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his kingdom will be parceled out to four points on the earth. Four of his generals divided the empire into four
geographical areas each ruled by one the generals. In today’s modern times, the countries that occupy this Persian
Empire region are Iran (modern day Persia), Iraq, Northern Egypt, Libya, Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon, Jordan,
Israel, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, as well as part of north-western India.
The Grecian Empire included the nations of Sudan and Ethiopia. In 2011 and 2012, Germany, a European
nation, has financed billions of Euros ($130 billion Euros in Feb. 2012 out of a $430 billion fund) to get Greece
out of economic distress. Does the northern king come out of Germany or Greece in the End Times? Does
Germany become the warring power in the End Times much like it did in World War I and II for history repeats
itself. Germany today is the strongest European nation from an economic aspect and from advanced technology.
Germany must bring a unity to Europe with its financial strength and it must relate to the prophetic statements
in Daniel 7:19-20. Daniel 7:20 describes the seven remaining Barbarian tribes in the Roman Empire: Anglo-
Saxons-English, Burgundians-East Germanic-French Bourgogne or Huns, Franks-Germanic tribes or French,
Lombards-Italians, Suevi-Portuguese, and Visigoths-Spanish. The three historic tribes that fell were: Heruli,
Ostrogoths and the Vandals. All tribes have Germanic roots in the Roman Empire including Alamannien tribe.

The Persian Empire in 490BC (1923; William R. Shepherd b.1871-d.1934)

The northern kingdom represents the United European nations. The southern kingdom is represented by the new
Persian Islamic alliance of nations. Daniel 11:6 states “they will form an alliance.” The island of Cyprus (Kittim) was
considered to be part of the Persian Empire. Cyprus must become a naval base in the European empire for
ships to come from it. This is because Daniel 11:30 states “for ships of Kittim (Cyprus Island) will come against him.”
European navy forces are primarily from Germany in today’s world. It has been protecting the coast of Lebanon.

European Navy Forces: The navy of Germany is part of the unified Bundeswehr (the German Armed Forces). It is deeply
integrated into the NATO alliance. Its mission is protection of German and Allied territories as well as peace-keeping and peace
enforcement operations. In total, there are about 67 commissioned ships in the German Navy, including 4 submarines and 21
auxiliary ships. The displacement of the German Navy is 220,000 tons. Presently, the largest operation of the German Navy is
participation in the UNIFIL II off the coast of Lebanon. The German contribution to this operation is two frigates, four fast attack
craft, and two auxiliary vessels. The naval component of UNIFIL has been under German command. German warships
permanently participate in all four NATO Maritime Groups. The German Navy is also engaged in operations against international
terrorism such as Operation Enduring Freedom and NATO Operation Active Endeavour. In addition, the German Navy and the
Royal Danish Navy are in cooperation in the "Ark Project". This agreement made the Ark Project responsible for the strategic
sealift of German armed forces where the full-time charter of three roll-on-roll-off cargo and troop ships are ready for deployments.
These ships are also kept available for the use of the other European NATO countries. The three vessels have a combined
displacement of 60,000 tons. Including these ships, the total ships' displacement available to the Deutsche Marine is 280,000 tons.
This compares to the U.S. Navy carrier fleet of 165,000 tons displacement. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Navy