Prophecy's Puzzle Pieces.

Dan 11:40  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. 

Dan 11:41  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. 

Dan 11:42  He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 

Dan 11:43  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. 

Dan 11:44  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. 

Dan 11:45  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. 

Dan 12:1  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. 

There is a lot of history we can account for and a lot we can't in prophecy.  It's wonderful when we can look back and fit the pieces together like a massive puzzle. Then we are left with puzzle pieces we know WILL fit into the puzzle to eventually make it complete, but we can no longer look back upon history for these pieces because they are for the future.

We know can see the pieces, we just do not know how they fit.  We grasp at all sorts of things as we try to figure it all out so we are prepared. Isn't that what prophecy is for, at least one of its aspects.

In the Bible, prophets predicted outcomes of battles. Prophets predicted events thousands of years into the future. Prophets predicted births, deaths, kingdoms that would be overthrown, and others that would rise up. Prophets predicted events leading up to the end of the world and it's not a lovely picture at all.  In the verses above we have some of those pieces of prophecy leading up to the end of the world and the return of our Savior.

Those pieces of prophecy flow one verse to the next and they talk of kings and kingdoms. Also in those verses of yet unknown prophecy contain this--

Dan 11:40  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. 

With chariots.

With horsemen.

With many ships.

Do we even have chariots today? And if we do they are most likely in a museum not something used in active warfare. Horsemen fighting? Not likely, not in our day and age. Ships, sure we use air craft carriers and submarines, but nothing like ships of old. 

So here we are with a prophecy of the time of the end when the king of the south will push at another ruling power, and the king of the north will come against that other ruling power like a whirlwind- with those chariots, horsemen and ships we just talked about.

The prophecy was given thousands of years ago at a time when chariots, horses and ships were used in battle, was Daniel showed these so he'd comprehend and be able to write about a warfare to take place?  We do know that right now the wars being fought are commonplace and many. If this is the time of the end and there are powers warring with other powers ultimately those who are calling the shots, so to speak, are in control of the wars on the ground. Seldom do those in control deciding who goes to war, are involved in the war themselves physically. Who is fueling the wars? Often we don't know about the funding of wars until many years later and even then it can be covered up. It is very possible for a power to fund wars that even hurt their own country as long as an ultimate outcome is provided. Wars are much different today as we well know. 

If a power's goal is spiritual domination then not being able to touch another power you're trying to infiltrate would be a loss, right? 

Dan 11:41  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. 

Dan 11:42  He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

There is so much we need to consider and if God wills, we may eventually comprehend fully, until then we are left to study, to contemplate.  We will study and contemplate more tomorrow by the GRACE of our LORD.  The time of the end needs to be at hand, our world is in upheaval as never before and evil has run rampant so that the majority of people now call evil good, no longer recognizing evil for what it is.  Surely the cup has to be full, surely our Savior has to be on the verge of standing up, and most assuredly the time of trouble has to be so very near. Our Savior must come soon….please, He must come soon.