Who Is "the King of the North" Today?

 

"He will come all the way to his end, and there will be no helper for him." - DANIEL 11:45.

WE HAVE more evidence than ever before that we are living at  the end of the last days of this system of things.   Soon, Jehovah and Jesus Christ will destroy all governments that oppose the Kingdom. Before that event occurs, the king of the north and the king of the south will continue their conflict with each other and with God's people. 

In this article, we will consider the prophecy recorded at Daniel 11:40-12:1.We will identify the current king of the north and discuss why we ca face with confidence the challenges that lie ahead. 

A NEW KING OF THE NORTH EMERGES

After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, God's people in that vast region enjoyed "a little help"-a  period of freedom. (Daniel11:34)  As a result, they were able to preach freely, and before long the number in the former  Communist bloc rose to hundreds of thousands. Gradually, Russia and its allies emerged as the king of the north. As discussed in the preceding article, for a government to fill the role as king of the north or south, it must three things: (1) interact directly with God's people, (2) show by its actions that it is an enemy of Jehovah and his people, and (3) They have been competing with the king of the  south, the Anglo-American World Power.  Let us see how Russia and its allies have filled the role of the king of the north.

Next time: Who Is "the King of the North" Today? - THE KING OF THE NORTH AND THE KING OF THE SOUTH CONTINUE PUSHING

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After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, God's people in that vast region enjoyed  "a little help"- a period of freedom. (Daniel 11:34) As a result, they were able to preach freely, and before long the number of publishers the  former Communist block rose to hundreds of thousands. Gradually, Russia and its allies emerged as the king of the north. As discussed in the preceding article, for a government to fill the role of the king of the north or the king of the south, it must do three things:(1) interact directly with God's people. (2) show by its actions that it is an enemy of Jehovah and his people, and (3) they have been competing with the kig