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What's Happening Now
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| You speak about the mystery in Daniel that relates to what's happening right now, right now. | |
| Tell us. | |
| Yeah, there's a really deep thing here. | |
| If you look at Daniel 10, there's something in Daniel 10, but even before I go there, Daniel 9 is where Daniel receives the amazing prophecy of Messiah coming, the 77s, the coming of Messiah, the rebuilding of Jerusalem, and even the tribulation period, even the Antichrist. | |
| It's all there in Daniel 9. | |
| So he gets all this revelation. | |
| And actually, you read more about it in the book of Revelation. | |
| So that happens in that previous chapter. | |
| And it all comes to the angel Gabriel. | |
| Now, I'm sure the enemy was not happy about that because it's all about the restoration. | |
| It's all about the end of the enemy's kingdom and the revelations of Daniel 9. | |
| So right after that, or in the Bible, something happens. | |
| Daniel is praying again, and he's praying for weeks and weeks, and nothing's happening. | |
| He doesn't see an answer. | |
| Sometimes that happens to the Lord. | |
| You don't see it, but it doesn't mean God's not at work. | |
| Finally, an angel appears before him. | |
| And I'm going to read from that section. | |
| It says this: Then behold, a hand touched me and shook me on my hands and my knees because Daniel's like right, he's like fainting. | |
| And he said to me, Daniel, you are treasured, who are treasured. | |
| Understand the words I'm about to tell you, and stand at your place, for I have now been sent to you. | |
| And when he spoke to me this word, I stood up. | |
| I was still trembling, but I stood up. | |
| Then he said to me, Do not be afraid, Daniel. | |
| From the first day you set your heart on understanding this and humbling yourself before God. | |
| Your words were heard, but the prince of the kingdom of Persia was standing in my way for 21 days. | |
| Then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. | |
| Now I've come to explain to you what will happen to your people, Israel, the Jewish people, in the latter days, now, because the vision pertains to the days of what is yet to come. | |
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Principality of Persia's Agenda
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| Okay, so now Daniel is getting the follow-up, in a sense, to Daniel 9, the 77s. | |
| The angel has come to him to tell him what's going to happen to Israel in the last days, and specifically the purposes of God in the last days, which include restoring Israel, restoring Jerusalem, restoring the temple, and the coming of Messiah. | |
| This goes all the way to Daniel 12, you know, which talks about the end. | |
| So he's coming to bring this gigantic revelation, not only to him, but to us and everybody who will see it, read it in the last days. | |
| But he says something. | |
| He says, I was trying to come to you, and this is a real amazing part in the Bible. | |
| People look and say, What is this? | |
| I was trying to get to you, but I was stopped. | |
| I was stopped by the prince of Persia. | |
| Now, who is that? | |
| Well, the Hebrew word prince would be most likely sar or means ruler. | |
| Okay, not don't take it as just a regular prince, but you could read it as principality of Persia. | |
| This is a demonic being, which is called the prince or the ruler of Persia, which is appointed to stop the purposes of God. | |
| It's trying to stop Israel's purposes, stop the revelation, stop all these things. | |
| Now, now, people get from this the idea of territorial spirits over territory, but this actually doesn't say the land of Persia, it says the kingdom of Persia, which more like more is speaking of the nation of Persia. | |
| So, this is a principality called the principality of Persia that is that is linked to that kingdom or that nation, and it seeks to stop the revelation, stop the purposes of God, stop the purpose of Israel, the end times, Messiah, the last days, all that. | |
| Now, now, here's the thing: here's the thing: Persia is one of the few nations in the world that is still the same as it was in ancient times. | |
| Not as great, not a kingdom, but the nation is still the people. | |
| It was known as Persia for ages, but in the 20th century, they changed their name based on the word Aryan. | |
| You know, Hitler spoke about the Aryan race. | |
| Well, that's where it's linked to. | |
| They called it the land of the Aryans or Iran. | |
| Iran. | |
| Persia is Iran. | |
| So the principality here could be called the principality of Iran. | |
| And unlike other kingdoms, it's remained the same. | |
| So this could be the exact same principality that's at work today. | |
| And this is, remember, this is the principality that seeks to stop God's purposes. | |
| So it comes against and particularly comes against Israel and the purposes for Israel. | |
| So to stop the end time purposes, to destroy it. | |
| So ultimately, Messiah can't come. | |
| Could that principality of Persia in Daniel still be at work today? | |
| Well, it would seem like it would because it's still the same nation. | |
| So now here's the thing. | |
| We talked about Hamas, but who's behind all this? | |
| It's not Hamas. | |
| It's Iran. | |
| It's Persia. | |
| It's the principality of Persia. | |
| The same principality in the book of Daniel is still seeking to destroy Israel. | |
| So it's the principality of Persia that has raised up Iran to rage against Israel, to want to destroy Israel. | |
| Those rockets that are coming into Israel come from Iran, and Iran over Iran is the principality of Persia. | |
| So this is a demonic thing. | |
| And Daniel's giving us a revelation of it. | |
| And so all these things, you know, what's in the Bible never stops. | |
| It's still for today. | |
| So here, when that principality came to Daniel, specifically was talking about not just Israel, but what was going to happen to the end times. | |
| And now what is the chief power that is seeking to destroy Israel? | |
| The same power that's linked to this principality, this demonic spirit. | |
| But here's some good news. | |
| And that is when you read the account in Daniel 10, the angel says, I mean, listen, this is a principality that stopped an angel or delayed an angel. | |
| So this is a powerful thing. | |
| And so when you see all these 3,000 missiles, this is what's behind it. | |
| It's spiritual. | |
| It is demonic. | |
| We war against principalities. | |
| But it says that when he says that, he says, but finally, I was released. | |
| Why? | |
| Because of another principality called Michael or Michael. | |
| And it says Michael, the angel, he did it. | |
| And it says that interesting thing. | |
| Michael or Michael says right there in Daniel 10 is specifically the principality of Israel. | |
| So in other words, when you have all these demonic forces coming against Israel for 2,000 years and today, you also have Michael. | |
| You have a principality that's fighting for Israel and the Jewish people. | |
| And so if you want to know why, how can Israel still be alive after 2,000 years of all hell? | |
| How could it still be alive? | |
| Because there's also, there are principalities fighting for it, led by literally the Bible says Michael. | |