Angels and End Times Part 5 (Daniel 11:40-45)

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Opening the Adult Sunday School Class

Are we ready. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to Kootenai Community Church Adult Sunday School. We have a lot to get through this morning. I mean we have a lot to get through every morning.

But I'm gonna try to cram a little bit more into this one. How many of you had an opportunity to look at Ezekiel 38 and 39? Okay. Well, we'll do that this morning. That's some of the lot. We're gonna get through.

So let's open in prayer. Father we want to honor you this morning by obeying your word as we hear it. We know that it is through this that you speak to us. It is through this that you change us. It is through this word that you correct us and instruct us and we look forward to that.

Thank you for the disciplines you bring into our lives. Thank you for the glory that there is in knowing the Lord Jesus. We pray this morning that we would Hear and that we would be illuminated and that we would have a greater sense of awe for the incredible God that you are.

Thank you for this book most this wonderful book of Daniel. We thank you for it in Jesus name. Amen. So we're going to read on page 1160. Anybody know where that's at? Daniel chapter 11 we're gonna go we're gonna read verses 36 through the end of the chapter and then.

Because we will be referring to it fairly regularly over the next five verses. I Would like to read all of Ezekiel 38 and 39 this morning and it's far more important than anything. I have to say anyway, so.

So turn with me to Daniel chapter 11 and we'll read from verse 36 to the end of chapter 11. Then the king will do as he pleases and he will exalt and magnify himself above every God speaking of the Antichrist.

And will speak monstrous things against the God of gods and he will prosper. Until the indignation is finished for that which is this creed will be done and he will show no regard for the gods of his Fathers or for the desire of women nor will he show any regard for any other God for he will magnify himself above them all.

But instead he will honor a god of fortresses a god whom his fathers did not know. He will honor him with gold silver costly stones and treasures and he will take action against the strongest of Fortresses with the help of a foreign God and he will give great honor to those who acknowledge him and he will cause them to rule over the many and will parcel out land for a price and at the end time.

The king of the south will collide with him and the king of the north will storm against him with chariots. With horsemen and with many ships and he will enter countries overflow them and pass through.

He will also enter the beautiful land and many countries will fall. But these will be rescued out of his hand Edom Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon. Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries and the land of Egypt will not escape but he will gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt and Libyans and Ethiopians will follow at his heels, but rumors from the east and from the north will disturb him and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and a lot and Annihilate many and he will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain.

Yet he will come to his end and no one will help him. And then if you will turn with me to Ezekiel chapter 38 These prophecies Have great bearing on the book of Daniel book of Revelation and Zechariah Indeed the entire scripture but for our purposes this morning I think it's good to have this at least working around in the background of our minds as we as we take.

Take take take ourselves through the next five verses of Daniel chapter 11. So Ezekiel chapter 38 and The Word of the Lord came to me saying son of man set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog and the prince of Rosh Meshach and Tubal and prophesy against him and say thus says the Lord God behold I am against you Oh God Prince of Rosh Meshach and Tubal and I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws.

And I will bring you out and all your armies all your army horses and horsemen. All of them splendidly attired a great company with buckler and shield all of them wielding swords. Persia Ethiopia Ethiopia and put with them all of them with shield and helmet.

Gomer with all its troops. Beth Tora mesh Beth Tora ma, excuse me from the remote parts of the north with all its troops many peoples with you be prepared and prepare. Yourself you and all your companies that are assembled about you and be a guard for them.

After many days you will be summoned in the latter years. You will come into the land that is restored from the sword whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nation. To the mountains of Israel which had been continual waste.

But its people were brought out from the nations and they are living serenely all of them remember that living at peace living serenely or securely. I Think I need new glasses and you will go up you will come like a storm.

You will be like a cloud covering the land and you and all your troops and many peoples with you. Thus says the Lord God it will come about on that day that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan.

And you will say I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest that live securely all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates and captures spoil and to seize plunder to turn your hand against the waste places which are now inhabited and Against the people who are gathered from the nations who have acquired cattle and goods who live at the center of the world speaking of Israel Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you.

Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize? Plunder and to carry away silver and gold to take away cattle and goods to capture great spoil. Therefore prophesy son of man and say to God thus says the Lord God on that day when my people Israel are living securely.

Will you not know it and you will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north? You and many peoples with you all of them riding on horses a great assembly and a mighty army. And You will come up against my people Israel like a cloud to cover the land.

It will come about in the last days that I shall bring you up against my land in order that the nations may know me. When I shall be sanctified through you before their eyes Oh God. Thus says the Lord God are you one of.

Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through my servants the prophets? of Israel who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them. And It will come about on that day when God comes against the land of Israel declares the Lord God that my fury will mount up in My anger and in my zeal and in my blazing wrath.

I declare that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel and the fish of the sea the birds of the heavens the beasts of the fields the the beasts of the field all of the creeping things that creep on the earth and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at my presence.

The mountains will also also will be thrown down the steep pathways will collapse and Every wall will fall to the ground and I shall call for a sword against him on all my mountains. Declares the Lord God every man's sword will be against his brother and with pestilence and with blood.

I Shall enter in jet into judgment with him and I shall rain on him and on his troops and on the many peoples who are with him a torrential rain with hailstones fire and brimstone and I shall magnify myself sanctify myself and make myself known in The sight of many nations and they will know that I am the Lord.

Chapter 39. And you son of man prophesy against Gog and say thus Says the Lord God behold I am against you Oh God Prince of Rosh Meshach and Tubal and I shall turn you around drive you on take you up from the remotest parts of the north and Bring you against the mountains of Israel.

And I shall strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right Hand. You shall fall in the mountains of Israel and you and all your troops and all the and the peoples who are with you.

I shall give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and beast of the field. You will fall on the open field for it is I who have spoken declares the Lord God. And I will send fire upon Magog and Those who inhabit the coastlands and safety and they will know that I am the Lord and my holy name I shall make known in the midst of my people Israel and I shall not let my holy name be profaned anymore.

And the nations will know that I am the Lord the Holy One in Israel. Behold it is coming and it shall be done declares the Lord God. That is the day of which I have spoken. Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires With the weapons and burn them both shields and bucklers bows and arrows war clubs and spears and for seven years They will make fires of them and they will not take wood from the field or gather firewood from the forest for they will make fires with the weapons and they will take the spoil of those who despite despoiled them and seize the plunder of Those who plundered them declares the Lord God and will come to pass.

And it will come about on that day that I shall give Gog A burial ground there in Israel the valley of those who pass by The east by east of the sea and it will block off the passersby. So they will bury Gog there with all his multitude and they will call it the valley of Haman Gog.

For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. Even all the people of the land will bury them and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify myself declares the Lord God and they will set apart men who will constantly pass through the land burying those who were passing through even those left on the surface of the ground in order to cleanse it and at the at the end of seven months they will make a search and As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man's bone then he will set up a marker by it until the barriers have buried it in the valley of Haman Gog and Even the name of the city will be Haman.

Ah, so they will cleanse the land and as for you son of man. Thus says the Lord God Speak to every kind of bird and every beast of the field assemble and come gather from every side to my sacrifice Which I'm going to sacrifice for you as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel that you may eat flesh and drink blood.

You shall eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams Lambs goats and bulls all of them fatlings of Bashan. So you will eat fat until you are glutted and drink blood until you are drunk from my sacrifice Which I've sacrificed for you and you will be glutted at my table with horses and charioteers With mighty men and all the men of war declares the Lord God and I shall set my glory among the nations and all the nations will see my judgment which I have executed in my hand which I have laid on them and the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God from that day onward and the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity because they acted treacherously against me and I hid my Face from them.

So I gave them into the hand of their adversaries and all of them fell by the sword According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them and I hid my face from them. Therefore thus says the Lord God now I shall restore the fortunes of Jacob and Have mercy on the whole house of Israel and I shall be jealous for my holy name and they shall forget their disgrace and all Their treachery which they perpetrated against me when they lived when they live securely on their own land with no one to make them afraid when I bring them back from the peoples and gather Them from the lands of their enemies.

Then I shall be sanctified through them in the sight of many nation of the many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God because I made them go into exile among the nations and then gather them again To their own land and I will leave none of them there any longer.

And I will not hide my face from them any longer for I have for I have shall have poured out my spirit on the house of Israel declares the Lord God. So a couple of things just to remember. Remember the phrase Israel will be living securely, but we'll be living in peace at rest that comes up in our section.

Remember that when God decides to at the end of the indignation when Israel finally Looks and sees their Messiah whom they pierced He will bring them back into their land. This is a real bringing back into a real land with real borders.

It's not a metaphysical statement. Israel will take possession and that is important.

Further.

Those times are going to be the worst of times and then become and I'm not quoting some book I just thought about in my head. They will be the worst of times but they will become because of the hand of Jehovah.

They will become the best of times. We're going to be looking at some horrible times that are coming for Israel and for the world and. And the language that is used God uses to give us a picture of how bad it is.

Take seven months to bury the people with our modern technology. Think about how amazing that must be. They will not have to use the the trees of the forest for their energy because a Third by this time a third of the forest will have burned down.

So this plays into other prophecies. But they will have and and also they will have plenty to use through the the war engines that came against Israel and remember that Daniel Ezekiel all of the prophets of old used the language of their time if they had described the weapons that were used in Modern language the language we understand the Israelites.

All of the ancients would not have understood what they were saying. So that plays into this as well. This section of Daniel. The last section of chapter 11, which actually doesn't finish until about chapter 5.

Excuse me verse 5 of chapter 12 is speaking of the end the end time. This is not Antiochus Epiphanes. This is the Antichrist. This is a great and momentous time of the end and I'm thinking that it's going to get really bad here on planet earth.

I'm not saying that it can't but when the tribulation comes as Matthew as it says in the book of Matthew the Lord Jesus Christ said it will be unlike any time in the history of the world so with that wonderful introduction Heartwarming blood-curdling introduction.

Let's look at Daniel chapter 11 verses 40 through 45 verse 40 at the end Time the king of the south will collide with him and the king of the north will storm against him with chariots with Horsemen and with many ships and he will enter countries overflow them and pass through so the end time here is Certainly a reference to the tribulation period when the Antichrist is in full control.

The reference here to the king of the south and the king of the north are new and have not been used in this section. Referring to the Antichrist thus far the king of the south previously referred to the Ptolemaic or Egyptian forces and the king of the north refute referred to the Seleucid or For modern purposes we call it the Syrian forces.

Whatever forces are in existence in the south and the north at the end time That would be who Daniel is referring to here today Egypt Which is the southern Ptolemaic power still has quite a bit of sway in that area in the world including the Arab bloc of nations.

This leader will attack the Antichrist and most likely trying to stop the expansion of the Antichrist kingdom. The reference to the king of the north has two possibilities. The first one is that this is the Antichrist himself.

Since he is a type of Antiochus Epiphanes who was in his time the king of the north. The second view is that this is the leader of the present nation of Russia. It is unlikely that this is a depiction of the Antichrist since it is not used of him previous to this Here in this section.

He is simply referred to as the king. Following this line of reasoning the king of the north designation is appropriate because his country Rome is not north of Palestine. Russia is directly north and has been noted by as and has it as has been noted by geographers.

Moscow is almost on a not Moscow, Idaho, but Moscow is almost a direct line north-south with Jerusalem. Comparing Ezekiel 38 and 39, which we just read One notes several things that line up with this.

This is aptly described by Leon wood in his commentary he says this a great battle is described in these two chapters and It must transpire during the tribulation. Also the period during which the war set forth in our present verse occurs under verse 36 as several factors show first This war will it will occur after the Jews had returned to their land Ezekiel 38 8 and 12.

Second because it will be in the latter years Ezekiel 38 8 and in the latter days Ezekiel 38 16 both phrases speaking of the tribulation period. Third Because it will be when the returned Jews are living in a sense of peace and safely.

They were dwelling securely the scripture says 38 11 which could well be sometime during the three and a half year period of the peace covenant with the Antichrist. Remember, he will make a covenant of peace that will last three and a half years and then he will break it.

And that's spoken of in Daniel chapter 9 verse 27. And Fourth because it must occur before Christ will have destroyed all of Israel's enemies spoken of in Zechariah 14 and Revelation 19. For such an attack as here set forth could hardly take place after that.

But this means that this battle must be closely related to if not identical with the conflict described in this verse. That's the ballot battle in Ezekiel 38. Because this conflict too must be near the midpoint of the tribulation week since the following verses in Jan Daniel 11 tell of the Antichrist moving on into Palestine after this battle and The two battle and two battles totally different could hardly transpire in so short a time and in the same general area so the the Ezekiel 38 39 battle also involving the Jews as noted.

A Close relation or identity between the two battles is argued also by the fact that a Conflict in which a large nation like Russia would come against Israel when the Antichrist had a covenant with her coming from Daniel 927 is hard to imagine unless the Antichrist would become involved at least to protect his own interests.

The king involved in the Battle of Ezekiel 38 39 can properly be identified with the ruler of Russia. Because his domain is said to be Magog Rosh Meshach and Tubal verses 2 and 3 of Ezekiel 38 the names of peoples in the Old Testament time.

Living in northern Mesopotamia and the Caucasus region of present-day, Russia Who it is commonly accepted migrated north into Russia to make up much of its populace. The identification is likely also because the country of this king of Ezekiel 38 39 is described as being in The uttermost parts of the north 38 6 15 and 39 to Identifying him him with the north even far north in view of the uttermost parts where Russia is.

The stress on the north it should be noticed accords well with the thought and the designation of our verse king of the north a Factor which argues for an identification of this northern king of Russia with the king of north the north of our verse.

Is that this northern king allies himself with Persia? Ethiopia and Libya which is put or put in the biblical text Versus 5 verse 5 of Ezekiel 38 and also in verse chapter 30 verse 5 and in name verse 3 chapter 9 He identifies him.

He allies himself with Persia Ethiopia and Libya in this battle and these countries could represent the same Arab block of nations as possibly led by the king of our South of the king of the south as our text noted.

So would also demonstrates that the grammar of this text Points to the Antichrist that these two kings of the north and south come against the north and the south come against the Antichrist. He says this to these two argue to these arguments two others of a different type may still be added.

What is that on the basis of grammar? It is to be expected that the hymn of the phrases with him and against him of this verse should refer to the same person. Which is true if both are taken in reference to the Antichrist if they are.

However, the sense of the verse forbids that he be identified with the king of the north. The other is that an identification of this king of the north with a Russian ruler makes good sense and fits contemporary history.

Remember What we have talked about before those who live in this time will have an understanding and so that's what we're looking at here. When the Antichrist makes a covenant with Israel at the beginning of the tribulation period spoken of in Daniel 927.

At the Arab bloc of nations could be expected to seek Russia's help to intervene. Lest all hope of obtaining the land be lost Russia could be expected in turn to respond favorably in an attempt to offset the rising challenge of the Antichrist.

The Antichrist with his ambitious plans would of course retaliate. Against such a rival alliance and the three-pronged struggle depicted here could indeed occur spoken of here in general in Daniel and spoken of specifically in Ezekiel 38 and 39.

Finally the weapons that are mentioned in this verse are of the kind used during Old Testament history. I'm done reading Leonwood, by the way, you didn't see the quotes, but they're there. Finally the weapons that are mentioned in this verse are the kind used during Old Testament history.

Ezekiel 38 and 39 do the same. They will be representative of their counterparts in modern warfare for had Daniel given modern weapon designations. No one of his time would have understood it. He who will enter countries and overflow them is best taken again as the Antichrist who is general the general subject of this passage.

This refers to Palestine Egypt Libya and Ethiopia. He will achieve a great victory over these lands and will overflow as a river overflows its banks. The lands and passed by and passed through them on his way to Egypt, which we will see in verse 42.

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Developments will begin in the first half of the 70th week predicted in Daniel 9 24 through 27 with Israel at peace. For the first three and a half years of the covenant bitch of the covenant made with the Antichrist and then betrayed and openly attacked in the second three and a half years.

The best understanding of the chronology of this section is that the battle in Ezekiel 38 39 Comes at a time of peace for Israel 38 8 11 and 14, which would be the first half of Daniel 70th week. When Israel has protection because of this short-lived covenant with the Antichrist.

With the Roman ruler with the Antichrist at the midpoint of this time. The ruler becomes a world ruler and the Great Tribulation begins in earnest with the persecution of Israel. Daniel 11 36 through 39 refers to this second half and occurs after Ezekiel 38 39.

The battle described in verses 40 and on is a later development most likely several years after the battle described by Ezekiel. This king the one in previously in 36 through 39 is an absolute ruler and Is a picture of a world government?

The war in Daniel here is a rebellion against the king Antichrist who breaks up the world government as we will see in the verses following. The Antichrist sweeps through the Rebellious nations and dominates them until the second coming of Christ the second advent.

Comments questions. Verse 41. He will also enter the beautiful land and many countries will fall. But these will be rescued out of his hand Edom Moab and the foremost of the sons of Adam. So upon the victory over the two kings mentioned in verse 40 the Antichrist then sweeps into Israel Palestine.

Many will die. But he will not conquer Edom Moab and much of the amens of the Ammonic territory. This happens in the last half of the tribulation period. The Antichrist will break his covenant with the Jews and devastate Israel.

It's unfortunate, but that's how men work. They know how to kill very well being controlled by Satan his desire to destroy Israel as well understood. Here he will violate the treaty that he himself made with the Israelites.

He will force the cessation of religious ceremony. We saw that earlier in Daniel. We saw that spoken of in other places and he will erect his abomination of desolation in the temple spoken of in Daniel 9 27.

Again those three countries to the southeast of Palestine. Jordan will not be invaded as far as the Quote foremost of the sons of Ammon unquote it appears the leaders of this area will somehow escape scripture.

Doesn't tell us how or why just that they will. Then verse 42. Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries and the land of Egypt will not escape. The Antichrist not content with his recent conquerings will then attack more countries heading southwest.

Rather than southeast into Jordan the Antichrist will attack Egypt. If this is the king of the south spoken of earlier. This country will have already been subdued and it will remain for the Antichrist at this time to simply take possession Of the country.

Egypt will not be so fortunate to escape as the three countries mentioned in verse 41. We'll do 40 43 and then I'll see if there's any questions verse 43, but he will gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and Silver and over all the precious things of Egypt and Libyans and Ethiopians will follow at his heels.

This verse demonstrates the Antichrist in complete control of this area. He will gain control of the economies of this area and thus the valuables within them and this is a very rich area of earth.

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Libyans and Ethiopians will literally follow quote in his steps. Unquote. Which is the literal translation of this phrase in other words? They will be part of his kingdom and they will obey his commands.

I'm not saying willingly, but they will. It is important to remember at this junction that the Antichrist though enabled by Satan is still just a man.

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No one is a match for the Lord Jesus Christ, especially a man and He will have to occupy and maintain control in the countries He has subdued. This will thin out his forces and as more and more nations rise against in the situation for him Will become more precarious.

How many of you have ever played the game of risk? And I don't want to trivialize the scripture. I don't mean to do that, but if you've done that, you know what it's like when you have a certain amount of Troops and you conquer more territories and you've got to spread them out to control those territories.

Those nations know that he's thinning out. Now might be the time and so the Antichrist is headed for the final Confrontation with the Lord Jesus Christ, but at this time his position will begin to become more precarious.

Any comments. I went through a couple of verses there or questions. Verse 44. But rumors from the east and from the north will disturb him and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate.

It's it's amazing to me how How how easily we are disturbed by rumors in our private lives. But in this particular case, it's going to be rumors may or may not be true. They're going to cause him to change direction while in North Africa The Antichrist will hear rumors from the east and from the north.

Nothing in scripture gives us an indication of what the rumors are about, but they cause him great alarm. Some believe that this is the invasion of a 200 million man army from the east mentioned in Revelation 9 16.

Coming to challenge his world leadership. 200 million men. That's a relatively large army. The United States Marine Corps is about 180 ,000. Do the math.

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200 million men. Okay. Others believe it is only murmurs from Palestine indicating that the garrisons He left there to control that area have come under attack at any rate. He returns in great great fury and annihilates the cause of the rumors.

This indicates that the 200 million man army interpretation is most likely unlikely. I'm not saying it's not it's false. I don't know but it's unlikely. It is very reasonable to postulate that he could put down an uprising of the Jews in Israel.

Which is what I think it more likely is is the Jews do not like this they have never liked being subjugated none of us like being subjugated and. It's likely my view is that there was an uprising and he puts it down.

Any questions before we hit this last verse? This is going to take a little bit of time. Okay, verse 45. He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain.

Yet he will come to his end and no one will help him now. Jenny you write books. Would you call that an anticlimactic ending to that chapter? He no one will help him. It'll be all over for him next chapter.

I Mean, I read that and I read it again. I read again. It's a god really.

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Scripture is Specifically what we need to know. So this is what we need to know and I got to thinking about it. The comparison between the power of Jehovah God and man. You can't compute the ratio because it's infinite to whatever men think they have and.

So it's actually a good ending. The Lord just takes care of it. Achieving complete subjugation of Palestine again, the Antichrist will be able to put his headquarters wherever he wishes. The mountain indicated is most likely Mount Zion where the temple was located.

The seas are most likely the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. Zechariah 14 to indicates that he will bring the destruction of Jerusalem having brought also death or captivity to a huge number of the inhabitants of the land too far.

I Think in one of the. Well, we'll see it later on. We see how many of the Israelites are killed and it's millions millions of them die. Zechariah talks about two-thirds of them. Zechariah 14 to for I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle and the city will be captured.

The house is plundered the women ravished and half the city exiled. But the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. In an interesting and I here's what I worded this. I thought about it afterwards.

But here's how I worded it when I first read this and thought it through in an interesting divine climactic statement. Daniel simply says that he will come to his end and no one will help him. This series of events will set the situation up so that Israel will embrace the Lord Jesus Christ as their Messiah.

And that's what's important about this. Israel is going to finally say. They will look on him whom they have pierced and will be Devastated for what they did and rightly so. But for the grace of God there go we we.

If I'd been standing in that crowd I would have called out for his death too. So let's not get on our high horse over Israel. Revelation 19 11 through 21. And I saw heaven open to behold a white horse and he who sat on it is called faithful and true this verse.

Chokes me up.

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Hit in in righteousness. He judges and wages war in righteousness. His eyes are a flame of fire and on his head are many diadems and he has a name written on him Which no one knows except himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood and his name is called the Word of God and The armies which are in heaven clothed in fine linen white and clean were following him on white horses.

From his mouth comes a sharp sword so that with it He may strike down the nations and he will rule them with a rod of iron. And he treads the winepress of the fierce wrath Of God the Almighty and on his robe and on his thigh He has a name written King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Then I saw an angel standing in the Sun and he cried out with a loud voice saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven come assemble for the great supper of God so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men.