{"id":9418,"date":"2024-06-25T15:11:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T15:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aomin.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/wounded-to-death-part-3-out-of-his-mouth\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T15:11:09","slug":"wounded-to-death-part-3-out-of-his-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aomin.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/wounded-to-death-part-3-out-of-his-mouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Wounded to Death, Part 3 | Out of His Mouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div><div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-5578\" class=\"post-5578 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-church-history category-daniel category-eschatology category-revelation\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/category\/church-history\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Church History<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/category\/eschatology\/daniel\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Daniel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/category\/eschatology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Eschatology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/category\/eschatology\/revelation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Revelation<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Wounded to Death, Part 3<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2023-12-11T22:00:28-06:00\">December 11, 2023<\/time><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"byline\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/author\/whitehorsepubyahoo-com\/\" rel=\"author\">Timothy F. Kauffman<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"comments-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comments\">11 Comments<\/a><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n\t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div style=\"min-height:33px;\" class=\"really_simple_share really_simple_share_button robots-nocontent snap_nopreview\">\n<div class=\"really_simple_share_specificfeeds_follow\" style=\"width:110px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.specificfeeds.com\/follow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/really-simple-facebook-twitter-share-buttons\/images\/specificfeeds_follow.png\" alt=\"Email, RSS\" title=\"Email, RSS\"\/> Follow<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"really_simple_share_facebook_like\" style=\"width:100px;\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehorseblog.com%2F2023%2F12%2F11%2Fwounded-to-death-part-3%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;width=100&amp;height=27&amp;locale=en_US\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:27px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"really_simple_share_twitter\" style=\"width:100px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-text=\"Wounded to Death, Part 3\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/\" data-via=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"really_simple_share_google1\" style=\"width:80px;\">\n<div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"really_simple_share_facebook_share_new\" style=\"width:110px;\">\n<div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-width=\"110\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"really_simple_share_readygraph_infolinks\" style=\"width:110px;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"really_simple_share_clearfix\"\/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5622\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5622\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Northern-Leopard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThen he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land\u201d \u2014 Daniel 11:19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/11\/26\/wounded-to-death-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous post<\/a>, we assessed the cryptic references to the mortal head wound administered by a sword to one of the heads of the Sea Beast (Revelation 13:3, 12, 14). With the Scriptural data, we were able to discern not only that the head wound must have been administered to <em>one<\/em> of the seven heads but also, like the wounds of the Lamb (Revelation 5:6), the mortal head wound must have occurred prior to its rise. John uses the same Greek phrase to refer to the Lamb \u201cas it had been slain\u201d (Revelation 5:6), as he does for the Beast\u2019s head, \u201cas it were wounded\u201d (Revelation 13:3). The mortal wound did not <em>follow<\/em> the rise of the Beast. It <em>preceded<\/em> it. The Beast is made up of the preceding empires (Revelation 13:2), and <em>one of those heads<\/em> received a mortal wound.<\/p>\n<p>Our challenge is to discover which of the seven heads had been slain, for John says only one of them was wounded: either the Lion head, the Bear head, one of the four Leopard heads or the terrifying Roman head. Upon inspection, and having ruled out the Babylonian, Medo-Persian and Roman heads, we concluded that one of the four Leopard heads must have been wounded to death. Then, eliminating the Eastern, Western and Southern heads from consideration, we discovered the mortal wound administered to the Northern head. That mortal wound of the Northern Head is depicted in Daniel 11 by its\u00a0 disappearance from the narrative after \u201che turn[ed] his face unto the isles \u2026 [but] he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land\u201d (Daniel 11:18-19). Here Daniel has foreseen Antiochus III\u2019s invasion of Greece and his defeat at the hands of Rome at Magnesia in 190 BC. As a result of that loss, Antiochus was forced to evacuate the Northern Territory entirely, and to remain in the Seleucids\u2019 original holdings in the East. The Northern Head had been eliminated altogether.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we provide the political, geographic and historical data related to the defeat of the Seleucids and their exile from the Northern territory (indicating the complete disappearance of the Northern Leopard Head from the narrative for more than a century) and its remarkable recovery and reappearance at the end of Daniel 11. The return of the King of the North at the end of the chapter sets the stage for the rise of Imperial Rome to rule over earth after an apocalyptic conflict with the King of the South depicted in Daniel 11:40-45. The Beast that follows Imperial Rome is none other than Roman Catholicism, and that mortal wound administered to \u201cone of his heads\u201d (Revelation 13:3) \u2014 an obscure reference subject to millennia of speculation since John recorded the vision \u2014 is an indictment of the Beast, for that mortally wounded head, as we shall see, grew back from Pergamos \u201cwhere Satan\u2019s seat is: and \u2026 where Satan dwelleth\u201d (Revelation 2:13). And the Beast receives its \u201cpower, and \u2026 seat, and great authority\u201d <em>from him<\/em> (Revelation 13:2).<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-5578\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In accordance with Daniel\u2019s prophecies, Alexander\u2019s empire (depicted as a He-Goat in Daniel 8) was divided four ways after his death\u00a0 (Daniel 7:6; 8:22), \u201ctoward the four winds of heaven\u201d (Daniel 8:8, 11:4). The four-way division is depicted as four Leopard heads in Daniel 7 and four horns in Daniel 8. The scripture does not focus on the process of division (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2015\/10\/04\/reduction-of-the-diadochi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reduction of the Diadochi<\/a>), but rather on the resulting wars between the smaller kingdoms after the division was complete. Some of that future history is provided in Daniel 8, but the most detailed preview of the subsequent wars comes from Daniel 11.<\/p>\n<p>From the beginning, Daniel establishes an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2015\/11\/22\/the-single-frame-hypothesis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandrian frame<\/a> of reference: the kingdom is divided North, South, East and West (Daniel 11:4). For the rest of the chapter no mention is made of the West, but North, South and East do not change (though the commentaries almost universally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2015\/10\/25\/the-shifting-frame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assume that they do<\/a>). Those cardinal directions remain fixed in a single frame of reference, \u201cNorth\u201d and \u201cSouth\u201d remaining north and south throughout.<\/p>\n<h1>The Four Crowns<\/h1>\n<p>After the four-way division, there followed a series of battles for dominance, each king thinking he could restore Alexander\u2019s once-great empire to its former glory. Demetrius (West) became king of Macedonia in 294 BC (Plutarch, <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Plutarch\/Lives\/Demetrius*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Life of Demetrius<\/em><\/a> 37:2-3; Justinus,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forumromanum.org\/literature\/justin\/english\/trans16.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Epitome<\/em>\u00a016<\/a>.1). Lysimachus (North), facing a war for control of his kingdom in Thrace, made a hasty peace with Demetrius, and in the ensuing battle was briefly imprisoned and then released with \u201ca diadem on his head\u201d (Diodorus Siculus, <em>Library of History<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Diodorus_Siculus\/21*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fragments of Book 21<\/a>.12.3), ruling over Thrace in Europe as well as Asia Minor within the Taurus (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2015\/10\/18\/the-bounds-of-their-habitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Bounds of their Habitation<\/a>). About this time Ptolemy (South) had taken back Cyprus from Demetrius (Plutarch, <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Plutarch\/Lives\/Demetrius*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Life of Demetrius<\/em><\/a>, 35.3) and maintained control of his territories in \u201cEgypt, with the greater part of Africa, Cyprus, and Phoenicia\u201d (Justinus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forumromanum.org\/literature\/justin\/english\/trans15.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Epitome<\/em>\u00a015<\/a>.1), as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2015\/11\/08\/and-south-was-south\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the southern coast of Asia Minor<\/a>. And Seleucus (East) was firmly entrenched in the eastern provinces \u201cfrom India to the Syrian Sea\u201d (Plutarch, <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Plutarch\/Lives\/Demetrius*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Life of Demetrius<\/em><\/a>, 32.7).<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Double Crown<\/h2>\n<p>So firmly entrenched in the minds of both kings and historians was this four-way division that if one king invaded the territory of another, he was not said to be expanding <em>one kingdom<\/em>. Rather he was seeking to wear \u201c<em>two crowns<\/em>\u201d and reign over \u201c<em>both kingdoms<\/em>\u201c:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Then Ptolemy entered Antioch and put on the crown of Asia. Thus he <em>put two crowns on his head<\/em>, the crown of Egypt and that of Asia. (1 Maccabees 11:13)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When Antiochus saw that his kingdom was established, he determined to become king of the land of Egypt, in order that he might <em>reign over both kingdoms<\/em>. (1 Maccabees 1:16)<\/p>\n<p>To conquer a neighboring province was to take on the responsibility, and (as we have seen) <em>the fulfillment<\/em>, of the second crown.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Seleucid Occupation of the North<\/h2>\n<p>Among the many fascinating aspects of Daniel\u2019s foretelling of post-Alexandrian Hellenism is that while the four-way division is constantly in view, Daniel does not start the narrative until after Seleucus has invaded Asia Minor at the battle of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Corupedium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corupedium <\/a>(281 BC), and taken the northern crown away from Lysimachus. After Corupedium, the descendants of the Seleucid line made their home in Asia Minor and Thrace, while continuing to rule over the eastern territories. Only then does Daniel begin his north-south narrative.<\/p>\n<p>In Daniel 11:5, when \u201cthe king\u2019s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement,\u201d the \u201cking\u2019s daughter of the south\u201d is Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II, king of Egypt, and the \u201cking of the north\u201d is Antiochus II, the third generation of Seleucid kings to claim the northern territory in Asia Minor. When he is approached by Ptolemy II, it is an opportunity that Antiochus II, though married, cannot refuse. And thus, he \u201chad two wives, Laodice [in Ephesus] and Berenice [in Antioch], the former a love-match, the latter a daughter pledged to him by Ptolemy [II]\u201d (Appian, <em>History of Rome<\/em>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livius.org\/sources\/content\/appian\/appian-the-syrian-wars\/appian-the-syrian-wars-13\/#65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Syrian Wars<\/a><\/em>, 65), both holding court in their respective kingdoms, North and East.<\/p>\n<p>After Antiochus III ascended the throne, he entrusted \u201cthe government of Asia on this side of Taurus [Asia Minor] to Ach\u00e6us and that of the upper provinces [East of the Taurus mountains] to Molon and his brother Alexander, Molon being satrap of Media and Alexander of Persia\u201d (Polybius, <em>The Histories<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/5*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 5.40.6<\/a>). Thus, for generations the Seleucid line effectively wore both the Northern and Eastern crowns, in fact preferring the Northern to the Eastern. <span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u201cAsia Minor was in fact considered the real home of the earlier Seleucids\u201d (Bevan,\u00a0<em>The House of Seleucus<\/em>, vol 1, London: Edward Arnold (1902) 151n). <\/span>So the Seleucids were not only \u201ckings of Syria\u201d in a real sense, but <span class=\"Apple-style-span\">after Corupedium <\/span>also lived as if Asia Minor and Thrace were \u201c<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">the chief sphere of Seleucid activity\u201d (Bevan, Edwyn Robert, <em>The House of Seleucus<\/em>, vol 1, London: Edward Arnold (1902) p. 151).<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thus did the Seleucids, in addition to the east, also occupy the north, and thus did the ensuing conflicts begin to unfold between the kings of the north (the Seleucids) and the south (the Ptolemies) (Daniel 11:6-17). Notably \u2014 and this is a very important point \u2014 the Seleucids and Ptolemies fulfilled the prophecies of that north-south conflict not because Daniel\u2019s frame of reference had changed to Jerusalem (with Syria to the north, and Egypt to the south) but rather because the Seleucids had acquired the northern territories and were ruling there. The titles \u201cking of the north\u201d and \u201cking of the south\u201d did not follow the individual dynasties, <em>but rather followed the territories<\/em>. The Ptolemies had always been \u201cking of the south,\u201d and so long as the Seleucids occupied the northern territory, Daniel calls them \u201cking of the north,\u201d and the two kingdoms continued to be referred by their respective titles. But suddenly, in verse 18, the Seleucids are evicted from the North. Remarkably, while Daniel continues to refer <em>to the Seleucid kingdom <\/em>in conflict with the Ptolemies to the South, he simply stops calling the Seleucids \u201cKing of the North.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Eviction<\/h2>\n<p>In his overconfidence, Antiochus III provoked the rising republic of Rome by invading Greece. His recovery of Thrace had earned their attention, and Rome could not believe he would mobilize such great resources \u201cunless these are the preparations for another war\u201d (Appian, <em>The Syrian Wars<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livius.org\/sources\/content\/appian\/appian-the-syrian-wars\/appian-the-syrian-wars-1\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.3<\/a>). Rome\u2019s fears were realized as he pressed into Greece, and having observed the conflict from afar, Rome began to see the threat for what it was and declared war on Antiochus (Livius, <em>History of Rome<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/From_the_Founding_of_the_City\/Book_36#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">36.2<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Facing early catastrophic losses, Antiochus sued for peace, offering to return a few territories to Rome and to pay for half the cost of the war.\u00a0 Rome scoffed, insisting that he would have to pay for the whole war and surrender all territories in Europe and all territory \u201cwithin the Taurus\u201d in Asia Minor (Appian, <em>The Syrians Wars<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livius.org\/sources\/content\/appian\/appian-the-syrian-wars\/appian-the-syrian-wars-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6.29<\/a>). Diplomacy failed, and the score was settled on the battlefield in Magnesia (190 BC). Humiliated in defeat, Antiochus again resorted to negotiations (Livius, <em>History of Rome<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/From_the_Founding_of_the_City\/Book_37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">37.34<\/a>), but Rome restated the previous terms, insisting that Antiochus must dismantle his war machine and abandon any further military activity west of Syria (Appian, <em>the Syrian Wars<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livius.org\/sources\/content\/appian\/appian-the-syrian-wars\/appian-the-syrian-wars-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8.38<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The terms were unconditional: \u201cKeep clear of Europe [and] evacuate the whole of that part of Asia which lies on this side the Taurus.\u201d\u00a0 (Livius, <em>History of Rome<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/From_the_Founding_of_the_City\/Book_37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">37.45<\/a>). The Seleucid western \u201cboundaries\u201d were \u201cfixed hereafter\u201d by the Taurus mountains in Syria (Appian, <em>the Syrian Wars<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livius.org\/sources\/content\/appian\/appian-the-syrian-wars\/appian-the-syrian-wars-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8.38<\/a>). The Seleucids had been permanently evicted from the northern territory, and thenceforth ruled the East alone.<\/p>\n<h1>The Death of the Northern Head<\/h1>\n<p>The significance of the northern decapitation is seen best when contrasted with the demise of the other three Leopard heads. The Western, Eastern and Southern heads were gradually subsumed under the Republic of Rome (with the sole exception of a tiny autonomous Pamphylian crescent on the southern coast of Asia Minor).<\/p>\n<p>The Western territory had remained in Antigonid hands until Macedonia finally capitulated to Rome in 168 BC (Eusebius, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.attalus.org\/translate\/eusebius2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Chronicle<\/em><\/a> (p. 239)). In the East, Tigranes and Antiochus XIII (64 BC) had tussled for control of Syria, but Pompey suffered neither of them, simply claiming the whole of the East as a Roman province. After all, Tigranes of Armenia had conquered Syria, but Pompey had conquered Tigranes. \u201cIn this way the Romans, without fighting, came into possession of \u2026 all the \u2026 countries bearing the Syrian name\u201d (Appian, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livius.org\/sources\/content\/appian\/appian-the-syrian-wars\/appian-the-syrian-wars-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of Rome<\/a>,<\/em> the Syrian Wars, 49-50). In the South, the Ptolemaic dynasty had been reduced to a Roman protectorate since the 150s BC when Ptolemy VIII bequeathed \u201cthe kingship which belongs to me to the Romans\u201d (<em>Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/itc\/classics\/bagnall\/3995\/readings\/b-d2-1e.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(SEG) IX 7<\/a>). By the early 60s BC, there was only one sovereign, independent autocracy left that could legitimately be called \u201cKing of the South,\u201d and that sovereign power was terrorizing the high seas from its home base in the former Ptolemaic stronghold of Coracesium in Pamphylia Bay. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2015\/11\/15\/pirates-in-the-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pirate nation of Pamphylia<\/a> had become the \u201cKing of the South,\u201d positioned for the final conflict depicted in Daniel 11:40-45.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, in the West and East, the Leopard heads had either been subsumed under Rome (the Republic) by capitulation (West) or by conquest (East), never to be restored again either to the Antigonids or the Seleucids. And in the South, Egypt had been bequeathed to Rome since the 150s BC, and continued on as a Roman protectorate.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Decapitation<\/h2>\n<p>But it had been different for the Northern head. In 190 BC, Rome had not come as a conquering empire but had rather engaged in a police action, seeking only to keep the Seleucid threat safely to the east of the Taurus mountain chain in Syria. Without taking over his former territories, Rome had simply evicted Antiochus III from Europe (Thrace) and Asia Minor (within the Taurus Mountains). Those were the Northern territories originally held by Lysimachus after Alexander, and by the Seleucids after Corupedium. Cut off from the North, and facing a burdensome annual tribute to Rome, Antiochus III turned East. His last known location was Elam, beyond Babylon, where he came to his end raiding the temple of Bel, attempting to appropriate sufficient funds to satisfy the Romans (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livius.org\/sources\/content\/mesopotamian-chronicles-content\/babylonian-king-list-of-the-hellenistic-period\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babylonian King List [Rev. 7]<\/a>, Diodorus Siculus, <em>Library of History<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Diodorus_Siculus\/28*.html#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 28<\/a>.3, <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Diodorus_Siculus\/29*.html#15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 29<\/a>.15).<\/p>\n<p>Thus was fulfilled Daniel\u2019s prophecy:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cAfter this shall he turn his face unto the isles [Greece], and shall take many: but \u2026 he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land [the East]: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.\u201d (Daniel 11:18-19)<\/p>\n<p>After challenging the Roman Republic in the Greek Isles, and losing prodigiously at Magnesia, the Seleucids were forced to evacuate their holdings in Asia Minor and Thrace, leaving no one in charge of the Northern Territory. The Northern crown had not been transferred to another. The Northern crown had neither endured by succession, transfer or conquest. It had simply been removed altogether.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Aftermath<\/h2>\n<p>At the time of Antiochus III, Rome\u2019s interest in the Northern Territory had been only defensive. The objective was to neutralize the sprawling imperial ambitions of Antiochus III. Once this was accomplished at Magnesia (190 BC), Rome left the Northern territory to itself, and quite notably, without a king. <em>Nobody was in charge<\/em>. This was uncharted territory for the remaining fiefdoms and scattered cities and kingdoms in the region. One by one they approached the Senate to implore the Romans to decide the matter, as abundantly attested in the historical record:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cAfter the defeat of Antiochus envoys presented themselves <em>from all the cities and principalities of Asia [Minor],<\/em> some suing for independence, others for a return for their good services to Rome in the common struggle against Antiochus. \u201d (Diodorus Siculus, <em>Library of History<\/em>, Fragments of <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Diodorus_Siculus\/29*.html#11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 29<\/a>.11.1)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201c<em>The cities that were taken [from Antiochus] they divided among their allies<\/em>, deeming that glory was more desirable for the Romans than dominions merely for pleasure; and that the honour of victory was worthy of being attached to the Roman name, <em>but that the luxuries of wealth might be left to their adherents<\/em>.\u201d (Justinus, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus\u2019 <em>Philippic Histories<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attalus.org\/translate\/justin5.html#31.8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">31.8<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Chaos predictably ensued. Philip of Macedon invaded Thrace. The Galatians refused to give up eastern Asia Minor, the Smyrn\u00e6ans wanted autonomy, the Lycians wanted their freedom and the Rhodians wanted Lycia. Envoy after envoy approached the Senate asking for resolution, and most importantly, <em>a decision<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Eumenes of Pergamon<\/h3>\n<p>Eumenes of Pergamon approached the Senators to obtain from them a \u201cdecision about himself and his brothers,\u201d expressing no preference, but leaving the outcome entirely in their hands (Polybius, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/21*.html#ref:Rhodian_flattery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Histories<\/a><\/em> 21.18.6-9). The Senate summoned him a second\u00a0 time, pressing him this time to ask what he wished, and again, he assured them that he had no preference, \u201cgiving the senate complete authority to decide.\u201d He only hoped Rome would be cautious of Rhodes, for if the Senate were overly deferential to them, \u201ctheir own power in Asia [Minor] will be immensely increased, and mine will be more or less destroyed\u201d (Polybius, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/21*.html#ref:Rhodian_flattery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Histories<\/a><\/em> 21.19.1).<\/p>\n<p>When further pressed to express his preferences clearly, Eumenes stated that he wished Rome would occupy the territory, believing Pergamon would fare best if they would: \u201cIf you decide to remain in occupation of certain parts of Asia on this side Taurus which were formerly subject to Antiochus [III], I should be exceedingly gratified to see that happen.\u201d Barring that, Eumenes hoped that Pergamon would be considered a viable candidate to rule over the abandoned territories (Polybius, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/21*.html#ref:Rhodian_flattery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Histories<\/a><\/em> 21.21.7-9).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The Smyrn\u00e6an Delegation<\/h3>\n<p>Next to appear before the Senate were the Smyrn\u00e6ans, and \u201cof all the autonomous states of Asia [Minor]\u201d they were most esteemed by the Senate. Polybius does not record the content of the Smyrn\u00e6ans\u2019 request, but they likely preferred to maintain the status quo, and their own autonomy with it (Polybius, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/21*.html#ref:Rhodian_flattery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Histories<\/a><\/em> 21.22.4).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The Delegation from Rhodes<\/h3>\n<p>The Rhodian delegation arrived, acknowledging that all of Antiochus\u2019 former territories \u201care at your disposal to give to whom you will.\u201d There was plenty of wealth to spread around, so there was no need to squander it on one kingdom: \u201cJust as at a sumptuous banquet, there is surely enough and more than enough of everything for all. \u2026 Any one of these [abandoned territories], if added to the kingdom of Eumenes, would make it ten times as big as it is now\u201d\u00a0 (Polybius, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/21*.html#ref:Rhodian_flattery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Histories<\/a><\/em> 21.22.13-15). Thus did the Rhodians plead that Pergamon\u2019s spoils be minimized, and the majority of the territories be assigned to Rhodes.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The Ten Legates<\/h3>\n<p>One by one, the other minor players of Asia Minor approached the Senate with various requests for consideration, either of their fealty or their autonomy, asking similarly that Rome simply make a decision. After the Rhodian delegation departed, \u201cthe other envoys from Asia were introduced, and the Senate, having given them a short hearing, returned to all the same answer. This was that they would send ten legates [to Asia Minor] to pronounce on all disputes between the towns,\u201d joining Proconsul Gn\u00e6us Manlius Vulso who was already there (Polybius, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/21*.html#ref:Rhodian_flattery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Histories<\/a><\/em> 21.24.4-9).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Additional Disputes over Thrace and Asia Minor<\/h3>\n<p>While the ten legates were deliberating, another envoy arrived asking that \u201cthe offences of the Lycians might be pardoned,\u201d and that the Lycians should be a free people. In the end the Lycians simply had to resign themselves to the fact that both \u201cLycia and Caria, south of the Meander, had been given to Rhodes\u201d (Polybius, <em>Histories<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/e\/roman\/texts\/polybius\/22*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22.5.4-7<\/a>). Meanwhile, Eumenes, who had been granted Thrace as part of the spoils of Magnesia (Polybius, <em>Histories<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/21*.html#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21.45.9<\/a>), sailed to Rome complaining that King Philip of Macedon \u201chad appropriated the Thracian cities.\u201d Others came arguing \u201cthat they should get back the towns of which [King] Philip had despoiled them in the war with Antiochus. [King] Philip also sent envoys to defend himself against all these accusations\u201d (Polybius, <em>Histories<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/e\/roman\/texts\/polybius\/22*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22.6.1-7)<\/a>. The Senate thus assigned\u00a0 additional legates to sort out the Thracian affairs (Polybius, <em>Histories<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/e\/roman\/texts\/polybius\/22*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22.12.4)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The Pacification of Galatia<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, Gn\u00e6us Manlius Vulso turned his attention to central and eastern Asia Minor, imploring his troops to finish their work and subdue the Galatians, who had sided with Antiochus: \u201cThis nation [the Gauls] had gone to the assistance of Antiochus, and so intractable was their temper that the removal of Antiochus beyond the Taurus would be useless unless the power of the Gauls was broken.\u201d Because Eumenes was engaged in Rome, Vulso summoned his brother Attalus, \u201cwho was at Pergamum, and pressed him to take his part in the war\u201d (Livius, <em>History of Rome<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/From_the_Founding_of_the_City\/Book_38#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">38.12<\/a>). The Gauls were overwhelmed, and after a lopsided and costly defeat, sued for peace, and Vulso evacuated them to Ephesus for processing (Livius, <em>History of Rome<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/From_the_Founding_of_the_City\/Book_38#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">38.27<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Thus were the northern territories, after the eviction of Antiochus, in utter disarray. Nobody was in charge, leaving the squabbling factions either to sort things out on their own, or to beg Rome to assist in their appropriation of the remnants of the Seleucid\u2019s former holdings. Contrary to the practice of Alexander\u2019s successors, Rome simply had no interest in taking over Antiochus\u2019 kingdom.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Healing<\/h2>\n<p>But gradually, Pergamon prevailed in aggregating the abandoned territories. Philip of course was commanded to cease all further action on the Thracian peninsula, and thenceforth \u201cto quit all forts, places, and cities on the sea coast of Thrace\u201d (Polybius, <em>Histories<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/e\/roman\/texts\/polybius\/22*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22.11.4<\/a>), for Eumenes had been granted \u201cthe Chersonese, Lysimachia and the adjacent forts and territory\u201d in Europe (Polybius, <em>Histories<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/21*.html#45\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">21.45.9<\/a>). With much grumbling, Philip eventually did so: \u201cPhilip entirely evacuated the Greek towns in Thrace, withdrawing his garrisons, but he relinquished them [to Eumenes] in a sullen and grumbling spirit and with many sighs\u201d (Polybius, <em>Histories<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/23*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23.8.1<\/a>). As for the Galatian territories within the Taurus, when the Gauls asked Vulso for terms of surrender, he deferred to Pergamon: the Gauls \u201cwould have the conditions of peace given to them\u201d when King Eumenes of Pergamon returned from Rome (Livius, <em>History of Rome<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/From_the_Founding_of_the_City\/Book_38#12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">38.37<\/a>). As for the Rhodian claim on Lycia and Caria south of the Meander, the Romans eventually evicted them as well, at long last alleviating Eumenes\u2019 concern that a Rhodian presence in Asia Minor would destabilize Pergamese holdings: \u201cthe senate issued a <em>consultum<\/em> setting free all the parts of Caria and Lycia which they had assigned to Rhodes at the time of the war with Antiochus\u201d (Polybius, <em>Histories<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/30*.html#5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30.5.12<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Rise of Pergamos<\/h3>\n<p>Thus, while the Roman empire evicted Antiochus III from Thrace and from Asia Minor within the Taurus Mountains, <em>it was Pergamos<\/em> rather than Rome that eventually became the beneficiary of that police action. At the time of its founding, Pergamos had been merely \u201ca famous city \u2026 a treasure-hold of Lysimachus\u201d since the four way division of Alexander\u2019s empire, and had been \u201centrusted to Philet\u00e6rus\u201d by Lysimachus (Strabo, <em>Geography<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Strabo\/13D*.html#4.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 13.4.1<\/a>). Philat\u00e6rus was succeeded by his son, Eumenes (Strabo, <em>Geography<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Strabo\/13D*.html#4.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 13.4.2<\/a>), who\u2019s son Eumenes II ended up assisting Rome against Antiochus III while his own kingdom was still but a tiny city.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the war with Antiochus, the \u201ckingdom\u201d of Pergamum was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pergamon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barely 52 acres<\/a>. As the Rhodian delegation surmised, the smallest of Antiochus\u2019 former holdings were ten times bigger than Pergamon (Polybius, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Polybius\/21*.html#ref:Rhodian_flattery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Histories<\/a><\/em> 21.22.13-15), and as Strabo observed, before the war, \u201cthe territory of Pergamum\u201d itself a coastal city \u201cdid not include many places that extended as far as the sea at the Ela\u00eftic and Adramyttene Gulfs\u201d (Strabo, <em>Geography<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Strabo\/13D*.html#4.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book XIII.4.2<\/a>). At the conclusion of the Roman conflict with Antiochus, Pergamon was the tiniest of the Asiatic kingdoms, and barely even a kingdom at that, for at the peak of the war, Antiochus III had forced the remnants of the Pergamese army to retire within their walls under seige (Appian, <em>The Syrian Wars<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livius.org\/sources\/content\/appian\/appian-the-syrian-wars\/appian-the-syrian-wars-6#26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6.26<\/a>; Livius, <em>History or Rome<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/From_the_Founding_of_the_City\/Book_37#18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">37.18<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It is from that minuscule and pitiful estate that the city of Pergamon was about to expand beyond Philet\u00e6rus\u2019 wildest ambitions. It would eventually overtake the entire territory originally claimed by Lysimachus after Alexander\u2019s death. What had essentially been Lysimachus\u2019 <em>local bank branch<\/em>, ended up ruling <em>the entire northern territory<\/em>. As R. Malcom Errington observes in his <em>History of the Hellenistic World<\/em>, Pergamon had been <em>only a tiny metropolis<\/em> to begin with, but it became a \u201cGreat Power\u201d after Magnesia:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThe most spectacular manifestation of Pergamon\u2019s having reached Great Power status after 188 [BC] was the massive extension and reconstruction of the city of Pergamon itself. Until 188 [BC] the city had largely retained the structure it had under Philetairos, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as a small town with a defensive ring wall and buildings erected ad hoc in an intramural area of ca. 21 hectares<\/span>\u201d (Errington, R. Malcom, <em>A History of the Hellenistic World: 323 \u2013 30 BC).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, it is through the eviction of Antiochus III after Magnesia that the Northern Leopard head received its \u201cwound by a sword,\u201d and it is through Pergamon that it was healed of that wound \u201cand did live\u201d (Revelation 13:14). After the fatal wound administered by Rome at Magnesia, the northern territories formerly held by the Seleucids were left without a king, but were eventually and gradually reclaimed by Pergamon. That mortally wounded head had completely recovered, growing back from none other than the city \u201cwhere Satan\u2019s seat is: and \u2026 where Satan dwelleth\u201d (Revelation 2:13).<\/p>\n<h1>The Bequest<\/h1>\n<p>As evidence of the complete recovery of the wounded head we need only read the historical accounts of King Attalus\u2019 bequest to Rome. Having no heir, King Attalus of Pergamon left all of his domains to the Republic of Rome (c. 133 BC). Valerius Maximus recorded that Rome had given all of Antiochus\u2019 territories to Pergamos, and Pergamos \u201creturned it to them all back again\u201d (Valerius Maximus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.attalus.org\/translate\/valerius5a.html#2e.3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 5.2.e3<\/a>). Florus records how the entire province came into Rome\u2019s possession: \u201cthe Roman people took possession of a province not by war or force of arms but, what is more equitable, by the right conferred by a will\u201d (Florus, <em>The Epitome of Roman History<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Roman\/Texts\/Florus\/Epitome\/1J*.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 1.20.1-3<\/a>).\u00a0 And Pliny writes that Rome had received his former holdings \u201cas a gift \u2026. that came to us on the death of king Attalus\u201d (Pliny <em>Natural History<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.attalus.org\/translate\/pliny_hn33b.html#148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 33.148<\/a>). Thus, while largely concealed in the obscurity of fragmented historical documents, what is clear is that Rome evicted Antiochus III from Thrace and Asia Minor within the Taurus, leaving no one in charge. And Pergamos, though it had been a tiny walled city-state at the time, ended up aggregating to itself the entire northern territory, and then at the end of the Attalid line, bequeathed it all to Rome.<\/p>\n<h1>The Return of the King of the North<\/h1>\n<p>The next time Daniel mentions the King of the North in chapter 11, it is when the Pamphylian Pirates, occupying the small crescent of land at Coracesium on the southern coast of Asia Minor, south of the Taurus mountains, began to terrorize Rome. Under Lex Gabinia (67 BC), Pompey had been invested with almost universal power over land, sea, and treasure within the Mediterranean Basin. With Rome now in possession of the Northern Territory after the bequest of Attalus, and the Pirates of Pamphylia operating from Coracesium which had been part of the the Southern Territory under Ptolemy, Daniel 11:40-45 played out in clear and apocalyptic detail, as we demonstrated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2015\/11\/15\/pirates-in-the-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pirates in the Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates of Pamphylia had provoked Rome who now possessed the Northern Territory, and General Pompey was authorized to respond with swift and decisive force against the Pirates (Daniel 11:40-43). No sooner had he mopped up the Pirate Menace than he heard that \u201ctwo kings are threatening all Asia\u201d <span class=\"Apple-style-span\">(Cicero, <em>On the Command of Pompey<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/hopper\/text?doc=Cic.+Man.+5.12&amp;fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5.12<\/a>). Those \u201ctwo kings\u201d were Mithridates from within the Taurus mountains (North), allied with Tigranes (East), in fulfillment of Daniel 11:44a \u201cBut tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy\u2026\u201d.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just as important as the literal fulfillment of Daniel 11:40-45 is the Scriptural evidence that the Northern Leopard is the wounded head of Revelation 13. Decapitated in Daniel 11:18 at the battle of Magnesia (190 BC), it is resurrected from Pergamon, the seat and dwelling place of Satan (Revelation 2:13), then bequeathed to Rome (133 BC) who, in the resurrected Northern head (Daniel 11:40), then ascends to the cusp of Empire (67 BC), arising as the fourth Beast of Daniel 7. And almost as if on cue, Roman Catholics now boast that the entirety of the Roman Empire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/17228127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was then bequeathed to Roman Catholicism<\/a> (a fact we most emphatically affirm (Revelation 17:13)).<\/p>\n<p>And thus, while John observes the rise of the Satanic power of the Beast of Revelation 13, which itself received its power, seat and great authority from Satan, he pauses momentarily to take note that one of its heads had been wounded to death, and then, to his surprise, that it had been healed. The terrifying truth that astonished John was that the people of the earth who wondered after the Beast thinking they had found Christ\u2019s apostolic religion had in truth actually joined a religion of Satan worship:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cAnd I saw <em>one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed<\/em>: and all the world wondered after the beast. <em>And they worshipped the dragon<\/em> which gave power unto the beast \u2026 \u201d (Revelation 13:3-4a)<\/p>\n<p>By an act of war, the rising Roman republic had neutralized the threat of the Northern head, and exiled him from the Northern territory. In a remarkable turn for that era, Rome simply expelled him and left no one in charge of his former dominions. A long line of northern antagonists had simply ended. But that head eventually grew back, starting from, of all places, the tiny city-state of Pergamos \u201cwhere Satan\u2019s seat is: and \u2026 where Satan dwelleth\u201d (Revelation 2:13). According to Revelation 13, that head wound bears momentous and Satanic implications, and we are bidden to take note of it, as John did.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus once said, \u201cHe that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me\u201d (John 12:44) and \u201cthe Father seeketh such to worship him\u201d (John 4:23). To believe on the Messenger is to believe on the One Who sent Him. To follow the Son is to worship the Father.<\/p>\n<p>These same principles apply to Roman Catholicism. Whoever trusts in the religion of Rome, trusts not in her but in him who sent her. And similarly, those who \u201cworshipped the beast\u201d in fact \u201cworshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast.\u201d To follow the Beast is to worship Satan. 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Sad truth. Excellent Tim detailing this and putting it in order, the utter harmonization of Daniel and Revelation and history. Great series.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=86948#respond\" data-commentid=\"86948\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-86948\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Kevin\" aria-label=\"Reply to Kevin\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## --><\/p>\n<li id=\"comment-87075\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-87075\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\">Kevin<\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-87075\"><time datetime=\"2023-12-15T15:42:57-06:00\">December 15, 2023 at 3:42 pm<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Hi Tim, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Would you remember where you chronologicalized the eschatology here for me one time. If not no big. Hope you are well. K<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=87075#respond\" data-commentid=\"87075\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-87075\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Kevin\" aria-label=\"Reply to Kevin\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/p>\n<ol class=\"children\">\n<li id=\"comment-87081\" class=\"comment even depth-2\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-87081\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65a58599f05a2699b5074c44f0ab4772?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65a58599f05a2699b5074c44f0ab4772?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/derekramsey.com\" class=\"url\" rel=\"ugc external nofollow\">Derek Ramsey<\/a><\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-87081\"><time datetime=\"2023-12-15T21:14:30-06:00\">December 15, 2023 at 9:14 pm<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Kevin,<\/p>\n<p>I once summarized Tim\u2019s timeline on my blog <a href=\"https:\/\/derekramsey.com\/2022\/10\/02\/eschatological-timeline-part-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">here<\/a>. Some errors may exist, but that\u2019s what I have.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas to everyone here!<\/p>\n<p>Peace,<br \/>\nDR<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=87081#respond\" data-commentid=\"87081\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-87081\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Derek Ramsey\" aria-label=\"Reply to Derek Ramsey\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## --><\/p>\n<li id=\"comment-87107\" class=\"comment byuser comment-author-whitehorsepubyahoo-com bypostauthor odd alt depth-2 parent\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-87107\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74d4eefd447910194277ec854f2352b?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74d4eefd447910194277ec854f2352b?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\">Timothy F. Kauffman<\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-87107\"><time datetime=\"2023-12-16T11:47:39-06:00\">December 16, 2023 at 11:47 am<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Derek\u2019s is quite good and much more detailed. Here\u2019s a graphic I used over at The Danielic Imperative. <a href=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a5bff8ed7bdcefb1f740198\/1624304184121-KT2YSSNRDR3DD63QBGIO\/Kingdom+Chronology+of+Daniel+and+John.jpg?format=2500w\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a5bff8ed7bdcefb1f740198\/1624304184121-KT2YSSNRDR3DD63QBGIO\/Kingdom+Chronology+of+Daniel+and+John.jpg?format=2500w<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=87107#respond\" data-commentid=\"87107\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-87107\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Timothy F. Kauffman\" aria-label=\"Reply to Timothy F. Kauffman\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/p>\n<ol class=\"children\">\n<li id=\"comment-87111\" class=\"comment even depth-3\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-87111\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\">Kevin<\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-87111\"><time datetime=\"2023-12-16T13:26:06-06:00\">December 16, 2023 at 1:26 pm<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Thx Tim<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=87111#respond\" data-commentid=\"87111\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-87111\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Kevin\" aria-label=\"Reply to Kevin\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## -->\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- .children --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## -->\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- .children --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## --><\/p>\n<li id=\"comment-87084\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-87084\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\">Kevin<\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-87084\"><time datetime=\"2023-12-15T23:02:59-06:00\">December 15, 2023 at 11:02 pm<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Thx Derek<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=87084#respond\" data-commentid=\"87084\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-87084\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Kevin\" aria-label=\"Reply to Kevin\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## --><\/p>\n<li id=\"comment-87194\" class=\"comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-87194\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\">Kevin<\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-87194\"><time datetime=\"2023-12-18T09:40:31-06:00\">December 18, 2023 at 9:40 am<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>If there is any doubt that the Pope is antichrist, today we find out that he  and his evil priesthood gives his blessings on the sin of homosexuality in whole hearted approval of same sex unions. The movement to legitamize and soften the sin of homosexuality is rampant amongst not only Rome, but phony  Protestant churches and society. We must pray for the continued wisdom and strngth to stand against these lies with the word of God.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=87194#respond\" data-commentid=\"87194\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-87194\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Kevin\" aria-label=\"Reply to Kevin\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## --><\/p>\n<li id=\"comment-89066\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-89066\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\">Kevin<\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-89066\"><time datetime=\"2024-02-27T07:45:54-06:00\">February 27, 2024 at 7:45 am<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Tim, i hope ive told you this time to time, but study here of eschatolgy has brought tremendous clarity to  me on who the beast is,  but also to where his power comes from. I have concluded that Roman Catholicism is not Christ\u2019s church, but Satan\u2019s church posing a Christ\u2019s church, and ive never npbeen more certain than today. Ive watched countless true  believers leave that communion for the reformed church and its a blessing. But for those unbelievers lost in a false gospel worshipping a false god of the Roman Eucharist, prayer and truth were never more necessary. Thank you again for all the work you put in. I have no doubt that we will see countless RC souls in heaven because of how God has used Out of his mouth. K<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=89066#respond\" data-commentid=\"89066\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-89066\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Kevin\" aria-label=\"Reply to Kevin\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/p>\n<ol class=\"children\">\n<li id=\"comment-89195\" class=\"comment byuser comment-author-whitehorsepubyahoo-com bypostauthor even depth-2\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-89195\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74d4eefd447910194277ec854f2352b?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74d4eefd447910194277ec854f2352b?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\">Timothy F. Kauffman<\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-89195\"><time datetime=\"2024-03-03T20:06:03-06:00\">March 3, 2024 at 8:06 pm<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Thanks, Kevin. I appreciate the kind words. We all do our part. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=89195#respond\" data-commentid=\"89195\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-89195\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Timothy F. Kauffman\" aria-label=\"Reply to Timothy F. Kauffman\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## -->\n<\/ol>\n<p><!-- .children --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## --><\/p>\n<li id=\"comment-89351\" class=\"comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-89351\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\">Kevin<\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-89351\"><time datetime=\"2024-03-09T13:39:31-06:00\">March 9, 2024 at 1:39 pm<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Tim, yes we all do our part, i agree. Just like this weekend i was in discussions on the Sheperd\u2019s Conference chat, , where there are 3000 pastors, engaged in conversations about why Piper was a key speaker, and the danger of Satan\u2019s theology of a final justification\/salvation based the life lived in some way is true. \u201d Therefore having been justified by faith\u201d even people with doctors degrees in theology cant understand the simple notion that justification is ALWAYS past tense in scripture. And the fact that Romans 5:10 says we will be saved by HIS life, not ours. Men just cant keep their hands out of God\u2019s gift and perfect work can they. I was saved in MacArthur\u2019s church and i have heard him defend and teach on justification by faith alone  beautifully. I consider him one of the great preachers of our time and the conference to be a great help over the years to Pastors. My wife loves to usten every year, yet here is Piper giving a key address. I ask myself how can this be, is MacArthur not aware of your article with Tim Shaughnessy or aware of the controversy. It really bothers me Tim. I have heard MacArthur rail against Roman Catholicism and its false gospel. I have heard him say i am no more righteous the say i believed than the say i die because Christ\u2019s righteousness is my righteousness given to me thru the instrument of faith. Yet there was Piper. How could any believer have assurance Tim if we didnt understand that we are forevet justified at belief. I know MacArthur personally, great man, yet if i saw him i would tell him. Anyway your article Gospel according to Piper was so necessary. Satan\u2019s attack will always be like a locomotive at the gospel  because thats where men are saved. But the joy is God will save his elect. K<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"reply\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"comment-reply-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/?replytocom=89351#respond\" data-commentid=\"89351\" data-postid=\"5578\" data-belowelement=\"div-comment-89351\" data-respondelement=\"respond\" data-replyto=\"Reply to Kevin\" aria-label=\"Reply to Kevin\">Reply<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><!-- .comment-body --><\/li>\n<p><!-- #comment-## --><\/p>\n<li id=\"comment-92098\" class=\"comment even thread-even depth-1\">\n<article id=\"div-comment-92098\" class=\"comment-body\">\n<footer class=\"comment-meta\">\n<div class=\"comment-author vcard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=34&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4cde4e2112293ac6b34fc64a762888d?s=68&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-34 photo\" height=\"34\" width=\"34\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><b class=\"fn\">Kevin<\/b> <span class=\"says\">says:<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-author --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-metadata\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehorseblog.com\/2023\/12\/11\/wounded-to-death-part-3\/#comment-92098\"><time datetime=\"2024-06-07T09:35:44-05:00\">June 7, 2024 at 9:35 am<\/time><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .comment-metadata --><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .comment-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"comment-content\">\n<p>Hi Tim, hope you are well. Just wanted to check in. How is your book going? Any new articles coming? Hope youre having a good summer. Its getting hot in Scottsdale.  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