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Jacob-Israel merely followed the script, whether consciously or unconsciously. The division was determined from the beginning and written in the blueprint of history. This division was not caused by Jacob-Israel when he blessed his sons, giving the Scepter to Judah and the Birthright to Joseph. The one presides over the Scepter of Judah, while the other presides over the Birthright of Joseph-Israel. It is a team effort, due to the different callings of the two angels. Both archangels were required to work together in order to establish the Kingdom, just as both were required to unite the saints being raised from the dead with the saints of that final generation “ who are alive and remain” (1 Thess. It should be noted also that in order to bring about the transfer of authority to Daniel (representing the saints of the Most High), it required not only Michael’s victory over Babylon, but also Peniel’s assistance. These acts of God (through Michael and Peniel) reveal the divine plan in the latter days when Mystery Babylon is overthrown and the Kingdom of God is established. Yet these temporary types of the Messiah and the Kingdom were established at that time to encourage us today. This positive side of Medo-Persia was to be temporary, of course, because in the big picture Persia was just another beast empire.
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However, the plan of God also included a time when Cyrus would act as a messianic type and Darius would give the dominion to the saints of the Most High. In fact, the prince of Persia had been granted dominion for a season by the divine court. This fortification was necessary because the prince of Persia was still the spiritual head of that beast nation. Things happen in the spiritual realm before they happen on earth. Peniel fortified Michael’s position, and since Michael was Daniel’s prince, it meant that Daniel’s position was fortified and consolidated as well. No doubt this was the result of Peniel’s assistance. 6:1-3 how Darius reorganized the kingdom under 120 satraps (governors) and placed Daniel as the president of the top three commissioners. Although Persia was the second beast empire, the temporary unity of Peniel and Michael in this matter allowed Medo-Persia to fulfill Kingdom prophecies long enough to establish the prophetic patterns for a later time when Mystery Babylon falls. This victory allowed Cyrus and Darius to fulfill the messianic prophecies in Isaiah 44-45, where Cyrus is called a “messiah” (Isaiah 45:1). In the first year of Darius, Peniel came to consolidate the victory of Persia over Babylon. Michael then came to help him, since Michael was the prince of Judah that was captive in Babylon. He was resisted by the prince of Persia, who was Peniel’s natural enemy (counterpart). When Daniel began to seek God’s face in chapter 9, Peniel, was sent with a message to the prophet. When the Red Dragon’s mandate to rule expired (after 70 years), Michael was sent to overthrow him, and the result was that Babylon was overthrown at the hands of Cyrus and Darius. Because Michael is the counterpart to the Red Dragon, this implies that the Red Dragon is the spiritual prince of Babylon. It appears that Michael had been the main archangel that was conducting the overthrow of Babylon on behalf of Judah, and that Peniel showed up afterward to fortify Michael’s position and to consolidate his victory. 1 And I-in year one of Darius the Mede, my position was to make him steadfast and to strengthen him.ĭaniel learned that when Babylon fell and Darius the Mede took the city, Peniel’s “position” ( amad, “stood up, took a stand”) was to “make him steadfast” ( khazakh, “strengthen, harden, encourage”) and to ( maowz, “fortify”) Michael’s position in the warfare. Reading from The Concordant Version, Peniel’s statement reads this way:Ģ9 … No one will be steadfast with me in these things save Michael your chief. The “him” in this case is not Darius the Mede, but Michael the Archangel. Instead, it was the end of Peniel’s conversation in regard to his alliance with Michael. It was not meant to establish the date of the revelation in the rest of Daniel 11. This verse properly belongs at the end of chapter 10. Daniel 11:1 (NASB) Peniel tells the prophet,ġ And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him.