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Well the term that is translated as "Greece" is Javan, which in Genesis 10 is one of Noah's descendants. They historically settled around the west coast of Turkey, Istanbul, and around Greece, so Greece or Turkey is where I lean towards. I don't transfer that identity to an entire continent, but more between those 2 countries, and of the two, Turkey is more likely, being an opposing sect of Islam, and they are the 2nd strongest military in NATO. They could crush Iran.Well, Dan 11 seems to indicate he places the abomination then plants his own tabernacle, somewhere in or near Jerusalem.
Dan 11 can in no way, shape, or form be Antiochus.
If I were to agree that the Dan 8 Goat's Great Horn is the same as the Dan 11:3's mighty king (I don't agree, but I don't rule it out), the 4th Persian king (Dan 11:2) would be the Dan 8 Ram who is attacking the west, north, south (Dan 8:4). He would be the 4th Persian king, but also co-ruling with the Medes. The Medes/ Persian duo would form the 2 king/ 2 horns of the Ram (Dan 8:20) (one horn of which is this 4th Persian king).
Also, I don't agree with your interpretation that the count starts with the Iranian Revolution. The counting of the Persian kings would start from the start of a 'great war' (Dan 10:1).
For argument's sake, let's game out Dan 11 being entirely pertaining to now.
The 'great war' in Dan 10:1 would have to be WW I (which ended 1918).
Then we count four more kings in Persia: Reza Shah (starting Oct 1925), then Mohammad Reza Shah, then Ruhollah Khomeini, then the current king Ali Khamenei
Is this current king the richest by far (Dan 11:2)? Yes World Bank Open Data
So now we are faced with the fact that there should be an entity that can be attributed to 'Greece'. I can really only think of 2 candidates: the EU which has 4 presidents or the UK which is comprised of 4 countries that could easily devolve into its component parts of Wales, England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Wales' flag is a red dragon.
and this is one of the reasons I disagree with associating the entire continent with Javan.this would mean: Russian/ Iran attacks the West, North, and South = Dan 7 bear's 3 ribs?), then the Goat's great horn destroys Russia/ Iran. The Goat's great horn is it's '1st king' (Dan 8:21). If it is the UK, how would King Charles be considered its '1st king'? It just doesn't fit well - there are many UK monarchs. So then we go with the EU... the EU could have a dictator or Holy Roman Emperor. During wartime, this new Roman Emperor is called into existence and is disbanded upon defeating Russian/ Iran.
Where I lean to the "first king" is Erdogan's desire to reconstitute the Ottoman Empire. He would not be a King now, but if he were to remake the Ottoman Empire and call himself the Caliph, that would make him the first King. If not him, then a successor.
a little too western centric I think, but that is pretty common in the west to insert ourselves into the narrative when we're not explicitly there.The EU then splits into 4 units, one of which the Dan 8 Little Horn will arise from.
Now we have to explain what the heck Dan 11:5-20 means- which could mean anything...
To insist on this interpretation would push the 'latter days' back possibly decades -which just doesn't seem likely. If Russia/ Iran started attacking the West, North, and South (the attack of the Ram) - this would trigger the sense of the end of the world described in the 6th Seal. I just don't see any way around this.
In other words I think it is most likely that Dan 8's Ram & Goat would be future, but Dan 11's Persia & Greece would be past. (This would skip over Dan 11:5-20.)
Moreover, Trump initiating the tariffs globally is such a signal for Daniel 11:20, the 'taxer for the glory of the kingdom' (tariffs are taxes), it's crazy. But that would mean that the US is the kingdom of the North, which doesn't really fit well geographically...
Trump taking over Gaza could fulfill Dan 11:15-16, king of the North taking over a fortified city in the Beautiful Land (Israel). This would really not fit the scenario of Dan 11:1-20 being future...
Where I go with it, and mind you this is speculation, is the hypothetical, of Khamenei dies, his son succeeds him (3rd king) and they declare they have the 12th Imam, the Mahdi. (which would be the 4th King and greater in wealth and power and influence in the Shi'ite Muslim world, they are obligated to crawl over broken glass, and ice to follow the Mahdi if they have to.
Now, what do you think the Sunni Muslim world will do, if the Shi'ites proclaim they have the Mahdi? Fly into a rage, try to kill him in order to prove he is fake.
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