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The King of the North (The Inquisition and Further (During 1260 years (End…

- - - - Daniel 12:9,10
      - The Papacy’s reign finished in 1798, marking the end of the 1260 days (or 3½ times).
        However, prophecy indicates that this power will come back in force: its second reign will last «even to the time of the end».
      - Daniel 11:35
    - - The faithful Christians who were persecuted by the Papacy were «helped with a little help» by the Reformation which started in the 16th century.
        They were also helped by the discovery of the New World which became a land of refuge and religious liberty.
      - Revelation 12:16
      - Daniel 11:34
  - - - Making alliances with apostate kings attracted to fame and power, the Papacy carried out a merciless campaign against those Christians who firmly refused to submit to its authority, choosing, instead, to remain loyal to God’s will as stated in the Bible.
        At the peril of their lives, these Christians taught the truth to the ignorant population, denouncing the errors and corruption of the Papacy.
- - - - The prophecy mentions the many conquests of Rome, among which was Palestine («the Glorious Land») and many isles of the north coast of Africa and Asia Minor.
  - - - Alexander the Great died at the age of 32, giving way to his four generals:
        
        Lysimachus;
        
        Cassander;
        
        Ptolemy;
        
        and Seleucus.
  - - - As foretold, three more kings arose after Cyrus II the Great:
        
        Cambyses II (530 to 522 B.C.);
        
        the False Smerdis (522 B.C.);
        
        and Darius I (522 to 486 B.C.).
        
        The fourth king, Xerxes I, also called Ahasuerus, was incredibly rich. He reigned from 486 to 465 B.C.
      - Daniel 11:2
- - - - Daniel 11:29,30
        
        During the seventh and last Crusade launched against the Middle East, devout King Louis IX was taken prisoner, and capitulated in 1250.
        The Muslims, who had made an alliance with the Greek naval strength («Chittim» designates generally the maritime mainlands of Greece), finally overcame the Crusaders, and remained the only rulers of Palestine until 1917.
    - - Daniel 11:28
    - - Daniel 11:27
        
        During the years of the Crusades, many treaties were signed between the Papacy’s armies and the Muslims, but all of them were broken when the opportunity presented itself, by Crusaders more often than not.
        Among the greatest treacheries is the Crusaders’ breaking of the peace treaty concluded between Sultan Saladin and Christian leader Gui de Lusignan.
    - - Daniel 11:25,26
- - - - Daniel 8:11
        
        Claiming to represent God on earth, the Papacy subjected kings and their armies through fear.
        It also cast into shadow the work of intercession of Jesus, «the Prince of the covenant»
- - - - When Emperor Constantine left Rome, in A.D. 330, to establish the new Roman capital, Constantinople (now called Istanbul, in Turkey), the Papacy was left alone in the city of Rome.
        To establish its authority over kings, it forged documents, the «False Decretals», among which was the «Donation of Constantine». This document aimed at proving that Constantine had officially bequeathed the city of Rome to Pope Sylvester I.
        This is how the Papacy «seized the kingdom by intrigue».