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THE FOURTH KING OF PERSIA. (Dan 11:2 NEB).

"Three more kings will appear in Persia, and the fourth
will far surpass all the others in wealth".

A dissident group alleged that: '…the (Shah) Pahlavi Foundation and the royal family had shares in most country's businesses', and had 'sizeable interests in 17 banks and insurance companies, 25 metallurgical plants, 8 mining companies, 10 building materials factories, 45 construction companies, and so on.' (See: 'The Fall of the Shah' by F. Hoveyda. Pg.104).

"Those whom he favours he will load with honour, putting them in office over the common people and distributing land at a price." (Dan 11:39 NEB). In 1950, the Shah gave away his lands peasants became owners. In genuflection they kissed his feet (their ritual when receiving gifts of land). This was part of his 'twelve points of the white revolution they were six at the beginning and gradually added to'. He gave away 1¼ million acres. The "price" was that he should be considered absolute monarch by the people, a dictator. ('The Imperial Shah' by G. de Villiers. Pg. 288, 289).

"Yet there will still be an end to the appointed time." (Dan 11:35 NEB). After the 2,300 evenings and mornings of Daniel 8:13,14 were concluded on January 19^th 1979, 3½ "days" (years) were to elapse until the end of the "appointed times" on July 2^nd 1982. (Rev 11:11). According to the prophecy of Daniel, the satanic authority of the "king of the North" gains control of the treasures of Egypt, with Libyans and Ethiopians following in his train. He pitches his (satan's) royal pavilion of authority between the sea (of mankind) and the holy hill (Mount Zion). Iranian Jaheds have already attempted to plant their authority by their recent bombing in Lebanon. But satan will "meet his end with no one to help him." (Dan 11:45 NEB). "At that moment Michael shall appear". (Dan 12:1 NEB). Now that the integral periods of the "appointed times" have been completed, these are the last events to be fulfilled.

"He ⁽¹⁾ will resolve to subjugate all the dominions of the king of the South; and he will come to fair terms with him,⁽²⁾and he will give him a young woman in marriage, for the destruction of the kingdom; but she will not persist nor serve his purpose." (Dan 11:17 NEB).

(1) "He": The Shah resolved to overthrow the multi-party system of government in Iran so that
he could rule through the autocracy of a one-party state (dictatorship).

(2) "With him": King Farouk gave his sister Fawzia in marriage to the Crown Prince (later
the Shah) of Iran in 1938. However, she did not serve his purpose and they
divorced. She returned to Egypt.

'Reza Shah had three wives at once. His son had three in succession. Fawzia, Soraya and Farah'. 'Fawzia did leave Iran in the spring of 1945, on the pretext of visiting her family in Egypt. She never came back, and some time later a court communiqué announced their divorce'.
('The Fall of the Shah'. Pg. 101).

"TO EXHORT TRIBUTE". (Dan 11:20 NEB).
There was a 'quadrupling of the price of oil.' ('The Fall of the Shah'. Pg. 36). 'Middle-men proliferated, extorting huge sums by putting foreigners in touch with the higher officials in charge of executing the Shah's ambitious programmes. Various European ex-royals secured some stupendous contracts for European manufacturers thanks to their entrée at court. Prosperity came on the scene, with its following of injustice, inequality and corruption.' ('The Fall of the Shah'. Pg. 56). His 'grandiose projects and arms purchases rapidly absorbed the increase in oil revenues.' 'He was already considering a further boost in the price of oil to make up for the shortfall in earnings resulting from the drop in exports.' In October 1976 during an interview the Shah said: '(Till now) we have not asked the people for sacrifices.' ('The Fall of the Shah'. Pg. 57). But "...this king too will meet his end, yet neither openly nor in battle." (Dan 11:20 NEB). The Shah died of cancer while in exile in July 1980.

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