10.1- Discussion of Daniel 11 verses 2-6

>>>: In general we see in this chapter a series of facts, - (called: “The truth”, see Daniel 10 verse 1: “The message was true but extremely hard to understand”) - , which shows God’s plan of salvation, through much struggle. Described is that what still has to occur, from this moment in the year 534 BC on. The style used here is as if it were the “newspaper of the future”... For us, who live 2500 years later, it is recognizable in accurate fulfillments of that what is given in the following verses: 

--Verses 2-20, Talks about the Persian and Greek kingdoms. … With the Greek Kingdoms split in the Syrian/Seleucid Empire in the North, and the Egyptian/Ptolemaic Empire in the south.

--Verses21-35, Narrates the time of the Syrian/Seleucid ruler, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, from 175BC-164BC. He is the prefiguration of the antichrist.

--Verses 35-45, Speaks about the antichrist, who puts himself in the place of God. He will be for us the sign for the end times. This is the main significance for us in this prophecy, in which history repeats itself. The end for him will be as said in verse 45 of this chapter: “But he will die, with no one there to help him”.

The miracle of this chapter is the exact fulfillment in history of its prophecies.

>>> Verses 2- 4: The fourth Persian king referred to here is Xerxes I, who reigned from 485 BC until 464 BC. His Predecessor was Darius I and his Successor Artaxerxes I.  He initially conquered the Greek in 480 BC. The battles with the Greek nation lasted for approximately 150 years until Alexander the Great Appears.  He conquers the Persians in 332 BC. (See Daniel 8 verses 5-8).  The Greek empire is split into four nations after the death of Alexander the Great. (See Daniel 8 verses 8 and 9, with the discussion given there).

>>> Verse 5: “The king of Egypt” was the king of the south, who became strong, but was some time later exceeded by Seleucis I, who founded the Seleucid Empire. The Seleucid Empire remained in existence until 65 BC, when Syria became a Roman province.

Syria, from the north, also called the Seleucids, and Egypt, from the south, also called the Ptolemy’s, fought against each other over the Promised Land until 250 BC. (See verse 16 of this chapter). 

>>> Verse 6: In 250 BC, Berenice the daughter of Ptolemy II married Antiochus II. Both were murdered by Laodice, the former wife of Antiochus II, who had rejected her.