And his power must become mighty, but not by his own power. And in a wonderful way he will cause ruin, and he will certainly prove successful and do effectively

"And his power must become mighty, but not by his own power. And in a wonderful way he will cause ruin, and he will certainly prove successful and do effectively. And he will actually bring mighty ones to ruin, also the people made up of the holy ones. And according to his insight he will also certainly cause deception to succeed in his hand. And in his heart he will put on great airs, and during a freedom from care he will bring many to ruin" 

(Daniel 8:24,25)

This aspect of the prophecy cannot be said to have been fulfilled in his first term. Unlike his predecessors, he did not launch major military expeditions around the world, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, mostly civilians. However, it seems that according to Daniel’s prophecy, his second term should prove to be much more destructive. He will succeed in everything he undertakes by attacking powerful people, both inside and outside of his country.

The last king will quickly show who he really is. He is described as having a great power of destruction that does not come from him, but is placed at his disposal. The last king will use this extraordinary power of destruction to cause even more havoc. But where exactly? We must examine another passage of the same prophecy of Daniel to find out. Indeed, in Daniel chapter 11, it is written: "But reports out of the east and out of the north will disturb him, and he will go out in a great rage to annihilate and to devote many to destruction. And he will plant his royal tents between the grand sea and the holy mountain of Decoration; and he will come all the way to his end, and there will be no helper for him" (Daniel 11:44,45).

The destructive actions of the king of the South, who invaded the land of Decoration in 1948, are discussed, supporting the creation of the state of Israel (verse 41). This king of the South is represented by the United States, which vassal is the nation of Israel. The destructive actions of the last king, mentioned in Daniel (8:24,25), are to be compared with the narrative of the actions of the king of the South, in the Middle East, in Daniel (11:44,45). Moreover, what is written in Daniel 8:25 seems quite similar to what is written in Daniel 11:44,45: "He will bring many to ruin. And against the Prince of princes he will stand up, but it will be without hand that he will be broken. (…) And he will go out in a great rage to annihilate and to devote many to destruction. (…) And he will come all the way to his end, and there will be no helper for him". Thus, the foreign policy of the last king should support without reserve, the military actions of Israel in the Middle East, which are currently taking place in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the north, in Lebanon, Syria and against the nations of the East.

In Daniel (11:45) it is written: "And he will plant his royal tents between the grand sea and the holy mountain of Decoration; and he will come all the way to his end, and there will be no helper for him". "The grand Sea" is the Mediterranean Sea. "The Holy Mountain of the Decoration" is where Jerusalem ((Old City (East Jerusalem)) is located, particularly in its eastern part, where Mount Zion is). The Decoration is Israel, present-day Palestine.

It is possible that the fulfillment of this biblical prophecy took place on May 14, 2018, during the inauguration of the "royal tents" of the king of the south, the American embassy in Israel, located very exactly at the foot of the "holy mountain of Decoration" and between the "grand sea" ((South/south west of Mount Zion (Old City (East Jerusalem)), between the Karyat Moriah neighborhood (See Genesis 22:2 (Moriah), 14 (Jehovah Yireh)), to the east and the Arnona neighborhood to the west (direction "grand sea")). It is in West Jerusalem (which did not exist when Daniel's prophecy was written). Therefore, being slightly outside the Old City, the "Royal Tents" are between the "Old City" of Jerusalem (East Jerusalem) and the "Grand Sea", the Mediterranean Sea)).

He will bring to ruin the people made up of the Holy Ones

Who are the Holy Ones?

The Only Ones are people, men or women, whom God sets apart to do or continue to do His will. He will set them apart, with the favorable judgment of His Son Jesus Christ, for everlasting life, either in heaven or on earth (Ezekiel chapter 9; Matthew 25:31-46).

There are currently, shortly before the great tribulation, humans, men or women, who constitute the remnant of the 144,000 who will join Christ in heaven. This remnant, just before the great tribulation, will be 7,000 people, men or women, according to the book of Apocalypse chapter 11: "After the three and a half days, spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them. And they heard a loud voice from heaven say to them: “Come up here.” And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them. In that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; and 7,000 persons were killed by the earthquake, and the rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven" (Apocalypse 11:11-13).

The tenth of the city represents the future heavenly priestly class of the 144,000 (as whole group) (Revelation 5:9,10). The fall of the tenth of the city, representing the death of the 144,000 as the whole group (followed by their heavenly resurrection), wich will automatically cause the death, followed by a heavenly resurrection of the remnant of 7,000, shortly before the great tribulation: "Because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a commanding call, with an archangel’s voice and with God’s trumpet, and those who are dead in union with Christ will rise first. Afterward we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17).

It is written in the narrative of Apocalypse chapter 11: "The rest became frightened and gave glory to the God of heaven" (Apocalypse 11:13). The city as a whole (including its tenth), represents the people of God, the people of the Holy Ones (either heavenly or earthly). This "rest" of the city represents the great crowd of humans who will come out of the great tribulation: "After this I saw, and look! a great crowd, which no man was able to number, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes; and there were palm branches in their hands. (…) So right away I said to him: “My lord, you are the one who knows.” And he said to me: “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb"” (Apocalypse 7:9-17). It is God and his Son Jesus Christ who judge who are the Holy Ones, set apart for everlasting life (Romans 14:12). This group of Holy Ones constitutes a people that God protects and will continue to protect through His Son Jesus Christ: "During that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who is standing in behalf of your people. And there will occur a time of distress such as has not occurred since there came to be a nation until that time. And during that time your people will escape, everyone who is found written down in the book" (Daniel 12:1).

The Attack against the Holy Ones

The last king will attack the “Holy Ones” whether heavenly or earthly, in a position of approval before God (Acts 11:26). How will this king effectively attack the people of the Holy Ones in order to “ruin” them? First, he will find “legal” pretexts to seize Intelligence Agency, such as the FBI or other federal agencies, the police, the military, the courts, and judges, in order to "frame trouble by decree" (Psalms 94:20). This is what the court officials of the king of Medes in Babylon did in the past to Daniel, a faithful servant of Jehovah God (Daniel 6:4). In his case, “they could find no grounds for accusation or anything corrupt, for he was trustworthy and no negligence or corruption could be found in him". The continuation of the story in chapter 6 describes how they "framed trouble by decree", in order to be able to cause the death of the prophet Daniel. Nevertheless, God miraculously protected him. It will be the same for the people of the Holy Ones, shortly before the great tribulation (Daniel 12:1; Matthew 24:22).

Unfortunately, nowadays, this last king, contrary to the moral integrity of the prophet Daniel, will have no trouble finding legal pretexts to attack the headquarters of some religious authorities, called "Christian", which are in the United States. Some of them are organized into very closed communities, or into multinationals with assets of several hundred million, even billions of dollars. The latter, with their international ramifications, govern autocratically over the Holy Ones, who very often, in all sincerity, trust them blindly. The last king could first of all, concerning some religious communities, note illegal actions. For example, the mismanagement of thousands of cases of abuse against children, by these religious multinationals, some of which operate like states within states (see the Australian Royal Commission of Inquiry (2013-2017) and the New Zealand Commission of Inquiry (2024)). Or will it be a question of findings of financial misdeeds. Or maybe the finding of widespread psychological abuse such as the numerous cases of shunning (by threat of social ostracism) (or indirect intimidation of members wanting to evade their governance), which have led many people to serious depression and suicide.

Is there any precedent in the past, concerning a legal procedure against an autocratic religious group, in the United States? Yes, of course, these were two extremist religious groups, armed to the teeth. Although these two dramatic facts could seem caricatured because Christian religious groups are generally peaceful, it will rather be a question of seeing, what were the methods to eradicate these two religious’ groups in the United States.

These two events concern two extremist "Christian" groups, organized in very closed communities, a sect in the full sense of the term. The Protestant sect Peoples Temple, of Jim Jones, in the city of Jonestown, Guyana, which resulted in the largest mass suicide of the 20th century, causing the death of 900 people. What caused this disastrous headlong rush of this sect? In the summer of 1977, when his community had just undergone a tax audit, Jones and the 1000 members of the Peoples Temple moved to Guyana near Port Kaituma.

On November 15, 1978, Leo Ryan, a member of the United States House of Representatives, has been sent to investigate the community following complaints from relatives of members of the Peoples Temple about living conditions that were potentially in violation of human rights, particularly because the village was allegedly being run as a disciplinary camp. Leo Ryan was accompanied by reporters from NBC and the Time and a cameraman. After three days of investigation, as he was about to leave, some members of the community tried to flee with them. This is what led to the start of the mass killing. Leo Ryan, the NBC reporter, a cameraman and a photographer were killed, along with hundreds of other victims.

What lesson can be learned from this tragedy? First, the United States sent a member of the House of Representatives to conduct a parliamentary investigation on the scene. The conclusion is that the misfortune came about through the bad behavior of a religious leader who behaved like a true despot, on all Christians, many of whom were probably sincere. This behavior naturally attracted the attention of the American State, which indirectly (probably unintentionally) caused the self-destruction of this religious community.

The second example is a similar situation: David Koresh and the Waco Branch Davidian sect. Once again, he was a "Christian" teacher, ruling autocratically over his small Christian community. In his case, it was the United States Federal Police (ATF) and later the FBI which began investigating David Koresh's actions. On February 28, 1993, the federal agents showed up at the community's residence with a search warrant. There was a real siege of the residence with gunfire, in order to dislodge the members from their residence. It lasted 51 days and ended with an absolutely disastrous general assault causing a fire, the cause of which is still unclear; the death toll from the tragedy was 82, including David Koresh, 23 children, and four Special Agents Overview. This second example is quite similar to that of the Jim Jones sect, the illegal actions of the headquarter of the Christian community, which provoked judicial and military actions by the United States government in order to eradicate this religious community.

Currently, some American religious corporations, with their billions of dollars in assets spread all over the world, and their armies of lawyers, feel invincible and behave arrogantly by ruling with an iron fist over thousands of congregations of sincere Christians who blindly trust them. Daniel’s prophecy mentions that the last king will devastate the people of the Holy Ones, under the rule of these American religious multinationals. Daniel’s prophecy does not mention that God or his Son Jesus Christ will prevent this devastation caused by this last king.

Since these multinationals, these religious corporations are hyper centralized (in the United States), it is possible that he will attack the head of these organizations (their headquarters offices), by dissolving these American executive juntas... Let us wait and see what will happen... If on the United States side the sky should darken even more for the Holy Ones, it will be the same on the side of the northern sunrising. The last king will not hesitate to be part of the global coalition of Gog of Magog (the prophecy of Ezekiel chapters 38 and 39). It is interesting to note the very cordial diplomatic relationship towards one of the most important prince of the kingdom of Japheth, in the immense country "from the remotest parts of the north" (let the reader use discernment (Matthew 24:15)) (Ezekiel 38:6). Which means that this coalition against the Holy Ones will have no difficulty in being carried out, shortly before the great tribulation, both in the East and in the West of the globe...