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by  Philip Brown

Daniel and Revelation
From the Islamic Antichrist Perspective

The Coming New Jerusalem
Blasphemed by
The Coming Islamic Antichrist

by Philip B. Brown

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Table of Contents
Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9
Part One ----- End Time Sequence of Daniel and Revelation ---------- 17
Chapter 1 ---------- Isaiah 17 - An Oracle Concerning Damascus -- 19
Chapter 2 ---------- The Islamic Antichrist is Coming;
No Rapture-Escape from Persecution ----------- 25
Chapter 3 ---------- Ezekiel 38 (Not 39) Will Unfold;
Psalm 83 Considered -------------------------------- 41
Chapter 4 ---------- The Pre-Millennial Appearance
of the New Jerusalem ------------------------------- 53
Chapter 5 ---------- The Pre-Tribulation Appearance
of the New Jerusalem ------------------------------- 69
Chapter 6 ---------- The Powerful Delusion;
The Blasphemous Lie of the Antichrist --------- 79
Chapter 7 ---------- The 144,000 Are Firstfruits of Fulfilled Israel -- 87
Chapter 8 ---------- Daniel 11 - The Day of the Lord Begins -------- 95
Chapter 9 ---------- Daniel 7 - The Building of the
World Government -------------------------------- 107
Chapter 10 -------- Daniel 8 and 12 - The War in Heaven;
The Abomination of Desolation ----------------- 111
Chapter 11 -------- Ezekiel 39 - Armageddon ------------------------- 117
Chapter 12 -------- Daniel 12:1-3 - The Resurrection
and the Millennial Reign --------------------------- 121
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Part Two ---- Daniel from the Two-Beast Islamic Antichrist Perspective 133
Chapter 13 ---- Daniel Chapters 1-6 --- Antichrist Type ------- 135
13.1) Daniel 1: Introduction --------------------------------------------- 137
13.2) More Important Background Information ---------------------- 141
13.3) Daniel 2: The Statue is Babylon and the Islamic Caliphate -- 152
13.4) Daniel 3: The Fiery Furnace - Watch and be Ready ---------- 162
13.5) Daniel 4: The Dream of a Tree; Two Trees; Two Kingdoms 164
13.6) Daniel 5: Belshazzar and the Fall of Babylon ------------------ 169
13.7) Daniel 6: The Lion's Den ------------------------------------------ 171
Chapter 14 ---- Daniel Chapters 7-8 -- End Time Kingdoms 173
14.1) Daniel 7: The Four Beasts ----------------------------------------- 173
14.2) Daniel 8: The Ram and the Goat --------------------------------- 180
Chapter 15 ---- Daniel Chapter 9 ------ The Seventy Weeks --- 191
15.1) Seventy Weeks Based On Nehemiah 2 (Artaxerxes) ---------- 192
15.2) Seventy Weeks Based On Ezra 7 (Artaxerxes) ----------------- 194
15.3) BC Dates Should Only Be For Comparison -------------------- 194
15.4) Seventy Weeks Based On Ezra 1 (Decree of Cyrus) ---------- 195
15.5) Daniel’s Prayer ------------------------------------------------------- 197
15.6) Comparison between Three Systems of Interpretation ------- 198
15.7) The Purpose of the Seventy Weeks ------------------------------ 201
15.8) The Messiah is Cut-Off --------------------------------------------- 205
15.9) The Sixty-Two Weeks ----------------------------------------------- 207
15.10) The Seven Weeks --------------------------------------------------- 211
15.11) The Messiah vs. the Prince (or Ruler) -------------------------- 213
15.12) The People of the Prince ----------------------------------------- 216
15.13) Two Generations --------------------------------------------------- 220
15.14) Prophecies Are Conditional -------------------------------------- 224
15.15) The Week of the Covenant --------------------------------------- 230
Chapter 16 ---- Daniel Chapters 10-12 End Time Vision ----- 233
16.1) Daniel 11:2 - 11:35: Fulfilled Prophecy ------------------------- 240
16.2) Daniel 11:36 - 12:3: Unfulfilled Prophecy ---------------------- 255
16.3) Daniel 12:4 - 12:13: When Will All This Happen? ------------ 259
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Part Three -- Revelation from the Two-Beast Islamic Antichrist Perspective 271
Chapter 17 --- Introduction to Revelation ---------------------------- 273
Chapter 18 --- Revelation 4 - John Sees Heaven -------------------- 293
Chapter 19 --- Revelation 5 - The Seals of the Scroll are Broken 299
Chapter 20 --- Revelation 6 - The Six Seals of the Scroll ---------- 313
Chapter 21 --- Revelation 7 - 144,000 and the Countless Number 321
Chapter 22 --- Revelation 8-9 - The Trumpet-Plagues ------------- 327
Chapter 23 --- Revelation 9 - The Three Woes ---------------------- 335
Chapter 24 --- Revelation 10 - The Call to Preach ------------------ 339
Chapter 25 --- Revelation 11 - The Building of the Temple ------- 341
Chapter 26 --- Revelation 12 - The Woman About to Give Birth 357
Chapter 27 --- Revelation 13 - The Reign of Two Beasts ---------- 369
Chapter 28 --- Revelation 14 - A Summary of the Tribulation ---- 385
Chapter 29 --- Revelation 15-16 – The Seven Bowls of Wrath -- 397
Chapter 30 --- Revelation 17-18 – Mystery Babylon Destroyed -- 407
Chapter 31 --- Revelation 19 - Armageddon ------------------------- 421
Chapter 32 --- Revelation 20 - Amillennialism ----------------------- 431
Chapter 33 --- Revelation 20 - Dispensationalism ------------------ 475
Chapter 34 --- Revelation 20 – New Wine Premillennialism ------ 499
Chapter 35 --- Revelation 20:9-21:8 ---- The New Heavens ------ 543
Chapter 36 --- Revelation 21:9 - 22 - The New Jerusalem --------- 551
Appendix A -- Problems with the Pre-tribulation Rapture -------- 559
Appendix B -- Problems with Christian Universalism -------------- 599
Appendix C -- Problems with Preterism (Past Fulfilment) --------- 623

Introduction
T
his is a book about the end times. Eschatology, which is the study of the
end times, is the study of what the Bible says about the events leading up to Christ's
return, and the age to come. Part One of this book examines in detail the sequence
of end-time events I think will begin to unfold in the near future. Part Two of this
book is a commentary on Daniel. Part Three is a similar commentary on
Revelation. In other words, this book covers the end-time sequence of events that
will unfold, and then it's a complete chapter-by-chapter commentary on Daniel and
Revelation in support of this view of eschatology.
This view of eschatology is different from many of the more traditional views.
The antichrist, many say, will control a revived Roman Empire, which will control
the world. Some claim that the Islamic nations in the middle-east will be destroyed
in order to allow for a revived Roman empire to take center-stage. This book
however, supports the view held by Joel Richardson, and others, that there will be
a revived Islamic Caliphate instead of a revived Roman empire. Islam will be the
world religion and used to persecute Christians and Jews around the world.
In many respects, this book is the fruit of what I learned from Joel Richardson
about Bible prophecy. Before hearing Richardson, I had never considered the idea
that the Islamic Caliphate could be an alternative to the Roman Empire. Before,
there were parts of Revelation that I had ideas about, but I knew were a bit murky.
With this new understanding, parts of Revelation became much clearer. This was
especially true in Revelation 15, 18, and 19.
For example, the seven heads are seven kings. Five have fallen. One is, and
one is yet to come. The beast is an eighth king and belongs to the seven. Try to
make sense of this with Rome being the last kingdom, even if it's revived. But with
the Islamic Caliphate in the picture, the riddle becomes clear. The five that have
fallen are the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, and Greek empires.
The one at the time of John is the Roman Empire. And the one that would come
is the Islamic Caliphate. All these are kingdoms that controlled Israel or Jerusalem
at some point in Israel's history. This makes perfect sense to me. Suddenly I was
looking at Bible prophecy in a whole new way.
I'm Joel Richardson's biggest fan. But in some respects, there are topics for
which we have disagreement. And Richardson is the first to respect disagreement.
Richardson's view is that the great tribulation is predominantly middle-eastern and
that the coming antichrist is the Islamic Mahdi. Perhaps the biggest area of
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disagreement is whether or not the antichrist will rule globally. Richardson has a
great point in that Bible prophecy is mostly middle-east centric because it's about
Israel in the middle-east. The nations surrounding Israel mentioned in the Bible
are today Islamic nations. And a very good case can be made for the antichrist
coming from Assyria, or more specifically the region that today is Turkey and Syria.
By my count, critics have pointed to four valid problems with Richardson's
view. This book presents a slightly altered view that I believe solves all of these
rough edges with Richardson's view. The title of this book is The Two Beasts of Daniel
and Revelation. The sub-title is The Two-Beast Islamic Antichrist Perspective. In other
words, I think there are two antichrists involved in both Daniel and Revelation. As
we will see, this solves three of the problems. The fourth is solved using a different
non-traditional interpretation of Daniel 9. First, let's look at the four problems.
Then let's take a brief look at the two-beast solution.
Problem One) Richardson believes the antichrist will rule over only middle-east
countries. But then we come to those verses in Revelation 13:5-7, where it says the
beast will rule over every nation, tribe, people, and language. Does not this prove
a global rule of the antichrist? Richardson responds to this argument with a similar
verse in Daniel 5:18-19, where all peoples, languages and nations fear before
Belshazzar. However, every nation, tribe, people, and language is also used in
Revelation for believers (Revelation 5:9, 7:9). And Daniel 7:14 says all peoples,
languages, and nations will serve Christ in the everlasting kingdom.
Could it be that God has a purpose for allowing the Church to go through the
great tribulation? Persecution and tribulation bring holiness. Each of the seven
letters to the seven churches speak of a reward that Christ will bring to those who
overcome sin. This includes reigning with Christ over the nations. Today, the
Church is not ready for Christ to return. But just before Armageddon, in
Revelation 19:7, the Bride finally makes herself ready. Revelation 12:11 says, "They
overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their
testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death." Then, Revelation 21:7
concludes with the fact that he who overcomes sin will inherit all this and will be
God's son. The theme of Revelation is all about overcoming sin so that we will be
ready to reign with Christ in his kingdom. As the Church has become global, I
believe the scope of the tribulation and the purpose behind Revelation has become
global. The Bride of Christ includes people from every nation, tribe, people, and
language of the globe. Thus, we must also conclude that the antichrist will rule
over every nation, tribe, people, and language of the globe.