"FOR YET the end shall be at the time appointed." That is the decree of the great Decider of times, with whom there is no change of his own appointments. (Daniel 2:20,21; Malachi 3:6) The tremendous issue at stake is universal domination, and the time schedules of "the king of the north" and "the king of the south" are inaccurate and unreliable, and shall never be carried through, either in time or in the events scheduled. The prophecies of the One who knows the end from the beginning are sure and dependable. Exactly at His appointed time they come to pass. When they are fulfilled or are in course of fulfillment he calls it to the attention of those who fear him and opens the understanding of those who are devoted to his Theocratic
Government and looking for its establishment. He is his own Interpreter of prophecy.
Contrary to the schedules and the wishes of "the king of the north" and "the king of the south", in A.D. 1914 the time limit fixed by Almighty God to the "times of the Gentiles [the nations]" was reached. There Satan's "world", or uninterrupted rule without divine interference, ended. That was therefore "the end of the world". It marked also the beginning of the "time of the end" for Satan's organization invisible and visible. There was immediately "war in heaven". That was invisible to human eyes. Was there any visible fulfillment of prophecy to prove and show it? Jehovah's great Prophet Jesus was asked for such visible evidence, in these words: "What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" His inspired answer was: "Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows." (Matthew 24:3,7,8) "The king of the north" and "the king of the south" were the two leading opposing combatants in that world war of 1914-1918. But who are these "kings"?
In chapter eleven of Daniel's prophecy concerning the "time of the end" the term "king" does not mean the totalitarian dictator of Germany, the pope, or other individ-
ual. "King" is the symbol of a world power, and this accounts for the fact that Daniel's prophecy shows that these two "kings" would fight, for centuries, until the FINAL END in our day. During that time "the king of the south" has been Egypt, the first world power, and her allies. In the nineteenth century the British Empire became involved in Egypt by reason of the Suez Canal and imperial matters. When the World War broke out Britain set up a Protectorate over Egypt, which protectorate has been replaced by a military alliance in 1936. The United States of America went into the World War on the side of Egypt and Britain. Therefore when the "time of the end" began, in 1914, "the king of the south" meant, and it still means, the world ruling-power that claims the right to rule and does rule in the name of democracy. It is therefore the rule by creatures, presumably the people, in contrast with The Theocracy, which is the direct rule by God Almighty through his King Christ Jesus, the Seed of God's "Holy Covenant".
In the days of the Caesars and thereafter the great opponent of Egypt was the world power of Rome. Therefore "the king of the north" was Rome, which became Papal Rome, this Papal Rome later becoming the heart of the "Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation". This religious empire is what Vatican City now seeks to re-
store by means of totalitarian dictators, thereby to exercise world domination from the Vatican. In 1914, history shows, "the king of the north" included the Central Powers, or imperial Germany, Roman-Catholic Austria-Hungary, Roman-Catholic Italy, and the Vatican and its Hierarchy at Rome, which Hierarchy the war developments proved was working in collusion with Germany. In fear and for selfish gain Italy for a few years lined up with Britain in the fight, but after the setting up of a Catholic dictator in 1922 Italy returned to the "king of the north" combine and till today it is one of the "Axis Powers". Japan has also entered the "king of the north" combine by the side of Italy and Germany; and on March 28, 1942, the pope opened diplomatic relations with Fascist Japan, thereby rounding out his relationship with totalitarian Nazis and Fascists. Therefore today "the king of the north" is the religious-totalitarian world-power which claims the right to rule the earth in an absolute way. That "king" also violently opposes The Theocracy.
The prophecy correctly foretold: "And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed." (Daniel 11:27) There are only two tables, "the table of the demons" and "the Lord's table". (1 Corinthians 10:21) Lies are not told at the Lord's
table, and He does not invite to his table those who are part of this world, which is his enemy. Satan, the prince of the demons, is the father of lies and is the prince of this world, said Jesus. (John 8:44; 14: 30) This explains why "both these kings" are set against Jehovah's Theocracy. Prior to the World War they were speaking peace to each other and the world, but were planning for just the opposite, in jealousy of each other. Their greatest untruths, however, were against God Almighty and his purpose to bring the "times of the nations" to an end in 1914.
"The king of the north" was for a return to the old arbitrary rule such as obtained during the Holy Roman Empire. He set his heart against the "holy covenant" of Jehovah. That covenant of Jehovah is his own sworn promise and guarantee to set up The Theocratic Government with Christ Jesus to rule the world. That covenant Kingdom was preached by Jehovah's devoted servants in the realm of the "king of the north" combine, particularly in Germany, prior to 1914. They also announced the ending of the Gentile Times that year. However, that "king" went ahead with his own plans for the world domination by him instead of by Christ, and that same year the World War broke out and the northern "king" came against "the king of the south". "At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south: but
it shall not be as the former, or as the latter." (Daniel 11: 29) In ancient time the northern "king" triumphed over his southern rival; but this latter conflict, the World War, was not as those former wars. This time the Vatican's champion lost!
Britain is an island, like Chittim, or Cyprus. Cyprus was first ceded to Great Britain, and then was annexed by her in 1914. The ships and war vessels of Britain and of her ally America were a major factor in defeating "the king of the north", bringing him to grief. "For the ships of Chittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant." — Daniel 11: 30.
After his defeat republics were set up in Germany and Austria and Czechoslovakia and Poland. Then Jehovah's witnesses preached the Kingdom gospel freely from end to end of those lands. Democratic government and the Kingdom preaching greatly incensed the religious member of "the king of the north". In his indignation against Jehovah's "holy covenant" for The Theocracy, that religious power organized "Catholic Action" in America and set in motion the Fascist movement in Italy and the Nazi movement in Germany, resulting in great opposition to and persecution upon Jeho-
vah's covenant people. This was done to return the realm of "the king of the north" to arbitrary rule under Vatican dictation. The republics of Germany and Austria were overthrown; dictatorships were installed; the corporate state was set up. Then the dictators had intelligence with the Roman Catholic Hierarchy. She claims to represent God's holy covenant, but has forsaken it for political ambitions in this world. In 1929 the Fascist dictator entered a concordat, or political-religious deal, with the pope whereby the political state of Vatican City came into existence, and Italy's dictator became an avowed Catholic. As soon as the Catholic Nazi leader seized dictatorial power in Germany he also made a concordat with his backer, the Vatican, and then the Inquisition against Jehovah's witnesses began. Next, down went the Spanish Republic at the hands of a traitor, and the dictator who destroyed that democracy with the aid of the concordat partners of the Vatican the pope pronounces to be "a Christian gentleman". Now a concordat is under negotiation with that blood-doused "gentleman". How was all this done? Note how.
"And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." (Daniel 11:31) Those "arms", or helpers, included America and Britain,
who aided Germany financially and economically and by the appeasement plan to get back on her feet as a world power; which these two helpers now realize to their sorrow. Jehovah's witnesses exposed the scheme of the Vatican to use "the king of the north" to grab the world domination. These witnesses represent Jehovah's "sanctuary of strength", which is his holy Theocracy. To Him they offer daily the sacrifice of praise to his name and Kingdom and refuse to heil or worship dictators. Therefore the religious-totalitarian "king" acted to "pollute" or destroy these servants of that "sanctuary of strength". He took away their right and freedom to offer the "daily sacrifice" and dissolved the mid-continent branches of the WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY.
The victorious nations of the World War, elated with success and filled with their own schemes to rule the world, ignored the end of the Gentile Times in 1914 and that Christ Jesus had then been enthroned and was Rightful Ruler. Rejecting his kingdom, they set up the League of Nations, which in America the Federation of Churches called "the political expression of the kingdom of God on earth". That League was therefore abominable to God and was the first manifestation of the "abomination that maketh desolate". Members of "the king of the north" also were taken into that League. The pope tried to climb on top of it, but that
creature or "beast" distrusted the pope's motives and bucked him off onto the ground.
So the unseated religious potentate schemed the restoration of the old Holy Roman Empire by means of the "king of the north" dictators. The totalitarian instruments were now available. Now was the time to carry out the designs long harbored by the pontiff and his Hierarchy. They must wipe out the effects of the Protestant Reformation which had resulted in establishing two great bulwarks of liberty and Protestantism, namely, Great Britain and America, and also in the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648 bringing religious toleration. They must wipe out the effects of the French Revolution with its republican separation of church and state in France. Also the effects of the 1919 Versailles Peace Treaty must be wiped out with its creation of new European republics and of the British-dominated League of Nations. In line with the objectives of the Papacy, the totalitarian dictators withdrew from the League, desiring no longer to be hamstrung in the all-out effort to do the will of the Hierarchy and to gain world domination by formation of a "new League of Nations". By the "good old-fashioned" Dark Ages way of fire, sword and crusade should this be done, with the new feature added of a world-wide religious "fifth column". Such progress was made that on November 20,1940, a formal alliance
was signed between Germany, Italy, Japan and Hungary at Vienna, and on November 23 Rumania signed up at Berlin. The very next morning, in a broadcast from Vatican City to the Catholic population, the pope publicly prayed for the setting up of the new order of things, at which prayer responsible Fascist Italian circles expressed much satisfaction. This was nothing but the appearance of the same "abomination of desolation" in a new dress, but in a more abominable form.
"And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits." (Daniel 11:32) The religious clergy who claimed to be in the covenant for God's kingdom did wickedly against that covenant by persecuting and obstructing the messengers of God's kingdom and by making alliance with dictators in the selfish ambition to control the world and to Catholicize all nations by force. Such wicked religious opposers of God's covenant the political element of "the king of the north" corrupted by flattering the religious element with protection and favors and by support financially to the religious organization and by promises to fulfill the dream of a restored Holy Roman Empire. Jehovah's witnesses, however, have learned to know God through his revealed Word and his dealings with them, and they yielded neither to
flattery, nor threats, nor persecution. They were strengthened to stand up against the anti-Theocratic totalitarian powers and hold fast their integrity toward God, and they did unheard-of exploits in the advertising of the name and the kingdom of God in all nations, exploits possible only by God's power and blessing.
"And they that understand among the people shall instruct many; yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days." (Daniel 11: 33) Jehovah God had now begun to speak to the Job class out of the storm and to give them understanding. He had raised up his Elihu remnant with wisdom from on high, and these Jehovah anointed with his spirit and sent them forth as his witnesses to go from house to house and from place to place as Jesus and his apostles did, and to instruct the meek or teachable persons of good-will. This world-wide campaign of educating the people in the understanding of Jehovah's purpose was bitterly condemned and fought by the religious counterparts of Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. The Job class, Jehovah's witnesses, were made to stagger under the cutting sword of violent opposition and persecution; the flame of religious intolerance and public roastings in the press, and courts and over radio; the forcible seizures of their persons and consigning them to prisons and concentration camps; and the spoiling of
their branch offices, their publication houses, their private homes and properties, their God-given rights as peaceful, law-abiding Christians. The Hierarchy and other clergy have tried to conceal their responsibility for these shocking cruelties upon faithful servants of God. But the truth has broken through to the light, and all lovers of right and of true democratic principles are disgusted with religion and see in the Hierarchy and her totalitarian organization the principal foe on earth of truth, human freedom, and worship to God in spirit and in truth. The religious-totalitarian sword, flame, captivity, and spoil will yet increase. They will end only when Armageddon ends them.
"Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries." (Daniel 11: 34) Jehovah God is the great Helper of his servants in affliction, when human help cannot be gotten through. However, he is pleased to let honest persons show their good-will and love for God by extending what little help they can to his persecuted witnesses. Prom such helpful ones of goodwill the Lord is now gathering his "other sheep", and these are placed on the right or favorable side of his judgment throne. They receive his blessings of truth and the privileges of serving him and shall receive protection during Armageddon and be ushered into the Kingdom blessings to follow. The
enemies, like goats, are gathered to the unfavorable side in the judgment of the nations now under way. The religionists, who flatter themselves with many self-invented, presumptuous titles, fail by violent means to make Jehovah's witnesses fall prostrate in the dust and quit and to "curse God" and break their integrity. Hence the religionists cleave to them with flatteries, trying to make them compromise with the world and receive its approval and then in turn praise, heil and idolize the religious-political rulers.
"And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed." (Daniel 11: 35) Jehovah's witnesses understand the demon origin of religion and are not religionists, but worship Jehovah God. The public press and religious publications lie about them and roast them. There are religious groups whom the public press reports as resisting some of the demands of "the king of the north" and suffering therefor. Such ones are, however, not the ones meant in the prophecy here, because those religionists are part of the world. They prove it by siding with "the king of the south" in his plan for world domination and hence are opposed to Jehovah's Theocracy and its witnesses. Under the crushing load, some who are identified with Jehovah's witnesses stumble and fall away completely. This provides a great
test and trial of the faithful, but by this means of judgment the Lord at the temple purges out all undesirables from among his consecrated servants and makes those white in purity of devotion who hold faithful to The Theocracy. Clear through the "time of the end" shall this testing and judgment run, and then, at God's appointed time, the FINAL END shall come upon both "the king of the north" and "the king of the south" and those yielding to and serving them.
Further foretelling the course of conduct of the religious-totalitarian "king of the north" Daniel 11: 36 reads: "And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done."
For centuries the religious element of "the king of the north" has exalted himself at Rome, ruling there as a political, religious monarch, suffering only a partial political eclipse from 1870 to 1929. He has also claimed to "stand in the place of God on earth" and to be the so-called "vicar" or "vicegerent" "of Christ". Now after the aggressions of the Axis Powers have plunged the world into total war the Vatican City ruler is pulling the strings to exalt himself to be mediator or arbitrator at the coming peace conference and to be the pattern-maker
of what he calls a "New Order founded on moral principles". To this end he receives the "personal ambassador" from the United States president, from and after December 23,1939. Like their religious partner, the Axis Powers dictators also exalt themselves, above every "god" (or mighty one) in politics, science, education, labor, commerce, the law and courts, social affairs, and military power. They accept the heils and idolatrous worship of men and exalt the state above Almighty God and his law. They persecute Jehovah's witnesses and speak marvelous blasphemies against Jehovah, who is God over all gods. Though this religious-totalitarian self-exaltation has gone on and continues yet for some time, be assured that the Righteous God has indignation and that he has determined to express his indignation in vindication of His name. This "shall be done", as he has said!
Remember now Jehovah's statement in Eden to that old Serpent the Devil, to put enmity between the Serpent and the "woman" and between the Serpent's seed or offspring and the woman's seed. "The king of the north" is of that seed of the Serpent, and concerning that "king" Daniel 11: 37 adds: "Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all." The word "women" here does not refer to the nuns who go about in queer dress col-
lecting money, nor to the wives of the dictators or other women with whom they are seen in public. "Women" here is symbolic, as are other words in this prophecy. In ancient days before Christ Jehovah God used chaste women who were wives of the faithful witnesses to symbolize God's "woman", His universal organization that brings forth The Seed to crush the Serpent's head. The desire of such faithful women of old was for children for God's service and for the vindication of His name. — Genesis 30:1-3; 16:1,2; 1 Samuel 1:2, 7-28.
"The desire of women" means the seed or offspring desired by Zion, God's "woman", who was pictured by those women of old. The chief seed desired by God's "woman" was the "man child", symbolizing God's kingdom and its King Christ Jesus, who crushes the Serpent. God's faithful remnant today on earth are called "the remnant of her seed", and these the great leviathan dragon wars upon. (Revelation 12:1-5,13, 17) "The king of the north" has no regard either for the "man child" Kingdom of God or for the remnant, but tries to destroy both. He magnifies himself above all mighty ones, and worships not Jehovah God, whom at least the earliest "fathers", so called, of "Christendom" imperfectly tried to worship.
"But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces; and a god whom his fathers knew
not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things." (Daniel 11:38) "The king of the north" honors and worships not God's kingdom. He idolizes the new-model "image of the beast", the totalitarian-religious League. It resorts to "forces" and compels the people in violence to their conscience and conviction to submit to the "Corporative State", which combines religion and the totalitarian dictators. That is a god or mighty one which the "fathers" or those of earlier days did not know. The religious element of "the king of the north" conceived the design of that type of political-religious state, and it also supplies the dictators gold, silver, precious stones and other agreeable things to help establish such an idol-state. The political element of the "king" also invade every domain of life and also territories of other political states and countries and grab everything possible of value in order to offer such to the building up and support of that coercive state, "the god of forces." The people are losing their "pleasant things" as a result!
"Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain [for a price (margin)]." (Daniel 11: 39) Among a free people what are those "most strong holds", or "strongest fortresses" (Am. Rev. Ver.)?
The sanctity of the home devoted to God and Christ his King; the schools that teach the children obedience to "parents in the Lord", and which parents walk in the way of righteousness and bring up their children "in the nurture and admonition of the Lord"; also the honest, tolerant masses of the people who have regard for and protect the liberties of all who do right; and the freedom of speech, of assembly, of the press, and of worship. The religious element and "fifth column" of "the king of the north" are in all lands, and that 'northern king' has invaded the "strong holds" in all of the democracies, including America, and he tries to have his "strange god" acknowledged everywhere. He has declared war to exterminate what he calls "the plutocratic democracies" and all capitalistic nations with liberal governments not dominated by the pope.
To fulfill his wicked ambition the "king" continues to invade all the strongholds of education, home, channels of publishing information, freedom of worship and assembly, and independent courts of justice. After his conquests he causes subordinate officers and "Quislings" to rule over the robbed and overpowered ones. After Columbus discovered the islands off America the pope drew a "line of demarkation" on the map dividing the new land in two and assigning one side to Spain and the other side to Portugal; and today "the king of the north" like-
wise divides the land for gain to himself, each element in his combine having to pay the "price" demanded for what is divided off to him, a price that degrades him.
Can we know for a certainty that the world is near the FINAL END, as Jehovah's witnesses confidently point out? Note further the prophecy: "And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over." (Daniel 11:40) To a humiliating degree the democratic, liberal "king of the south" followed the appeasement policy toward the demands and aggressions of "the king of the north", but in August, 1939, the southern "king" called a halt. At his rival's next violent move he went into action against - him, September 3, 1939. The whole world now knows what followed. Blitzkrieg by "the king of the north", blood-chilling, nerve-shattering air-bombing attacks, mechanized mobile warfare, the Trojan-horse of the "fifth column", sea raiders, submarine prowlers, undeclared "stab in the back" war moves, devilishly cunning coordination of all working parts, "like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships." Poland crumples in eighteen days; Norway, Denmark, Luxemburg, succumb overnight; the dikes of the Dutch prove un-
availing; republican France goes down and a devout religionist is put in as chief of state and the Vatican's representative for France declares it means the dawn of a new day for France and of the whole world, yes, with democracy down and out! More entries into countries and overflowing: Russia, puny Greece, Yugoslavia, Indo-China, Thailand, the East Indies, Singapore, Rangoon, and Pearl Harbor and Manila Bay; you know the fuller story thereof.
"He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown; but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon." (Daniel 11:41) Some Bible commentators have inclined to think the "glorious land" here mentioned to be the United States; but not so! This expression God's Word uses to mean the earthly condition of His witnesses who show forth Jehovah's glory and the glory of His Theocracy which they proclaim. This is the "glorious land" which "the king of the north" has invaded to suppress their Theocratic message, even in the territories of "the king of the south" where the 'northern king' has his "fifth column" and other tools who are indoctrinated with his religion. He does, however, desire to overthrow that citadel of democracy and bulwark of "Protestantism", the United States; and the grave and increasing danger is realized by the informed
who know the real objectives and the real power behind "the king of the north", namely, the religious Hierarchy, and, behind all, the demons! Recall, now, that Job's persecutor Eliphaz was a descendant of Edom, or Esau, and it becomes clear why Edom here pictures organized religion that lines up with the ecclesiastical element of "the king of the north". Edom's distant cousins, Moab and Ammon, compare with Zophar and Bildad, and in prophecy they picture commercialism and politics. The German Catholic dictator declares a "crusade against Communism" because Russia does away with private capitalism; yet the Fascist Corporative State shields capitalistic corporations, and the Nazi gangsters are greedy capitalists, and Vatican City is the greatest capitalistic system in the world's history. And politics of the totalitarian, hierarchic-state class, such too "the king of the north" lets escape overthrow.
"He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries; and the land of Egypt shall not escape." (Daniel 11:42) What nations have not felt the power of his "hand"? All free peoples try to strike down or push back that hand of printed or radio or whispering propaganda; "fifth column" agents, including those priests wearing the robes of the poongee in Burma (N. Y. Times, 4/10/42); the submarine packs; the airplane armada; and other means of making his power felt
abroad and afar off. The literal land of Egypt stands in great dread; and shall it fall to "the king of the north"?
Here in the prophecy "the land of Egypt" is used symbolically, like Edom, Moab and Ammon. Egypt was anciently the seat of "the king of the south"; but here the prophecy does not mean that the democratic, liberal "king of the south" shall suffer final military defeat in the war for world domination. Prophecy uses "Egypt" to mean the world with its religion, politics and commerce, and, there, it means that part of the world not directly subject to "the king of the north". Nor have the nations of that part of the world escaped the assaults and effects of that aggressor. Their commerce and economics are sorely hit and strained, food-rationing is necessary, total mobilization is enforced, the features of peace-time society disappear, and the power to regiment all is centralized into fewer hands. The demons consider no military defeat is absolutely necessary, but that if by the pressure and terrifying threats from "the king of the north" they can force "the king of the south" to resort to the same forms, systems and methods as the totalitarian aggressor, then a real victory has been gained, especially for the religious element of "the king of the north". Then the demons can and will take care of the rest in postwar times.
"But he shall have power over the treas-
ures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps." (Daniel 11:43) Again the names here are symbolical. Besides the seizure or conscripting of literal gold and silver and other wealth, "the king of the north" tries to exercise power over the treasures of the Bible, more precious than gold and silver, and which Jehovah's witnesses hold forth to the people. Jehovah's witnesses are in Scripture likened to precious vessels in God's kingdom service, and these vessels of divine service the "king" seizes bodily and mistreats. Egypt's (the world's) precious and desirable things he goes after and gains power over. The ancient Libyans and Ethiopians were neighbors, allies and mercenaries of Egypt. Their going in the "steps" of that "king of the north" means that in the lands of "the king of the south" there are those elements who are willing to follow the Hierarchy's example and do business with the Devil himself if it means selfish advantage to themselves. They are quite willing to submit to and follow after totalitarian rule if it means commercial and religious benefit to themselves. They do service to the 'northern king' by fighting Jehovah's witnesses.
Be it noted that "the king of the south" has disappeared from prophecy following verse forty. This is ominous. It suggests with other scriptures that all nations go totalitar-
ian before the FINAL END, and the interests of "the king of the north" and "the king of the south" merge together, with religion on top as the binding tie. It means a federation of the world; and there are already published expressions and signs at hand that this shall take place at the world peace conference, for which the Vatican's chieftain is grooming himself. Having merged, and both "kings" having thereby gained their ends, then to next knock out all danger of disturbing their scheme to dominate the world, there is only ONE THING, that is, to strike at the Kingdom of God, The Theocracy. How? Strike at its representatives and proclaimers, Jehovah's witnesses. Having so done, then the religious and political prophets and predictors shall cry, "Peace and safety!" and shall trust in their federation idol, "the abomination of desolation," their "new order". And then?
"But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to make away many." (Daniel 11:44) That merged-world power having stopped the organized proclamation by Jehovah's witnesses, whence come those troubling "tidings"? From Him whose appointed time to accomplish the indignation now comes. Jehovah and his Theocratic King are prophetically represented as being of the north and east respectively. This means, then, that
Jehovah by Christ Jesus now directly sends an emphatic warning that the provocation has been finished and the FINAL END is at hand; not "peace and safety", but Armageddon and destruction! This shall enrage the "new order" world power, and he shall go forth furiously to destroy and put out of the way all who stand for The Theocracy.
"And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in [(Hebrew) against] the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him." (Daniel 11:45) That "holy mountain" is Jehovah's glorious, holy Theocratic Government by Christ Jesus. The "new order" "abomination of desolation" places itself between that Theocracy and the "seas" of humanity in which the frightful leviathan organization disports himself and stirs up great woe to alienate all men from God. The purpose is to head the people off from escaping from the "seas" under leviathan to God's organization for deliverance and salvation. In this God-defying position the "new order" combine is caught, trapped, with no way to escape. That "king" ends, at Armageddon, with no power, demon or human, adequate to help him, because then the whole wicked world ends, finally! Therefore it is most urgent that you now take your flight from "the seas" to the "glorious holy mountain", The Theocracy. How? Note further the prophetic drama of Job.
