The Persian Gulf War, Al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden, The Ten Nation
Kingdom, Russia

The vision Daniel recorded in chapter eight symbolized the Persian
Gulf War, which occurred between the USA and Iraq, the brake up of the
Muslim kingdom resulting in the emergence of the al-Queda network,
Saudi Arabia, the nation within the kingdom of ten nations that the
first of the ten kings arose from and Osama bin Laden, who is the
first of the ten kings from among whom the man of lawlessness will
arise. This war also marked the beginning of the final period of
indignation or the end of the end, which is centered around the
revealing of the man of lawlessness and the return of Jesus Christ.
(Dan 8:19) And he said, "Behold, I am going to let you know what will
occur at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the
appointed time of the end.
The ram with the two horns depicted in Daniel 8:3 and explained in
Dan 8:20 represented the kings of Media, which is Iraq and Persia,
which is Iran. The smaller of the two horns depicted in Dan 8:3,
symbolized King Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran. The second and longer horn
that came up last, which symbolized the more powerful of the two
kings, was King Saddam Hussein of Iraq. (Dan 8:3) Then I lifted my
gaze and looked, and behold, a ram which had two horns was standing in
front of the canal. Now the two horns were long, but one was longer
than the other, with the longer one coming up last.
(Dan 8:20) "The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the
kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 8:4 portrayed Iran and Iraq butting northward and southward
against each other, westward against Israel and southward against
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. (Dan 8:4) I saw the ram butting westward,
northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him,
nor was there anyone to rescue from his power; but he did as he
pleased and magnified himself.
The shaggy goat, which is referred to as the "kingdom of Greece" in
Daniel 8:21, that is depicted as coming from the west over the surface
of the whole earth in Dan 8:5, symbolized the USA and the many nations
that joined with the US against Saddam Hussein. The male goat,
depicted as coming without touching the ground, portrayed the air war
that destroyed Saddam Hussein's military. The conspicuous horn between
the goat's eyes symbolized Saudi Arabia, which confounded fellow
Muslim nations when they permitted the USA, a non-Muslim, pro-Israel
nation to use their land to stage the attack against Iraq, a fellow
Muslim and anti-Israel nation. The shaggy goat was called the "kingdom
of Greece" because during the time of Daniel it represented the
unknown western world. (Dan 8:21) "And the shaggy goat represents the
kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the
first king. (Dan 8:5) While I was observing, behold, a male goat was
coming from the west over the surface of the whole earth without
touching the ground; and the goat had a conspicuous horn between his
eyes.
Daniel 8:6-7 foretold of the USA and their many allies utterly
destroying Iraq's military while no other nation could rescue Saddam
Hussein. (Dan 8:6-7) And he came up to the ram that had the two
horns, which I had seen standing in front of the canal, and rushed at
him in his mighty wrath. {7} And I saw him come beside the ram, and he
was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns,
and the ram had no strength to withstand him. So he hurled him to the
ground and trampled on him, and there was none to rescue the ram from
his power.
The male goat, depicted as magnifying himself exceedingly in Daniel
8:8, symbolized the celebrations that occurred in the USA after the
Persian Gulf War, which included the renaming of certain military
bases to reflect the USA's air superiority. While the USA magnified
it's self the large conspicuous horn that broke and the four
conspicuous horns that grew towards the four winds of heaven or
through out the earth in its place portrayed the break up of the
Muslim Kingdom, of which Saudi Arabia is the center of worship, and
the emergence of four conspicuous dissident Muslim kingdoms that
proliferated through out the earth. One of these four conspicuous
horns or dissident Muslim kingdoms, that arose after the Persian Gulf
War without the authority of the king of Saudi Arabia, as was foretold
in Dan 8:22, was Osama bin Laden's al-Queda. After the Persian Gulf
War it was Osama bin Laden who lead the break up of the Muslim kingdom
when he aroused Saudi Arabian groups who opposed King Fahd and
expressed anger at him for allowing the USA to use Saudi soil to
launch an attack against Iraq. After bin Laden left Saudi Arabia in
1991 and went to Sudan King Fahd stripped bin Laden of his
citizenship. A second of the four conspicuous horns or dissident
Muslim kingdoms became visible in 2006 when they carried out the train
bombing in Madrid, Spain. It was discovered that this dissident Muslim
kingdom was not part of al-Queda, but was and is committed to the same
cause, which is to overthrow Israel. A third conspicuous horn or
dissident Muslim kingdom might be the southeast Asian dissident
Moslems who have been carrying out terrorist acts in such countries as
Indonesia. The four conspicuous horns or dissident Muslim kingdoms are
made up of terrorist groups that have proliferated throughout the
world and can be distinguished by their common cause and cooperation
with one another when they commit terrorist acts with al-Queda against
the USA and Israel. (Dan 8:8) Then the male goat magnified himself
exceedingly. But as soon as he was mighty, the large horn was broken;
and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the four
winds of heaven. (Dan 8:22) "And the broken horn and the four horns
that arose in its place represent four kingdoms which will arise from
his nation, although not with his power.
Daniel 8:9 explains that the man of lawlessness, who is represented
by the rather small horn, will come out from among one of these four
conspicuous or dissident Muslim kingdoms and grow powerful in the
south, east and the Beautiful Land, which is Israel. (Dan 8:9) And
out of one of them came forth a rather small horn which grew
exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the
Beautiful Land.
Dan 7:24 points out that the conspicuous horn or the conspicuous
Muslim kingdom that the rather small horn or the man of lawlessness
arises from among is a kingdom made up of ten nations out of which ten
kings arise. (Dan 7:24) 'As for ten horns, out of this kingdom ten
kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be
different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.
The large horn between the goats eyes described in Dan 8:21, which
symbolized Saudi Arabia, the nation that helped the USA in the Persian
Gulf War, also symbolized the nation that the first of the ten kings
arose from and the king that arose from that nation. The first of the
ten dissident Muslim kings to arise, who was born in and who arose
from Saudi Arabia in 1991 was Osama bin Laden. (Dan 8:21) "And the
shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that
is between his eyes is the first king
Rev 17:12 further points towards Osama bin Laden as the first of the
ten kings when it describes the ten kings that the man of lawlessness
arises from among as renegade kings who do not rule over a country,
but who will receive authority as kings when they join with the beast
or the seven heads forming the fourth and final beast, which arises
just before Jesus returns. (Rev 17:12) "The ten horns which you saw
are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive
authority as kings with the beast for one hour.
Dan 8:23 is referring to al-Queda, the Madrid, Spain bombing
terrorist group and the Southeast Asian group when it describes that
the man of lawlessness will arise from one of the four conspicuous
horns or dissident Muslim kingdoms after they complete their
transgressions, which are the terrorist acts that these groups are
committing against Israel, the USA and those countries who dare to
side with them. Some of these terrorist acts, which began after the
Persian Gulf War ended in 1991, include the attack on US soldiers in
Somalia in October 1993, which killed 18; the attack on the US
Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in August 1998 which killed 224 and
injured nearly 5,000; the millennium-bombing plot targeting the Los
Angeles airport; the attack on the USS Cole on 12 October 2000, in
which 17 crew members were killed and 40 others injured; the plane-
bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11,
2001 which killed 3000, the bombing of a night club in Indonesia and
the Madrid, Spain train bombing. Dan 8:23 further tells us that when
these four conspicuous horns or dissident Muslim kingdoms complete
their terrorist acts the man of lawlessness will arise from the
conspicuous horn or ten nation kingdom and the ten dissident kings
that Osama bin Laden and Saudi Arabia are a part of. (Dan 8:23) "And
in the latter period of their rule, When the transgressors have run
their course, A king will arise Insolent and skilled in intrigue.
In the light of the revelation that Saudi Arabia is one of the ten
nations that make up the kingdom of nations that the ten kings arise
from and that Osama bin Laden is the first of the ten kings to arise,
when Hezbollah attacked Israel from Lebanon in August of 2006 the Holy
Spirit gave me the insight that these dissident Moslem groups and the
nations that they arose from are also part of the ten nation kingdom
that the ten kings arise from and that the antichrist will arise from
among. Without knowing the exact names by revelation, we can figure
out some of the other nine nations and the dissident Moslem terrorist
groups that arose from them, which are working side by side with Osama
bin Laden's terrorist group al-Queda and ...

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