind.
It
is interesting
to note that in Daniel’s prophecy, the King of the North (aka
“Axis of
Resistance”) is goaded into retaliating after suffering
persistent attacks
by the King of the South.
