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change is not merely human laws, which he easily can change, nor Divine 

law, which he could never change (and does not consider), but the laws of 

physics. The times which the Antichrist thinks about what it would take to 

change is the course of the moon and the spin and course of the earth, which 

indicate the passing of the months and the days and the seasons. 

{7:26} And a trial will begin, so that his power may be taken away, and be 

crushed, and be undone all the way to the end. 

{7:27} Yet the kingdom, and the power, and the greatness of that kingdom, 

which is under all of heaven, shall be given to the people of the holy ones of 

the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings will 

serve and obey him.  

{7:28} And here is the end of the message. I, Daniel, was greatly disturbed 

by my thoughts, and my mood was changed in me, but I preserved the 

message in my heart. 

[Daniel 8] 

{8:1} In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared 

to me. After that which I had seen in the beginning, I, Daniel, 

{8:2} saw in my vision, that I was in the capital city of Susa, which is in the 

region of Elam, yet I saw in the vision that I was over the gate of Ulai. 

{8:3} And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a single ram stood 

before the marsh, having two high horns, and one was higher than the other 

and growing higher still. 

{8:4} 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. 

The single ram represents a group of Arab nations led by Media (Iraq) and 

Persia (Iran). The two horns are the leaders of Iraq and Iran. One of these 

two leaders will have more power than the other, the higher horn, and the 

greater of the two will grow greater still. Iran and Iraq first consolidate 

power among the Arab nations through war and insurrection. The Arab 

nations become united by means of a small, brief war (in 2009). 

The ram, the Arab nations, threaten and then attack the West and the North 

and the Meridian (the equator). The West is the United States, the North is 

Europe, and the Meridian is Africa. The ram brandishes its horns against the 

West, meaning that the Arab nations first threaten, then attack (but do not 

invade or conquer) the United States. The attack against the North is an 

attack against Europe. The Arab nations invade and conquer Europe.  The