One evening, while I was studying the Word, the Lord gave me the knowledge to understand some of the revelations in Daniel chapter 11. Excited, yet amazed, I ran to my husband, who was sitting in the front room, and said, “I know who the Antichrist is! God has revealed him to me!” Bewildered, my husband just watched and listened as I began to explain some of the following verses taken from this chapter.
Daniel 11:19, Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found [exist, present (1)].
The word “he” in this verse is Yitzhak Rabin, the former Israeli Prime Minister who took office on July 13, 1992. Instead of turning his face toward the enemy, Rabin turned it toward the fort (meaning the defense (2)) of his own land. In his article, “A Biblical Bird Disappears from the Israeli Landscape,” Gary Stearman writes that “Prior to his assassination, Rabin had been branded a moser - a Hebrew term for one who collaborates with the enemy” (3). And he did just that. When he gave Israel’s land to the enemy, he gave away their defense, for the land acts as a natural fort. This God-given land separates them from their enemy. The further they are away from the opponent, the more military warning time they have in case of an attack. Notwithstanding, Yitzhak Rabin, instead of facing the adversary, “turned his face” in uniting with them, leaving him only to look back upon his people and their land.
Rabin had forgotten this sacred land did not belong to him. Setting God aside, he used his power of authority and signed an agreement with PLO leader Yasser Arafat. This agreement totally defied the Word of God. Outraged by his action, Yigal Amir, a religious nationalist and law student, murdered Rabin with two bullet wounds to the back. However terrible this may seem, “[s]ome evangelical Christians saw the event as part of God’s unfolding plan for Israel’s destiny” (4). God raises up leaders and brings them down. In the fulfillment of prophecy, King David killed King Saul’s assassin even though, paradoxically, Saul’s death paved the way for David to usurp authority over Israel. Similarly, Yitzhak Rabin, who started to build his own kingdom, pushed the Lord to the side and touched what wasn’t his, the land. Now he is no longer in existence. In fulfillment of prophecy, Rabin’s death, on November 4, 1995, paved the way for the ascension of the next Israeli leader, Shimon Peres.
Daniel 11:20, Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes . . . .
1) Taxes - to drive, tax, tyrannize (5).
A) Drive - coerce, compel, instigate, push (6).
B) Tax - a heavy demand (7).
C) Tyrannize - to exercise arbitrary (willful,
unwise, or irrational choices (8)) power over (9).
After Rabin’s assassination, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres took his office. As a “raiser of taxes,” Peres was the driving force behind the peace treaty signing. He was the one who coerced Yitzhak Rabin into taking a step toward peace. Shimon Peres didn’t just broker the agreement, but he birthed it. That is why he was commonly called the “architect of the covenant.”
Ido Dissentshik, an Israeli political commentator, sums it up in his article titled, “Why Yitzhak Rabin Changed His Mind:”
Rabin is a conservative person. He hates to change policies and attitudes. He is a systematic thinker but within carefully set frames. He is not a visionary like his foreign minister, Shimon Peres. Even his pragmatism is limited by a profound sense of suspicion. In particular he is suspicious of Peres, whom he once termed “a tireless saboteur.” So the miracle in the breakthrough [why he changed his mind in meeting with Arafat] is even greater, because it was untrustworthy Peres the fantasizer who not only led it but also “sold” it to Rabin as the only possible solution . . . . Rabin had reluctantly made Peres foreign minister, but with reduced status and authority to the point that he was not invited to sit in on meetings with visitors such as Secretary of State Warren Christopher. In March Peres had appeared ready to resign and fight. But his people reported to him that their secret negotiations (unknown to Rabin at the time) with the PLO were serious enough to warrant his patience. He was skeptical, but he allowed his deputy, Yossi Beilin, to go on. Only late in May or early June did he go to Rabin with a first draft of a Declaration of Principles. To his surprise, he was not fired but got a green light. (10)
Peres, a “raiser of taxes,” the driving force behind giving away Israeli land for peace, also fits the definition of a tyrant. Displaying an unwise, irrational choice, Shimon Peres, “[a]gainst associates’ advice, . . . insisted on putting forth his vision of a new Middle East of peace and cooperation between Israel and its Arab neighbors. ‘He put a high priority on integration with the Arab world, and it appeared to be a higher priority than security. He kept talking about the new Middle East . . . . Most Israelis don’t buy this’ [Alpher stated]” (11). Peres’ actions were seen as a threat to Israeli security, especially after a series of suicide bombings from militant Islamic groups. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commonly known as Bibi, then amplified the anxiety of the public by basing his campaign for the prime ministership on fear tactics, saying that Peres was unjust and reckless in his decision making policies. Netanyahu claimed he would bring Israel real peace and real security. Meir Shitrit, a relative dove commented, “‘We must project ourselves as able to make a better peace than them - one that doesn’t just surrender everything’” (12).
Yitzhak Rabin gave away the Israeli land, a biblical land, and then he paid for it with his life. Shimon Peres, as a “raiser of taxes,” was the driver and tyrant behind it all. As the new Prime Minister, Shimon Peres picked up where Rabin left off. However, this time it would be in the glory of the kingdom.
Daniel 11:20 continues, Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom . . . .
Peres took office “in the glory of the kingdom” because at the time when he came in, Israel was in a state of national repentance. When Rabin was in office, the kingdom was divided on whether to give away land for peace. There was much turmoil in the region as the Islamic terrorists were willing to become martyrs to stop the peace process. As the death toll rose, the Jewish people feared for their lives and the lives of others.
Because of the numerous terrorist attacks, Israeli President Ezer Weizman called on Rabin to rethink the way they were headed. He then added they should stop the peace process. In January of 1995, Wilbur G. Landrey, foreign correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times, noted, “The newspaper Maariv reported that 50 percent of Israelis agree, and only 37 percent favored continuing - along with Rabin, whose own Cabinet is divided both on the process and the settlements” (13). Rabin’s opponent, Netanyahu, added fuel to the fire with his constant outbursts against Rabin’s decision to trade land for peace. In a rage, he shouted to a crowd, “‘This government is opening the way to an Islamic Palestinian state in the suburbs of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! . . . Never before in the history of Israel has any government conceded so much, so quickly - for nothing! Rabin has no right to endanger the state, to bury the Jewish dream of generations!’” (14). While Rabin was resuming peace talks in Washington, the Israelis became more and more divided. Thousands of people attended a protest, which was lead by Benjamin Netanyahu: “They wave[d] giant Israeli flags and desperate signs: ‘Today the Golan, Tomorrow Jerusalem . . . Rabin Is Leading Us To Civil War . . . STOP THE SURRENDER’” (15).
Israel was in a time of turmoil as the country was undoubtedly divided over Rabin’s decision to give away the land. Then suddenly, “Israeli opinion was turned upside down by the murder of Yitzhak Rabin” (16). A wave of anger and fear swept over the Jewish people. The nation was stunned as thoughts of “a Jew killing a Jew,” haunted the minds and souls of many. “Thousands of Jews are asking: Who are we? Do we love each other or hate each other?” reported Peter Wallsten in the November 20, 1995, St. Petersburg Times (17). Remorse filled the land bringing many to a state of repentance. “‘I’m sorry, I ask for forgiveness. If I spoke ill. If I uttered bad words. They were just words spoken in anger, in concern for the people of Israel,’” commented Eliezer Botavia, a resident of Kiryat Arba, a suburb of Hebron (18). Thousands filled the streets as mourning went on throughout the land. When all the graffiti came down overnight in Israel, it was proclaimed a “miracle.”
The message now would be unity. The Times Wires suggested, “In the wake of the slaying by an opponent of Rabin’s peace plan, Israeli political leaders across the board spoke only of how to mend the torn country” (19). Undoubtedly, Peres came in “in the glory of the kingdom.” *He entered the kingdom at a time of a revolutionary mind set. Law makers spanning the political spectrum were now coming together to demonstrate that ballots and not bullets would establish the Israeli government. Parties representing 111 out of 120 Knesset members recommended Peres as Rabin’s successor.
Daniel 11:20 continued, Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
Prime Minister Shimon Peres was only in office a few days, approximately 6 months. He succeeded Rabin in November 1995, and remained there until the new elections were held in May 1996. Peres was destroyed, and it wasn’t from anger nor battle. He simply was voted out! His destruction was foretold in Daniel 5:25-28, “(v. 25) . . . MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN . . . (v. 26) MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. (v. 27) TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. (v. 28) PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians [the enemy].” Peres’ appointed days are over. God has finished his kingdom. He is found only wanting, desiring a new Middle East, which by his hand shall never prosper. Peres divided the kingdom and gave it to the enemy. All in all, God allowed him to do so as part of His unfolding plan.
*It is common knowledge, among prophecy teachers, that this next verse is referring to the Antichrist. The Revell Bible Dictionary further credits this idea commenting, “The later chapters of Daniel are prophetic . . . . [C]hs. 11, 12 contain obscure prophecies of events associated with history’s end” (20).
Daniel 11:21, And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom . . . .
To the surprise of everyone, Benjamin Netanyahu was elected to office on May 29, 1996. Charles W. Holmes, of Cox News Service noted, “Some critics view[ed] Netanyahu’s election as a step back that could reignite the Palestinian ‘intifada,’ the violent uprising that faded after Israel and the PLO signed their landmark accord in 1993” (21). Netanyahu has been scrutinized as a hard-liner and a threat to the Middle East peace process. His victory is certainly not what the Clinton administration wanted since they had been nurturing the peace process from 1993. In fact, Lee Michael Katz wrote in USA Today, “Clinton all but endorsed Peres, and privately, Netanyahu aides say they were rebuffed in attempts to visit Clinton during one of Netanyahu’s regular U.S. trips” (22). Along with Clinton, “Arab leaders [also] voted for Labor Prime Minister Shimon Peres. While realizing the possibility that their Israeli negotiating partner might lose, they apparently almost discounted it” (23). Feeling threatened by the Israeli election of conservative Benjamin Netanyahu, 21 Arab leaders gathered together for their first summit in six years. They did this in an attempt to urge Israel to prove its commitment to the peace process.
No one wanted to give Benjamin Netanyahu “the honour of the kingdom.” Across the board, his election was a major upset to political world leaders. Benjamin Netanyahu defied everything the U.N. Resolution 242 called for. The Oslo Peace Accords of 1993 were drafted according to the U.N. Resolution 242 that requires Israel to return to her pre-1967 boundaries. This is where they developed the land for peace idea. Netanyahu claimed he would not trade land for peace. He said no to the releasing of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, and no to the control of the West Bank. The policy positions held by Benjamin Netanyahu were in direct opposition to the demands of other political world leaders. His recent decision to build 6,500 new homes in East Jerusalem has proven to be a prime example. Worldwide denunciation has come against Israel in making such a move: “Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto called it a ‘negative element’ to the Middle East peace process . . . . Russia said it was ‘ill-considered and untimely’ . . . . The European Union, Britain and France condemned the decision when it was announced . . . . Iran’s state radio called for international action, blasting the decision as an effort to ‘Zionize’ Jerusalem” (24).
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