War In Heaven (20 page)

9. The Mysteries Of Daniel

Book of Daniel is Book of “Kingship from Heaven

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Daniel is perhaps the most
mysterious book of the Old Testament, if not the entire Bible.


It requires “great wisdom”
to comprehend the meaning of Daniel. Ezekiel called Daniel a great


“wise man” and stated that
none was like him in that time (Ezekiel 28:3). The name Daniel


means in Hebrew: “God has
judged.” This book was not intended for public use in synagogue


readings, because it was a
book with allegorical and symbolic meanings attached to its contents,


Curiously, the book of
Daniel is divided into twelve chapters, twelve being symbolic of planet


Nibiru, the twelve tribes
of Israel, and ultimate political authority. One might call it the book of


“Kingship lowered from
Heaven,” for Daniel deals primarily with kingdoms, and kings, both


ancient and future. Only
kings had been given the mysterious visions and dreams, and only


“arch angels” and Daniel
the Prince of Judah were allowed to interpret these. In other words,


this book deals with
governmental authority stemming from Nibiru, or Heaven.

Nibirian Gives Daniel Secret Message for End Times

Daniel
himself was given visions and the ability to understand the enigmatic “scripture
of truth”


(Daniel 10:21) which has been one of the most talked about and
puzzling prophesies of the Bible. The


Scripture of Truth is contained in chapter eleven of Daniel, and
was conveyed by the angelic being, or


Nibirian, whom Daniel encountered along the bank of the Tigris
river in Babylon, modem day Iraq. The


reason for its obscurity is because as Daniel was told, the main
message of the Scripture of Truth will


not be opened up until the end of the age (Daniel 12:4).
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This eleventh chapter is concerned primarily


with events of the “end
times” revolving around antichrist and the returning Messiah of the Jews
― Jesus


Christ. That Daniel was in Babylon tells us something significant.
This Scripture of Truth concerned


the future, and is connected to modern day Iraq. Since the book of
Daniel is really a kind of controversy


going on between the “God of Heaven,” and the gods of
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, it is clear as


what the scripture of
truth is really concerned with. There will be a controversy in the “end times,”
or the future, between the gods of Nebuchadnezzar, or Babylon, and the God of
Heaven. The chief God of


Babylon was Marduk. I have identified him through ancient texts as
the Adversary of the God of the


Old Testament. And, there will be a Nebuchadnezzar-like figure in
control of Iraq again. The real


struggle that is to emanate from Babylon, or Iraq in the “end
times” will be a Nibirian power struggle


played out at least partially by humanity.

Daniel ― Prophet to the Jew and to the Gentile



Daniel
had the unusual responsibility of prophesying almost exclusively of Gentile
nations, and


their fortunes until the Messianic kingdom of God would arrive. He
hardly mentions Israel, except


when it pertains to its role with the main Gentile kingdoms. Other
prophets did the reverse - they


mention Gentile nations only within the context of contact with
Israel. This seems to make Daniel the


Gentile, or “International Spokesman of God” - a spokesman for the
entire world. Clearly, the book of


Daniel is prophetically speaking, one of the most pivotal and
important books in the entire Bible... as


will soon become clear. It is the God of Heaven’s message for the
end times, to all the people of earth.


It is one of the most important politically as well, for this book
reinforces that it is the “God of Heaven ”


that rules all the earth, and points toward the future Messianic
King of all the earth...Jesus Christ.


Daniel was chiefly responsible for interpreting dreams and visions
given to Gentile rulers. In fact, his


own visions were primarily about specific actions of the Gentiles
rather than about Israel, or Israelites.


From this, we ascertain that Daniel is primarily intended to help
the Gentiles in the “time of the end.”


That in turn, will help Israel.

The Focus of the End Times will be Babylon



Curiously, chapters two through seven of Daniel were written in
the “international” Babylonian


tongue ~ not in the sacred Hebrew language. This is a clue to the
reader that these prophesies and past


events concern a “future Babylon,” the Gentiles kingdoms of earth,
and how the Jews figure in to this


future time. They are as follows:

1.
The
dream of Nebuchadnezzar concerning the kingdoms of the


earth, and the last days

2.
The
struggle between the God of Heaven, and Nebuchadnezzar’s god,


Marduk

3.
The
fall of the Babylonian kingdom into the hands of Darius, the Mede

4.
Daniel
in the


lion’s den

5.
The
appearance of the “Ancient of Days,” or Jesus Christ

All
of Daniel’s prophesies


were revealed while he was a resident in the capital cities of the
Gentiles, and none were given in


Israel.
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This was probably because these prophesies
are chiefly about the Gentile nations, and the


effect of their rule on
the Jews. Because the focus of Daniel’s time was on Babylon - we can expect


that it will be the same
during the end times. And, it would be prudent to see what can be decrypted


from the Babylonian text
written by Daniel. It may hold the solution to our end time dilemma. Also


contained in the
Babylonian language chapters is the deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-


nego, Hebrew captives who
were thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar. Their crime was


refusing to worship the
god of Nebuchadnezzar. This also contains the story of the writing on the wall.


Belshazzar’s kingdom was
handed over to the Medes and Persians.

The Literature of Babylon is the Key



Thus,
the book of Daniel has as its core, the chronological prophesy about the
arrival of the


Messiah. This is called in biblical terminology “The Seventy Weeks
Prophesy” (see Daniel chapter


nine). It has as its theme: Jerusalem, the Holy Place found inside
the Temple. Daniel also contains the


assurance of the arrival of a true leader of all mankind called
the Messiah.
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Since the dreams and


visions took place in
Babylon, and pertain to the "time of the end,” it is obvious that there
will be a


“Babylonian connection” so to speak in the last days. The
unraveling of the mysteries of Daniel and the Bible, actually lie in the
literature of ancient Babylon itself The book of Daniel hints at wars between


the gods for political
control of Heaven and earth. (There is actually a book referred to in the Bible
as


“The Book of the Wars of
the Lord.” This mysterious book may contain more information about the


rivalry between the God of
the Old Testament and Marduk, the national Deity of Babylon).



Daniel
describes how “in the third year of the reign of Jehoikim king of Judah,
Nebuchadnezzar


king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.” Now Jehoikim,
and some of the vessels of the


house of God were brought to the land of Shinar, (Babylon), and
taken to the house of


Nebuchadnezzar’s god, and thusly placed into that god’s treasury
(Daniel 1:1-2). Remember that these


“vessels” were made of gold, and therefore quite valuable.
Josephus, the Jewish historian, read


fragments of texts written by the Babylonian priest historian
Berosus. Berosus continued the biblical


account of the sacking of the Hebrew Temple in Jerusalem by
Nebuchadnezzar, and described how the


king took captives from among the Jews into Babylon and stationed
them there. He also mentions the


decking of the temple of “Belus” and other temples with the spoils
of this campaign.
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Nebuchadnezzar Linked to Marduk



As
mentioned previously, Babylonian texts exist tying Nebuchadnezzar to the
Sumerian and


Babylonian deity Marduk, the son of Enki, the “serpent of old.”
(Nebuchadnezzar named his son after


Marduk, as was the custom. He was Amel-Marduk called evil Merodach
in the Bible.


Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson was named Labashi-Marduk, murdered after
two months on the throne).
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If Nebuchadnezzar was acting on an order given to him by his
“god,” then the besieging of Jerusalem


may have been according to the command of Marduk, for Babylon was
his old seat of power. In Daniel


1:2, we are told that the vessels of gold taken from the Temple in
Jerusalem, were actually placed into


the house of Nebuchadnezzar’s god. This god was Marduk. The reign
of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562


B. C.) saw expansion and consolidation of the empire founded by
Nabopolassar. Babylon was


extensively rebuilt with lavish new temples and a royal palace.
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Saddam Hussein Claims to be Nebuchadnezzar Reincarnated!



Remains
of these fantastic structures are still visible today. Ironically, they are
being rebuilt by


Saddam Hussein, dictator of Iraq; who believes himself to be the
reincarnation of Nebuchadnezzar?" In


fact, General Swartzkopf of the United States stated on November
20, 1997, on National television, that


“Saddam believes himself to be the second coming of king
Nebuchadnezzar.” As if to reinforce the idea


that he is Nebuchadnezzar
incarnate, Saddam has had coins struck with his head on one side, and


Nebuchadnezzar’s on the
other. Ironically, only six days before Swartzkopf made this intriguing


statement, on November the
l4, 1997, a wave of UFO’s passed over Washington State. This also was


televised on network news.
What appeared to be a fleet of about thirty spaceships, flying in military


formation, was first reported
over Seattle, Washington. Thousands of people called local police,


television and radio
stations to report this “invasion” Some even reported that these objects moved
out


of formation
and hovered for a while over their homes. NASA nevertheless, reported this as
“space


junk.” Oddly, the United States was building up for a possible
military attack on Iraq. It seemed rather


odd to me that a military formation of spacecraft would fly over
Washington while such preparations for


attack where underway. Was this some type of warning to the U.S.?