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The word “deception” is critical to understanding Daniel and the End Times wars. Daniel 11:23 uses the words of
“practice deception” in the Hebrew manuscript. The Book of Thessalonians was written in Greek (“deception”) and
not Hebrew. Is Paul referring to the scripture in Daniel? This is the prophetic message which was explained to
Daniel by the Archangel Michael. The words of “despicable person” and “practice deception” both appear in Daniel 11.

Daniel 11:19-22 “So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble
and fall and be found no more.

20 “Then in his place one will arise who will send an oppressor through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet
within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle.
21 “In his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been
conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by intrigue.
22 “The overflowing forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the
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covenant.”
Beautiful Land

The “Jewel of his kingdom” is most likely the City of Jerusalem. The “Beautiful Land” refers to the nation of Israel. If
you look at both words in the Hebrew text, they are similar in written structure.

רֶדֶה heder; an ornament, adornment, splendor:—Jewel.
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רָדָה hadar; an ornament, honor, splendor:—array, beautiful, dignity, honor, majestic, majesty, splendor.

We know through Daniel that “he will come in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by intrigue.” The Hebrew word
for “intrigue” is the following:
תוֹקַּלְקַלֲח chalaqlaqqoth: smoothness:—hypocrisy, intrigue, slippery, slippery paths.
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We also know from the heavenly signs that Mercury represents communications, thought processes, ideas, and
sensory information from both unconscious and conscious sources. Is this a sign of the Antichrist in Daniel with
his smoothness and intrigue? Does it sound like the Antichrist from what we have been taught?

Daniel 11:22-23 “The overflowing forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the
prince of the covenant. “After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up
and gain power with a small force of people.”
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Daniel continues to describe his attributes as an individual who practices deception. Otherwise, he will bring an
alliance between him and the warring nations of the North and the South. It also states that he will gain power
with a small force of people. Could this small force of people be one of the coastland nations such as Israel, since
he practices deception? Isn’t this most likely since the statement is made “who will send an oppressor through the Jewel
of his kingdom”? It appears that the “prince of the covenant” who is mentioned in Daniel 11:22 seems to be an event
that has already occurred in time. We know that those saved in Christ, His Bride, have been gathered prior to this
event. This removes the restrainer and empowers this deceptive individual. We know that in Revelation 13:5

27 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Da 11:19–22). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

28 Thomas, R. L. (1998). New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek dictionaries : Updated edition. Anaheim: Foundation
Publications, Inc.
29 Thomas, R. L. (1998). New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek dictionaries : Updated edition. Anaheim: Foundation
Publications, Inc.

30 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Da 11:22–23). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.