Daniel #66 The Success and Demise of Antiochus the Great

Reformed Presbytery in North America

Jesus is not waiting to be enthroned as King of kings. Peter says -Acts 2-36--when Jesus was ascended into heaven, that the Father made Jesus both Lord -Lord of all- and Christ -i.e.-Messianic King-.-Jesus does not lose down here even in the midst of corrupt nations, tyrannical leaders, trials,-persecution, and death itself-as King, Jesus uses even His enemies to reveal His power to save us and sanctify-us in the battles we face and to topple kingdoms-rulers that will not bow the knee to Him and to bless-kingdoms that do so.-This is the only reason we can have a certain hope right now. It is not Satan that is King, but Jesus.-Satan is only called a prince or a god of this world, not because he has a divine right to rule, but only because-the world presently follows him. Jesus alone has a divine right to rule as King of kings, and Lord of lords.-Whatever the trial you face, it is not the trial that rules, but Jesus that rules the trial. Jesus is King, and all the-nations of this world will one day acknowledge Him to be so -Psalm 72-11-.-As the Lord teaches us our next history lesson from Daniel 11, let us remember that the events related-to the success and demise of Antiochus the Great are all part of our Lord's amazing plan prophesied hundreds-of years before they were fulfilled in such amazing detail. Just as He controlled history then, so He controls-history now. He is the same Lord and King of all history and of your history.