Daniel 11 35 the AntiChrist part 2

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King of Forts

Now, the bad king will return back to the north and prepare to attack and persecute the Jews. But actually, instead he's going to go back to the south again and get defeated there by a fleet of ships from Kittim (Rome).
So now, the real persecutions start. His armies are going to attack and desecrate the Temple in Jerusalem and the Jews' fortress.
They're going to stop the regular burnt offering given to God, and set up "the abomination that makes desolate" (probably a statue of Zeus).
The king will seduce some Jews away from fulfilling their religious duties, breaking the covenant.
The wise Hebrews will be able to help their people, but will be attacked and killed. But the persecutions the wise suffer are a way of purifying them for the times that will come later, at the end.
The king will go on doing whatever he wants. He's going to act like he's greater than any god, and will say blasphemous things about God himself.
But he's only going to prosper for a limited time period.
The king will ignore all gods, and will only pay worship to a foreign god of fortresses.
He'll continue rewarding his cronies and selling the lands he's conquered.
At the end of the chapter, the angel continues the story of the future: he says that the king of the south will fight yet another war with the bad king.
The bad king is going to invade many lands and sweep along, fighting in Judea and Egypt. Libyans and Ethiopians will join his army.
He will make his war camp between the holy mountain of Jerusalem and the sea. But eventually he'll be destroyed and utterly defeated.

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