PLAYERS IN THE END TIME CONFLICT OF NATIONS
PLAYERS IN THE END TIME CONFLICT OF NATIONS
Sunday, July 20, 2025, the Year of Our LORD
Pastor Carolyn Sissom
PRINCE OF PERSIA (IRAN)
PRINCE OF GRECIA (NATO and EUROPEAN UNION, UN)
PRINCES OF GOG and MAGOG (Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, nations around the Black and Caspian Sea).
GOD OF FORCES (god of war Dan. 11:38).
REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE (Antichrist).
ISRAEL (Michael the Archangel and Jesus Christ, Captain of the Host of Heaven.)
82:1-2 -(T.P.T.): All rise! For God now comes to judge as he convenes heaven’s courtroom! He judges every judge and rules over every ruler! Saying, how long will you judges refuse to listen to the voice of true justice and continue to corrupt what is right by judging in favor of the wrong?
In Psalm 82, Asaph received a vision of the court of Heaven. This is a prophetic picture of this great assembly presided over by Elohiym, the Supreme God of all the mighty of the earth. This is not an ordinary council meeting. It is a trial and God presides as judge. Those who are being judged are the gods of the nations. The gods have a dual meaning of both the demonic princes over the earth and/or their earthly counter parts. God is standing in the court of heaven. The Word of God declares he is the judge of all the mighty (el) of the earth.
It seems over many years of wars and rumors of wars, I have preached on all the above so many times, I should have the scripture references memorized. Yet, the international landscape shifts. When there is a shift, I feel a burden to preach on the demonic powers and principalities at war in the heavenlies. All of you know very well my custom, to ask the LORD what I am to preach? The answer was clear Russia and the war with Ukraine and the nations. Prophet Tony Kemp gave a word at the Fire Storm Conference, “Governmental mantles are assigned and accompanied by the Seraphim Angels. Lord Jesus, I pray that is so, and I pray for all the grace you will give me.
PRINCE OF PERSIA
The Medo-Persian Empire is the second world empire to oppress Israel in the times of the Gentiles. Symbolized by the breasts and arms of silver in the metallic man of Daniel 2:39, the bear of Daniel 7:5 and a ram in Daniel 8:3-4, 20. The two horns of the ram represent the two leaders of the Medo-Persian Empire, Dairus, the Median and Cyrus the Persian. The ram did according to its own will (always the mark of the tyrant and the reason for judgment).
God has used the Destroyer throughout history to bring judgment. Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, and Dairus were all used by God with the spirit of destruction. His weapon of warfare is the battle-axe.
However, Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. It is to Dairius’ eternal credit he made a decree that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for He is the Living God, and steadfast forever, and His kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end (Dan. 6:26).
Iran has been a source of terror and war against Israel and the U.S for 45 years. However, Cyrus was used by God to reestablish Israel after the 70-year exile to Babylon. Darius was used to give the Jews favor after Daniel and his two friends were saved from the fiery furnace.
That would explain Jer. 49:35 where the LORD of hosts says he will break the bow of Elam, scatter them with the four winds, dismay them before their enemies, and consume them with the sword (war). The LORD will then set his throne in Elam.
Donald J. Trump by bombing their nuclear site has broken their bow, dismantled their nuclear capabilities and now they are defeated. The Church is also strong in Iran. Thus, it appears the Prince of Persia is being overthrown.
Kingdoms of this world are controlled by Godly or satanic angels and wars on earth are lost or won as a result of battles in the heavenlies between the good and bad angels. God plans the rise and fall of certain kingdoms and Satan seeks to keep the Prophetic Word from coming to pass.
PRINCE OF GRECIA
It is my persuasion the Prince of Grecia is on the rise and taking its place in the end time battle of nations. Donald J. Trump has just weaponized NATO by selling them weapons to sell to Ukraine to fight Russia. Thus, we are a step away from NATO nations declaring war on Russia, or Russia with a correlation of nations declaring war on Europe. The European Union and the U.N. are anti-Israel in the Gaza war.
The Grecian Empire was the third in the vision of the Metallic man to oppress Israel in the times of the Gentiles. This kingdom is symbolized by the belly and thighs of brass (Dan.2:39), the leopard with 4 heads and 4 wings (Dan. 7:6) the rough he-goat with a notable horn (Dan. 8: 5-9; 21) and the great he-goat with 4 horns (Dan. 8:8-9, 21-23).
“The prince of Grecia is the spirit confined to the abyss who will come out in the last days and cause the human antichrist to revive the old Grecian Empire so that they can all oppose Jesus Christ at Armageddon” (Rev. 9:11 Dake). (It is my personal belief that the Sixth Trumpet has sounded and this spirit was released out of the abyss in the late 80’s or early 90’s.) The beast out of the abyss is a satanic angel and not the human spirit of some dead man. He does not incarnate himself in the human antichrist or beast out of the sea, but merely uses him as a tool to revive the 5th or Grecian Kingdom as the 8th and last kingdom in the times of the Gentiles. This spirit ruled the old Grecian Empire that had fallen before John’s day. (Rev. 17:10). When his kingdom fell he was confined to the abyss where he remained during the 6th kingdom, the Roman Empire” (Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible).
The Prince of Grecia is the satanic ruler prince of the Grecian Empire that caused Alexander The Great to be so successful in 13-years as to destroy the Medo-Persian Empire completely.
The Prince of Grecia is further identified as the Destroyer (the third part of the unholy trinity to kill, steal and to destroy.) The destroyer’s name is “Abaddon”.
Rev. 9:11-21: They had a king over them which is the angel of the bottomless pit, who name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon…and the sixth angel sounded his trumpet…
Abaddon is first mentioned in the Bible in Job 26:6 R.S. “Sheol (death) is naked before God and Abaddon (destruction) has no covering.” Abaddon is also named as destruction in Job 28:22 and Proverbs 15:11. He is further identified as the prince of Grecia in Daniel 10:20-21.
PRINCES GOG AND MAGOG
We must pray that Putin stops this war in the Ukraine. Donald J. Trump has tried to negotiate a peace, but at this time, the ego of Putin continues the slaughter of civilians and soldiers. The suffering in Ukraine is heartbreaking and totally unnecessary.
In Ezekiel, chapter 38, we are commanded to prophesy against Gog, of the land of Magog,
38:2: Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against Him.
Ezekiel, chapters 38 and 39 are one prophecy and tell of a coming northern confederacy of nations around the Black and Caspian seas with Persia. and North Africa. These nations are ruled in the realm of the spirit by the spirit of communism and the spirit of Islam.
These nations include Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Northwest India and Russia; plus, Persia (Iran) and North Africa (Ethiopia and Libya). Gog is a Satanic prince or Satan personified as the chief prince in this league of nations. I did some research on "Northern confederacy of nations around the Black and Caspian Seas". These nations have economic and environmental confederacies in place.
The Lord’s judgment on these principalities and powers is sure. We see the spirit of antichrist moving across the earth through the dragon (China), the beast (One World Order), and Gog/Magog. All of these nations are embracing the spirit of antichrist. In all of these nations, terrorism, fear, and deception are the powers and principalities. God is going to put a hook in the jaw of all these spirits and destroy them (Ez. 38:4). God is going to bring these spirits to the Mountains of Israel (Nation of Israel and Sons of God i.e. The Whole House of Israel) (39:25) and destroy them literally and spiritually. “And all the nations of the earth shall know that He is the Lord Our God.
REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE
After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possesses eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth uttering great boasts.
This beast refers to the Roman empire, which succeeded Greece and brought the whole known world under its sway. By the turn of the second century B.C., it had conquered Spain and Carthage. Then it continued to further its conquests, adding Macedonia, Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, Jerusalem, Great Britain, France, Belgium Switzerland, and Germany. Its power reached to the border of India. Rome succeeded in building the largest empire in human history. Yet even Rome fell to invading armies in A.D. 410. No human kingdom lasts forever.
The description of the ten horns does not correspond to any known historical aspect of the Roman empire. This is believed to be the future extension of the Revived Roman empire. It has now been over 2000 years since the time of the Roman Empire. Interestingly all the other kingdoms only survived 200 + years. Since the time of the Roman Empire, (9) world empires have oppressed the Jews (counting Hitler) in the time of the Gentiles. However, it is believed by most scholars there will be ten kingdoms yet to arise.
NINE KINGDOMS WHICH HAVE OPPRESSED ISRAEL IN THE TIME OF THE GENTILES SINCE THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE:
1. Byzantine Empire – grew out of the East Roman Empire.
2. Moslem Empire – originated with the Arabs.
3. Seljuk Turks – (Gog/Magog).
4. Christian Crusaders
5. Marmadukes of Egypt
6. Ottoman Turks (Gog/Magog).
7. Nazis
8. British and Arab Guerilla fighters
9. Arabs (Islam)
Jesus came to this world in the age of Rome. The past 2025 years is the age of the Gospel Church (the establishing of the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven), the period in which all humankind can be delivered by the cross of Jesus Christ. Jesus’ Kingdom is the stone cut out of the mountain without hands and has broken to pieces all the other kingdoms. Daniel 2:44-45: And in the days of these kings shall the God of Heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.”
Daniel received a reassuring promise from an angel who, in bold affirmation of God’s sovereign control over the affairs of men and empires loudly declared, “but the high holy ones of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever; for all ages to come.”
“Remember, every word of Daniel’s prophecies have come true regarding the four great Gentile kingdoms---Babylon, Medes and Persia, Greece, and Rome. The revived feet and toes kingdom prophesied by Daniel (Ch. 2) is emerging and growing here on earth today, aggressively seeking to extend its authority over more and more of the nations of the earth” (B.B.).
7: 15-16: I, Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. I came near to one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this, so he told me and made me know the interpretation of the things.
Excerpt from Covenant the End-Times Prophecy of Daniel by Baruch Battelstein:
1. The fourth beast will be a Fourth Kingdom that will arise upon the earth (first manifested by ancient Rome, but with a second, more complex incarnation yet to come---the feet and toes).
2. The fourth Kingdom will be different from all the other kingdoms before it.
3. The fourth Kingdom will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it (a historical first, as no previous empire has ever dominated the entire earth at one time).
4. Another king will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings.
5. Once he is firmly established in his power and authority, he will speak out against the Most High God.
6. He will intend to make alterations in times and in law.
7. He will wear down the high holy ones of the Highest One.
8. The whole earth will be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time (three and a half years).
We know from history that what Daniel prophesied in these verses has not yet taken place. For no king has yet arisen who has devoured the whole earth, trodden it down, crushed it, ruled for three and a half years, and after this time been destroyed by the Messiah, ruling and reigning over His earthly kingdom…
The antichrist will try to change the set times and the laws. He will dislike the present name of our era, A.D. or “Anno domini,” which means “The year of the Lord.” Thus, he will be loath to hear words like A.D. 2025 because this means “the year of the Lord 2025,”
God has worked and is still working among nations to bring about His eternal purpose of redemption that we may eternally live in the Presence of His Glory. Satan and his agents seek to stop God’s Kingdom on earth. We decide which one we will serve and assist. There are three votes. The devil votes against us, Jesus votes for us, whichever way we vote makes the difference.
Daniel says he will honor the god of forces, which means that he will worship war and the toys of war. The god of forces refers to a god of war. He will not have a desire for women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all.
The Bible shows that he will honor his god, with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts. It also shows that he will build a strong fortress and conquer the whole world with the help of a foreign god. He will honor those who follow him, and he will distribute the land in return for a bribe.
12:1: Now at that time (the same time as 11:40-45-“the time of the end”) shall Michael stand up the great prince which stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time; and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Rev. 21:12: Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
They that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament and instruct many. Those that turn men to righteousness; that turn sinners from the errors of their ways and help to save their souls from death will share in the glory of those they have helped to heaven. Those who are outstanding in earth in God’s sight will have a glorious reward in Heaven.
12:4: But you, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased.
At the end of time men will be vainly seeking to discover God’s plans, as Amos foretold to Amos 8:12: They shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord and shall not find it. Men will be seeking to increase knowledge then the only answer will lie in God’s word.
12:8-9: And I heard, but I did not understand, then said I, “O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?” And he said, “go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”
Whatever our lot is in the days of time, we shall have a happy lot at the Second Coming of the Lord.
Daniel was bidden turn to other affairs until the end of his life. There will be an unsealing near the “time of the end.” Revelation will pour forth in the Latter Days, but it will be to those who understand.
With all this in mind, what are we to say? We who have received knowledge; who know the Son of Man as the living, loving Lord; who have the Holy Spirit and His precious gifts; can take the words of Paul, If God is on our side, who can be against us?’ and find truth in Daniel’s experience, and in his visions the promise that nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Pastor Carolyn Sissom
Eastgate Ministries Church, 1015 West Hidden Lakes Lane, Richmond, TX
Scripture from K.J.V.; I entered into the labors of F F. Bruce Bible Commentary, A. R. Millard; Matthew Henry’s Commentary; Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible, Barry Battlestein.