Daniel 11:10 ‘THE SONS OF SELEUCUS II’
‘But His [Seleucus II’s] Sons shall be stirred up, And shall assemble A Multitude of Great Forces: And One [Ptolemy 1V] shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: Then shall He [Antiochus III] return, and be stirred up [ again], even to His fortress” (Daniel 11:10) Seleucus II had two sons: Seleucus III who ruled for two years from 225 B.C.E. – 223 B.C.E. Antiochus III who ruled for thirty six years from 223 B.C.E. – 187 B.C.E It is the second of these two sons, Antiochus III, Antiochus The Great, who dominates the next nine verses in Daniel…
DANIEL 11: 9 & 10a (The Marginal Reading of The King James Translation) ‘Then He [The King of The North] will come into The Kingdom of The South, but shall return into His Own Land.’ The eldest son of Antiochus II and Laodice, Seleucus II Callinicus [The King of The North – The Seleucid Empire] will eventually counter attack Ptolemy III, [The King of The South – The Egyptian Empire], (The Brother of The Murdered Berenice and The Uncle of The Murdered Antiochus III,) coming into The Ptolemaic Kingdom, [The Third Syrian War (246 B.C.E. – 241 B.C.E.)] but will be forced to surrender his gains and return into His Own Kingdom.
9) The king of the south.–According to the Hebrew text, these words are in the genitive case (so Theod. Jer.), though the English Version is supported by the LXX. In this case the meaning is, “The king of the north shall come into the kingdom of the southern king,” and then shall return to his own land–i.e., the north–apparently without gaining any advantage. As excellent a translation as the King James Version was (and is), its editors never claimed to be infallibile. Their marginal notes indicate instances where they lacked absolute certainty over some readings. They acknowledged this in their preface: …it hath…
THE AVENGING OF QUEEN BERENICE – MURDERED BY PARTISANS OF QUEEN LAODICE.
Last week, in this glimpse at the over five hundred year period between Cyrus The Great and The Coming Messiah, – prophesied in Daniel 11 – Berenice, The Daughter of Ptolemy II and his first wife, Arsinoe I, was murdered by the supporters of Laodice, The Divorced Wife of Antiochus II. Not only was Berenice assassinated, but her son – the one who was to bring peace between The Ptolemaic and The Seleucid Empires, the five-year old Antiochus III, – was killed. Berenice’s full brother, Ptolemy III determined to avenge his sister and nephew. The avenging of his sister and…
THE OVER FIVE HUNDRED YEARS FROM CYRUS THE GREAT TO THE CHRIST WITH REGARD TO DANIEL’S PEOPLE, THE JEWS (prophesied in Daniel 11), continued. ‘And In The End of Years They [The King Of The North And The King Of The South] Shall Join Themselves Together: For The King’s Daughter Of The South Shall Come To The King Of The North To Make an Agreement: But She Shall Not retain The Power Of The Arm; Neither Shall He Stand, Nor His Arm: But She Shall Be Given Up, and They That Brought Her, And He That Begat her, and He That Strengthened Her In These Times.’ (Daniel 11:6)
The Tragic History of Berenice, The Daughter of Ptolemy, The Wife of Antiochus I. N.B. ALTHOUGH PTOLEMY II DIED IN 246 B.C.E. , HE WAS NOT KILLED BY LAODICE. PTOLEMY’S DEATH, HOWEVER, MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF ANTIOCHUS II RENEWING RELATIONS WITH HIS DIVORCED WIFE, LAODICE. Co-Co, The Coconut-Throwing Chimpanzee Schoolmaster, used to lament the folly of Antiochus II who seemed unaware of how his first wife, Laodice, would react to being divorced. (Of course, the English playwright, William Congreve lived many years after Antiochus, but the scorned Laodice is the archetypal ‘woman scorned’.) Berenice’s tragic story has inspired…
SELEUCID, THE MIGHTY FOUNDER OF THE SELEUCID DYNASTY 312 B.C.E. – 63 B.C.E.
Even in his own lifetime (358 B.C.E. – 281 B.C.E.) legends and stories of Seleucus’ s heroic status abounded. His mother told him (on his embarking on Alexander, The Great, ‘s military campaign to conquer The Persian Empire,) that he, Seleucus, was a son of the god, Apollo. Seleucus had a birthmark, an anchor. When he was about to reclaim his satrap of Babylonia, he stumbled upon an old anchor, Some of his soldiers thought that this was an ill omen; Ptolemy, who gave his friend, Seleucus, soldiers and cavalry to enable him to retake Babylon, argued that it was…
‘ONE OF PTOLEMY’S PRINCES SHALL BE STRONG ABOVE HIM, AND HAVE DOMINION: HIS DOMINION SHALL BE A GREAT DOMINION’ (DANIEL 11:5b)
Seleucus’s Dominion Shall Be A Great Dominion (Daniel 11:5b) It was this Scripture – Daniel 11:5b – which intrigued the coconut – throwing chimpanzee schoolmaster, Co-Co, in his youth. He became curious as to: Why was it that The Seleucid Empire became so great – almost as great as Alexander’s vast domain? What kind of a man was Seleucus? How did Seleucus come to have such a dominion when, at the death of Alexander, he was not even given a satrap [province] to govern? Perdiccas ( the Regent named by Alexander’s generals to govern until Alexander’s son borne by Roxana,…
GOOD NEWS FROM CREATION.COM!
VIEW ONLINE Social Media Video ProjectOctober Update A stunning result from Creation Ministries social media project. Don’t forget to subscribe to Creation magazine and become a part of this dynamic ministry, click the link below: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Ross Peeters, CEO of Creation Ministries, writes: Dear Chugley, It’s been a little over three months since we started releasing Social Media Video Project (SMVP) content, so I thought I’d pause to give you an update. The success of the project, thus far, has humbled us. In the little-over-three-months since we started publishing SMVP content, the videos have been viewed: Approximately 2.5…
THE BELIEVERS CALL TO SPIRITUAL WARFARE
https://boxcast.tv/channel/yuyyyftbksyppzhnl3il?b=plhwnjianpnhxreofoyh Pastor Wayne Edwards finishes his series “The Believers Call to Spiritual Warfare”. The service begins at about 15 minutes, click the link above. The News Clips are essential reading, access is via the link below after Pastor Wayne’s preamble. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley October 28, 2023 Dear Heritage Family, When a person received Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, they also enlisted in the Lord’s army, and they were called to fight against God’s enemies. However, our battle is not with people or the human organizations they represent. Our conflict is with “the rulers of the darkness of this…
‘AND THE KING OF THE SOUTH SHALL BE STRONG’ (DANIEL 11:5a)
A powerful king (Co-Co, The Chimpanzee Schoolmaster, used to argue,) did not necessarily: rule over the greatest land mass by virtue of his mighty military force and skill dominate the seas have the greatest diplomatic sway have riches above all others. found a dynasty which ruled for over two hundred years The ‘strongest’ king was allowed to reign over The Land of Israel by THE KING OF KINGS (Daniel 11:5a). For a time Ptolemy I Soter and his descendants were allowed to rule over The Land Promised To Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their descendants, the land of Ancient Israel….