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and the extremist leaders will win. This war takes place in 2009. It is a very 

brief war consisting of some fighting between Arab nations and some 

insurrections and revolutions within Arab nations. The end result is that 

Iran and Iraq, more so Iran, end up in control of the Arab nations. 

Unfortunately, current efforts to establish democracy in Iraq do not succeed. 

After this brief war, the Arab nations, led by Iran and Iraq, invade and 

conquer Europe and northern Africa. This invasion and conquering of 

Europe is World War III, a long, devastating, and very deadly war. 

{11:3} But there will rise up a strong king, and he will rule with great power, 

and he will do what he pleases. 

{11:4} And when he has been firmly established, his kingdom will be 

shattered and will be divided towards the four winds of the heaven, but not 

to his posterity, nor according to his power with which he ruled. For his 

kingdom will be torn to pieces, even for the outsiders who have been 

expelled from these. 

The strong king is the great monarch, who frees the occupied lands from the 

Arab forces in World War IV. His strength is from his faith in the Catholic 

Church. He established and rules over a vast area, including Europe, 

Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and northern Africa. When his rule finally 

ends, his kingdom is divided into four parts. These four kingdoms are not 

ruled by the great monarch s children or relatives, nor to anyone who is like 

him in faithfulness to God. For his kingdom, once divided, will even be 

ruled by some who have been expelled from the True Faith, that is, the 

Catholic Church. Some of those who have left the Church or who have been 

excommunicated will end up having positions of political power in these 

divided kingdoms. 

{11:5} And the king of the South will be reinforced, yet one of his leaders 

will prevail over him, and he will rule with riches, for great is his domain. 

{11:6} And after the end of years, they will form a federation, and the 

daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to make 

friendship, but she will not obtain the strength of arms, neither will her 

offspring stand firm, and she will be handed over, along with those who 

brought her, her young men, and those who comforted her in these times. 

These two verses cover a substantial period of time. The South is the 

southern part of the great monarch s former kingdom. The South is now a 

kingdom of its own. The South includes the Middle East and the holy land 

of Israel and northern Africa. After a long time, some kind of federation or