From the Book of Daniel    79 

The First War of the Forty Years 

     After this, I saw the ram brandishing his horns against the West, and 

against the North, and against the Meridian, and all the beasts could not 

withstand him, nor be freed from his hand, and he did according to his own 

will, and he became great.  (Dan 8:4). 

    The ram represents Iran, Iraq, and the other Arab nations.  They first 

brandish their horns, i.e. they threaten, the West (the United States), the 

North (Europe), and the Meridian (Africa, towards the Equator). Then they 

attack to the West, to the North, and towards the Equator (Meridian). This 

is the beginning of World War III. Early in World War III, the Arab nations 

use a nuclear weapon against New York City (sometime from 2010 to 2013, 

inclusive, probably in 2010). 

    The Arab nations  threaten and attack the United States.  Next, they 

threaten, attack, invade, and conquer Europe and parts of Eastern Europe. 

Then they also threaten, attack, invade, and conquer parts of Africa, 

towards the equator. The Arab forces will be unstoppable in Europe. 

Eventually, all of Europe will be attacked, conquered, and occupied. NATO 

will be defeated and disbanded. The United Nations will cease to exist. 

    The phrase  all the beasts could not withstand him  means that no 

country or group of nations will be able to stop the Arabs from attacking and 

conquering all of these areas. It is God's will for them to invade and conquer 

large areas. However, God will not allow them to reach or surpass the 

Equator; they can be stopped before the Equator in Africa.  

    The Arab nations will magnify and exalt themselves, oppressing the 

peoples of the conquered nations for many years. After World War III ends, 

the Arab forces will remain in control of a large portion of the world, 

including Europe, much of Eastern Europe, the Middle East (but not Israel), 

and parts of northern Africa, above the Equator. 

    World War III is the First of the Seven Seals in the book of Revelation. It 

is also the First of the Four Horsemen. But the end of the world is hundreds 

of years away. This is not the end; no, far from it. But this is the beginning 

of a long series of events stretching over hundreds of years, that eventually 

leads to the end. 

The War at the End of the Forty Years 

     And I understood, and behold, a he goat among she goats came from the 

West above the face of the entire earth, and he did not touch the ground. 

Furthermore, the he goat had a preeminent horn between his eyes. 

And he went all the way to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen 

standing before the gate, and he ran towards him in the force of his strength.