Daniel 11 ExplainedCondensed “one page” CommentaryPrevious Page: The Ottoman Empire (4 centuries in the Middle East)Daniel 11: 15-19The Fuller Picture - Iran, Russia and TPP: Obama tries to pivot to AsiaRT [Russia] (editorial) – May 16, 2015 Quotes: For a few decades all went peachy, except for the fact that AIOC [Anglo-Irainian Oil Co, later BP] creamed off most of the profits and grossly underpaid its workers. In order to deal with this issue Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh decided to nationalize AIOC in 1951. …This included taking Iran to the International Court of Justice; pressuring other countries not to buy Iranian oil and blockading Iranian ports. It all made everyone pretty miserable, but failed to have the desired effect. Out of luck and out of Iranian oil, the UK asked their buddies in the US to pitch in. The CIA obliged, organizing a slick take-down job on Mosaddegh [1953]and the AIOC was back in business in Iran, although the price of CIA cooperation meant that it now had to share some of the oil concessions with American and other European companies.The Shah’s extravagance and generally nasty behavior did little to endear him with his people, and in 1979 he was finally overthrown in the Islamic Revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini. This is a recent article (with more than one subject) but it gives some of the history behind the British and Iran. The history sounds very similar to the Iraqi experience, except Iraq didn’t try to nationalize the existing fields until much later than Iran (1972 rather than 1951). The results in international courts were the same and the U.S. now admits to their role in bringing down the prime minister and installing the Shah in 1953. It took about 26 years for the people to revolt, in 1979, which leads into the next verse. Ironically, the Americans eventually took out the the Bathe Party, in Iraq, which nationalized the existing oil fields in 1972. It just took longer, until 2003, because it was part of verse 22, next page. Anyway, it shows that money and greed had a lot to do with the situation in the Middle East today. But a lot of it started with the discovery of oil and the ‘tax collector’. Similarities and differences with Iranian oilAdded:5-18-2015 In summary, I think it is obvious that Daniel 11 perfectly matches Middle Eastern history so far (verses 2-20). Although vague at times, God provided enough key words to distinguish each empire from the others. When presented chronologically, it is unmistakable. No one has discovered this before because the information was “sealed until the time of the end”. (Daniel 12:9) With the information unsealed, it proves, without question, that God is actively controlling the Middle East. Starting in the next verse, I will explain how the final empire started back in 1979. Considering the tax collector was eliminated in 1972, I would say that Daniel 11 is moving right along. It’s just that God’s concept of time is different from ours. Peter said, “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” (2Peter 3:9) Even though God is patient, there is a limit because the future verses, described in Daniel 11, will eventually come and go, just as the previous empires did. updated at bottom5-18-2015