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Adventistische Schriften über: "What significance do the East and the kings from the East have in biblical prophecy, especially in the Book of Daniel?"
Answer
In biblical prophecy, the "kings from the East" are often associated with the sixth plague and the drying up of the Euphrates, which prepares the way for the final battle of Armageddon. Historically, the Book of Daniel identifies the Persian Empire as a power from the East, with King Cyrus serving as a divine instrument for the liberation of Israel. Later 19th‑century interpretations also saw this term as referring to political powers involved in the conflicts of the "Oriental Problem".
The Kings from the East and the Battle of Armageddon
»The water of the "great river Euphrates" shall dry up, "so that the way of the kings from the East may be prepared". This way of the kings from the East shall be prepared so that they may rise up to the "battle of that great day of God, the Almighty". To this battle all nations, "the kings of the earth and the whole world", will be gathered and will rise up when the time comes in which the way of the kings from the East is "prepared".«
Cyrus as a Ruler from the East
»When the king saw the words that, more than a hundred years before his birth, predicted the manner in which Babylon would be taken; when he read the message addressed to him from the ruler of the universe: "I have girded you, though you did not know me, so that one may learn of the rising of the sun [the East] and of the decline, that none is except me"; ... his heart was deeply moved, and he resolved to fulfill his divinely appointed mission.«
Interpretation of the Powers of the East in the 19th Century
»In the sixth plague, over the great river Euphrates, Armstrong sees the destruction of Turkish rule to prepare the way for the kings of the East (either the Jews or the dominions of Asia). And following the assembly at Armageddon comes the pouring out of the seventh plague... which prepares the way for the kingdoms of this world to become the kingdoms of our Lord.«
Persia and Greece in the Book of Daniel
»In the vision of the eighth chapter, the second and third of these kingdoms are named – Persia and Greece. ... In this chapter, indeed the details of personal and familial injury and revenge – of intrigue and diplomacy – of the mustering and marching of armies – of defeat and conquest, as they have unfolded since in Persian, Greek, Egyptian, Syrian, and Roman history, are all portrayed by the prophetic hand.«
Original Sources (English)
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