America’s Brief Appearance in Prophecy

In last month’s Zion Letter, the case was made that the next President of the United States may be the last Presi-dent of the United States according to Daniel’s vision in Daniel 8 (visit www.forzionsake.org to read the article). In this article, I will share my understanding on Ameri-ca’s brief appearance and purpose in the prophetic scrip-tures of Daniel 7 and Revelation 12-13. Although this is a prophetic revelation, the basis for the understanding of these scriptures must be supported with classical theo-logical interpretive methods. Read on, pray about my conclusions, and decide for yourself.

First of all, in classical theolo-gy, a beast may figuratively be “a symbol of selfish, tyranni-cal monarchies. The four beasts in Daniel 7:3, 17, 23, represent four kingdoms.” “In the Apocalypse the Beast obviously means a worldly power whose rising out of the sea indicates that it owes its origin to the commotions of the people (Rev 13:1, 15:2, 17:8)”. To simplify, the sea often represents the multitudes of the Gentiles (Biblically speaking). Second, the nations represented by the beasts in Daniel’s time no longer exist according to Daniel 2:44. Therefore, as we examine prophecy in the light of the end times, we will be looking at MOD-ERN nations whose animal symbols coincide with the animal symbols of kingdoms in the time of Daniel. This is an end time prophetic interpretation. For ex-ample, in Daniel 7, the prophet has a vision of a lion with eagle’s wings growing out of its sides which later are plucked and disappear. Some traditional interpreta-tions say that the lion with wings represent ancient Bab-ylon. But, we see the same beast mentioned again in Revelation 13:2, where the lion is specifically identified

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The Last President of the United States? Part II as part of the anti-Christ's empire. Therefore, Daniel 7 pertains not only to the ancient Babylonian empire, but also to the end times antichrist empire and thus the beasts pertain to end time nations; Daniel 7 is a dual fulfillment prophecy. Daniel’s Vision of the Beast: As we said, beasts in the Bible often represent monarchies or nations which include super powers, coalitions, or em-pires in modern times such as the U.S., Russia, China, or Europe. Virtually every nation has a national animal sym-bol, and if you Google “National Animals of Countries", you will find pictures of the animal symbols of various

nations. For example, Germa-ny’s is the black eagle, Spain is the bull, England is the lion, Russia is the brown bear, and Iran is the Persian leopard. China is the panda bear, and the dragon. It is clear that many nations share different varieties of the same animal as their national symbol, but we will focus on the symbols of

major political power players today, and you will see how the animal symbols match Biblical prophecy. So let’s look at the Beasts of Daniel Seven: Daniel said, “I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. And four great beasts were coming up from the sea different from one another. The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle, I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man.” Daniel 7:4.

Let's examine the lion with eagle’s wings that are plucked. The U.S. is represented by the bald eagle, so I believe the eagle’s wings refer to the United States. In end time prophecy, wings attached to a beast can also rep-resent that a nation has flight capability or air power of some nature. In this case, the wings grow out of the lion,

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Revelation passage he no longer has wings at all. The plucking of the Eagle’s wings represents the end of the U.S.A as we know it in End Time prophecy. The United States is the eagle in End Time prophetic terms, and her appearance is very brief in the Bible. Nevertheless, the bible says she does something really incredible before her power is broken.

If you read Part I of this newsletter (available at www.forzionsake.org), you will see that I explain why the next president may be the last president of the U.S. If I am correct, Daniel chapter 8 prophesies that our country will be broken up into four weaker nations after the President suc-cessfully defeats ISIS, Iran and radical Islam. Please note, according to my teaching on Daniel 8, the U.S. isn’t de-stroyed completely, but rather it is severely weakened after the next President defeats ISIS, Iran and Jihad, then America will be broken into four weaker nations according to Daniel 8:21-23.

The Last Great Act of the Eagle: In review, Daniel sees a lion with the wings of an eagle in Daniel 7:4, and then he sees the eagle’s wings plucked (loses its power). We then see the same lion appear in Rev-elation 13:2, however now there are no eagle’s wings, in fact no eagle at all.

Several years ago I was fasting and praying and I heard God speak to my Spirit saying, “America’s finest hour is yet to come…” With all the trouble in the world and in our own country, I found it hard to believe that things could get better, but I believed God's word to me, and have been sharing that word ever since. I believe that we are headed for seven years of prosperity like in the time of Joseph, followed by seven years of Tribula-tion (Read Part 1, www.forzionsake.org ).

Why must the next President defeat ISIS, Iran and Radical Islam? The reason is because there is no prophetic refer-ence to Israel being completely destroyed in the end-times, and this is why I believe God will stop Iran’s nuclear mis-sile program. Consequently, Iran's ability to launch nuclear missiles must be stopped soon if it is to be stopped. As I am writing this article, IAEA inspectors have found evidence that Iran is making nuclear weapons. If Iran were able to actually annihilate Israel, God’s word would be untrue and that would make God a liar. Iran is constantly boast-ing about nuking Israel and erasing it from the map, and I believe these threats are real, but I also believe God is going to use the U.S.A. to halt this flood of evil destruction aimed at Israel.

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which is the modern animal symbol for Great Britain. I believe this lion represents Great Britain and the eagle’s wings represents the U.S. growing out of the British Em-pire.

The second beast in v. 5 describes a bear which has three ribs in its mouth. This beast many say represents Russia. The three bones possibly represent three major wars in which it's opponents are devoured: 1. Emperor Napoleon and his invading army. 2. The Russian defeat of the Nazi invasion all the way to Berlin. 3. A possible future defeat of the United States.

The third beast ( v.6) is “like a leopard which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads and dominion was given to it.” In ancient times the leop-ard was said to represent the Greek Empire of Alexander the Great, but in relation to the End Times, the leopard is symbolic of Iran whose national symbol is the leopard. The four heads and four wings speak of its aim to conquer the four corners of the earth through air power superiority of some sort.

The fourth beast in ancient times referred to the Roman Empire: “behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It de-voured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different than all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns,” Daniel 7:7. Daniel did not gain a full grasp of the fourth beast, but it is described in much greater detail in Rev-elation 13. In Revelation 13 the four beasts have become ONE, “And the dragon (Satan) stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion, and the dragon (Satan, Devil) gave him his power and his throne and great authority. I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast say-ing, ‘Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?” Rev 13:1-4. This is proof that Daniel’s vision also pertains to the End Times, not just to Babylon, Greece, Persia and Rome.

I want to focus on the lion in this scripture and notice the difference in the lion from Daniel 7. Daniel saw the lion’s wings being plucked in Daniel 7:4, and then you see in the

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mitting mass killings on American soil, like Orlando and San Bernardino? Is it partially to get Americans to the point of frustration that we elect someone who will really bring the fight to ISIS, end this foolish pact with Iran, and take action to stop their nuclear weapons program? God’s word says that Israel will be invaded but not totally de-stroyed, (see the battle of Gog and Magog, Ezekiel 38 and 39, and again at Armageddon, Rev 16:13-16). One of America’s last greatest acts before she is defeated, is the destruction of ISIS, Iran and other like entities.

U.S.A.'s Greatest Act: In Revelation 12 we again see the eagle again in an amaz-ing situation: “And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecut-ed the woman who gave birth to the male child. But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilder-ness to her place, where she was nour-ished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the ser-pent,” Rev 12:13-14. In the beginning of the chapter, the woman is clearly Myriam (Mary), the mother of Yeshua/Jesus, but later when the dragon shows up, John brings us to the end of days and the woman is now representing all Israel, all Jewish people who come from the loins of Jacob and his twelve sons.

John had no understanding of airplanes, so he described this amazing transportation tool as an eagle with great wings, which was given to the Jewish people (I believe Christians will be included in this transportation), to fly them out of the U.S. before the coming collapse at the end of the next Presidency. John chose an eagle, not a falcon or a vulture, and I believe the eagle represents the U.S.A. The timeline for this could be three to eight years but no longer. Please note, I am not talking about the Second Coming or placing a date on the return of Jesus . I am talking about America in Bible prophecy.

Time is Running Out: So the two great events that I see happening during the next and last Presidency are: 1. The Return of the Jewish people to Israel by American jets (possibly commercial, charter or military), before America as we know it collapses. Anti-Semitism is on the rise and I expect based on expert information given to me that enough terror here in the homeland will cause Jews to want to leave America as they are leaving France and Eu-rope for Israel. 2. The second great event before the U.S.A. is divided into

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four weaker nations (Daniel 8:21-23) will be the defeat of Iran’s nuclear capability, and the defeat of ISIS and Islamic Jihad in general. There is only one Presidential candidate who has stated his intention to do these things. I’ll leave it to you to figure out who that is…

If I’m right, like Joseph of old, we have seven or eight good years coming. I believe that the man running for President will win because of the message of Daniel 8. This is not a political endorsement or message, just my interpretation. If Mr. Trump, who is a big capital-ist wins, I expect wealthy people and banks who have been sitting on piles of cash, will become optimistic and that we will see the economy explode with growth

and jobs! This will continue only for about seven years. When the president is subsequently removed, as the Bible indicates, we are in for an economic collapse and tumultu-ous political upheaval all over the world. Times will be tougher than they have ever been for the U.S.

So like Joseph I am suggesting that you pray about preparing as Joseph did in Egypt during the seven good years, so that you’re ready for the

seven bad years (aka: The Tribulation). I suggest that you pray and ask God if what I’m saying is true. Please pray and open your heart to new interpretation before you judge mine. In Messiah’s love, Rabbi Joe and Dawn 1 Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dic�onary; Guideposts, Carmel, NY, pg. 140. 2 ibid.

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