328Babel
Chywah ~ Beast
…Leaving Babylon
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Shachar | Pretense
Impersonating God…
Opening the 8th chapter, we have returned to the warm embrace of our constant companion throughout our long voyage of discovery. Dany’el is now communicating to us in Hebrew, making our study more productive. And also, from this point forward, he has dispensed with the narrator and is reporting what he is seeing and hearing in first person.
Throughout the 8th chapter, future history is being revealed by explaining what has now occurred in our past. History repeats itself because far too few learn its lessons. We will not make that same mistake.
And as with the previous chapter, the imagery will be explained by one of Yah’s messengers. Also consistent, this vision concludes in the same place, presenting the adversarial nature of the final Beast.
“In the third year (ba shanah shalowsh) of the reign of (la malkuwth – in the rule of) Bel’sha’tsar (Bel’sha’tsar – Bel (the Lord) Protects the King, commonly transliterated Belshazzar, last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, 556-539 BCE), the ruler (ha melek – highest governing authority), a communication (dabar – the communication (corrected to reflect the discrepancy between 4QDan and the MT)) appeared (ra’ah – was viewed and revealed) to me (‘el ‘any).
I (‘any), Dany’el | My God is Judgmental (Dany’el – My God Judges, Vindicates, and Condemns), had it 329shown to me (ha ra’ah ‘el ‘any – had it revealed to me) after (‘achar) the previous one (ba ha tachilah – the start of the first time).” (Dany’el / God is My Means to Decide between Vindication and Condemnation / Daniel 8:1)
It is now 553 BCE. Dany’el is still a prisoner in Babylon, although, as a result of his superior knowledge and intellect, he is an advisor to Bel’sha’tsar, a conniving, money-grubbing, and murderous usurper.
By this time, however, he knew that Babel’s days were numbered. The demise was imminent of the extravagantly adorned city-state which had institutionalized religion and integrated it into the culture and politics of the realm, not unlike the Catholic Church or even Judaism in Israel today. Although in its death, this maggot adorned in butterfly wings would spawn a stream of evil that would flow well beyond the banks of the Great River. The political and religious metamorphoses would transpire over 900 years, with the most diabolical of monsters evolving out of Babel’s hideous shadow.
As we have noted, in Dany’el’s case, he was principally a reporter. He could not fathom what he had seen. It would be left to us, nearly 2,600 years later, to interpret the images he had observed.
On this occasion, Dany’el isn’t retiring for the evening, lying on his bed at night, seeing the revelation in his head. He has been taken to the scene of the action and is an eyewitness.
“And (wa) while I was viewing the revelation (ra’ah ba ha chazown – I paid attention and realized from viewing), it came to exist (wa ba hayah – it happened) as I was looking (ba ra’ah – when I was being shown) that I was in (wa ‘any ba) the citadel (ha byrah – the fortified capitol, palace, castle, temple, or fort) of Shuwshan (ba Shuwshan – exalted lily or lotus flower, the blue color of a large Egyptian water lily which covered the walls 330throughout Babel; transliterated Susa, capital of Elam in modern southwest Iran; from suws – to exult), which is in (‘asher ba) the Province (ha madynah – the administrative district) of ‘Eylam (‘Eylam – to conceal, set between the Zagros Mountains and the Persian Gulf in modern Iran running parallel to the Gulf, Tigris River, and Iraqi border, beginning adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz to the northeast of Ur at the mouth of the Euphrates).
And then I saw (wa ra’ah – then I witnessed) that I, Myself, was (wa ‘any hayah) in the revelation (ba ha chazown – within the visual communication regarding the future, providing the perceptive) at the waterway (‘al ‘uwbal – the canal or gateway to the river) of ‘Uwlay (‘Uwlay – of those led astray by foolishness; from ‘ewyl – one who ignorantly and irrationally mocks others when he, himself, is the problem).” (Dany’el / My God Judges, Condemns, and Vindicates / Daniel 8:2)
‘Eylam is not well-known today. Referred to as Haltamti by those who lived within the region, it was acknowledged in Sumerian, Akkadian, and Hebrew texts as ‘Eylam, identifying it with the name of Shem’s eldest son who is said to have settled there. Its history spans more than two millennia from 3200 to 539 BCE.
The community grew as a result of three tribes allying in response to a series of invasions by Sumer, the civilization which developed around Ur at the mouth of the Euphrates River. To venerate their gods, they built ziggurats to sun deities and carved statues of the Queen of Heaven replete with fish and serpents. At their zenith, the ‘Eylamites successfully raided Babylonia and reconstructed elaborate temples and palaces. Ultimately, the ‘Eylamites became like the Romans and destroyed themselves through a series of civil wars, brother fighting brother.
331Ashurbanipal initiated the most devastating of these internal conflicts, waging war against his brother, Shamash-Shum-Ukin. After his victory, the victor described the citadel: “Susa, the great holy city, abode of their Gods, seat of their mysteries, I conquered. I entered its palaces, I opened their treasuries where silver and gold, goods and wealth were amassed.... I destroyed the ziggurat of Susa. I smashed its shining copper horns. I reduced the temples of Elam to naught; their gods and goddesses I scattered to the winds. The tombs of their ancient and recent kings I devastated, I exposed to the sun, and I carried away their bones toward the land of Ashur. I devastated the provinces of Elam and on their lands I sowed salt.” These fellows were nothing if not militant, covetous, and braggadocious.
‘Eylam was subsequently assimilated into the Assyrian Empire, ultimately conquered by the Medians, and integrated into the Median Kingdom.
There is an interesting footnote associated with Shuwshan, especially since this prophecy will highlight the rise and fall of the Macedonian Empire while the next will actually detail the circumstances surrounding Alexander the Great’s death. It was in Susa circa 323 BCE, prior to Alexander’s arrival in Babylon and subsequent death, that his most trusted oracle, the Swami Calanus, committed suicide by self-immolation. Prior to his fiery demise, however, the Hindu sage served as Alexander’s spiritual advisor, prophetic forecaster, and intellectual muse.
Brazen during their initial meeting, Calanus actually commanded Alexander to strip naked if he wanted to hear what he had to say, a demand that might have led to his death had the sage not also said that Alexander came from Jupiter and, thus, was a god. An old man at the time, Calanus was more than twice Alexander’s age, but that did not stop him from also being the General’s favored yoga instructor and conversationalist.
332However, Calanus ultimately tired of the travel associated with the Macedonian’s conquests. So just before going out in a blaze of glory in Susa upon a pyre constructed by General Ptolemy, Calanus told Alexander, “We shall meet in Babylon.” It was considered a prophetic announcement of the location of Alexander’s impending demise.
Continuing with the vision Dany’el | Daniel was witnessing in this place, it is helpful to know that God will soon reveal that this ram represents the Medians who became Persians following their conquest of Babylonia...
“Then (wa) I lifted up (nasa’) my eyes (‘ayn ‘any – my gaze) and I was observant (ra’ah – I looked around, viewing the vision), and behold (wa hineh – while paying attention), a large Ram (‘ayl rahab – a powerful leader, a formative ruler, or important governor, someone who shepherds a substantial flock; from ‘ayil – male lamb, upright pillar, doorpost, and leader and ‘uwl – contemptuous, prominent, and wealthy [corrected to reflect 4QDan]), one (‘echad) standing in front of the stream (‘amad la paneh ha ‘uwbal).
And upon him were (wa la huw’) two horns (tsemed qerenym – a couple of powerful people or institutions [updated to reflect 4QDan]). And the horns (wa ha qerenym) were high, haughty, and conceited (gaboah – were of a boastful official seeking power and status who is arrogant and amoral).
But the one (wa ha ‘echad) was more self-exalting and power-craving (gaboah – was more conceited, arrogant, and amoral) than the other (min ha seny).
And the more arrogant and domineering one (wa ha qaboah – the loftiest, most haughty and conceited one, the more self-exalting, self-serving, and self-assured, the more power-hungry higher-ranking) ascended (‘alah – was lifted up out of) the former at the end (ba ha 333‘acharown – from the previous one subsequently in the last days).” (Dany’el / My God is Judgmental / Daniel 8:3)
This is a depiction of Media-Persia, and how, working together, they throttled Assyria before conquering Babylonia. But the Median Kingdom was but a candle in the wind compared to Persia under Cyrus the Great. The famed Persian would go on to profoundly influence the known world. Fitting with the prophecy, few characters have been as arrogant and domineering as Cyrus. He would say of himself: “I am Cyrus, king of the world.” Nose in the heavens, he claimed: “I took up my lordly abode in the royal palace amidst rejoicing and happiness. Marduk, the Great Lord, established as his fate for me a magnanimous heart of one who loves Babylon.” (The Cyrus Cylinder, 539 BCE, Babylon)
The Persian military was one of the most effective. They were especially adept horsemen, swordsmen, and archers, justifying the use of “nagah – piercing and goring” in the next statement. Even the depiction of Cyrus as an ‘ayl | ram seems appropriate because he was a powerful leader, a man who viewed himself as the shepherd of both his people and Yahuwdym. Compared to most, he was upright, prominent, and wealthy. And he served to open the door to Yisra’el’s return.
Also accurate, Cyrus would stretch the borders of the Persian Empire in every direction except toward the east. He expanded southward to the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf and northward toward the Scythians and into the Caucasus, even encircling the Black Sea. The western edge of his empire included Egypt and much of Libya along the southern edge of the Mediterranean. He would rule over Turkey and most of Macedonia on the northern rim of the Great Sea.
“I saw (ra’ah), accordingly (‘eth), the Ram (ha ‘ayl – the leader and ruler, a male lamb and upright pillar, the 334doorway back home, both prominent and wealthy) attacking by goring (nagah – engaging in battle, piercing and destroying, pushing) westward (yam – toward the sea), northward (wa tsaphown – seeking treasure), also to the south (wa negeb – into parched land).
And there was not any beast that could withstand (wa kol chayah lo’ ‘amad – no living being could stand in) his presence (la paneh huw’).
None were spared (wa ‘ayn natsal) from his influence (min yad huw’ – from his hand, power, and control).
So he acted (wa ‘asah – it engaged and did) as he pleased (ka ratsown huw’ – according to his pleasure and strong desires). And he was exalted and became great (wa gadal – and he achieved a high status).” (Dany’el / God is My Means to Judge / Daniel 8:4)
In the Towrah, sheep follow Yahowah’s shepherds while goats are typically cast into a bad lot and often represent an independent and rebellious, headstrong and aggressive attitude. And while Cyrus was belligerent and full of himself, at Yahowah’s request, he was generous toward the Yisra’elites – especially Yahuwdym who were held captive in Babylon. Of them, he would continue to record on The Cyrus Cylinder, “I have given leave to as many of the Yahuwdym that dwell in my country as please to return to their own country, and to rebuild their city, and to build the Temple of God at Yaruwshalaim on the same place where it was before. I have also sent my treasurer Mithridates, and Zorobabel, the governor of the Yahuwdym, that they may lay the foundations of the temple.... I require also that the expenses for these things may be given out of my revenues. Moreover, I have also sent the vessels which king Nebuchadnezzar pillaged out of the Temple, and have given them to Mithridates, the treasurer, and to Zorobabel, the governor of the Jews, so 335that they may have them carried to Yaruwshalaim, and may restore them to the Temple of God.”
Perhaps the ignorant and irrational Progressives, who, in forums such as the United Nations, are wont to deny any association between Jews and Judea or the Temple Mount, ceding it to the Muslims who would not even exist for another 1,200 years, should consider Cyrus’ history of this place. I assume they can read.
After reading this, it becomes rather obvious why Yahowah anointed Cyrus. This gentile served a purpose, becoming the means to liberate God’s people and fund the rebuilding of Yahowah’s House. And as it turned out, unlike most Jews, Cyrus listened to Yahowah and then did as God had requested. There are similar examples among the Chosen People – although they are few and far between.
“And so, as I began to consider and process this (wa ‘any hayah byn – as I strove to make the connections needed to understand), then behold (wa hineh – take note and pay attention), a young and independent crowned Goat (tsaphyr – a chattering and chirping offshoot who leaves early seeking glory as a bearded and agile male goat wearing a crown to depict his royal lineage) who was headstrong and imposing (ha ‘ez – who was stubborn and well-fortified, consistently prevailing by using the same tactics, prideful and unwilling to change) coming (bow’ – arriving) from the west (min ha ma’arab – from a place of mixing and joining together, of early enlightenment and subsequent darkness; from mah – to consider the implications of ‘arab – to commingle and ally, to grow dark after having been bright, pledging fellowship or adversity) before (‘al) the presence (paneh) of the entire region (kol ha ‘erets) and, yet, not making contact with or striking (wa ‘ayn naga’ – without touching or plaguing, leveling or destroying) the Land (ba ha ‘erets).
336And the young crowned Goat seeking adventure and glory (wa ha tsaphyr – so the chattering and chirping offshoot who left home early seeking to be admired, this bearded yet agile male goat with his crown as a sign of honor and status) had a prominent and conspicuous horn (qeren chazuwth – distinguishing object denoting his power along with an affinity for seers and prophets) between his eyes (byn ‘ayn – affecting his vision and understanding).” (Dany’el / My God Judges, Vindicates, and Condemns / Daniel 8:5)
At the conclusion of this prophecy, Yahowah will reveal that this ‘ez | headstrong and imposing, well-fortified and tactically consistent tsaphyr | young and agile crowned Goat seeking adventure and glory would be charging out of Macedonia in the west.
Further affirming the prophecy, there is no contemporaneous evidence that Alexander the Great had any meaningful contact with Yisra’el and, most assuredly, didn’t wage war against Yahuwdah or Yaruwshalaim. But by introducing Hellenic culture into neighboring Syria and Egypt, Alexander had more influence on the development of Judaism than any other Gentile. As evidence of this, four hundred years after Alexander ravaged Gaza, and marched through Judea without opposition in 332 BCE, Josephus, one of Judaism’s three most acclaimed voices (along with Rabbi Akiba and Maimonides), told the following story. It was, no doubt, designed to curry favor with those he had abandoned, weaving this fanciful tale to promote the myth that the great general paid homage to the high priests of Judaism. Therefore, four centuries after the fact, the traitor wrote…
“Alexander went to Jerusalem after having taken Gaza. Jaddua, the High Priest, had a warning from God received in a dream, in which he saw himself vested in a purple robe, with his miter (a golden plate on which the name YHWH was engraved) on his head. Accordingly, he 337went to meet Alexander at Sapha to take in the view of the Temple. Followed by the priests, all clothed in fine linen, and by a multitude of citizens, Jaddua awaited the coming of the king. When Alexander saw the high priest, he reverenced God (Targum Lev. R. xiii., end), and saluted Jaddua; while the Jews with one voice greeted Alexander.
When Parmenio, the general, gave expression to the army’s surprise at Alexander’s extraordinary act—that one who ought to be adored by all as king should adore the High Priest of the Jews—Alexander replied: ‘I did not adore him, but the God who hath honored him with this High Priesthood; for I saw this very person in a dream, in this very habit, when I was at Dios in Macedonia, who, when I was considering with myself how I might obtain dominion of Asia, exhorted me to make no delay, but boldly to pass over the sea, promising that he would conduct my army, and would give me the dominion over the Persians.’ Alexander then gave the high priest his right hand and went into the Temple and ‘offered sacrifice to God according to the high priest's direction,’ treating the whole priesthood magnificently.”
While Gaza was pummeled and Judea was not, this conversation never took place. It is standard religious rhetoric, whereby the faithful justify their beliefs and honor their leaders through the endorsements of others.
Now a Roman citizen, Flavius Josephus was a quick study, turning history into propaganda…
“And when the Book of Daniel was shown him [see Dan. VII. 6, VIII. 5-8, 20-22, XI. 3-4], wherein Daniel declared that one of the Greeks should destroy the empire of the Persians, he supposed that he was the person intended, and rejoiced thereat. The following day Alexander asked the people what favors he should grant them; and, at the High Priest’s request, he accorded them 338the right to live in full enjoyment of the laws of their forefathers.” (Josephus, Antiquities, XI, 8, pages 4-6)
All this shows is how desperate Jewish leaders became when attempting to justify their exalted positions, their religious laws, and the pervasive Greek influence in Judaism, especially Kabbalah. The Jewish Encyclopedia acknowledges “All the accounts which the Talmud and Midrash give concerning Alexander the Macedonian are of a legendary character.”
What is remarkable, however, is that in 553 BCE, before Greece had risen on the world stage, and 200 years before Alexander was born, Dany’el described the Macedonian general using a fitting array of terms. Alexander would come to Shuwshan from the West. He was very young, just 20 years old in 336 BCE when he became king and set off seeking adventure and glory. He was headstrong and imposing, well-fortified and consistent, relying upon his phalanx through it all. He was an imposing figure, among the most prominent in history. And there is no doubt he sought fame and fortune, naming more than 70 cities after himself and then glorifying himself as a god. Even the references to each Beast spawning and influencing the next ring true with Alexander who, in the final years of his life, became so Persian his Greek troops nearly abandoned him.
But at this moment, Alexander was obsessed with his white whale – Darius III – King of Persia…
“Then (wa) he came (bow’) up to (‘ad) the Ram (ha ‘ayl – the leader and ruler, a male lamb and central pillar, the doorway back home who was both prominent and wealthy) possessing (ba’al – the owner and master who controls, Ba’al, the Lord of) the two horns (ha qerenym – of status and might, of being in elevated positions) which (‘asher) I had seen (ra’ah) standing (‘amad) before the 339presence of (la paneh) the waterway (ha ‘uwbal – canal or stream).
And he chased (wa ruwts – he ran hurriedly) after him (‘al huw’) with a vengeance and in hot pursuit (ba chemah – antagonistically enraged, in great hostility and fury) while demonstrating resourceful cunning and talent (koah – in strength and power, showing off his superior capability).” (Dany’el / God is My Means to Decide between Vindication and Condemnation / Daniel 8:6)
This depicts the Goat chasing after the Ram, revealing that the Macedonians would be the aggressor, pursuing the Persians in this battle – as was the case. Alexander would come after Darius with a vengeance, staying in hot pursuit. And yet, all the while it was obvious that the young Macedonian was more talented and resourceful, having never lost a battle.
But also keep in mind, the Persians were resolutely pagan. While Darius and his priests promoted a wide array of false gods, they were principally devoted to the mythology of Bel | the Lord.
For a considerable time, the Persians had menaced the Greeks, taking the battle to them, beating them badly and consistently. They would fight in the midst of the Greek peninsula. And so, there was some lingering animosity.
“And I witnessed him (wa ra’ah huw’ – I saw him) approaching and making contact with (naga’ ‘etsel) the Ram (ha ‘ayl – the leader and ruler, the male lamb and central pillar, the doorway back home who was both prominent and wealthy).
He was embittered and obsessed with him (wa marar ‘el huw’ – he was anguished by him and angry with him, indeed furious). Therefore, he lashed out at the Ram (wa nakah ‘eth ha ‘ayl – he struck the leader, 340defeating and destroying the central pillar of his people), breaking (wa shabar ‘eth – he shattered) both of his horns (shanaym qeren huw’).
And with the Ram (wa ba ha ‘ayl), there was insufficient capability, power, and resources (lo’ hayah koach – there was a lack of strength, might, and vigor) to withstand his presence (la ‘amad la paneh huw’) so (wa) he was overthrown and humbled as he brought him down (wa shalak huw’ – he toppled him, throwing him down) to earth (‘erets – to the ground).
He was trampled and tread upon by him as the aggressor (wa ramas huw’ – he was bent upon destroying him) so there was no way to spare or rescue (wa lo’ hayah natsal – it was not possible to deliver or liberate) the Ram (la ha ‘ayil ha ‘ayl – the leader and ruler, the male lamb and central pillar, the doorway back home who was both prominent and wealthy) from his influence and ability (min yad huw’ – from his hand).” (Dany’el / My God is Judgmental / Daniel 8:7)
King Darius III of Persia fought Alexander and his Hellenic League at the location of his choosing, a wide-open plain near ancient Nynowah | Nineveh, not far from Mosul in today’s northern Iraq. Darius, who led the larger force and was fighting close to home, actually prepared the battleground, flattening the terrain so as to give his war chariots optimal operating conditions.
While we will consider the prelude to this battle in a moment, suffice it to say for now that Alexander had spent the previous year transitioning from warrior to savage, losing all sense of civility while besieging Tyre and Gaza. Then in Egypt, he positioned himself as the Master of the Universe and the living incarnation of Amun.
Darius, on the other hand, just wanted to be left alone. He offered Alexander his kingdom and his treasure to return his kidnapped family and stop pursuing him. 341Replying to one of the king’s offers, the Macedon wrote: “From King Alexander to Darius: If you wish to dispute your throne, stand up and fight for it, and do not run away. Wherever you hide, I will find you.”
Alexander was now obsessed. He marched into the heart of the Persian Empire, crossing the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers without opposition. All the while, having given peace a chance, Darius was now building an army of over fifty thousand warriors, with some claiming twice that many soldiers. It is said that half of his troops were on horseback. By comparison, there were forty thousand Greek infantry and seven thousand cavalry.
However, be cautioned. As we have discovered with the Roman propensity to alter the Christian New Testament to serve their agenda, the mythical propensity to revise history was inbred. So, to project Alexander as a god among men, some ancient Greek historians would have us believe that the Persian army numbered into the hundreds of thousands.
Outnumbering his foe by a little or a lot, on his home turf, and on a battlefield, he had prepared to his advantage, Darius offered to cede the western half of the Persian Empire without a fight, and yet, Alexander declined. Parmenion, one of Alexander’s generals, said that if he were Alexander he would have accepted the generous offer. To which Alexander, demonstrating his enormous ego, replied, “And I would too, if I were Parmenion.”
That evening, Parmenion encouraged Alexander to launch a surprise attack under the cover of darkness in order to negate the enemy’s advantage. Alexander declined, expecting Darius to keep his army up all night in anticipation of that very thing. Alexander was so nonplussed by the impending engagement, he overslept the next morning, only to be awakened by his generals who said that the battle had already been won.
342The fact is, Darius’ troops were inexperienced, poorly trained, and inadequately equipped. By comparison, Alexander’s infantry fought in a phalanx with heavy shields and ten-foot spears, while the spears of the Persian Immortals were three feet shorter and their shields were designed for protecting royals from civilians and not soldiers from warriors.
Alexander’s troops had followed him through Macedon, Corinth, Trace, and Thessalonica, then Tyre and Gaza. They were battle-tested. By comparison, Darius deployed inferior Scythian scythed chariots, which is why he removed every shrub from the battlefield. He also deployed the ancient world’s version of a tank, with fifteen Indian elephants.
Both sides arranged their armies in traditional fashion. The battle commenced with the Macedonian infantry in phalanx formation marching into the center of the Persian line. Alexander’s flanks were extended like wings, tilted back at forty-five degrees.
Darius responded by attacking his enemy’s left flank which was under the command of the aforementioned Parmenion. But rather than reinforcing his general, Alexander moved in the other direction, toward his right flank, hoping to open up a gap in Darius’ line as his infantry pursued him.
Meanwhile, the Scythian scythed chariots were being effectively countered by the discipline and experience of the Macedonian cavalry on Alexander’s right. They prevailed by maneuvering their chariots away from the ground that had been previously prepared, rendering them ineffective. Then as Darius countered Alexander’s move, his cavalry routed the Greek horsemen in the vicinity of the Macedon general. The more cavalry Alexander engaged, the less favorable the outcome. This is because the Scythian horses were better protected, and their riders were 343accomplished horsemen. And yet somehow, the Greek auxiliary forces drove the Persians out of their ranks. Then during their retreat, the Greeks pursued and slaughtered the fleeing Persians.
All the while, Alexander allowed Darius to collapse his wings, a move that would have been fatal if the Macedonian general didn’t simultaneously draw his entire army into a wedge formation, pointing the tip directly at the Persian king. In response, Darius fell back, his troops retreating with him. However, Alexander, learning that his left flank under Parmenion was encircled, and was on the verge of being destroyed, elected to save his army rather than strike Darius down.
Upon returning to camp, the Greeks found Darius’ troops attempting to rob it of provisions and valuables. This was fortuitous for Alexander because, with Darius’ soldiers distracted, it evened the odds, allowing for the rescue of Parmenion’s trapped troops.
Immediately thereafter, Alexander set off with his bodyguards in pursuit of treasure, not Darius. En route to Susa, they came upon the king’s personal baggage, which included a bankroll of over four thousand talents (since each talent represents twenty-six kilograms of silver, each talent is worth approximately $25,000, valuing the captured treasury at $100 million). But that was inconsequential to what he would later find and would then own. All of Persia and Babylon were now Alexander’s for the taking.
I have a sense of what comes next. Immediately after leading a successful IPO, and raising hundreds of millions for my growing business, I told a reporter, “We are never more vulnerable than we are at the moment of our greatest achievement.” My expression was offered out of a sober assessment of history and appraisal of personal responsibility. I was aware that, while there are those like 344Alexander who are known for their extraordinary accomplishments, there are far better men and women pursuing a much more beneficial agenda who simply are not as lucky. In business and in war, the combatants make hundreds of decisions each day, and only one needs to be wrong to have everything come crashing down. And we are never quite as circumspect or careful when so many are singing our praises.
Alexander had accomplished his goal, killing his white whale. But then what? He tried debauchery and licentiousness, and apparently, he wasn’t very good at either. He drank himself into a stupor and even when sober compelled his men to worship him as a god. Believing he was immortal and no longer subject to human constraints, he discovered that neither was true.
Now surrounded by the swampy waters of Mesopotamia where mosquitoes breed, he contracted malaria. It is something with which I am also familiar. His symptoms mimicked mine. As the disease caused his internal cells to rupture, his fever rose and the pain became utterly debilitating over two-weeks’ time. It is an excruciatingly miserable way to die, which he would at 32 years of age in 323 BCE.
God not only predicted as much, He asked a man who had experienced both of these imposters to share the results with you…
“The great young and stubborn crowned Goat seeking adventure, supremacy, and glory (wa tsaphyr ha ‘ez – the chattering and chirping offshoot who left home early seeking to be admired, this prideful and bearded yet agile male goat with his crown as a sign of honor and status who was exceptionally prideful and yet capable) was empowered, exalted, and enriched as he glorified himself and became exceptionally boastful (gadal – he triumphed and was called great, growing considerably in 345prestige) exceeding (‘ad – beyond) the greatest extent thought possible (me’od – the highest point on the scale, vehemently and excessively).
But when he was the strongest and at the time when his empire was enormous (wa ka ‘atsam huw’ – at the peak of his power and following his greatest accomplishment), the great Horn (ha gadowl ha qeren – this intense, important, and distinguished) was broken, the membranes of his body rupturing (shabar – he was internally destroyed, shattered and crushed, suffering physical harm).
Then four (wa ‘arba’) conspicuously appeared (chasuwth – became prominent consistent with the prophecy), rising up (‘alah – ascending) in its place (tachath hy’ – succeeding it by rising up from beneath the horn), extending toward (la) the four winds (‘arba’ ruwach) of the sky (shamaym).” (Dany’el / God is My Means to Judge / Daniel 8:8)
Upon Alexander’s death, his top four generals divided his empire and ruled in his place. History played out exactly as God revealed. And since this prophecy was conveyed 200 years prior to these events playing out in the lives of Babylonians, Persians, and Greeks, this presentation serves to affirm that we can rely upon those which were foretold to guide us through our future.
So that we do not lose our bearings, here is a quick review of the territory we have recently covered…
“In the third year (ba shanah shalowsh) of the reign of the ruler (la malkuwth ha melek) Bel’sha’tsar | the Lord Protects the King (Bel’sha’tsar), a communication (dabar) appeared (ra’ah) to me (‘el ‘any). I (‘any), Dany’el | My God is Judgmental (Dany’el), had it shown to me (ha ra’ah ‘el ‘any) after (‘achar) the previous one (ba ha tachilah). (Dany’el 8:1)
346While I was viewing the revelation (wa ra’ah ba ha chazown), it came to exist (wa ba hayah) as I was looking (ba ra’ah) that I was in (wa ‘any ba) the fortified capitol (ha byrah) of Shuwshan (ba Shuwshan), which is in (‘asher ba) the Province (ha madynah) of ‘Eylam (‘Eylam). And I noticed (wa ra’ah) that I was (wa ‘any hayah) in the revelation (ba ha chazown) at the waterway (‘al ‘uwbal) of ‘Uwlay | to be led astray by foolishness rather than accept responsibility (‘Uwlay). (Dany’el 8:2)
As I lifted up (wa nasa’) my eyes (‘ayn ‘any) and was observant (ra’ah), behold there was (wa hineh) a large Ram (‘ayl rahab), one (‘echad) standing in front of the waterway (‘amad la paneh ha ‘uwbal). And upon him were (wa la huw’) two horns (tsemed qerenym). These horns (wa ha qerenym) were high, haughty, and conceited (gaboah). But the one (wa ha ‘echad) was more self-exalting and power-craving (gaboah) than the others (min ha seny).
The more arrogant and domineering one (wa ha qaboah) ascended and rose above (‘alah) the former in the end (ba ha ‘acharown). (Dany’el 8:3)
I saw (ra’ah) the Ram (ha ‘ayl) attacking by goring (nagah) westward (yam), northward (wa tsaphown), also to the south (wa negeb). There was not any beast that could withstand (wa kol chayah lo’ ‘amad) his presence (la paneh huw’). None were spared (wa ‘ayn natsal) from his influence (min yad huw’). So, he acted (wa ‘asah) as he pleased (ka ratsown huw’). And he was exalted and became great (wa gadal). (Dany’el 8:4)
So as I began to consider and process this (wa ‘any hayah byn), then behold (wa hineh), a young and independent crowned Goat (tsaphyr) who was headstrong and imposing (ha ‘ez) was coming (bow’) from the west (min ha ma’arab). Yet even upon (‘al) the 347presence (paneh) of the entire region (kol ha ‘erets), he did not make contact with or strike (wa ‘ayn naga’) the Land (ba ha ‘erets).
This young, crowned Goat seeking adventure and glory (wa ha tsaphyr) had a prominent and conspicuous horn (qeren chazuwth) between his eyes (byn ‘ayn). (Dany’el 8:5) He came (bow’) up to (‘ad) the Ram (ha ‘ayl) possessing (ba’al) the two horns (ha qerenym) which (‘asher) I had seen (ra’ah) standing (‘amad) before the presence of (la paneh) the waterway (ha ‘uwbal). And he chased (wa ruwts) after him (‘al huw’) with a vengeance (ba chemah) while demonstrating resourcefulness and cunning (koah). (Dany’el 8:6)
I witnessed him (wa ra’ah huw’) approaching and making contact with (naga’ ‘etsel) the Ram (ha ‘ayl). He was embittered and obsessed with him (wa marar ‘el huw’). Therefore, he lashed out at the Ram (wa nakah ‘eth ha ‘ayl), breaking (wa shabar ‘eth) both of his horns (shanaym qeren huw’).
Pursuant to the Ram (wa ba ha ‘ayl), there was insufficient capability, power, or resources (lo’ hayah koach) to withstand his presence (la ‘amad la paneh huw’). So (wa), he was overthrown and humbled as he brought him down (wa shalak huw’) to earth (‘erets). He trampled and tread upon by him as the aggressor (wa ramas huw’) so there was no way to spare or rescue (wa lo’ hayah natsal) the Ram (la ha ‘ayil ha ‘ayl) from his influence or ability (min yad huw’). (Dany’el 8:7)
The great young and stubborn crowned Goat seeking adventure, supremacy, and glory (wa tsaphyr ha ‘ez) was empowered, exalted, and enriched as he glorified himself and became exceptionally boastful (gadal), exceeding the greatest extent thought possible (‘ad me’od).
348But when he was the strongest and at the time when his empire was enormous (wa ka ‘atsam huw’), the great Horn (ha gadowl ha qeren) was broken and the membranes of his body ruptured (shabar).
Then four (wa ‘arba’) conspicuously appeared (chasuwth), rising up (‘alah – ascending) in its place (tachath hy’), extending toward (la) the four winds (‘arba’ ruwach) of the sky (shamaym).” (Dany’el / God is My Means to Judge / Daniel 8:8)
As we did in the midst of the previous revelation, out of the ashes of history long ago, we find ourselves confronted with our immediate future. The Beast of the Time of Trouble will emerge out of this story. He will arise from a young and small nation associated directly with the “‘echad – one” who was Alexander, the internationally acclaimed Macedonian king and general. And from there, his influence will stretch southeast toward the Promised Land.
“Then out of one of them (wa min ha ‘echad min hem – so from the singular and unique among them and because of each one of them), he came forth (yatsa’ – he came out and was withdrawn, emerging) as one horn / a solitary individual ruler (qeren ‘echad – a single empowered political and religious leader) from the lowly and little (min tsa’yr – out of the insignificant, the youngest and smallest).
And it grew great, magnifying itself (wa gadal – and it (the horn / authority and influence) became boastful, powerful, and important, promoting itself) with arrogant and braggadocious speeches to those who remain (yeter – by claiming to be better, greater, and vastly superior 349among those left behind, abundantly and excessively wealthy but a complete moral failure, seen as outstanding among a remnant) toward the south (‘el ha negeb – to the parched), to the east (wa ‘el ha mizrach – toward the rising sun), and toward the most desirable and beautiful (wa ‘el ha tsaby – the attractive, highly valued, and glorified, even the most highly decorated and adorned; may serve as a metaphor for Yisra’el).” (Dany’el / My God Judges, Vindicates, and Condemns / Daniel 8:9)
The reason Yahowah reveals that Satan’s boasts regarding himself exceed the claims of other tsaba’ is that the Devil emerged from their ranks. But he is not content to be counted among the mal’ak because he wants to rise above God Almighty.
Based upon the specific wording in this revelation, it seems certain that the Towrahless One will emerge from the world Alexander the Great conquered and, specifically, out of the region governed by one of his four Diadochi. These include Seleuci | Persia (covering Israel, Syria, the Caucasus, and Mesopotamia), Lysimachi | Thracia and Turkey, Cassandri | Macedonia and Greece, and Ptolemaei | Egypt.
And since God was explicit in the preceding chapter, revealing that he would emerge from Imperial and Catholic Rome, we are looking for common territory. If you recall, the ten horns of Imperial Rome include: Italy, Spain, Gaul (France), Britain, Pannoniae (Austria / Hungary), Moesiae (the 8 countries carved out of Yugoslavia), Thrace (Bulgaria and Romania), Asia Minor (Turkey), Syria, and Egypt.
The points of intersection, therefore, include: North Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt. However, we must refine this list by excluding any large, significant, or old nation, eliminating Greece, Bulgaria (founded in the 7th century), Romania (6th largest 350European country and freed from the Ottoman Empire in 1878), Turkey, Syria, and Egypt.
This only leaves one candidate when passed through the Roman, Greek, and tsa’yr | young and insignificant, lowly and little filters. It is becoming increasingly obvious that we are on target expecting the Towrahless One of the Time of Trouble to arise out of North Macedonia. And he will be trouble, indeed.
There is yet another hint in the reference to tsa’yr because “Lowly and Little” is not only what Yahowah calls Sha’uwl | Paul, it is the actual meaning of the Roman name he selected for himself. This is relevant because fully two-thirds of North Macedonia’s 2.1 million population are Orthodox Christians. The remaining inhabitants are Muslims.
Should the Towrahless One have been, as I have suspected for some time, educated at a Progressive and Elitist university such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Oxford, or Cambridge, to name a few, and have been born of a Muslim father to a Christian mother, then he will bring the full assemblage of anti-Semitism against God’s people. This is especially true since North Macedonia is riddled with anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, upon which the Towrahless One is certain to capitalize – as did Stalin and Hitler. While clearly not the one, Barack Obama, shares many of these traits.
As we consider his aims ‘el ha negeb | toward the south, we find Greece and Egypt – both of which are teetering on economic collapse. ‘El ha mizrach | to the east would include Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, and Lebanon – all of which are on the cusp of insolvency. And of course, it is hard to miss the ‘el ha mizrach | toward the rising sun reference emblazoned so prominently upon the flag of North Macedonia.
351Since his ambition, like Satan’s, is to be worshiped as the Lord God, and not just as another pretending to be a god, he will turn his sights ‘el ha tsaby | toward the most highly valued place on Earth – Jerusalem. And he will one-up Hadrian while there.
A mere mortal, following in the footsteps of Paul, similarly demon-possessed, equally braggadocious and duplicitous, the Towrahless One will emerge as a nobody, too young and insignificant to be noticed initially. However, he will be a master at self-promotion, gadal | magnifying and promoting himself. He will tell those who remain that he is the answer, yeter | vastly superior and abundantly enriching. And sadly, many of those yeter | left behind following the Taruw’ah Gleaning will believe him as he impoverishes and defrauds them. In this way, he will sound somewhat similar to current politicians.
While it does not seem plausible, even with Satan’s full endorsement and empowerment, and even as the world’s most sublime orator, that a North Macedonian could assert dominion over Greece, Turkey, or Egypt, the Devil’s Advocate might prevail by proposing a confederacy of Eastern Mediterranean States. And as for Bulgaria, Cypress, Lebanon, and Syria serving as stepping stones to Israel, accepting their debt may be sufficient to league with them.
No matter the footsteps, the world will soon be tread upon by another Paul and Muhammad, another Titus and Hadrian, another Constantine and Theodosius, yet another Stalin and Hitler – all blended into one miserable individual.
While we have already considered Alexander’s final battle, let’s ponder where he came from and where he went since both are now germane – with the past being played out again in our future. This Goat was born Alexander III of Macedon in 356 BCE in Pella. His father, Phillip II ruled 352Macedon from this location, which was one of many allied and adversarial Greek communities. In their day, Pella was a port city on the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea.
The Goat’s mother, Olympias, was the fourth of Philip’s eight wives. She was conniving and murderous. Legend has it that she was impregnated by Zeus, making her child the son of god.
The day Alexander was born, Philip was besieging Potidea on the Chalcidice Peninsula. But he wasn’t the only character with a vested interest in the young Goat on this day, who was away from home. Mixing mythology and history, the patriots and propagandists would have us believe that the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, was burnt down on the day little Alex was born because Artemis was away tending to the birth of the son of god. Alexander played this to the hilt throughout his life, promoting the myth of his divine parentage.
Alexander never knew the loving embrace of a mother and father. At an early age, the young boy was raised by Lanike and Leonidas, both strict disciplinarians. He was schooled in war by Lysimachus, one of Philip’s generals. At thirteen, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle, a relationship which continued until the age of sixteen. His boarding school was the Temple of the Nymphs at Mieza. The only reason Aristotle consented to such duty was because Philip agreed to rebuild the philosopher’s hometown of Stageira, which the king had razed, while also freeing those he had enslaved.
Classmates at the time included Ptolemy, Hephaestion, and Cassander, Alexander’s future generals. While the young student loved Homer’s Odyssey, he carried the Iliad with him on his conquests as if he was reliving it.
353At age sixteen, Alexander’s formal education was concluded. His father was at war with Thrace and he left his son in charge of Macedon as his regent. During Philip’s absence, the heir apparent had the opportunity to prove his mettle when the Thracians revolted. He successfully exiled them, colonizing their territory with Greeks while founding the first of seventy cities bearing his name – Alexandropolis.
Shortly thereafter, Philip sent the teenage Alexander off with troops to quell revolts in southern Thrace, which was due east of Macedon and, thus, north of the Bosporus Strait toward the Black Sea. While initially successful, he was quickly recalled by Philip to subdue Amphissa, a farming community thirty miles west of Athens. The Greeks living there had the audacity to cultivate Apollo’s sacred land near Delphi and thus had to be punished. But while in pursuit, Alexander was met by an Illyria invasion into Macedonia which he repulsed.
In 338 BCE, when Alexander was eighteen, he joined his father on a march through Thermopylae where they suppressed Theban resistance. However, while en route to Athens, the Athenians voted to league with Thebes against Macedon. The battle for control of the Peloponnese commenced in Chaeronea, just two days’ march from Athens. Philip prevailed by feigning retreat, thereby breaking the Athenian lines as they rushed into the fray. In the ensuing chaos, the Athenians were routed, making the isolated Thebans easy prey.
Every Greek city-state except Sparta capitulated, acknowledging Philip as their king. Rather than fighting, however, Sparta negotiated a Hellenic Alliance in Corinth whereby they agreed to name Philip Hegemon | Supreme Allied Commander because the stated purpose of the League of Corinth was to attack the Persian Empire.
354Their sights were set but there were some glitches on the way to war. Back in Pella, Philip married Cleopatra Eurydice, a child who was the niece of General Attalus. Since she was a purebred noblewoman, even as Philip’s seventh wife, her children’s claim to the throne would supersede Alexander’s.
The historian, Plutarch, describes the sordid affair: “At the wedding of Cleopatra, whom Philip fell in love with and married, she being much too young for him, her uncle Attalus in his drink desired the Macedonians would implore the gods to give them a lawful successor to the kingdom by his niece.
This so irritated Alexander, that throwing one of the cups at his head, ‘You villain,’ said he, ‘what, am I then a bastard?’ Then Philip, taking Attalus’ part, rose up and would have run his son through; but by good fortune for them both, either his over-hasty rage, or the wine he had drunk, made his foot slip, so that he fell down on the floor. At which Alexander reproachfully insulted over him: ‘See there,’ said he, ‘the man who makes preparations to pass out of Europe into Asia, overturned in passing from one seat to another.’”
Not as courageous as he is made out to be, our Goat fled Macedon with his mother, dropping her off in Dodona, the capital of the Molossians. This kingdom, along the Aegean Sea in northwestern Greece, is most noted for its misfortune. A century and a half from this date, vengeful Romans would enslave 150,000 Molossians in the process of annexing their land. But on this day, Alexander continued north into Illyria, which wasn’t the brightest move since he had fought against them the previous year.
Illyria was also Hellenistic, which made them unreliable – as likely to be allied with fellow Greeks as they were antagonistic toward their brethren. At the time, this kingdom bordered the Adriatic Sea in the Balkans, 355stretching from present-day Albania to Croatia and including Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Without intervening conflict or conquest, the Goat in Dany’el’s prophecy was now age twenty. Just two years after his strategic retreat, he scampered back to the fold and to his father in Macedonia.
But all was not well. This was not Camelot. The Persian governor of Caria, Pixodarus, had just offered his eldest daughter to Alexander’s half-brother, Philip Arrhidaeus. This favoritism caused Olympias to suspect that Philip was seeking to bypass her son once again. So, she had Alexander propose to the blushing bride, hoping that he would marry her before his brother could consummate the affair. Getting wind of this, Philip squashed their wedding plans, simultaneously exiling almost all of Alexander’s allies, while scolding his son. Turned out to be the wrong approach. His son didn’t take criticism well and his fourth wife wasn’t to be toyed with.
Immediately thereafter, Philip was assassinated by the captain of his bodyguards, Pausanias, while attending another wedding, this one down the coast in Aegae. And while there is no contemporary account of the coup, the most rational explanation is that it was inspired by Olympias and Alexander. The lone report of this intrigue was provided by Diodorus two centuries thereafter. He claims that Pausanias and Philip were lovers, but when Philip discarded the boy for one of General Attalus’ companions, the lover felt scorned and shamed. So, Pausanias began publicly insulting his rival for the king’s affections. Embarrassed, Attalus’ companion committed suicide, enraging the general who had Pausanias raped. This made Pausanias the perfect patsy – one Olympias and Alexander played to their advantage. But whatever the motivation, dead men would tell no tales. Moments after Philip’s assassination, as Pausanias was making his escape, 356Alexander’s men came upon him and killed him, crucifying his corpse for public sympathy.
Alexander was proclaimed king by the aristocracy and army. Then in the manner of the Greeks, and later Romans, he commenced his reign by eliminating potential rivals, executing his next of kin. Olympias also participated, having Cleopatra Eurydice and her daughter, Europa, burned alive. Perhaps, they served as Nero’s inspiration.
Alexander spared Arrhidaeus because he was mentally disabled as a result of being poisoned by Olympias. But he did not spare General Attalus, because he had insulted him. So Attalus was executed.
News of the king’s death roused Thebes, Athens, Thessaly, and Thrace to rebel – opting out of the treaty they had fashioned with Philip. With his newly inherited empire crumbling, Alexander rode off to war. He led three thousand Macedonian cavalry to Thessaly which was located in central Greece along the shores of the Aegean.
Finding the Thessalian army stretched out in a pass between Mount Olympus and Mount Ossa, he surprised them, forcing their surrender, by maneuvering his cavalry to their unprotected rear. Adding their cavalry to his own, the Goat strode south toward the Peloponnese. At Thermopylae, he negotiated an alliance before riding on to Corinth, where he was afforded the same Supreme Allied Commander title once bequeathed to his dearly departed daddy. Thereafter, Athens pleaded for peace.
Alexander’s next move was north. In 335 BCE, he marched into Thrace, which is present-day Bulgaria and Romania. There, he defeated the Thracian forces just north of the Macedonian border.
The agile Goat, now on the move, would fight the Triballi and Getae next, defeating them in the Balkans along the Danube. This would have put the Arrogant One 357a hundred miles north of Macedonia. It would be as far in that direction that he would venture away from home. From there, Alexander roamed west, returning to Illyria, bordering the Aegean Sea north of Greece. Once he defeated his previously hospitable host, the young general turned toward the rising sun. His expedition in Illyria was as far west as Alexander would ever travel. With the northern and western frontier of Macedon secure, his every move would be south and east.
Immediately thereafter, Alexander sought to suppress yet another Greek rebellion, this one perpetrated by Thebes and, to a lesser degree, by Athens. The Goat razed the city, distributing its land among its neighbors and, in the process, prompting Athens to capitulate. It was an especially vicious tactic, one which Alexander would deploy repeatedly. Fear was always the Macedon’s preferred tactic.
With Greece secure, Alexander set off in pursuit of his ultimate prize – his white whale – Darius. He would cross Hellespont (known as the Dardanelles today) in 334 BCE with just shy of fifty thousand soldiers aboard one hundred twenty ships. His army was comprised mostly of men from Macedon and other Greek city-states. Although a significant number of mercenaries and feudally conscripted men and boys from Thrace, Paionia, and Illyria were included among his warriors.
In his first largely symbolic act, the Macedon king threw a spear into Asian soil, declaring that it was his, a gift from the gods. His initial contact against an actual foe that could return his volley occurred at Granicus, near the site of ancient Troy. The battle would be waged in the shadows of the Iliad and on the Aegean Sea just south of the Dardanelles. Alexander was portraying the leading character in Homer’s story.
358This battle was notable for many reasons. A substantial portion of the opposing force, including their leader, Memnon, were Greek mercenaries. Also interesting, Alexander received a debilitating blow inflicted by a Persian nobleman as the battle began and only survived because one of his men intervened to save him. As I have shared, good fortune is often the difference between fame and ignominy.
Nonetheless, by driving his cavalry into the heart of the Persian line, the Macedonians caused it to buckle, killing the opposing officers in the process. This prompted a Persian retreat, wherein four thousand troops were killed, Immortals among them. This left the Greek mercenaries vulnerable. So, they tried to surrender, laying down their arms, but Alexander would have none of it. He ordered his infantry to systematically murder eighteen thousand unarmed Greeks, sending two thousand back home as slaves to do hard labor in Macedon. Along with the slaves, the king sent three hundred sets of Persian officer armor to the Parthenon as an oblation to Athena. It was hardly heroic.
At this point, Alexander accepted the surrender of the Persian provincial capital in Sardis, some one hundred fifty miles south of the battlefield, confiscating its treasury. He then proceeded along the Ionian coast, successfully besieging and capturing Halicarnassus. From there, he proceeded further south, securing the Aegean coast of Persia. This course of action cut the kingdom off from Aegean and Mediterranean ports and, thus, from resupply. Equally important, it negated the value of the vastly superior Persian fleet.
Now traveling due east along the southern Turkish coast in what was Asia Minor, Alexander was able to convince the academic city of Termessos to surrender without a fight. Thereafter, in the ancient Phrygian capital of Gordium, the Goat demonstrated his cunning, 359“resolving” the heretofore unsolvable Gordian Knot. It would burnish his legend. However, in reality, Alexander made no attempt to solve the puzzle. Rather than unravel it, all he did was hack the knot apart with his sword.
In Tarsus, Paul’s hometown, Alexander learned that Darius was amassing a large army in Babylon. So, recognizing that his prey would seek to deploy the Persian fleet to supply and equip his troops, he dispatched General Parmenion with part of his army to the Gulf of Issus, the one remaining Persian port in the Mediterranean. It is located just above the modern border between Turkey and Syria. At the same time, Darius was fast approaching from the southwest.
Meeting up with Parmenion south of Issus, Alexander positioned his troops in the Pass of Jonah, which Darius circumnavigated, fooling the Macedon king. Arriving in Issus unopposed, Darius promptly cut off the hands of those Alexander had left at the port. Darius also recognized that, by bypassing his foe’s trap, he had maneuvered his superior army to the Macedon rear, effectively blocking their supply lines.
Thereupon, Darius moved south and Alexander north, meeting at the Pinarus River – a battlefield far too small to accommodate the Persian army, which consisted of seventy thousand Peltasts and ten thousand each Immortals, Greek mercenaries, and cavalry. The Macedon army was half that size.
Advancing through the Pillar of Jonah, Alexander led his Companion cavalry. He set his Thessalian cavalry on the left of his Phalanx with Parmenion in command.
In response, Persian horsemen crossed the river and charged directly into Parmenion’s troops, attacking the enemy’s right flank as they had near Troy. And again, Alexander, rather than reinforcing his outmanned comrade, 360charged into the center of the Persian line, causing Darius to flee.
However, rather than pursuing and finishing off his rival, Alexander returned to rescue the portions of his army that were now vulnerable. He accomplished this by flanking the opposing Greek mercenaries. The remaining Persian troops, noticing that their king had retreated, abandoned their positions and were slaughtered as they fled. The Greek cavalry pursued them until dark, killing untold thousands.
As the battle concluded, Alexander captured Darius’ wife, his daughters, one of which he “married,” his mother, and the Persian war chest with untold riches. Distraught, Darius immediately offered Alexander a treaty which would have ceded the territory the Persians had already lost to the Goat along with a ransom of ten thousand talents ($250 million) for his family. But the Macedon king replied by saying that he was now king of Asia, and he alone decided territorial divisions.
The Siege of Tyre followed. As an island city off the Phoenician coast, it was impervious to his army. So, after squandering seven months pursuing a blockade, and sacrificing his own men, the self-proclaimed king of Asia built a causeway that enabled his army to breach the city’s fortifications. In the process, the Goat squandered so much time seeking the treasure of the city, they were bankrupt by the time his troops could loot them. Frustrated, Alexander massacred eight thousand men and boys, crucifying two thousand more on the beach. He then enslaved the remaining thirty thousand residents, mostly women and children. He would sell them off in chains as if they were his property.
Now an egomaniac and savage, Alexander was out of control. Even when Darius offered to surrender unconditionally, the Macedon refused, preferring to hunt 361him down and kill him. Darius would offer Alexander all of Persia west of the Euphrates River and a ransom of thirty thousand talents ($750 million) for his family, excluding his eldest daughter, whom he ceded to his rival. But it wasn’t enough. Nothing would satisfy the man who would be god.
The Goat proceeded to take Syria and Phoenicia next. After the horror of Tyre, most every city, community, and town en route to Egypt surrendered without a fight – with the exception of Gaza. The elevated geography and the heavy fortifications caused the Macedonian engineers to tell Alexander that the Egyptian outpost was unassailable. But Alexander, believing that he was a god, anticipated a miracle. Three assaults later and at the loss of many men, the Greeks succeeded. And as in Tyre, every man was systematically exterminated while every woman and child was sold into slavery. It wasn’t much of a legacy for the leader of a nation considered the birthplace of democracy, of political freedom, and philosophy.
With advanced billing, the Greek killing machine proceeded into Egypt in late 332 BCE. Hearing what had happened to their compatriots next door in Gaza, the Egyptians hailed Alexander as the “Master of the Universe.” He was proclaimed: “Son of Amun.” So thrilled was he with his new identity, Alexander promoted the myth for the remainder of his life. The Goat was a god, the son of Ammon. He even adorned himself with horns as a symbol of his divinity, while minting coins which portrayed the killer and enslaver of men as a god.
Leaving Egypt in 331 BCE, the murderous Goat scampered northeast toward Mesopotamia where he would defeat Darius a final time. And since we have already reviewed the prelude, tactics, and aftermath of this battle, let’s pick up the story with what happened next. Just as Yahowah’s prophecy commenced in Susa, that is where Alexander headed after vanquishing his adversary. It is in 362Susa that the Goat, who insisted that he was a god, captured sufficient treasure – billions in today’s dollars – to justify Yahowah’s prophetic reference to his wealth.
But it wasn’t enough. Alexander raced to Persepolis, where he allowed his troops to loot the city while he luxuriated in the Palace of Xerxes. Once again, he would count the talents in the city’s treasury as his own. Thereafter, he had his men burn what they could not carry away.
It was only then that Alexander decided to pursue his reluctant foe. So, the Goat chased the Ram into Media and then throughout Parthia. It was then that Darius, in the midst of trying to stir his surviving troops, was murdered by Bessus, one of his generals, depriving the Macedon of the life he most wanted to take.
Legend has it that Bessus stabbed Darius just as Alexander strode across the horizon. The reason for the myth is that Alexander would have us believe that, with his dying breath, Darius named him to be his successor to the Persian Achaemenid Empire.
Since he was now Darius’ successor, the Macedonian general gave his rival a regal and royal funeral. He did so to make the coward look heroic, thereby magnifying his own accomplishment. And there was the matter of Darius’ daughters, wife, and mother, all of whom were now part of the Goat’s flock.
With Darius dead and buried, Alexander decided to toy with Bessus. Leading his army on a grand tour of central Asia, Alexander founded a succession of new cities along the way, naming them “Alexandria,” including Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Stubborn to a fault, and overly fixated on imposing his will on others, the fleeting moments of Alexander’s life were spent chasing his foe over the mountains and through 363the valleys of Parthia and Scythia – traversing the inhospitable realms to no avail. He neither conquered the region nor confronted his new rival.
Ultimately, Bessus was betrayed in 329 BCE by the Spitamenes, a nomadic militia, who handed him over to Ptolemy for execution. This was evidently unsatisfactory for Alexander. Rather than thanking the Spitamenes, he attacked them, along with their allies, the Scythians. He would defeat both, fighting meaningless battles throughout Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. In the end, the Goat pinned down twelve hundred nomads and migrants whom he either killed or enslaved.
Impressed with himself, he began using the Persian title, Shah-an-shah | King of Kings. He changed from Greek to Persian attire. Those who sought an audience with him were required to kiss his ring and prostrate themselves to the ground in his presence.
Alexander then turned on his own. He executed one of his senior officers for failing to disclose a potential conspiracy. He even murdered the general’s father to preclude him from seeking revenge. Then he assassinated the man who saved his life during his first encounter with the Persians near ancient Troy. Evidently, Cleitus the Black did not believe that Alexander was God.
Murdering his own men grew wearisome, and so the Goat kicked up his heels and locked horns with his final foe. Alexander wanted to conquer India. He began by demanding that the chieftains of Gandhara in today’s Pakistan submit to his authority. Some complied while others refused. Never a fan of freewill, Alexander led his forces against those tribes which were unwilling to submit, encountering them in the Swat Valley.
While the Goat was wounded in the shoulder by an arrow, his troops prevailed. After days of bloody fighting, he moved on to the Fort of Massaga, where he was 364wounded yet again, this time in the ankle. Aggravated, Alexander slaughtered the entire population. After which, he buried the city. It has never been found.
Gimpy and limpy, the Goat scuffled one final time. He fought against King Porus of the Hindu Paurava Kingdom in the Punjab. The only reason was that Porus was in the way. Moving him rather than simply going around would prove costly. Alexander lost more men confronting the Hindu Paurava than in any other battle – and for nothing. While he was able to annex the Punjab into Persia, he didn’t. Instead, he gave Porus some of Persia because he liked the way he fought.
In this regard, it is interesting to note that Porus challenged Alexander to lone combat. But when Alexander took the bait and charged, the Goat fell off his horse in the ensuing duel. Then cheating the intent, the Macedon’s bodyguards intervened, rescuing their fallen leader while capturing Porus. Thereupon, the Pakistanis surrendered in the middle of a battlefield of twenty-four thousand dead and dying combatants. Both of Porus’ sons were killed that day and nine thousand men were captured and enslaved.
Alexander would rename several cities in the region after himself, but then uncharacteristically sharing the glory, he named one after his horse, Bucephalus. Yet another was bequeathed as “Nicaea,” naming it after the Greek Goddess of Victory, Nike. While this is a different Nicaea than the one celebrated by Christians, they were both named after the same Greek god, providing a telling perspective on the Nicaean Creed.
Weary of the carnage, and disgusted by Alexander’s antics, the Goat’s army rebelled shortly thereafter. The prospect of giving the booty to a defeated foe rather than distributing the spoils among the victors may also have played into the insurrection. Ultimately, the war-weary troops may also have surmised that the multitudes of 365Indians now facing them across the Ganges River were far too numerous to fight. But either way, as they glared across the river, Alexander’s army mutinied in Bangladesh.
On their long day’s journey through hell, Alexander lost a substantial portion of his army in the Gedrosian Desert in southern Iran before returning to Susa. Along the way, to keep morale up, the Goat assassinated anyone who complained. It must not have worked, because his troops mutinied again in Opis. Alexander appointed Persians in their place. When the Greeks begged for his forgiveness, the King of Kings proposed a drunken orgy where Macedonian men were coupled with Persian women.
Thereafter, Alexander returned to Ecbatana to retrieve the billion-dollar Persian treasure he had stashed there for safekeeping. But all the money in the world couldn’t mend his broken heart. Alexander’s lover, Hephaestion, died, devastating the bisexual warrior. He issued a public decree, insisting that everyone join him in mourning, as if anyone else cared that his boyfriend was no longer available.
Leaving Susa for Babylon broken-hearted, Alexander began envisioning new conquests. Unaware that there was nothing there but sand, Arabia was high on his list. Perhaps it would be immersion therapy for his men. Since they had cowered at the Ganges River at the sight of too many combatants, there wasn’t so much as a stream or horde in the most foreboding of deserts.
But it would be for naught. The Goat would die in Nebuchadnezzar’s Palace at thirty-two years of age. But dead was not forgotten. This murderous egomaniac would not leave this world unscathed. He had established Greek colonists which disseminated his worldview, his philosophy, tactics, politics, and religion, leaving a legacy.
366As we move deeper into what Dany’el was shown, we are confronted with something Yahowah revealed in the midst of His preeminent declaration regarding Satan. That presentation in Yasha’yah / Isaiah 14, when compared to what we are about to read here in Dany’el / Daniel 8, affirms that this Horn, the Beast that grew within Babylon and guided Persia, that inspired the Greeks and was personified in Rome, becoming the heart and soul of the Christian Church, its god, is none other than Satan. This realization regarding the Towrahless One is so essential to understanding his nature, purpose, and identity, we will turn to Yasha’yah 14 and allow the great prophet to explain it to us.
The spirit now manifested in this monstrous Beast, like Alexander whose legacy he guided, exalted himself above the Most High. Also consistent with what we were told in Yasha’yah, Heylel ben Shachar does not fall alone but takes a considerable number of the heavenly host with him.
“And it boasted as it grew (wa gadal – it was exalted and insolent, exceedingly arrogant, it was promoted, praised, and powerful, magnified and elevated) well beyond (‘ad – well past the point of) the host of spiritual envoys coming forth from (tsaba’ – vast array of implements and messengers serving in; from tsaba’ – to go forth, willing to battle on behalf of and serve) the heavenly realm (ha shamaym – the abode of God).
Then it brought down (wa naphal – it cast out of a higher place to a diminished position, causing the fall (hifil imperfect)) to the Earth (‘erets – to the material realm) some of the host of the spiritual realm (min ha tsaba’ – of the vast array of envoys and messengers deployed by God) in addition to some of the brightest and most powerful (wa min ha kowkab – as well as the stars of the darkness, the illuminated heavenly powers along with the luminaries in the highest and loftiest places).
367And it was the aggressor among them (wa ramas hem – it was in ongoing control of them, trampling them down).” (Dany’el / My God is Judgmental / Daniel 8:10)
No mortal man will ever have autonomy over Yahowah’s tsaba’ | vast array of spiritual implements. Therefore, the Beast who caused these mal’ak to fall is Satan – the worst of them. Recognizing this, our search for the identity of the individual who will be possessed by Satan pales in comparison to knowing the nature of the spirit possessing him. And for that, we will turn to Yasha’yah / Isaiah 14 in a moment.
There we will also find a reference to kowkab | those considered stars in this time of darkness, the seemingly best and brightest, the most illustrious and empowered. They too will naphal | be cast out and brought down. Satan will not go quietly into the night.
Most English Bible translations, slavishly parroting the familiar phrasing of the King James Version, present the impossible, that the Beast “waxed so great” that his ego brought “the stars to the earth.” What they fail to consider is not only that spiritual beings are comprised of light, we have long used stars as a metaphor to describe the best and brightest among us, the most famous and influential.
The reason Yahowah is revealing this to us at this time is because the Towrahless One does not operate alone. As was the case with Alexander and then Rome, Paul and his Church, these Beasts are aided and abetted by Satan and his fellow mutineers. Their rhetoric and deeds are inspired by the demons that possessed and embodied them.
Before we go back in time to understand what lies before us, I’d like to share a couple of additional thoughts. The reason Yahowah has described the Beast’s legacy of institutionalized religion beginning in Babylon, and then explained how it was used to inspire the leaders governing what would evolve from it, is so that we would appreciate 368how Satan expresses himself in the psyche of those who lead nations. The vestige of horrible behavior we chronicled in the life of Alexander and then Rome demonstrates why we are best served to forego religion and politics, patriotism and militarism. The history of these Beasts is the story of civilization, the consequence of man pursuing Satan’s agenda.
Second, many, if not most, of the leaders we have chronicled sought to be worshiped as if they were gods. And so, in the murderous deeds and egocentric ambitions of these men, we find a microcosm of Satan’s persona and cravings.
In two men in particular, Paul and Muhammad, we come face-to-face with the Towrahless One. They were admittedly demon-possessed, and devoted their lives to advancing the Beast’s agenda, confusing billions. They helped shape the portrait God is providing of the Devil’s Advocate.
The Goat was also an exemplar of the Beast. He proclaimed himself the “Son of Amun,” the “King of Kings,” and “Master of the Universe.” He was an absolute dictator who sought to control the world through force. Those who sought to defy his wishes or rebel against his influence were exterminated. Death and destruction were his constant companions. His family was conniving, paranoid, and dysfunctional. And in his world, the military, the government, his religion, and his economic scheme were indistinguishable, inseparable, and imposed. And let’s not forget the condescending ego.
“And up until the eternal and restoring witness of (wa ‘ad – up to the point of, to the same extent as) the empowered leader (sar – the ruler who will reign, govern, and lead (a reference to Dowd in 2 Shamuw’el 7) and also the representative of the king), he will be exalted and glorified, honored and considered greater than (gadal – 369he will seek status and acclaim, growing ever more insolent and arrogant over) the spiritual implements (ha tsaba’ – the vast array of heavenly envoys and God’s messengers who serve).
Then because of him (wa min huw’), the unceasing continuity (ha tamyd – the uninterrupted succession) will be lifted up and exalted (ruwm – it will be demonstrably and irrevocably elevated (hofal perfect)).
And he will forcibly overthrow (wa shalak – he will cast off and throw away (hofal perfect)) the site (makown – the location, foundation, place, and basis) of his sanctuary, shrine, and temple (miqdash huw’ – his sacred and holy place).” (Dany’el / God is My Means to Judge / Daniel 8:11)
This is a challenging statement to translate because ‘ad can mean many things and there are exceedingly good and bad sar. And yet, that’s the easiest part of the pronouncement to render once the identity of the sar is properly established.
In this passage, biblical translators are wont to make ‘ad mean “against.” And yet in the preceding revelation, the Aramaic version of the word was used by Dany’el to describe the Almighty, signifying that He has always existed. Moreover, the letters, Ayn Dalet, convey “eternal and forever,” “up to and until,” along with “enduring testimony and restoring witness.” Considering these many options, the safest choice is to incorporate every potential affinity into the translation. And given that they all seem to apply, it’s best not to shortchange God.
In this context, and based upon the previous statement, Satan is at the peak of his power. His veneration as the world’s greatest leader, even as God, will continue up to a point. And the terminus of Satan’s glorification will coincide with Dowd’s return with Yahowah. But since Yahowah is not a sar, the restoring witness who will bring 370order back to Earth is our Messiah and King, the Beloved Shepherd, Prophet, and Poet – Dowd | David.
Therefore, God is revealing that the spirit of Satan within the Towrahless One will be esteemed by the preponderance of people. To a greater extent than Germans venerated Hitler, he will be glorified and worshiped because he will be perceived to be the ultimate warrior, peacemaker, and God. His status among men and his acclaim among nations will be unbridled and unrestrained up to this moment.
As we progress into the second statement, we are confronted with three additional challenges. Min can be translated as “out of and from” or “as a result of and because.” Tamyd is properly defined as “continual and consistent.” It speaks of that which has “ongoing continuity and will continue uninterrupted in the proper succession of events.” And while it is used in conjunction with Yahowah’s uplifting offerings and sacrifices, they are only implied by context.
However, in this case, those references do not exist. Therefore, it would be inappropriate to extrapolate to the extent of English Bible translations. They render tamyd as if “the continuation of the offerings and sacrifices” will be “taken away.” This not only implies that sacrifices will have resumed, which will not be the case, but it also takes our attention away from Yahowah’s Miqra’ey, which the Towrahless One, along with Christians, Muslims, and Jews, has long since disavowed.
As an interesting aside, rabbis and pastors alike are all atwitter over finding and sacrificing red heifers in accordance with the discussion in Bamidbar / Numbers 19. But they don't know that the Red Heifer is a man or that he willingly offers his life on Taruw’ah to restore the mortal remnant of Yisra'el before Yahowah's arrival. Fact is, they don't know what Taruw'ah represents, much less the 371Towrah from which this prescription for living is made on behalf of the Adulterous Woman and resolving the Waters of Merybah in Numbers 5 and 20.
And that brings us to the problem with ruwm. It is an “uplifting” verb. To ruwm is to “raise up and lift up, to honor and exalt.” We do not find a negative implication such as “to take away or remove” until we are well down the line in definitions. In fact, it might be safe to say that “remove” would not even exist as the 10th definition of ruwm in lexicons if it were not to justify its use in this statement.
Adding to the intrigue, there are two relational stems associated with ruwm. These include the common hifil, where the subject causes the object to participate as if a secondary subject, and the exceedingly rare hofal, where the subject is compelled to force the object to comply with the action of the verb. Moreover, ruwm was scribed in third-person masculine singular. This means that both “it” or “he” are acceptable since tamyd is masculine singular.
These things known, when we rely upon the primary definitions of each word, Dany’el wrote…
“And up until the eternal and restoring witness of (wa ‘ad) [Dowd] the empowered leader who will govern and reign (sar), he [the Towrahless Horn] will be exalted and glorified, honored and considered greater than, growing ever more insolent and arrogant as he seeks status and acclaim over (gadal) the spiritual implements (ha tsaba’).
Then because of him [Dowd] (wa min huw’), the unceasing continuity and uninterrupted succession [of Yahowah’s Mow’ed] (ha tamyd) will be irrevocably and demonstrably lifted up and exalted (ruwm).”
This known, I’m at a loss to explain why the King James Version, the New American Standard Bible, and the 372New Living Translation proposed that wa min huw’ ha tamyd ruwm somehow conveys: “by him the daily sacrifice was taken away,” “and by it removed the regular sacrifice from Him,” or “by canceling the daily sacrifices offered to him.”
This brings us to the third and final sentence within this prophetic pronouncement foretelling Dowd’s triumph over Satan. In it, we must deal with shalak | to throw away in the hofal stem while also determining whose shrine will be overthrown. Having previously ascertained that the sar will be Dowd and that he will be deposing the Towrahless One, it follows that the Messiah will shalak | forcibly overthrow the Shrine to Satan which has been a scar upon the Temple Mount.
Not only is it implied here in Dany’el, but it is also reasonable to conclude that the location of Satan’s Shrine will coincide with the site of Allah’s trophy – the Dome of the Rock. To be worshiped as God, Satan will want his temple to tower over the site of Yahowah’s Home. And therefore, the concluding statement reads…“And he [Dowd] will forcibly cast off and throw away (wa shalak) the foundation and basis (makown) of his [the Horn’s] sanctuary, shrine, and temple (miqdash huw’).”
I do not mean to wear you out with these explanations but, instead, to equip you to conduct your own analysis. It is important for you to know that there are often many options available to us and, therefore, different renderings are permissible. And in this case, the word patterns are deliberately challenging so that these prophecies would remain unsolved over the centuries.
And speaking of perplexing, it does not get any easier with this next statement. Among the challenges, Dany’el does not state to whom the tsaba’ will be given, although I think it is to an eternity in She’owl. This interpretation is possible because tamyd does not describe what is 373specifically everlasting. While it could refer to Yahowah, His Towrah, the Beryth, or the Mow’ed, the implication here is that these wayward mal’ak | spiritual messengers are doomed to a tamyd | eternity apart from God because they revolted against His restoring witness. If so, tamyd is serving as a double entendre.
Also challenging, all three verbs were scribed in the third-person feminine singular, even though every noun, including tsaba’ and tamyd, is masculine. From this, I have deduced that the initial use of “she” pertains to the misguided ruwach | spirits who comprise the fallen tsaba’, recognizing that, while tsaba’ is collectively masculine, ruwach is individually feminine.
As a result of the Satanically led spiritual rebellion, Yahowah will send His Ruwach Qodesh | Set-Apart Spirit to the Land of Yisra’el to set the record straight. Then, just as She once did with Dowd’s nepesh | soul, delivering it to She’owl | Hell during Matsah | UnYeasted Bread, the Ruwach Qodesh will be escorting this sorry assemblage of tsaba’ to a tamyd | eternity away from God.
Therefore, while Dowd will be the man, he will be effective and succeed because of the Spirit. In this light, here is the next riddle to unravel…
“However, a host of spiritual implements (wa tsaba’ – a vast array of envoys and messengers now engaged in the battle) will be given away (nathan – she will cause herself to be offered, brought, bestowed, and placed elsewhere (nifal imperfect – the host will have done this to itself with ongoing consequences throughout time)) over (‘al – because of their opposition to) having revolted against (ba pesha’ – through this clear defiance of authority, this punishable rebellion which is offensive and out of step with what is appropriate) that which is perpetual and continuous, everlasting and unceasing 374(ha tamyd – to that which is enduring and constant, continuing into perpetuity with regularity).
Therefore, this will direct Her to come forth with (wa shalak – so this will put into motion with great intensity, initiating and setting forth a great adventure whereby She will come forth with (hifil imperfect)) that which is trustworthy and reliable (‘emeth – that which is honest and true, dependable and verifiable, firmly established and enduring, upholding and right) to the Land (‘erets – to the Earth in the material realm).
And She will act, engage (wa ‘asah – She will do what is required to profit from and celebrate (qal perfect)), and succeed, accomplishing what She strives to achieve (wa tsalach – She will be empowering and effective, obtaining a prosperous and beneficial conclusion (hifil perfect)).” (Dany’el / My God Judges, Vindicates, and Condemns / Daniel 8:12)
This begins with a warning to the mal’ak | spiritual messengers who were part of Yahowah’s tsaba’ | vast array of heavenly implements. As a result of having used the nifal stem and imperfect conjugation, we know that they will have earned their one-way trip into an eternity separated from God.
Therefore, after shalak ‘emeth | setting the record straight on Earth, righting all that has gone wrong, the Ruwach Qodesh will ‘asah tsalach | act decisively, accomplishing what needs to be done forthrightly – hauling ha Satan | the Adversary and the demonic tsaba’ into She’owl.
Hylel ben Shachar, as he is introduced to us in Yasha’yah 14, will have lured the rebellious tsaba’ away by misappropriating and twisting the only instructions they would have known up to this point in their eternal existence. To appreciate Satan’s approach, we must go back in time and read how he seduced Chawah. It is the 375same ploy Paul deployed in the Christian New Testament and that rabbis like Akiba and Maimonides have used to author the Talmud and Mishnah. It is the approach Yahowah delineated throughout Yasha’yah | Isaiah, explaining it to us with the expectation that we would use the resulting insights to avoid satanic entanglements – i.e., religion and politics, patriotism and conspiracy, militarism and the caste system.
With Satan, nothing changes. There is no originality or creativity. The superficial embellishments differentiating Muslims from Mormons, Jews from Christians, and Babylonian Polytheists from Roman Catholics are explained by the Chawah Effect. After Satan misquoted something Yahowah had conveyed, Chawah took the poisonous bait and ran with it, adding her own interpretations and enhancements. And in both cases, with Satan and Chawah, the intent was to invert reality and elevate the created such that people and mal’ak were perceived as gods.
But why? God is on record offering us everything we could possibly desire. He has provided the means to perfect us and make us immortal. He has promised to adopt us, enriching, empowering, and enlightening us to the extent that we become infinitely superior to any and every god mankind has ever conceived.
As the Covenant’s children, we will inherit the material and spiritual realms – which is everything that exists, and then for good measure, Yahowah will teach us how to create a new universe of our own making. That is all there is and more. So, even if it were possible for us to become divine, and it is not, nothing would be gained by becoming a rival god.
Furthermore, we should be more careful in our wishes. Being God is the most difficult job in the universe. And it is largely disappointing and draining as a result of His 376creation continually disavowing Him – even worshiping human constructs instead of engaging in a familial relationship.
Satan, to his credit, has been very good at being bad. Up to this point, very few have chosen Yahowah over Satan. While not as obvious or as important, the outcome is even worse among Gentiles. As a consequence of rebelling, Satan and his fallen cadre of demons, once cast out of the abode of God and down to earth, have successfully misled humankind into worshiping them as if they were gods. And as we know, their penalty for doing this will be eternal incarceration.
Driving this point home, Satan misleads through babel | confounding people by intermixing truth and deception and commingling religion and politics. He prevails through misappropriating, misconstruing, and misquoting the Towrah and Prophets, twisting and perverting God’s message to serve his agenda. Rather than conjuring up an original paradigm, he uses half-truths and counterfeits. Satan’s methodology is similar to an Escher print, with an infinite metamorphosis twisting reality to pervert our perspective. Right becomes left, and up is down, as reality is spun around and inverted with clever reproductions of familiar patterns.
The Adversary’s favorite medium is religion, although he is surprisingly effective in academia, philosophy, conspiracy, patriotism, politics, restrictive economic schemes, and within the military. His most vocal advocates up to this point have been Paul and Muhammad, Titus and Hadrian, Akiba and Maimonides, Constantine and Theodosius and, more recently, Marx and Huxley, Hitler and Stalin. Satan’s minions are summoned by the titles of pope and prime minister, rabbi and imam, pastor and priest.
In this next pronouncement, the ‘echad qadowsh | one of the Set Apart, represents a member of Yahowah’s 377Covenant family who is appalled by what he is witnessing. Then by comparison, the Palmowny is Dowd, the one we are most convinced is markedly different, illustrious and notable, ready to intercede and execute justice. The most prolific of the prophets is, after all, the one who had appeared and spoken previously.
The first individual is playing a supportive role, here to help everyone willing to listen to Yahowah and Dowd understand what will happen, when, and why it will occur. In this context, the witness, knowing the answer, is asking Dowd to share how long he is going to allow the Satanic Beast to stupefy the world regarding his nature and purpose – especially regarding his role as the Son of God and Messiah, the Shepherd and the Lamb.
The witness wants those who are being tormented by this appalling cast of characters to know that their ordeal will be resolved. However, since we jumped ahead and considered Dowd’s answer as it is presented in the 12th chapter of Dany’el, we realize that the Time of Trouble commences on the 1st of ‘Abyb in 2030 and concludes during Kipurym and Sukah in year 6000 Yah – making the answer 3½ years in total.
As we have now come to expect, the following translation differs substantially from those found in English Bibles. Most fail to distinguish between ‘echad qadowsh | one of the set apart and the Palimony which, as we know, designates the one, singular, and specific individual who is uniquely set apart. They are wont to infer that a “saint” was overheard chatting with another “saint,” when there are no saints and one phrase is clearly distinct from the other.
Second, once again, the preponderance of English Bibles render ha tamyd as either “the daily sacrifice” or “the regular sacrifice,” even though tamyd doesn’t speak of 378“daily,” “regular,” or “sacrifice.” Therefore, I’ve chosen to render it in accordance with its etymology.
There is also a material difference between the way the KJV, NASB, NLT, and JPS render qadowsh. While the word in its various forms (qadash is the verbal root and qodesh is a noun) means to be “set apart, separated and special, uncommon and distinct,” theologians prefer to convey it using religious terms such as “saints” or “sanctuary.” This is a critical mistake because there are very few things as important to our relationship with God than understanding the implications of being qodesh | set apart. When we are qodesh, we are separated from the norm, which means that we are not religious, political, or conspiratorial. We are qodesh | separated from mankind’s musings and then set apart unto Yahowah – special and distinct.
However, when this instructive term is set on its head and inverted, becoming religious, with renderings such as “saint” of “sanctuary,” the faithful remain mired in the quicksand of religious toxicity. If we want to be like Dowd and empowered by the Ruwach Qodesh | Set-Apart Spirit, we need to know what the words God is using actually mean.
“And then I chose to listen and heard (wa shama’ – of my own freewill, I decided to listen to (qal imperfect paragogic he cohortative – genuinely and literally, passionately and continually, choosing to hear)) one who was Set Apart (‘echad qadowsh – the first of the prepared and separated, special and distinctly devoted ones) who was speaking (dabar – who was communicating using words and language (piel participle masculine singular – the object is influenced by the dramatic and impassioned nature of the message being conveyed by this individual)).
The Set-Apart one (‘echad qadowsh – the first of the prepared and separated, special and distinctly devoted 379ones) said (‘amar – he asked and expressed (qal imperfect – speaking in a matter of fact and consistent manner)) to the Palmowny | Distinguished and Certain One (la ha Palmowny – to the one I am most convinced is markedly different, illustrious and notable, to the one ready to intercede and execute justice; from palah – to be distinct, separated, distinguished, and wonderfully marked out and set apart and palal – to intervene and be judgmental, ‘own – all things pertaining to, and ‘any – my) who will demonstrably bring this about through his words (ha dabar – who had and would speak about what was required to make this happen (piel participle singular masculine)), ‘How long (matay – for what duration of time) is the restoring witness (‘ad – until) of the revelation (chazown – the communication from God which allows us to be perceptive and intelligent), regarding that which is perpetual and continuous (ha tamyd – of that which is enduring and constant, continuing into perpetuity with regularity), and also (wa) the revolting defiance of authority (ha pesha’ – this punishable religious and political rebellion which is offensive and out of step with what is appropriate, this pervasive transgression and revolution), which is devastating and desolating (shamem – which is destructive and appalling, ravaging (qal participle)) to that which has been given to (nathan – to that offered and bestowed to (qal infinitive)) the Set Apart (wa qodesh – those who are separated and uncommon), which the cadre of spiritual implements (wa tsaba’ – the host of militarized envoys) has trampled (mirmas – tread upon while moving about in a creepy serpentine manner)?’” (Dany’el / God Judges and Vindicates / Daniel 8:13)
The reason for mentioning this unique witness is to encourage Yahuwdym to listen in as he explains Dowd’s role in bringing this religious and political rebellion to a fitting conclusion. He is part of the Covenant family, set apart unto Yahowah, acting as a herald to call God’s people 380home in advance of their Messiah’s return. And since Dany’el is listening to what will occur, both ‘ElYah and Yada are available to explain Dowd’s prophetic testimony.
What follows is a complicated question because it is contemplating two related things. The first portion ponders how long the witnesses conveying Yahowah’s restoring testimony will be available to expound upon this and other prophetic revelations. There is now precious little time remaining before the final decision regarding Yahowah must be made by His people, and heretofore, there has been a genuine dearth of cogent explanations.
This question specifically pertains to the tamyd, which includes a wide array of essential concepts. Yahowah, His Towrah, Beryth, Miqra’ey, and ‘Erets are all tamyd | everlasting and they are qodesh | set apart. We will be celebrating and enjoying them forevermore. Furthermore, Dowd’s reign as King of Kings will commence at the conclusion of this time and will endure uninterrupted. And as we noted previously, the penalty the demonic mal’ak will pay for betraying God and His people will be eternal incarceration in She’owl.
While it is true that the duration of the witnesses coincides with ha pesha’ | the revolting defiance of authority of this religious and political rebellion which will shamem | devastate nathan qodesh | that which has been given to the set apart, the witness here was singular. Therefore, I think what will be mirmas | trampled is the qodesh ‘erets wa ‘am | the Promised Land and Chosen People. This being so, the Witness who is currently speaking to Yisra’el about this prophecy is revealing when Satan’s Advocate will reaffirm and then impose the Two-State Solution on Israel. This narrowing of the nation at the waist between Gaza and what is errantly referred to as the “occupied territories of the West Bank,” will make Israel vulnerable and indefensible. So, while the Devil’s Advocate will rise to international prominence based upon 381his role in brokering this deal, it will immediately trigger war – with millions of combatants flooding into what remains of Israel, trampling God’s land and people underfoot. Their hope will be to turn the Two-State Solution into the Final Solution to what they view as the Jewish Problem.
If I am correct with this analysis, it will not be for another few years that the Satan Incarnate will substitute his Sabbath and Meeting Times for Yahowah’s. So now, appearing to affirm these conclusions, Dowd provides us with a third timeline…
“And he said to me (wa ‘amar ‘el ‘any), ‘For the duration of (‘ad) 2,300 (‘eleph wa shalosh me’ah) ensuing periods of darkness in the evening (‘ereb –nights of noxious foreigners, including Arabians and the gloom resulting from weaving many threads together) with the dawn of a new day, the time of enlightenment to reflect and be contemplative in the morning (boqer – times of increasing light, new tomorrows to consider what can be observed at the end of darkness).
Then the Set Apart (wa qodesh) will be vindicated as right (tsadaq – will be acquitted for being correct).’” (Dany’el / God Judges and Vindicates / Daniel 8:14)
Dowd had been asked, “How long (matay) is the restoring witness (‘ad) of the prophetic revelation (chazown) regarding that which is perpetual and continuous (ha tamyd), and also (wa) the revolting defiance of authority (ha pesha’) which is devastating and desolating (shamem) to that which has been given to (nathan) the set apart (wa qodesh) which the cadre of spiritual implements (wa tsaba’) has trampled (mirmas)?”
If we were to count evenings and mornings as separate as the response indicates, his answer was 1,150 days, or exactly 39 lunar months. This represents approximately 38 382calendar months as we observe them. However, if it is fully 2,300 days, then the answer was 78 lunar months, or just over 6 years and 3 months on a current calendar.
If we are to calculate backward 2,300 days from the seventh day of Sukah in 2033, when everything is made right again on behalf of the set apart, while the trampling of Yahowah’s eternal and set-apart land and people commenced on October 7, 2023, things will get even worse beginning in 2026 then take a nasty turn during the late spring early summer in 2027, perhaps even around Easter Sunday. It will be a black communion as the Church observes its Last Supper.
No doubt, the Towrahless One will sell his plan to diminish the size of Israel for promises of peace to Christians and the Church as the Easter Accords. As for Muslims, they will not care the title, so long as they are allowed to plunder Jews.
The moment this occurs, everything is set into motion. Those who survive will witness the rise of Satan to international prominence, the beginning of the Time of Ya’aqob’s Troubles, a flooding of Islamic jihadists into the land and ensuing terror, the fulfillment of Shabuw’ah, the return of the Witnesses, and the Great Abomination whereby all things Qodesh | Set Apart and important to Yahowah are replaced with Satan’s preferences.
Should we consider the other option, however, by referencing evenings and mornings, Dowd’s timeline could be reduced by 1,150 days. When we travel back in time 1,150 days from Dowd’s return during Yowm Kipurym on October 2nd, 2033, it means that the assault on either the Land, People, or Mow’ed will begin on May Day, the 1st day of the 5th month in 2030 – just weeks after the Witnesses arrive.
In this, the far less likely case, the Towrahless One will usurp what has become Europe’s most important secular 383holiday – even though it has religious roots. May Day is celebrated across the European Union between the spring and summer equinox to commemorate the rise of Socialist Secular Humanism and the liberation of workers. In an ode to ‘Asherah, and now the “Blessed Virgin Mary,” secular and sectarian celebrants dance around the Maypole. They also toss flowers to commemorate the Roman Floralia.
Maiouma has been celebrated by the Romans since the 2nd century. The religious holiday was initiated by Emperor Commodus to commend the Mysteries of Dionysus and Aphrodite. Not one to miss out on an opportunity to syncretize a pagan observance to gain broader acceptance, May Day has become a time to venerate the “Virgin Mary,” Christendom’s reincarnation of ‘Asherah.
Unfortunately for Christians, their translations tie this timing to the restoration of the Temple, but that is not what the words, themselves, reveal. Qodesh means “set apart” and tsadaq means “right, and thus vindicated.” Further, it’s the land and people of Yisra’el that are being trampled.
The Beast is going to baffle the religious and political. He will sound and act like one of them. They will find his rhetoric appealing and his edicts inviting. And so that you and yours are not similarly confused, here is Yahowah’s advice on the subject…
“In the third year (ba shanah shalowsh) of the reign of the ruler (la malkuwth ha melek) Bel’sha’tsar | the Lord Protects the King (Bel’sha’tsar), a communication (dabar) appeared (ra’ah) to me (‘el ‘any). I (‘any), Dany’el | My God is Judgmental (Dany’el), had it shown to me (ha ra’ah ‘el ‘any) after (‘achar) the previous one (ba ha tachilah). (Dany’el 8:1)
While I was viewing the revelation (wa ra’ah ba ha chazown), it came to exist (wa ba hayah) as I was looking (ba ra’ah), that I was in (wa ‘any ba) the fortified capitol (ha byrah) of Shuwshan (ba Shuwshan), which is in 384(‘asher ba) the Province (ha madynah) of ‘Eylam (‘Eylam). And I noticed (wa ra’ah) that I was (wa ‘any hayah) in the revelation (ba ha chazown) at the waterway (‘al ‘uwbal) of ‘Uwlay | of those led astray by foolishness rather than accept responsibility (‘Uwlay). (Dany’el 8:2)
As I lifted up (wa nasa’) my eyes (‘ayn ‘any) and was observant (ra’ah), behold, there was (wa hineh) a large Ram (‘ayl rahab), one (‘echad) standing in front of the waterway (‘amad la paneh ha ‘uwbal). And upon him were (wa la huw’) two horns (tsemed qerenym). These horns (wa ha qerenym) were high, haughty, and conceited (gaboah). But the one (wa ha ‘echad) was more self-exalting and power-craving (gaboah) than the others (min ha seny).
The more arrogant and domineering one (wa ha qaboah) ascended and rose above (‘alah) the former in the end (ba ha ‘acharown). (Dany’el 8:3)
I saw (ra’ah) the Ram (ha ‘ayl) attacking by goring (nagah) westward (yam), northward (wa tsaphown), also to the south (wa negeb). There was not any beast who could withstand (wa kol chayah lo’ ‘amad) his presence (la paneh huw’). None were spared (wa ‘ayn natsal) from his influence (min yad huw’). So, he acted (wa ‘asah) as he pleased (ka ratsown huw’). And he was exalted and became great (wa gadal). (Dany’el 8:4)
So, as I began to consider and process this (wa ‘any hayah byn). Then behold (wa hineh), a young and independent crowned Goat (tsaphyr) who was headstrong and imposing (ha ‘ez) was coming (bow’) from the west (min ha ma’arab). Yet even upon (‘al) the presence (paneh) of the entire region (kol ha ‘erets), he did not make contact with or strike (wa ‘ayn naga’) the Land (ba ha ‘erets).
385This young crowned Goat seeking adventure and glory (wa ha tsaphyr) had a prominent and conspicuous horn (qeren chazuwth) between his eyes (byn ‘ayn). (Dany’el 8:5) He came (bow’) up to (‘ad) the Ram (ha ‘ayl) possessing (ba’al) the two horns (ha qerenym) which (‘asher) I had seen (ra’ah) standing (‘amad) before the presence of (la paneh) the waterway (ha ‘uwbal). And he chased (wa ruwts) after him (‘al huw’) with a vengeance (ba chemah) while demonstrating resourcefulness and cunning (koah). (Dany’el 8:6)
I witnessed him (wa ra’ah huw’) approaching and making contact with (naga’ ‘etsel) the Ram (ha ‘ayl). He was embittered and obsessed with him (wa marar ‘el huw’). Therefore, he lashed out at the Ram (wa nakah ‘eth ha ‘ayl), breaking (wa shabar ‘eth) both of his horns (shanaym qeren huw’).
Pursuant to the Ram (wa ba ha ‘ayl), there was insufficient capability, power, or resources (lo’ hayah koach) to withstand his presence (la ‘amad la paneh huw’). So (wa), he was overthrown and humbled as he brought him down (wa shalak huw’) to earth (‘erets). He trampled and trod upon him as the aggressor (wa ramas huw’) so there was no way to spare or rescue (wa lo’ hayah natsal) the Ram (la ha ‘ayil ha ‘ayl) from his influence or ability (min yad huw’). (Dany’el 8:7)
The great young and stubborn crowned Goat seeking adventure, supremacy, and glory (wa tsaphyr ha ‘ez) was empowered, exalted, and enriched as he glorified himself and became exceptionally boastful (gadal) beyond the greatest extent thought possible (‘ad me’od).
But when he was the strongest and at the time when his empire was the vastest (wa ka ‘atsam huw’), the great Horn (ha gadowl ha qeren) was broken, and the membranes of his body ruptured (shabar).
386Then four (wa ‘arba’) conspicuously appeared (chasuwth), rising up (‘alah – ascending) in its place (tachath hy’), extending toward (la) the four winds (‘arba’ ruwach) of the sky (shamaym). (Dany’el 8:8)
Then out of one of them (wa min ha ‘echad min hem), he came forth (yatsa’) as one Horn / a solitary individual ruler (qeren ‘echad) from the least significant, the youngest and smallest (min tsa’yr).
And it grew great, magnifying itself (wa gadal) with arrogant and braggadocious speeches to those who remain (yeter) toward the south (‘el ha negeb), to the east (wa ‘el ha mizrach), and toward the most desirable and beautiful (wa ‘el ha tsaby). (Dany’el 8:9)
And it boasted as it grew insolent (wa gadal), well beyond (‘ad) the host of spiritual envoys coming forth from (tsaba’) the heavenly realm (ha shamaym).
Then it brought down (wa naphal) to the Earth (‘erets) some of the host of the spiritual realm (min ha tsaba’) in addition to some of the brightest and most powerful (wa min ha kowkab). It was the aggressor among them (wa ramas hem). (Dany’el 8:10)
And up until the eternal and restoring witness of (wa ‘ad) the empowered leader who will govern and reign (sar), he will be exalted and glorified, honored and considered great, growing ever more arrogant as he seeks status and acclaim over (gadal) the spiritual implements (ha tsaba’).
Then because of him (wa min huw’), the unceasing continuity and uninterrupted succession (ha tamyd) will be irrevocably and demonstrably lifted up and exalted (ruwm). (Dany’el 8:11)
However, a host of spiritual implements (wa tsaba’) will be given away (nathan) over (‘al) having revolted 387against (ba pesha’) that which is perpetual and continuous, everlasting and unceasing (ha tamyd).
Therefore, this will direct Her to come forth with (wa shalak) that which is trustworthy and reliable (‘emeth) to the Land (‘erets). And She will act, engage (wa ‘asah), and succeed, accomplishing what She strives to achieve (wa tsalach). (Dany’el 8:12)
Then I chose to listen to (wa shama’) someone who was Set Apart (‘echad qadowsh) speaking (dabar). The Set-Apart one (‘echad qadowsh) said (‘amar) to the Palmowny | Distinguished One who is illustrious and who will intercede (la ha Palmowny) by demonstrably bringing this about through his words (ha dabar), ‘How long (matay) is the restoring witness (‘ad) of the prophetic revelation (chazown), regarding that which is perpetual and continuous (ha tamyd), and also (wa) the revolting defiance of authority (ha pesha’), which is devastating and desolating (shamem) to that which has been given to (nathan) the Set Apart (wa qodesh), which the cadre of spiritual implements (wa tsaba’) has trampled (mirmas)?’ (Dany’el 8:13)
And he said to me (wa ‘amar ‘el ‘any), ‘For the duration of (‘ad) 2,300 (‘eleph wa shalosh me’ah) ensuing periods of darkness in the evening (‘ereb) with the dawn of a new day, the time of enlightenment to reflect and be contemplative in the morning (boqer). Then the Set Apart (wa qodesh) will be vindicated as right (tsadaq).’” (Dany’el / God Judges and Vindicates / Daniel 8:14)
I would like to honor a promise made not long ago. The most comprehensive explanation of what we have just 388read regarding Satan’s ambition and methodology is presented in Yasha’yah / Isaiah 14. Two hundred years prior to Dany’el’s prophecy, God revealed the connection between Satan and Babel | Babylon which provides us with the history and future of this Beast. Few things are as vital to understanding Satan and appreciating his involvement in religion as capitalizing upon what you are about to read.
In that the Adversary is opposed to Yahowah’s great love, Yisra’el, God’s assessment of Satan begins by putting all of this into perspective.
“By contrast (ky), Yahowah (Yahowah) will show compassion and love (racham) toward (‘eth) Ya’aqob (Ya’aqob). He will once again choose (wa bachar ‘owd) to be with (ba) Yisra’el (Yisra’el). Furthermore (wa), He will restore them within (nuwach hem ba) their own Land (‘adamah hem).” (Yasha’yah 14:1)
Yahowah is setting the stage for His return to reconcile His relationship with Yisra’el. This occasion is so important that there is a parallel account of this day in Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 31. Both prophecies are slated to be fulfilled in the Promised Land on behalf of the Chosen People during the Last Days.
God loves Yahuwdym | Jews – and that will never change, irrespective of the spurious and anti-Semitic rhetoric of the New Testament and Quran. His preference is so extreme in this regard that the Gowym who have persecuted His people will enter the Millennial Kingdom as their servants.
“Foreigners from different cultural groups estranged from Yisra’el (wa ha ger) will be indentured to them (lawah ‘al hem) because (wa) they will be assigned to (saphach ‘al) the house (beyth) of Ya’aqob (Ya’aqob). (Yasha’yah 14:1)
389Then (wa) many within the family (‘am rab) will take them (laqach hem) and bring them (wa bow’ hem) to their region and (‘erets wa) to their dwelling places (‘el maqowm hem). The house (wa beyth) of Yisra’el (Yisra’el) will take possession of them (nachal hem) upon (‘al) Yahowah’s (Yahowah) earth (‘adamah) as (la) bond servants and slaves (‘ebed) and as (wa la) maids (shiphchah).
So it will come to be that (wa hayah) those who had been their captives (la shabah hem) will take them as prisoners (shabah), and (wa) they will rule over (radah) those who had oppressed them (nagas hem).” (Yasha’yah 14:2)
While this may sound arcane to modern ears, and perhaps even cruel, consider what happens when those who deliberately abuse innocent people are forgiven. Then contemplate what these individuals were doing when they were captured and where they will be going for having sought to eradicate God’s people. For them, this is actually a reprieve, one which reveals God’s sense of justice and His love for His people.
It also sets this prophecy into the future and the end of time as we know it because this has not previously occurred. And that is interesting because one of the constant themes of anti-Semitic conspiracies is accusing Jews of seeking to control and enslave gentiles. Throughout history, it has been gentiles who have routinely done this to God’s people.
Mark your calendars for sunset on October 2nd, 2033 when Yahowah is returning to restore His relationship with Yahuwdym. Neither the religious nor the political will ever torment them again.
“It will come to pass (wa hayah), in that day (ba yowm), Yahowah (Yahowah) will restore you and provide a favorable, restful, spiritual alliance (nuwach). 390He will remove you from the pain and suffering associated with your anguishing works-oriented religious worship (la ‘atah min ‘otseb ‘atah) as well as from your turmoil and trepidation (wa min rogez ‘atah), especially from (wa min) the unyielding and cruel (ha qasheh) religious practices and required labor (‘abodah) in which (‘asher) they forced you to serve (‘abad ba ‘atah).” (Yasha’yah 14:3)
With the date set, the dividing lines drawn, the outcome certain, we are afforded the means to be on the right side when all of this comes crashing down upon a world in turmoil.
“In that day (wa ba ha yowm), you should lift up (nasa’) this particular Mashal | Comparative Word Picture and Proverb which illustrates an ethical point to provide guidance and build character while equipping you to exercise good judgment (ha Mashal ha zeh) against (‘al) the one who reigned over and influenced (melek) Babel | the Confounding Confusion of Commingling which occurred in Babylon with the Lord and through the Bible (Babel).
And you may ask (wa ‘amar) how it is in the midst of these extraordinary circumstances that (‘ek) the onslaught of the systematic and boisterous promotion of mistaken beliefs (madhebah) will subside and cease so as to observe the Shabat (shabat)?
Yet in this way, even in the midst of this (‘ek), the exploitation, manipulation, and corruption, as well as the overt desire to control and tax (nagas), will be abated (shabat).” (Yasha’yah 14:4)
The best way to avert the onslaught of religious corruption which has streamed out of Babylon over the years is to lift up Yahowah’s testimony. By reading what Yasha’yah and others have written, we are properly guided 391and equipped to exercise good judgment about how Satan uses religion to promote mistaken beliefs.
Babel is about confusing the faithful by intermixing truth and lies throughout the Bible – all with the Lord’s blessing. This is the birthplace of institutionalized religion and where gods and kings became inseparable. It is from Babel that Yahowah asked ‘Abraham to walk away before engaging in the Covenant, making this a prerequisite for being part of God’s eternal family. And it is from Babel that God’s people are asked to leave before He returns – demonstrating that its religious ways are still afflicting them.
“Yahowah (Yahowah) will break (shabar) the staff and club of religious and political oppression (mateh) – these proverbial quotes and edicts used by rulers to control people and nations (shebet mashal) which are invalid and incorrect (rasha’). (Yasha’yah 14:5)
He will strike down and destroy (nakah) these people (‘am) in righteous indignation (ba ‘ebrah) with unfailing (bilthy sarah) affliction and plagues (makah). As gentiles, they sought to subdue and control, ruling over and governing by imposing their authority and trampling down freewill to dominate the nations (radah gowym), grievously (‘aph) and systematically depriving people of their rights while persecuting them (murdap) without restraint (bely).” (Yasha’yah 14:6)
Holding people accountable for the mortal harm they have inflicted upon others is the only way to be moral, just, and compassionate. Loving parents protect their families. Any other response would be unconscionable.
As a result of doing the right thing…
“The entire (kol) Earth (‘erets) will be a home at rest spiritually (nuwach), at peace and reconciled (shaqat), restored, liberated, and bursting forth 392(patsach) in song, shouting for joy (rinah).” (Yasha’yah 14:7)
This is Sukah! For the first time since Yahowah and ‘Adam camped out in the Garden together six thousand years ago, God will call Earth home. We will explore the planet together, learn from one another, and sing uplifting songs. The Earth is now at rest, enjoying a thousand-year Shabat.
This is the story of the Covenant, but there will be those who are excluded…
“She’owl | Hell and Sha’uwl | Paul (She’owl), as the least desirable and most depressing alternative (min tachath), are anxious in anticipation, indeed, excited (rogez) to summon and meet you, announcing your arrival (la ‘atah la qara’ bow’ ‘atah).
They have been alerted and are aroused to crush (‘uwr la ‘atah) all of the departed souls (kol repha’ym) of those who have been leaders and rulers (‘atuwd) of the Earth (‘erets).
The leaders of every nation and institution, the most powerful and important individuals influencing every society religiously, militarily, and politically (kol melek) of the gentiles and nations (gowym) have established (quwm) their thrones and positions of power (min kise’ hem).” (Yasha’yah 14:9)
The soul of every world leader, whether they claimed religious, political, or military authority, is either currently incarcerated in She’owl or headed in that direction. And that makes this among the most polarizing statements presented by God.
This not only affirms that Sha’uwl | Paul lied when he wrote that all governments were established by God and should be obeyed in his overture to the Romans, it unravels the entire fabric of human history.
393There is no getting around this, no reprieve for Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, or the Church. Their leaders are all going to She’owl | Hell. All means “all,” that is all, all means.
Every world leader headed to She’owl to meet Sha’uwl, the man who was paramount in establishing the union between religion and politics, and who lied regarding God’s position on these things, is to be despised. And should you question this conclusion, read what Paul wrote in the 13th chapter of Romans.
Those who tried to upend the natural order of things, venerating creation over the Creator, will not find their diminished status and new accommodations to their liking. But given their preference for altering reality, perhaps they will redecorate Hell.
The inmates were overheard chatting with one another regarding this turn of events…
“All of them (kol hem) will respond (‘anah) and say to you (wa ‘amar ‘el ‘atah), ‘Have you also become weak and afflicted, riddled with anxiety (gam ‘atah chalah), similar to us (ka ‘anachnuw ‘el ‘anachnuw), becoming like the proverb (mashal)?’” (Yasha’yah 14:10)
Welcome to Hell… But what makes this especially unnerving is that the inmates are questioning Satan.
“Your arrogance, unwarranted status, and desire to rise above others, your lack of morality, propensity to blow smoke, and agitating self-glorification (ga’own ‘atah) have brought you down (yarad) to She’owl and to Sha’uwl (She’owl / Sha’uwl).
And at the boisterous and disquieting sound (wa ha hemyah) of your disgraceful and foolish implements (nebel ‘atah), maggots (rimah) will be spread out as a bed (yatsa’) and (wa) worms (towle’ah) shall become your covers (makaseh ‘atah).” (Yasha’yah 14:11)
394While this is an apt depiction of religious and political leaders, worms and maggots are metaphors for decomposition. This known, the message here is that Satan is bringing a pack of loudmouthed demons along with him to Hell.
We have arrived at the place we had anticipated. Out of Heaven, through Babylon, and now among Gentiles, we are introduced to Hylel ben Shachar – more commonly known as Satan. He has been cast out of the spiritual realm for having estranged souls and spirits from God by lording over them such that they bow down in submission to him.
In that every nuance we can glean from this depiction is vital to our understanding, we will capitalize on the benefits of amplification henceforth…
“This is the extent and circumstances behind why (‘ek – this is the degree and explains how) you have fallen and have been cast down (naphal – you have gone from a higher position to a lower one as a result of your contempt, allotted to the earth below, falling prostrate in worship for having failed, banished from the association as part of a miscarriage (qal perfect)) from (min) the spiritual realm of Heaven (ha shamaym) Hylel ben Shachar | Flashy and Arrogant Spawn of Darkness (Hylel ben Shachar – Brightly Shining Son of Artifice, flashy, swarthy, and boastful dawn of a new age where the truth is concealed, an early light-bearing child of the east with overtly zealous desires, conjuring and shimmering son of blackness using artifice, trickery, and illusions, ostentatious show of light predisposed to mislead and make others appear foolish as a descendant of a black and gloomy place in the east predicated upon the rising sun, crescent moon, and morning star, more commonly known as Lucifer; from halal – to shine, to be flashy, to boast, and to arrogantly seek praise, slanderous, insane, foolish, and furious, ben – son, child, and offspring, and shachar – early on to seek to cloud over and obscure in darkness during the 395dawn of a new day, relying on trickery and magic, artifice and illusions).
Having disassociated, you are cut down and cast away (gada’ – for having estranged many, you have been felled and have fallen, cut off for what has been done, ultimately silenced while subjected to enormous pressures, sent down (nifal perfect – having severed others from God over a finite period, Satan will suffer the effect of being cast down for a while then be entirely disassociated)) to the Earth (la ha ‘erets) for having overpowered and conquered through religious and political prostrations, thereby lording (chalash – for having overcome, controlling by depriving many of the capacity to avoid dying, disabling the weakened who bow down) over (‘al – among, before, and in association with) people, and specifically Gentiles, their nations and institutions (gowym – foreign and estranged ethnic, religious, and geopolitical groups apart from Yisra’el, pagan peoples acting as if they were animals, the walking dead; from gawah – arrogantly exalting humans, especially their flesh and bones, while pridefully lifting up those who have turned their backs and are walking away, the corpse and carcass of the dead).” (Yasha’yah 14:12)
Yahowah is revealing the ‘ek | circumstances behind why ha Satan | the Adversary was cast out of Heaven and down to Earth. In the initial verb, we discover that the Devil was not only naphal | cast out and banished, he was naphal | diminished and put into an inferior position. His association with God is over.
Mankind’s exposure, however, to the Arrogant Son of Darkness was just beginning as his name implies. Hylel is to be flashy and boastful, things God is not. It is to foolishly seek praise – something that God disdains and which lies at the heart of Satan’s problem. In addition, halal is to be slanderous, insane, foolish, and furious – unbecoming traits even for the Adversary.
396The reason Yahowah never asks us to praise or worship Him is because doing so would degrade God while foreclosing on the familial relationship He desires. A superior being who would create an inferior lifeform to worship him, would come across as narcissistic and pathetic. Bowing down to loved ones destroys the volition and reciprocity needed to develop a mutually enjoyable and beneficial relationship.
The desire to be worshiped, as reflected within Hylel’s name, is one of many things which differentiate Satan from Yahowah. This is the disparity between religion and relationship. It is also manifest in the distinction between lord and father.
Ben Shachar | the Spawn of Darkness is an unappealing moniker, which is why Satan’s preference is to be known as the Lord. In this name, we find the Devil using trickery and magic, artifice and illusions, to conjure a false impression. During this shachar | dawning of a new age, he will seek to conceal his jealous desires and ultimate destination – the darkness of a black hole. Shachar | has arisen out of the east, ascending from Babylon to plague the civilized world. All the while, he will be worshiped under the guise of the rising sun, a crescent moon, and a morning star – symbols which permeate the Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and Roman religions, Astrology, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.
Hylel ben Shachar is a Hellish name. And by analyzing it, we know why the Devil prefers to be called the Lord, God, HaShem, Jesus Christ, and Allah. As ha Satan | the Adversary, he isn’t going to fool anyone into worshiping him as God, which is why he goes to great lengths to disparage the Satanic title he despises.
Now that we know who he is, this is what Satan has done. He disassociated himself from God, which is the reason he was cast down. For having gada’ | estranged 397souls and spirits from the Almighty, his fate is to be silenced under the enormous pressures of the Black Hole which will serve as his eternal prison.
In the nifal perfect, gada’ reveals that, as a result of having severed others from God over a finite period of time, Satan will be cast down and then be disassociated in the place of eternal estrangement. So Yahowah has differentiated habitats. God lives in Shamaym | the Spiritual Realm of Heaven. Hylel ben Shachar’s current abode is ‘erets | the Earth – although, as we have seen, there is a timeshare arranged for him in She’owl.
According to Yahowah, Satan is guilty of having chalash ‘al gowym | overpowered and conquered through religious and political prostrations, thereby lording over people, particularly Gentiles, their nations and institutions. To chalash is to control others, depriving them of the capacity to live. The chalash are disabled and weakened as a result of bowing down in submission.
The Devil’s playground has been among the gowym | those foreign to Yisra’el and estranged ethnically, religiously, and geopolitically from Yahuwdym. As pagan people, they have acted as if they were animals, many as zombies, as the walking dead.
Recognizing that gowy is from gawah, we discover that these people tend to arrogantly exalt humans, especially the flesh and bones of the dearly departed. In gawah we also find them pridefully lifting up those who have turned their backs on and are walking away from God. Other synonyms include corpse and carcass, which bode poorly when set against the desire to live forever.
While this is particularly bad news for Gentiles, recognizing that Satan is hanging out in their midst, integrated into their governments and institutions, it is about to get far worse. Satan isn’t lurking in the shadows, maneuvering behind the scenes, or hanging out waiting for 398the next séance. Come to find out, the Devil has positioned himself as their god.
“Because (wa – and) you (‘atah), yourself, said (‘amar – you claimed and declared, expressed in words and intended (qal perfect)) in your judgment and based upon your inclinations (ba lebab ‘atah – from your perspective and reflecting your ambitions, in your thinking you have taken to heart and are resolved and determined based upon your desires; from labab – to ravish, overwhelm, and overpower, even the intelligence to encourage an emotional response), ‘I will ascend, rise up, and be continuously exalted (‘alah – I will rise above and be lifted up, I will be presented as superior and worshiped, even seen as a deity (qal imperfect)) in the spiritual realm of heaven (ha shamaym – among the stars in the sky and the abode of God), over and above (min ma’al – ascending upward beyond, greater than, as the highest part of, and because of) the stars, the most luminous in the highest places, and the best and brightest (la kowkab – the heavenly powers and great luminaries which are worshiped) of God (‘el – of the Almighty).
I will lift up and exalt, increasing (ruwm – I will place on high, elevating and magnifying in defiance (hifil imperfect)) my throne (kise’ ‘any – my seat of power and honor, my place to influence and rule by expressing my authority; from kasah – to conceal one’s true identity, hiding the information needed to understand, covering over and clothing oneself in a way which is misleading).
I will establish and inhabit a dwelling place (wa yashab – I will approach and settle upon, abiding and remaining, creating a place for people to meet (qal imperfect)) on the Mount of the Eternal Witness to the Restoring Appointments (ba har mow’ed – in conjunction with the mountains and ridgeline of the designated and authorized times to meet for the celebratory feasts and continuing testimony, to gather together and 399observe the agreement; from mow – this pertains to and ‘ed – the eternal and restoring witness, everlasting testimony, and enduring evidence, and ya’ad – to appoint and designate, to set and fix, to gather for a betrothal ceremony) in association with (ba) the distant boundaries, from the depths below to the summit above (yarekah – the remote border and extent of the space, the furthest extremities; from yarek – base of generative and procreative power) to be concealed among that which is treasured in the north (tsaphown – the left-hand side when facing east; from tsaphan – to lurk and hide one’s actual value from discovery). (Yasha’yah 14:13)
I will ascend and be continuously exalted, presented as superior to and be worshiped (‘alah – I will rise above and be lifted up (qal imperfect)) above (‘al – over) the heights (bamah – elevated places of worship, the lofty shrines and cultic platforms of pagan religious devotion) of the clouds (‘ab – of obscuring phenomenon which conceals heavenly objects from view and of that which projects beyond that which has been established).
I will on my own initiative make myself appear as if I were (damah – I will do whatever is necessary to be considered as, correspond to, and be the equivalent of, I will consistently resemble and be comparable to, such that on an ongoing basis I will be seen in the likeness of (hitpael imperfect – without support, assistance, or interference, on my own initiative and based solely on my ability and actions, I intend to tell a story such that I continually imply that I am)) the Most High (la ‘elyown – I am all things pertaining to the uppermost, the very approach of the one true God, the supreme being, greater and higher than the Almighty, rising above even God; from ‘el – God, ‘alah – to rise above, ‘own – all things pertaining to, and ‘any – I am).’” (Yasha’yah / Salvation is from Yahowah / Isaiah 14:14)
400This candid declaration may be among the most revealing and relevant statements ever made. It explains how Satan operates and where we should expect to find him – which is impersonating God – and thus the object of religious devotion.
What we have just read is the opposite of what mankind has been led to believe. Satan has been consistently taking the initiative to be worshiped as if he were God. He does not want to be perceived as the Adversary.
This being true, the god of religion is Satan. He is the Lord, Jesus Christ, Allah, and HaShem. Churches, mosques, and synagogues have been erected in his honor and for his glorification. And in them, he gets to rail against the Satanic moniker he despises, further confusing his target audience.
In context, Satan has been cast out of Heaven and is headed to Hell for having estranged individuals from God and for having lorded over the world’s political and religious institutions. This means that Hylel ben Shachar has been judged and convicted of doing what he intended. Accordingly, Satan has succeeded in his determination to rise above the spiritual realm. He is now seen living beyond the stars, as greater than the brightest and most luminous of God’s creation.
This occurred long ago. The Adversary’s throne is exalted. It is the altar in the sanctuaries of the religious. While his true identity is concealed behind all of the misleading religious imagery, it is nonetheless Satan who rules over them.
To be seen as God, Satan must act like God, which is why we find him fixated on the Mount of the Eternal Witness, which is why his grand plans for it are boorishly depicted in the closing chapters of Ezekiel. Should he be 401allowed his way, his imposing temple would level Mount Moriah and bury the entire city of Jerusalem.
And as Dowd’s Adversary, Satan is the religious alternative to Pesach, Matsah, and Bikuwrym. Up until the end, he will not care what flavor of faith a person believes, what name they ascribe to him, or what holidays they substitute, so long as they are invalid. This, however, changes on the 1st of ‘Abyb, 5997 Yah | April 3rd or 4th, 2030 at sunset when the masks are removed. Then, Satan will claim to be Yahowah.
For Satan to be seen as God, everything which would otherwise lead the observant individual to Yahowah must be obfuscated beneath a lie. This means he prevails when Allah and Jesus are associated with the Temple Mount. But for Satan to win, for him to be perceived as God, he must press the boundaries, from high to low and around the world. Therefore, his goal is to become the god of heaven and hell, so that perhaps, he might affect a different outcome than continually play what will ultimately be a losing hand.
As for that which is treasured to the north of Jerusalem, we find Europe and Rome and, thus, the Catholic Church and its Vatican – the most pervasive Beast. We also find Damascus, which was the seat of power during the Golden Years of Islam. Then, there is the Ukraine and the emergence of Hasidic Judaism. And let us not forget, Berlin was the home of the Third Reich, the birthplace of the Final Solution, and the land of the Holocaust. And when we look north, what before our wandering eyes should appear but Macedonia and the rise of the Towrahless One.
The second to last line is subtle but interesting. Yahowah had to obscure His brilliance in a cloud during the Yatsa’ | Exodus to keep from incinerating His people. But Satan isn’t so bright and will dispense with the clouds. 402He will be lifted up as a meteor set within the walls of the Ka’aba or as a god on a stick, obscured only by religious imagery.
The concluding pronouncement is among the least appreciated and understood anywhere in the prophets. Satan has been tried and convicted for having made himself appear as if he were God.
He would betray, lie, and kill, doing whatever was necessary to perpetrate the greatest fraud of all time. For most of humanity, Satan is their god. He has played humankind for fools. He has told a story, and the faithful believed him over God who inspired these words.
We know that Satan achieved his ambition because Yahowah has already passed judgment. He had a long run. Some 6,000 years after deceiving Chawah into believing that she could be like God if she would defy God, Satan will make his final debut as if he were God during the Time of Troubles. He will be eliciting mankind’s devotion between years 5997 and 6000 Yah. But alas, for the Evil One, upon Yahowah’s return, there will be no bit players. The role of false god will have been written out of the script.
“Surely (‘ak – indeed, as a matter of emphasis, immediately after the conclusion of an upcoming and subsequent period of time) to (‘el – toward, in the direction of, and into) She’owl | Hell (She’owl – place of exile, abandonment, punishment, and questioning, the abode of no return, the void; from sha’al – to question and to be questioned, to beg and to be given what has been requested and is required, indistinguishable from Sha’uwl, the failed king Saul and false prophet Paul), you are being forced down (yarad – you are brought, compelled and having no say in the matter, descending not of your own accord (hofal imperfect – Hylel ben Shachar is being acted upon, is devoid of freewill, and is compelled by force to descend 403just as the object, She’owl, is obligated to receive him forevermore)) to (‘el – unto and toward) the remote depths (yarekah – the distant border of space and time, to the far extremity and the innermost recesses) of the prison (bowr – of the dungeon of depression, the hole; from buwr – to make clear, to declare, explain, and to be given proof).” (Yasha’yah / Freedom is from Yahowah / Isaiah 14:15)
No one will have ever fallen so far. From the heights of Heaven to the innermost recesses of Hell, he became the most popular, praised, and worshiped being in history. No one has amassed more devotees or followers. Countless religious edifices have been erected in his honor. Thousands of armies have marched to his cadence. And hundreds of governments have sworn an oath of allegiance to him. His influence is unsurpassed. His scriptures have sculpted our world. And in the end, people have chosen him over Yahowah by a million or more to one.
She’owl is a prison designed to incarcerate spiritual beings comprised of light. It is remote and depressing, a dark dungeon from which there will be no escape. The closest analog to She’owl is a Black Hole, a place where light is trapped forever and never escapes.
Satan will be unmasked, and his luminosity will be dimmed, then extinguished. The spirit who sought to be God will be recast as the Adversary. She’owl will be his eternal home…
“Those who look at you (ra’ah ‘atah ‘el ‘atah – those who see you and those who are shown who you are) will stare (shagah – will look intently, observing closely so as to become better informed (hifil imperfect)) in your direction (‘el ‘atah – at you), trying to understand (byn – seeking to make the connections needed to comprehend, apprehending the information to consider (hitpolel imperfect)) how this individual (zeh ha ‘ysh) caused the 404Earth to tremble, astonished, agitated, and angry (ragaz ha ‘erets – shook up, provoked, and anguished the material realm, creating instability and turmoil, invoking fear (hifil participle)), by invoking fear within (ra’ash – by creating discord and rattling, creating commotion and chaos, thereby ruining and destroying) empires and governments (mamlakah – kingdoms and geopolitical realms, world leaders, those who claim the authority to rule). (Yasha’yah 14:16)
How (ha – why) was the world (tebel – was the planet, the expanse of the Earth, the habitats of humankind) caused to be (ha sym – set to be and made (qal perfect participle)) a lifeless place without the word (midbar – a barren wasteland and uninhabited wilderness where the declaration and promises are not considered; a compound of mah – to seek answers by asking who, what, where, why, when, and how questions about dabar – the word)?
Its cities (‘iyr huw’ – its inhabitants, villages, and towns, its shrines and temples, its anguished and anxious, and even its male asses) he left in ruins (haras – he caused the downfall and demolished (qal perfect)). His captives (‘asyr huw’ – those bound to him, his prisoners, those who are tied and obligated to him and who have sworn an oath to him; from ‘asar – to be imprisoned and bound as a result of one’s vows, allegiances, and obligations) he never released to go (lo’ pathach – he did not free, nor even respond by providing an opening to return (qal perfect)) home (beyth – the family).” (Yasha’yah 14:17)
Even equipped with God’s testimony, it is hard to imagine how Satan’s spirit, possessing a man this obviously disingenuous and self-serving, this wrong, could take the world by storm. And yet, even after bringing the planet to its knees – literally – the eyewitnesses will not apprehend what has happened to desolate the Earth.
405By possessing the Lowly and Little Horn known as the Towrahless One, Hylel ben Shachar will become the kind of god people have become accustomed to believing, worshiping, and fearing. In the image of a man, he will be like Ba’al, Asherah, and Tammuz, Zeus, Athena, and Dionysus, Jupiter, Venus, and Bacchus, especially like Jesus Christ. Moreover, the Christian Jesus and the Islamic Allah are indistinguishable from their apostle and messenger, the alter ego of Paul and Muhammad. Mix in a little Nero, Caligula, and Hadrian, some Akiba, Rashbi, and Maimonides, Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, add a demonic dash of the Devil, and you will have your Towrahless One.
Like the three more recent examples, the Devil’s Advocate will be a terrorist, using fear to agitate and anguish. He will create discord and chaos while claiming to be the great unifier. But in the end, everything he touches will be left in ruins.
While God is only interested in His people and in those who are harassing them, Satan is presented destroying the tebel | world – turning the planet into a lifeless realm where nothing survives his caustic influence. He will sway governments around the globe, invoking fear across geopolitical boundaries.
While Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome subjugated great swaths of real estate, it wasn’t until the Beast metastasized from Imperial Rome to Roman Catholicism that the entire planet was plagued by its totalitarianism, anti-Semitism, and persecution. So based upon what was revealed here in Yasha’yah and in Dany’el, addressing the same individual and timing, the Lowly and Little Horn will draw authority from the Roman Catholic Church and from the European Union. The Towrahless One, while an actual person, will be demon-possessed well beyond what the world witnessed in Paul or Muhammad, Stalin or Hitler. Satan will wear him like a skin.
406Moreover, while this will be a worldwide phenomenon, the final Beast will set his sights on Israel, Judea, Jerusalem, the Temple Mount, Jews, and their God, Yahowah, His Towrah, Miqra’ey, and Beryth. And his influence will be catastrophic. If not constrained by God, the planet would become lifeless – a barren and uninhabited wilderness. For this to occur, and be his responsibility, there must be a world war, one which ends in a nuclear holocaust. And we are getting closer every day in the Ukraine and Iran.
Even though he will go down in flames and be exposed as the great deceiver, there will be no release for the spirits and souls who will have foolishly pledged their allegiance to him. There will be no going back, no begging for forgiveness, and no changing sides at the eleventh hour. This is to say that, as we near the end, everyone will be seen as friend or foe, with Yahowah or against Him.
With everything in ruins, there will be no going home for those who have chosen poorly. And that is why we are working diligently now to encourage Yahuwdym to answer Yahowah’s final offer to return before it is too late.
“Each of (kol – all of) the rulers (melek – the leaders, the heads of government, the political, social, religious, and military authority figures) of the gentiles and their nations (gowym – of the ethnicities distinct and estranged from Yisra’el, the geopolitical associations of people who act on their animal and religious instincts), all of them (kol hem), have been laid to rest (shakab – are horizontal, laying down) glorified and honored (kabowd – attributed status and surrounded by their possessions), each individual (‘ysh) in his own household (ba beyth huw’ – within his own family lineage).” (Yasha’yah 14:18)
Nations have built elaborate tombs, with some like America erecting shrines, to their fallen leaders. Mitsraym | Egypt set the standard for this rite of passage. But no 407matter the size of the memorial, even if as massive as a great pyramid, the former Head of State is dead. And that is the point.
Sadly, the most crazed today when it comes to venerating their deceased are none other than the masters of religious malfeasance – rabbis. They orchestrate great pilgrimages each year to honor those who deceived them – even if it requires risking their constituents’ lives by sending them off to a war zone. Stupid is as stupid does. They even wear black outfits to observe the anniversary of their funerals.
Speaking to the god of religion, Hylel ben Shachar, and likely also to those who leagued with him, Yahowah says…
“You (wa ‘atah), yourself, will be forcibly cast out (shalak – you will be thrown out in compulsory fashion, and with no say in the matter hurled away (hofal perfect – the rejection will be intense and obligatory at this moment)) from (min) your death and grave (qeber ‘atah – your sepulcher, burial, tomb, and the specter of dying) like (ka – similar to and in the manner of) a loathed and rejected (ta’ab – an abhorred and despised, vile and repulsive, abominable and desecrated) offshoot (netser – secondary or tertiary branch, shoot, scion, stick, graft, implant, or twig), clothed, wearing (labuwsh – adorned and covered with) the slain and slaughtered (harag – those intentionally murdered and viciously killed), those pierced (ta’an – those struck and thrust through) by war, cut and severed by the sword (chereb – severed by that inscribed in the place the Towrah was revealed), descending (yarad – bowing down prostrate while going down) to (‘el – toward) the depressed prison (bowr – the hole, dungeon, shaft, and pit) akin to (ka – like) a corpse (peger – a carcass, a dead corporeal body or lifeless idol) which is rejected (buws – kicked out and forbidden).” (Yasha’yah 14:19)
408With this statement, Yahowah is reinforcing the fact that He is not going to forgive and forget. The Adversary and his religious, political, and military accomplices are seen as so vile, even the Earth will reject them, spewing their bodies out of the ground. They will not be granted a reprieve in death but will instead be sent off to an eternity in She’owl.
As we consider Yah’s next pronouncement regarding Satan’s fate, and that of the multitudes he beguiled, God is revealing that Hylel ben Shachar will precede his followers to their demise. Therefore, based upon what we have read in Dany’el, while the Witnesses will be assigned the responsibility of judging and convicting the worst of men over the course of 5 and 40 days, holding them accountable, Yahowah will quickly and personally dispense with Satan. Yes, they will all be headed to the same place, just not at the same time.
“You will not be joined at the same time (lo’ yachad – you will not be united immediately) by them (‘eth hem) in burial (ba qabuwrah – where the dead are interned) because (ky – for the reason that) you have corrupted and destroyed (shachath – you have perverted, sullied, spoiled, and ruined, confounded and devastated, turning it into a slime pit, a putrid swamp of decay, a cesspool for the decomposing) your world (‘erets ‘atah – your land, region, and realm).
Your compatriots and followers (‘am ‘atah – your people and nations, your countries and armies), you have intentionally slaughtered and viciously slain (hereg – you have murdered).
The offspring (zera’ – descendants and progenies, children and posterity) of evil (ra’a – of deliberately misleading and harmful shepherds, of displeasing and noxious individuals, of the injurious and wrong) will never be invited nor called out, remaining unwelcome (lo’ 409qara’ – will not be received or acknowledged, encountered or mentioned) for all eternity (la ‘owlam – forevermore, for an unlimited duration of time).” (Yasha’yah / Freedom is from Yahowah / Isaiah 14:20)
Once again, Satan stands convicted and condemned, which means that throughout the millennia he has convinced the religious that he was God. And by the time this nightmarish scenario ends, billions of souls will have paid the ultimate price. They will have succumbed as a result of not recognizing that they were being played for fools. The god that Christians, Jews, and Muslims believed would save them, condemned them.
Zera’ | seed speaks of many even when reported in the singular form. And in this case, the offspring of what Satan has sown by impersonating God will eternally preclude the religious from entering Heaven. Those beguiled by the Lord will remain persona non grata relative to the Covenant, permanently estranged from Yahowah. And based upon this warning in Yasha’yah | Isaiah, the most widely published and recognized of all prophets, while there are many to blame, those headed to Hell are without excuse.
The myth that God wants to save everyone has been shattered. Moreover, we now know that She’owl | Hell will be a very crowded, popular, and overtly religious experience.
We came to this prophecy to better understand the parallel presentation in Dany’el. And clearly, Yasha’yah has delivered. We have seen that Satan inspired the religious appeal of Babel / Babylon abetting the Confusing Intermixing within the Lord’s Bible which would be passed on through Persia, Greece, Rome, and her Church. Hylel ben Shachar | the Flashy Spawn of Darkness has prevailed 410when he should have failed. And while he has preyed upon humanity’s ignorance, there is a cure.
