"The Dead Sea Scrolls have revolutionized the study of the Bible, early Judaism, and early Christianity." (Dead Sea Scrolls, Michael Wise, 1996) Here are some facts about their discovery and publication taken from, Dead Sea Scrolls, Michael Wise.

Dead Sea Scroll Facts

1. 100 BC The vast majority of scrolls were written in first century BC.
2. 1947 AD The first scrolls were found in the Judean desert.
3. 1948 The first scrolls were published.
4. 1947-1956 Eleven caves with scrolls were discovered.
5. 1947-1956 There were 15,000 fragments found in cave four alone.
6. 1948 The jurisdiction at this time was the government of Jordan.
7. 1950-1977 The "official team" of a small number of scholars published six volumes of scrolls during this time period; less than half of the total volume.
8. 1977-1991 The "Official team" refuses to release the scrolls for public study.  This is called "the scandal of the century" by prominent scholar Geza Vermes.
9. 1991 Zion Wacholder reconstructs scrolls from a detailed concordex using a desktop computer.
10. 1991 Legal action was threatened against the monopoly
11.1991 Emanuel Tov,the new editor-in-chief announced the free and unconditional access to all photographs of Dead Sea Scrolls.

     Whenever there is such flagrant abuse and secrecy, one must suspect the worst. Perhaps someday we will know the true history of the scrolls as it transpired in the first fifty years after their discovery.

In this year of jubilee, each of you shall return to his property. (Lev
25:13) And this is the manner of release: every creditor shall release that
which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor and
his brother, for God’s release has been proclaimed. (Deut 15:2)

The Jubilee occurs every fiftieth year and its purpose, established by God, is to release all who have been enslaved financially or physically. It evens the playing field and closes the gaps that otherwise develop between the rich and the poor. (My comment)

Below, I have given the full quote of Isaiah that the Teacher of Righteousness is commenting on in the Dead Sea Scroll 11Q13.

Isaiah 61:1,2 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me(Isaiah),
Because the Lord has anointed me;
He has sent me as a herald of joy to the humble,
To bind up the wounded of heart,
To proclaim release to the captives,
Liberation to the imprisoned;
To proclaim a year of the Lord's favor.

A Jubilee is declared on every 50 th year, on Yom Kippur, which is ten days after the beginning of the Jewish New Year. This is the holiest day of the year and is also called the Day of Atonement – usually a somber day of repentance. Yom Kippur occurred this year on 9/20/99. I believe Melchizedek will return on or near Yom Kippur one of these years and will turn a day of mourning into a day of joy. (My comment.) The Teacher continues:

It was concerning him (Melchizedek) that the above Psalm referred to.   (interpretation by TR)

It’s interpretation concerns Belial (devil) and the spirits of his lot who rebelled by
turning away from the precepts of God to…(missing text). And Melchizedek will
avenge the vengeance of the judgments of God…(missing text). And he
(Melchizedek) will drag them (captives) from the hand of Belial and from the
hand of all the spirits of his lot. And all the ‘Gods of Justice’ will come to his aid
to attend to the destruction of Belial. (interpretation by TR)

Continuing on with the Teacher of Righteousness and his interpretations of scripture found in 11Q13 of the Dead Sea Scrolls, we find:

To comfort all who mourn, to grant to those who mourn in Zion. (Isaiah 61:2)

But as a son of the living God, he had not yet entered the joyful and transcendent kingdom of heaven within. Therefore, greater means that the final prophet will have entered this kingdom of heaven within, which is the "true way" that he helps bring forth in Isaiah 42:1-4.

Isaiah 57:14 Build up, build up a highway!
Clear a road!
Remove all obstacles
From the road of My people

This "road" is referred to and described in many places and by many prophets in the OldTestament. God will be removing obstacles to its use by those who elect His will.

Isaiah 62:10 Pass through, pass through the gates!
Clear the road for the people
Build up the highway,
Remove the rocks!
See, the Lord has proclaimed
To the end of the earth…
Your deliverer is coming!
And they shall be called "The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord"

The "people" are the remnant of "Israel," the people who love God and seek his guidance within and without. The road has rocks on it that need to be removed so that "the people" can proceed to Zion, where they will meet up with the Deliverer who is the World Messiah. "The Holy People" are probably the group referred to as the elect, elsewhere. This group is made up of those who "elect" to do God’s will in the trial period when many others abandon Him. There is both a physical road and a spiritual road or way. They are fused in Isaiah’s poetic imagery.

The "ransomed" people of God are those who stand up for and do God’s will amidst the "powers and principalities" that rule during the trial period. Many of "His people" are persecuted, and possibly imprisoned. Thus, when the Messiah arrives he pays "ransom" to release these captives who then:

Isaiah 36:10 Come with shouting to Zion, Crowned with joy everlasting. They shall attain joy and gladness, While sorrow and sighing flee

Isaiah 42:16 I will lead the blind By a road they did not know.

Isaiah 43:19 I (God) am about to do something new… Suddenly you shall perceive it; I will make a road through the wilderness And rivers in the desert.

John the Baptist, took up this verse unto himself to prepare the people for the Lord Jesus’ arrival. "Another and greater John the Baptist" (UB) the Final Prophet, will use this same verse to prepare the way for the Lord Melchizedek’s arrival. This highway in the desert is a literal road, the Sacred Way, that will be used by the remnants to travel to Canaan to be reunited by Melchizedek. The term God in Isaiah 40:3 is an error of designation by which Lord God is confused with Lord Jesus or Lord Melchizedek. Further about this road or highway:

Jeremiah 31:2 describes "Lost" Israel as they leave Canaan and the Lord tells them to "set up waymarks", which are the stone altars called dolmens discussed in the chapter on Isaiah. Israel (The Lost Ten Tribes) told by the Lord that someday they will use these "waymarks" as markers on the highway (The Sacred Way) to "turn again" and return to "these thy cities" of Canaan. These are modern day Christians (The Lost Ten Tribes), the remnant of "Israel" that returns to Canaan for reunion with the Jewish remnant. This highway/road is one and the same as the "highway made straight in the desert" for Lord Melchizedek, and previously for, Lord Jesus. Consider further:

Isaiah 19:23 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria,
KJV and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into
Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

Here, Isaiah 19:23, we are told that there will be Egyptian and Assyrian remnants using this road as well. All who love and respect the true God will be gathered. To confirm this:

"In that day" and the blowing of the "great trumpet" indicate that these verses apply to the messianic end of the age. Melchizedek is said to arrive at the beginning of the tenth Jubilee, on the day of atonement, as discussed in the last sentence of 11Q13; The Coming of Melchizedek.

Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth;
KJV shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.

God seems to make this road for His returning sons and daughters. He tells us:

Isaiah 43:5 Fear not, for I am with thee. KJV

Isaiah 43:6 bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of
KJV the earth.

Isaiah 43:7 even everyone who is called by my name. KJV

Isaiah 43:13 Yea, before the day was, I am, and there is none that can
KJV deliver out of my hand.

Isaiah 43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth
KJV my praise.

The Teacher of Righteousness is the founder and leader of the Qumran community beginning sometime around 196 BC. The Qumran community is the community that dwelled in the Judean desert; who preserved, copied, and sometimes authored the scrolls found by the Dead Sea.

Hymn 2      I will bow down and implore Thy mercy
Thanksgiving on my sins and wicked deeds,
Hymns For I have wallowed in uncleanness
and have turned aside from the council of Thy truth…

Preserve Thy servant, O God, lest he sin against Thee,
or stagger aside from any word of Thy will.
Strengthen the loins of Thy servant…
that he may walk in all that Thou lovest…

     Having received forgiveness and love from God’s personal hand, the servant, the Teacher of Righteousness, devotes himself to the totality of God’s will and tells us:

Hymn 4 The closer I approach (God),
Thanksgiving the more I am filled with zeal
Hymns against all the workers of iniquity
and the men of deceit.
For none of those who approach Thee
rebels against Thy command,
Nor do any of those who know Thee
alter Thy words…

The Teacher of Righteousness divides people into those who know God and those who do not. Anyone who knows God, will as a result, also love God and His way. God’s "commands" are the "commands" of righteousness and love. Next the Teacher tells God:

Hymn 5 Thou hast favored me, Thy servant,
Thanksgiving with a spirit of knowledge,
Hymns that I may choose truth and goodness
and I have loved Thee freely
and with all my heart…

God has anointed His servant, the Teacher of Righteousness, with His spirit and as a result he is able to understand and penetrate the mysteries of the Holy Scriptures, as well as understand the very heart of man. (Dotted lines in this subsection are breaks in the text, not missing original text as elsewhere.)

Hymn 22 For Thou hast made known to me the counsel of Thy truth
and has taught me Thy marvelous mysteries…
and by the spirit which Thou hast given me…
Thou hast opened knowledge to me…
and Thou hast shed Thy Holy Spirit over dust…
to bring him into the company of the ‘gods’
and unite them (dust and ashes) with the Sons of Heaven.

Hymn 24 A messenger in the season of Thy goodness,
that to the humble he might bring
glad tidings of Thy great Mercy,
proclaiming salvation from out of the fountain of holiness…
to the contrite spirit, and everlasting joy to those who mourn.

The Teacher of Righteousness knows the futility of "man’s way" from his own experience of sinfulness and error.

Hymn 15 I have not relied upon the works of my hands
to raise up my heart
Nor have I sought refuge
in my own strength.
I have no fleshly refuge,
and Thy servant has no righteous deeds…
But I lean on the abundance of Thy mercies
and hope for the greatness of Thy grace

Hymn 13 The wicked and fierce have stormed against me…

Hymn 14 All who have eaten my bread
have lifted their heel against me…
have mocked me with their lips.

The Teacher of Righteousness suffers greatly from spiritual, emotional, as well as physical causes. His closest friends and family have rejected him.

In modern terminology, Hymn 18 could be a description of severe depression, which is often associated with sleeplessness so that "the soul languishes day and night without rest" and where the ‘heart laments within.’ Perhaps the Teacher did, and/or the Final Prophet will; suffer from severe depression. And now, the Teacher describes physical suffering as well.

Hymn 18 My arm is torn from its socket…
My foot is held by fetters…
My arms and legs are bound by shackles…
I have no word for my disciples
to revive the spirit of those who stumble
and to speak words of support to the weary.

The Liar is a specific figure in the times of the Teacher of Righteousness. The Liar is also a general character type that has shown up in all the ends of previous ages. No doubt, the personification of deceit, the Liar, will be part of this messianic time period as well. War (the Sword), famine, plague, and drought also have ended previous ages and they will undoubtedly again. The interpreter of knowledge mentioned by the Teacher of Righteousness is the end of the age, messianic prophet, also called the interpreter of the law elsewhere in the scrolls. "Don’t be angry; it tends to evil, for the wicked shall be cut off." (Ps 37:9) Interpreted, all those who are stubborn in turning away from their iniquity shall be cut off. (TR)

"But those who wait for the Lord shall possess the land." (Ps 37:96)
Interpreted, this is the congregation of the elect who do His will.(TR)
The "elect," elect God’s will over their own. (My comment)
Ephraim, America

"The wicked draw the sword and bend their bow to bring down the
poor and needy and to slay the upright of way. Their sword shall enter
their own heart and their bows shall be broken." (Ps 37:45-15)

"And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied, but the wickedshall perish." (Ps 37:196)

Interpreted, this means that He will keep them (the elect) alive      
during famine and the time of humiliation, whereas many
(others) will suffer from famine and plague, all those who have
not departed from there to be with the Congregation of His elect.
(TR, Teacher of Righteousness) (my parentheses)

Before leaving the study of the Psalms and the Final Prophet, I would like to present to you a deeply penetrating portrait of the Final Prophet as revealed in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Biblical Psalms. This portrait is given to us by Bobby Rich, Eliyahu (Elijah) – Online Prophet:

The following quote is verbatim from pages 42 through 46 of a 62-page text about a variety of prophecy subjects. The "Online Prophet", Bobby Rich identifies the Teacher of Righteousness of the Dead Sea Scrolls as John the Baptist. With this and a few other interpretations I would disagree, but for the most part I find this portrayal of the Final Prophet completely convincing.

The prophet Daniel was thrown into a lion’s den. The people and the
rulers wanted to kill Jeremiah and he was placed in a dungeon like a slime
pit where he sunk into the mire. Isaiah may have been sawn apart alive.
John the Baptist’s head was served up on a platter. Elijah was forced into
exile with Ahab and Jezebel after his hide. Biblical prophets are not
always the epitome of popularity. As the Scrolls describe the final
symbolic "Elijah" prophet we see the same opposition exists to his
message, especially among the "seekers after smooth things", who prefer
their own mental delusions to the vision the prophet carries as given to
him by God. As with Elijah this Final Prophet will also be forced into
exile from his land and be hunted by those who wish to kill him.
Perhaps this "Elijah" will also have his "Ahab and Jezebel" to contend
with. The Scrolls explain that some will understand and believe him and
his vision but some will neither understand or believe him, and thereby
make a distinction between the wicked and the just. What sort of
individual would the average person expect the end of age prophet to be?
One might imagine him to be a well known evangelist, a successful
businessman with church connections, a family man, pious with an
unquestioned reputation, with many loyal friends and family members
around him for encouragement. One might also expect him to be
wise,witty, stable, and financially sound. It would help if he were young,
charismatic, and handsome in a rakish way with a lovely wife and several
well behaved children. Perhaps he would be the son of a famous tycoon or
a war hero or a respected Senator, or was the semi-retired owner of a fast
food chain and involved in human rights or environmental issues. Most of
all perhaps – he would be a SOMEBODY! Considering the Scrolls and
Psalms description this last prophet will be a disappointment to many
people, being VERY different than we might envision! In a nutshell he
appears to be a "MAN OF CALAMITIES", of stumbling rather than
success. Instead of a staunch family man and pillar of integrity we see in
this final prophet a man BETRAYED by those who "eat his bread" and
MALIGNED in gossip with a resultant loss of reputation, ridiculed and
scorned, beset by serious illnesses, financially unsuccessful, a victim of
schemers, being scourged by God for unknown reasons. He has visited the
gates of death and commonly experiences pain on an ongoing basis. He is
waiting in bitterness, sorrow, and anger for God to redeem him – and
probably asking why! Perhaps he feels like Job. This individual is even at
odds with the church group he had been connected with. Who would ever
choose such an unfortunate to be the last prophet? Perhaps only God!
Not likely any human would have made this particular choice. We would
look for stability at the very least. But it appears God does not operate
like we do, because He has chosen an individual that most of us
would likely consider "a broken vessel" just as some of the Prophet’s
friends and family do count him to be. The reader may be acquainted
with this very prophet today! As you read briefly in the introduction,
this coming prophet is beset by bad health and serious personal problems
and a variety of trials. However as time advances a different aspect will
emerge because at some point God will begin to establish and lift up
this prophet, and the prophet’s situation makes a dramatic change.
Concerning the Last Prophet’s end time vision the Scrolls indicate God at
first keeps the vision hidden and obscured. However, in the meantime
some have "borne the yoke" (made privy) to the mysteries of the
vision and BECAUSE of the vision have struck out against the
Prophet and hold him in ridicule, perhaps his church group. We see
his message as not well received by some! The attitude of these first to
know is addressed by God who instructs them to "mend their ways". The
Scrolls make no bones about the fact that the final prophet has been given
all understanding concerning the Bible. As we look at the diversity of
beliefs and doctrines among Christianity alone we can certainly see the
need for a "Plumb line" to set the Biblical meaning straight. Everyone
simply cannot be correct regardless of sincerity. The Scrolls also make it
clear that God will not allow this prophet to be put down by others
forever because in due time God Himself will strengthen the Prophet
and the mysteries he holds will no longer be hidden. What if you met
a genuine prophet who knew all of the mysteries and the prophecies of the
Bible because it was given him from God? Would you ask him the name of
the beast or what events would take place or some mystery of life you’ve
wondered about for many years? Consider what you might ask or say
because we may indeed meet this Last Prophet who is described in the
Dead Sea Scrolls by John the Baptist (Teacher of Righteousness) and his
disciples of Qumran. In addition to being called "Final Teacher of
Righteousness" in the last days he is also described as the "fountain of
knowledge" bringing rain for the thirsty. Bible students may easily equate
this prophet to the "latter rain" of the book of Joel which the "teacher of
righteousness" corresponds. As you will see, the vast majority of the
details for this coming Prophet are provided by the Baptist (the Teacher of
Righteousness) in the Thanksgiving Hymns and for the most part are
based on a specific set of Biblical Psalms. Why no one has recognized
this before is not clear but most Scrolls researchers assumed these verses
were made up by the mind of the Teacher of Righteousness. The first and
.major evidence of exactly which Psalms may be seen by an examination of
the Scrolls interpretations of Psalms 37 & 45:1. In these commentaries
most of the verses are identified as concerning the Teacher of
Righteousness and the people of his council and his enemies. Upon
examination of the Psalms falling between 37 & 45 it is clear the context
continues in 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, and 43. A close examination of the
Thanksgiving Hymns of Qumran reflect a heavy correspondence with
these very Psalms. The Scrolls introduces most subjects concerning the
final Prophet based on this specific set of Psalms but expands upon them
and adds other details not found in the Psalms.

The Habakkuk and Nahum pesherim and other texts contain information
concerning the Prophet and the people who listen to him, especially what
appear to be later attacks and persecutions from the Wicked Priest and
men of Ephraim and Manasseh. The name "Amon" (or "No-Amon") is
equated to Manasseh (the United States/Bobby Rich) in the book of
Nahum. Fittingly No-Amon was the principle city of Egypt in its day.

This certainly sounds like the world ruling Beast Power often mentioned
by prophecy writers and later verses serve to affirm the identity. Then of
Hab 2:1-2: --"he who reads it may read it speedily" [as concerning the
Teacher of Righteousness to whom God made known all the mysteries of
the words of His servants the Prophets]…". There is a delay spoken of
in this commentary which apparently involves the "waiting" of the
prophet and uncovering of the vision, but there is no indication how far
the delay has progressed, except the obvious fact that the delay is over
when the Last Prophet becomes public. Certain of the descriptive
verses from the Thanksgiving Hymns concerning this Final Prophet
(Teacher of Righteousness) are presented along with the numbers of verses
they correspond with in the particular Psalms: Scrolls Verses
Corresponding Biblical Psalms (Physical circumstances) (Vs Nr.]
Until I’m old-until old age 37:25 [Ps 37:25 states he is old and some
Scrolls texts on –age rules for positions suggest he would be between 50-
60 years of age] Dim eyesight from waiting 38:10 Lives among woods
and waters/fishers and hunters Poor health, pain, chronic loss of strength-heart
fails 38:3-8, 40:12 My soul has journeyed to the gates of death- 88:3
God has not placed my support in gain-no fleshly refuge- 40:17
(the Prophet’s opponents) All who have eaten my bread have lifted their
heel against me- 41:9 Opponents hate wrongfully and render evil for
good- 38:19-20 By their affliction bitterness-sorrow-ignominy 42:5, 43:5
You (God) widened my heart- they narrow my heart with affliction- 39:3
object of a treacherous tongue- 41:7 Sin, ill repute, scorn, mockery, and
byword to traitors- 40:15 Mighty men encircle me-with weapons of war
38:19, 40:12 wicked plots against the just-gnashes teeth 37:12 Those who
do not esteem me hate and despise me- 41:10 My enemies hate, speak
evil and devise my hurt- seek my life 42:10, 37:14 Object of devilish
schemes-snares- seek my destruction- 38:12
[Friends and companions] Murmuring and protest, dispute and
quarreling- 42:10 Friends and brethren driven far from me- think me a
broken vessel

You have enlightened me from my youth- 39:9, 40:10 Hymns of praise in
my mouth- 40:3 (Ps 40:3 states this prophet will compose a new song
which many will, see and believe). Those who listen to him and believe
are called "of my council or of my covenant" and he states of this
group: simple-steadfastness to the anxious of heart- counsel of truth
and understanding to the upright- a banner to the elect of
righteousness and a discerning interpreter of wonderful mysteries to
those who practice truth and test those who love corrections, man of
peace to those who see truth-a fountain of knowledge to men of
insight…".

Also there is a verse in 2 Thess 2:3-8 which mentions someone being taken
away in connection with the naming/uncovering of "the man of sin"
usually thought to be the Beast leader. Interesting enough the Scrolls
Habakkuk and Ps 127 commentary definitely speaks of pursuit of and
searching for this Prophet.

Online Prophet

As we read of this latter day prophet and see the trials and apparent
injustice he faces we might wonder why would God subject him to this
scourge? He has sinned, but is counted forgiven. As a human he continues
to sin but so do we all according to the New Testament. It is interesting
that we find this person asking the very same question over and over,
especially in Psalms 42. No doubt he is trying to please God, but keeps
asking "Why all these woes. Why am I being thrown down?" There is no
doubt from the Scrolls and the Psalms that God Himself is doing This!

Perhaps he is asking not only why but also asking God what answer can
he provide if people say "Is this the way God treats those who follow
Him?" In order to comprehend WHY we need to go back in time perhaps
three thousand years and look at the examples of a few Biblical prophets:
God required Isaiah to go about BARE FOOT AND NAKED for 3 years,
Hosea to marry a harlot to bear children, Ezekiel to lay on one side 390
days and the other 40 days, and others to do certain things to
DEMONSTRATE the point God was preparing to make. You might say
God was using VISUAL AIDS to insure peoples attention. Keeping these
demonstrations in mind, we find that once again the Scrolls commentary on
Psalms 37 (and other texts) provides the answer to this puzzle. In the
explanation of Psalms 37:14-15 the following is read: attempt to lay hands
on the priest and the men of his council at the time of trial which shall
come upon them"…Upon them we see, not just the prophet but also on
the believers. Therefore the faithful people of God will face similar
trials to those of the prophet! (God makes it easier for them by
having His prophet go through various trials before them, leading
the way, Bobby Rich). In the past God afflicted and utilized prophets in
unusual circumstances to show humanity what was to befall them. The
Scrolls indicate the trials of this prophet are only a mirror of trials
the elect of God may also experience to some extent. The betray part
also helps to explain some of the verses from Jesus which indicates coming
divisions even within the family unit which refer back to Micah chapter
seven. Perhaps also we can better begin to understand the life/death
decisions Christ speaks of often. The Scrolls and these Psalms
certainly do not paint a "smooth" picture for those who would follow
God. (Bobby Rich, Online Prophet)

Online From the way the story is unfolding the Prophet may well be among us
Prophet today and may soon be manifested. Why does God choose one or another
for a particular job? We are informed in the Scrolls: You (God) will
establish whomsoever You choose"… (1QH).

As Jesus was about to be betrayed by Judas Iscariot the Lord gave him a
sop of bread and quoted Ps 41:9b-"the one eating my bread has lifted his
heel against me". This is a very familiar verse to all Christians the world
over. Those who carefully studied Psalms 41 however soon realized this
Psalm was not speaking of Jesus at all. By part of this verse and His own
authority Jesus predicted His betrayal, though even the first "trusted" part
could not have applied to Him. We find another instance on one of these
Psalms being applied to Jesus in Hebrews 10 beginning in verse 5 (quoting
Ps 40:6-8): "sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you
prepared for me-Then I said ‘here I am-it is written about me in the scroll-I
have come to do your will O God-’ (NIV). The portion which reads "a
body you have prepared for me" is derived from the Septuagint and this
is the text used in Hebrews. However in most Biblical Psalms the
Masoretic (Hebrew) is used and it reads, "my ears you have pierced
(opened)", which is quoted in the scrolls pertaining to the final Prophet.
The verse certainly seems to be speaking of the Prophet and the Scrolls
while the slightly different version applied only to Christ. The personal
betrayal of the Last Prophet might be connected to the estrangement of
friends and loved ones if the betrayal involves a marital dispute. Friends
and relatives become very uncomfortable around those involved in serious
domestic disputes or divorce. "Eaten my bread" seems to connote those
who have lived in his household rather than someone who shared a picnic
lunch. There is also a time when the Prophet will be on trial but God
will not allow the prophet to be convicted. There is no evidence this
betrayal is to the death as it was for Christ. One or several of these
identifying clues might well be applied to a wide number of people but as
each is added on the odds diminish. With these Dead Sea Scrolls painting
a veritable "portrait" of the final Prophet it will be pretty difficult for a
phony "Elijah" prophet to impersonate the real one even if the Creator
would allow it.(Online Prophet, Bobby Rich)

The physical traits and the education of the Final Prophet are described in the Dead Sea Scrolls and are discussed earlier in this book, in the chapter on Isaiah, near Isaiah 42. One of the major roles of the Dead Sea Scrolls is to convey this hidden information about the Final Prophet over thousands of years of time, until today when the day of its usefulness and relevance comes due.

. Elijah to come (Mal 3:23)
. another and Greater John the Baptist (UB)
. interpreter of the Law (DSC)
. the Priest (DSC)
. interpreter of Knowledge (DSC)
. God’s servant (Isaiah)
. dabela (mountain goat, large horn) 1Enoch

. lentil shaped marks on body (DSC 4Q534 & Merkabah)
. marred appearance (possibly due to the lentil shaped marks above) (Isaiah 52)
. thick thighs (3Enoch, Merkabah texts)
. tiny marks on thighs, different from one another (DSC 4Q534)
. Red hair (DSC 4Q534)

. the 3 books, before which he knows nothing (DSC 4Q534)
. God makes known all the mysteries and revelations of His servants the prophets to him
(DSC 4Q171)
. foretells, through the interpretations of the Prophets, all that will happen to His people and His land.(DSC)
. God teaches him knowledge and to understand His message (Isaiah 28:9) . Spirit of God alights upon him bringing wisdom, insight, valor, devotion, reverence.
. knows the secrets of men (understands their inner workings) (DSC 4Q534)
. knows the secrets of living things (Biologist?, Health Science?) (DSC 4Q534)
. reveals secrets like Most High (DSC 4Q536)
. senses truth by reverence for the Lord (Isaiah 11)
. God’s servant blind, deaf, gives no heed (Isaiah 42)
. taught from his youth by God (Psalm 71)
. mouth like a sharpened blade (Isaiah 49).
. Lord gives a skilled tongue (Isaiah 50:4)
. God rouses His servant’s ear morning by morning (Isaiah 50:4)
. opens his ears (Isaiah 50:4)
. speaks to people in a stammering jargon (?real stammer) and alien tongue (strange,unconventional ideas ?) (Isaiah 28:11)

. to make people take thought and believe in God (Isaiah 43:10)
. to magnify and glory God’s Teaching (Isaiah 49:18)
. announces happiness, good fortune, victory (Isaiah 52)
. tells Zion "Your divine being reigns." (announces Melchizedek) (Isaiah 52)
. strikes down a land with the rod of his mouth (probably the coastlands,-- America?) (Isaiah 11)
. stretches forth his hand to smite Ephraim (America?) (DSC 4Q171)
. announces good fortune to Judah (their Messiah/Melchizedek is come) (Nahum 2:1)
. reconciles fathers and sons (Micah 3:23)
. to form God a company (congregation, those who elect God"s will) (Psalms 37:23)
. interprets the words of God’s Prophets (1QHab. DSC)
. foretell what will happen to God’s people through interpretation of Prophets (1QHab DSC)
. to make them understand all the ages of time (DSC 4Q534)
. brings back Jacob (reunifies Lost Israel and Judah/Jews) (Isaiah 49)
. be a light to nations (Isaiah 49)
. teaches coastlands (USA ?) (Isaiah 42)
. establishes true way (the Kingdom of heaven within) (Isaiah 42)
. his wisdom comes to all peoples (4Q541 DSC)

. Eyes fail at some point in his ministry (Psalms 119)
. Eyes grow dim (Psalms 88)
. man of suffering, familiar with disease (Isaiah 53)
. smitten, lies awake at night (Psalms 102)
. afflicted before learns God’s statutes (Psalms 119)
. evil disease poured out on him (Psalms 41)
. lies in a bed of languishing (Psalms 41)
. bed fast, illness (Psalms 41)
. changed and transformed by God in his illness (Psalms 41)
. bent and bowed down(?posture), mourning all day (?severe depression) (Psalms 38)

. does not cry out or shout (Isaiah 42)
. shall not break bruised reed or snuff out a dim wick – (lifts up any that have even only a flicker of faith left) (Isaiah 42)
. hid away by God in His hand (comes from out of nowhere) (Isaiah 49)
. he falls, but is lifted back up by God (Psalms 37)
. stumbles (Psalms 35)
. knows God’s love, mercy and kindness personally.
. Knows God will deliver him, trusts (Psalms 91, Amplified Bible)
. Love’s God’s words (Psalms 119)
. Calls on God in distress and is answered (Psalms 138)
. consumed by zeal for God (Psalms 119)
. very persistent and determined – ‘face set like flint’(Isaiah 50)
. no charm, despised and shunned by men (Isaiah 53)
. Says repeatedly in Psalms ‘God is my rock' (servant’s self-understanding, multiple
Psalms:18, 40, 41, 62, 71, 92, 144)
. in God’s presence at night (Psalms 88)
. God saves him ‘from a pit and sets his feet upon rock’ (Psalms 37)
. delights to do God’s will (Psalms 40)
. muzzles his mouth and guards his ways in the presence of the wicked so that he will not ‘sin with his mouth’ against the wicked (detests sin, iniquity) (Psalms 39)
. God records ‘his wanderings, put his tears in His bottle’ in His book (his life is laid out before him in scripture, where he reads about himself and his troubles) (Psalms 56)
. all the days of his life written in His book (the Bible) before he is born (Psalms 138)
. ‘stammering jargon’ (? stammers) (Isaiah 28)
. ‘alien tongue’ ( strange, unheard of ideas, verbiage unfamiliar ) (Isaiah 28)
. is a prophet from the midst of his brethren like Moses (Deut 18:15)
. A sure clue to be given to his identity (?) (Deut 18:15, footnote Amplified Bible)
. teaches logically ‘precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little’ (Isaiah 28)
. justice the girdle of his loins (Isaiah 11)
. faithfulness the girdle of his waist (Isaiah 11)
. chosen before birth (Isaiah 49)
. feels at one point that ‘he has labored in vain’ (Isaiah 49)
. ‘would have dwelt in the land where there will be silence’ (? exiled from America) (Psalms 92)--
. except for God’s help to bring him to ‘a dry and weary land where no water is.’ (desert exile described) (Psalms 63)
. hated by many without a cause (those who hate God hate him) (Psalms 69)
. becomes a ‘stranger to his brethren’ and alien to his siblings (strange ideas, caught up in zeal for his tasks) (Psalms 69)
. jeered at, humiliated (Psalms 71)
. at times acts foolishly and blunders (Psalms 69)
. loved ones, friends, stand afar off, aloof (can not understand him) (Psalms 38)
. challenges authority – ‘who dare contend with or be my opponent’ (Isaiah 52)
. Kings (rulers) silenced because of him (reveals to them their negative standing and destiny according to prophecy) (Isaiah 52)
. grows (spiritually) like a tree-crown by God’s favor. (Isaiah 53)
. speaks to God’s people about deep things and future events (DSC 4Q268 fg. l)
. God will hold accountable all those who will not hear his words DSC 4lQ175)
. ? goes to prison (Psalms 142)
. is a speedy scribe (writes quickly ?), who must read and interpret prophecy while ‘on the run’ (Habakkuk)

We now have quite a bit of information and should be able to recognize the final prophet with a fair degree of certainty based on these characteristics. Though again, we probably should not expect a 100% match up.

For now, we leave our study of the final prophet for a further exploration of the Scrolls and their relevance to the subject of:

There are many references in the Dead Sea Scrolls to a community living in the "latter day" messianic period who are said to "elect" God’s will. Let’s see what information we can extract from the Teacher’s inspired interpretations about the elect from the Dead Sea Scrolls. Again we quote from Dead Sea Scrolls, by Geza Vermes.

"Why do the nations rage and the peoples meditate vanity? Why
do the Kings of the earth rise up, and the princes take counsel together
against the Lord and His Messiah" (Ps 2:1)

(Interpreted) This shall be the time of trial to come concerning the house of
.Judah so as to perfect…(missing text) They shall practice the whole
law…Moses. This is the time which it is written in the book of Daniel
the Prophet. (TR)

Clearly, the Teacher conceives of a strong and knowledgeable group in the messianic period, just as he understands his own Qumran community as the elect congregation of his own time.

They are the faithful, the persecuted, and the exiled group who understand events and who demonstrate the living of God’s will in action.

He (God) shall raise up the throne of the Kingdom, and intelligence is
greatly exalted...(probably interpreted by the Teacher of Righteousness)

1QH Clay and dust that I am.
what can I devise unless Thou wish it,
and what contrive unless Thou desire it?
What strength shall I have
unless Thou keep me upright
and how shall I understand
unless by the spirit which Thou hast shaped for me?
I lean on Thy grace
and the multitude of Thy mercies…
For the source of His righteousness
is my justification…
Thou hast upheld me with certain truth…
(Teacher of Righteousness)

1QS For without Thee no way is perfect and without Thy Will nothing is done.
Community (Teacher of Righteousness) Rule

4Q381 Fr. 46 Man will not be strong and will not rise
Apocryphal …and Thou has tested all.
Psalms And the elect, like offerings, Thou wilt
purify before Thee…

Fr. 76-77 He has chosen you (the elect) instead of powerful peoples
and great nations to be his people to rule over all…
…heaven and earth.
and as the highest above all the nations of the earth.

The "city of Ephraim" that is full of lies and deceit may be Washington, D.C. which is also known as the "den of iniquity." Such places of concentrated evil end in the seeds of their own destruction. Perhaps those nuclear secrets, we have been so diligent to give to our enemies will be our undoing. And just as in ancient days, "the people," the majority, follow along dancing a merry tune – oblivious and exultant. Even more frighteningly, we next have:

4Q166-7 "The prowler is not wanting, noise of whip and noise of rattling
wheel, prancing horse and jolting chariot, charging horseman, flame
and glittering spear, a multitude of the slain and a heap of carcasses. There is
end to the corpses; they stumble upon their corpses."(Nahum 3:1-3)

Teacher of Interpreted, this concerns the dominion of those who seek smooth
Righteousness things from the midst of whose assembly the "sword of the nations
shall never be wanting." Captivity, looting, and burning shall be
among them, and exile out of dread for the enemy…there shall be no
end to their slain.

Many deep, dark secrets are hidden in our country’s basement, which will come out in the open for all to see. The simple of Ephraim are probably Christians who are deceived by the leaders,but upon realization of this deceit they join Israel (the elect remnant) and Judah, the Jewish remnant which is in the process of reuniting now.

4LQ166 Interpreted, this concerns Manasseh in the final age, whose Kingdom shall be
brought low by (Israel?)…(Teacher of Righteousness commenting on Nahum
3:10) (Manasseh is probably Great Britain – the second most blessed tribe of
Israel, my comment)

4LQ166 "You shall be drunk and shall be stupefied" (Nahum 3:11)
Interpreted, this concerns the wicked of Ephraim, whose cup
shall come after Manasseh. (TR)

     Our fearless leaders of deceit will go down after Great Britain’s kingdom is brought low. (My comment)

4LQ166 Because of the many harlotries of the well- favored harlot, the mistress of
seduction, she who sells nations through her harlotries and families through her
seductions. (Nahum 3:4)

1QpHab "How long, O Lord, shall I cry for help and Thou not hear?" (Hab 1:1-2)
Interpreted, this concerns the beginning of the final generation. (Teacher of Righteousness)

This final generation is the final generation of this the Adamic Age, the end of the age of man’s sovereignty, our age, the messianic age. God’s answer to Habakkuk follows:

Interpreted, this concerns those who were unfaithful together with
the Liar, in that they did not listen to the word received by the (future)

Teacher of Righteousness (Final Prophet) from the mouth of God. And it
concerns the unfaithful of the New Covenant (Christians) in that they have
not believed in the Covenant with God and have profaned His Holy Name.
And likewise, this saying is to be interpreted as concerning those who
will be unfaithful at the end of days. They, the men of violence and
the breakers of the Covenant, will not believe when they hear all
that is to happen to the final generation from the Priest (the
messianic prophet) in whose heart God set understanding that he
might interpret all the words of His servants the Prophets, through
whom (the Prophets), he (the final prophet) foretold all that would
happen to His people and His land (?America) (My parentheses)

1QpHab For behold, I rouse the Chaldeans (Babylonians), that bitter and hasty nation. (Hab 1:6)

Interpreted, this concerns the Kittim who are quick and valiant in
war, causing many to perish. All the World shall fall under the dominion of the
Kittim, and the wicked…(missing text) they shall not believe in the laws of God. (TR)

The Kittim are any of a number of those who come against "God’s people." At the time of Habakkuk the Kittim were the Babylonians, at the time of the Teacher, the Kittim would have been Rome. Note again that prophecies can be applied to more than one time period.

Today, the Kittim may be China or Russia, or both. Here are some more clues about the Kittim of today:

1QpHab …the Kittim inspire all the nations with fear and dread. Their evil plotting is done 
with intention and they deal with all the nations in cunning and guile. (Teacher of
Righteousness)

"Their horses are swifter than leopards and fleeter than evening wolves. Their
horses step forward proudly and spread their wings; they fly from afar like an
eagle avid to devour. All of them come for violence; the look on their faces is like
the east wind." (Hab 1:8-9)

Interpreted, this concerns the Kittim who trample the earth with their horses and
beasts. They come from afar, from the islands of the sea, to devour all the
peoples like an eagle which can not be satisfied, and they address all the peoples
with anger and wrath and fury and indignation. For it is as He said, the look on
their faces is like the east wind. (TR)

Like Enoch, we find here a clear reference to air flight, in the context of war, just as described in Enoch earlier in this book. The Teacher of Righteousness emphasizes the bold type phrases just above (that are otherwise my emphasis). Superficially, this prophecy seems to refer only to the Babylonians, but with deeper insight and analysis the Teacher of Righteousness also interprets this to refer to the "last days," as clearly indicated by the reference to air flight. The reference to "eagles" points to the United States, but the "east wind" reference points to China. Perhaps another clue:

1QpHab Interpreted, they (Kittim) encircle them with a mighty host, and out of
fear and terror they deliver themselves into their hands. They (Kittim)
destroy (their captives) because of the sins of their inhabitants.
(Teacher of Righteousness) (Hab 1:10)

1QpHab Interpreted, (Hab 1:11) this concerns the commanders of the Kittim
who, on the council of the House of Guilt, pass one in front of another,
their commanders come to lay waste the earth. (Teacher of Righteousness)
Interpreted, (Hab 1:12) this saying means that God will not destroy
His people by the hand of the nations; God will execute the judgment
of the nations by the hand of His elect. And through their chastisement
all the wicked of His people shall expiate their guilt who keep His commandments
in their distress. For it is said (of the elect), too pure of eyes to behold evil:

Interpreted, this means that they (the elect) have not lusted after their eyes during
the age of wickedness. (Teacher of Righteousness)

1QpHab the spouter of lies led many astray...he raises a congregation built on deceit…who
vilified and outraged the elect of God. (Teacher of Righteousness)

The Spouter of Lies, the Liar, and probably the Wicked Priest all seem to represent the same sort of person. He is a type, and since we are at the end of the completion of The Age, this "Liar" type and all other types of this period will be represented by the zenith and full completion of their historical precursor types of the past. The Liar will be more deceitful, the Kittim more merciless and the remnants more worthy than ever before. But finally, the age initiated by the failure of Adam will conclude, bringing its harvest of both good and evil to judgment, thus making ready the field for plowing and reseeding when "the waters that cover the sea and the earth will be filled with the knowledge and glory of the Lord." (Hab. 2:14) Let’s now turn to the Teacher’s commentary on Isaiah, 4Q161-5.

4Q161-5 "For ten acres of vineyard shall produce only one bath, and an omer
of seed shall yield but one ephah." (Is 5:10)

My people go into exile for want of knowledge, and their noblemen
die of hunger and their multitude is parched with thirst…the nobility of
Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her tumult and he who rejoices
in her. (Is 5:11-14) (Teacher of Righteousness)

     Jerusalem and much of modern Israel are primarily secular in their outlook at this point in time. They have drifted away from God for "want of knowledge" and the truth of God. The majority of these people of modern Israel will suffer drought, famine, and military disaster as a result. Only a small faithful remnant of Judah which is comprised of some who stay in Jerusalem during war and some who are gathered from exile when Melchizedek arrives in Bozrah (located in Southern Jordan). In addition to the two components of the Judah (Jewish) remnant, there will be added the Israel remnant of faithful Christians, among whom will be the elect, who:

4Q160 Shall take refuge in Thy house…Amid the rage of the enemies of Thy
Fr 3-5 people…and all the peoples of Thy lands shall know that Thou hast
Samuel created them (the elect)…and the multitudes shall understand that this
Apocryphon is Thy people…Thy holy ones whom Thou hast sanctified. (Teacher of
Righteousness)

According to Enoch, the end of the age scenario is explicitly for the spiritual progress of the elect, in order to give them the opportunity for full growth and expression of their maturing faith and wisdom. Only then does it make sense that when "the people of God arise; then all will have rest from warfare." Once the main purpose is achieved (the arising of the people of God) the destructive events are brought to an end through the very efforts of this same people, in partnership with God and Melchizedek.

4Q177 but the angel of God’s truth will help all the Children of Light from the
power of Belial…and to scatter them in a dry and desolate land. This
is a time of tribulation that…(missing text) but the righteous are always
beloved, and the great power of God is with them, helping them against
the spirits of darkness… but all the Children of Light will be gathered in… (author of
this commentary is probably the Teacher of Righteousness)
"How long shall my enemy exult over me?" (Ps 13:1)

4Q177 This refers to the inner endurance of the men of…(missing text) in
Fragments the Last Days, for…to test them and purify them…(probably Teacher
of Righteousness)

Let’s collect a few more comments on the final prophet, from the Teacher of Righteousness.

4Q174 This passage (2 Sam 7:11-14) refers to the Shoot of David, who is to
Col.3 arise with the Interpreter of the Law who will arise in Zion (all those
who serve God) in the Last Days…(Teacher of Righteousness)

The Teacher of Righteousness predicts at least two messiahs or anointed ones at the end of the age. One is the final prophet and the other is the Branch of David who will deliver Israel. I believe that the Branch of David is a misconceived notion of the Messiah, who is instead the divine being Melchizedek. These false ideas about David are so ingrained in the Jewish tradition that even the bright light of revelation fails to wash them away from scripture.

4Q175 "I will raise up for them a prophet like you (Moses) from among
their own people; I will put My words in his mouth and he shall speak
to them everything that I command. Anyone who does not hear the
words that the prophet shall speak in My name, I Myself (God) will
hold accountable." Deut 18:18-19.

By including this passage from Deuteronomy among other discussion about the final prophet, the Teacher reveals to us that this statement made by the Lord to Moses was in reference to this same final prophet. In similar fashion he includes a quote from Numbers 24:15-17.

"The oracle of Balaam Son of Beor (prophesies) that the oracle of the
man (the prophet) who sees clearly, the oracle of one who hears the
word of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees
the vision of the almighty, who falls down, but with his eyes uncovered:
I see him but not now, I behold him but not near – a star shall come
out of Jacob and a scepter shall rise out of Israel."

4Q534 "Speaks of a particular person as the ‘chosen one’ – chosen it is clear,
to be a Revealer of God’s secrets to others…There is a prophecy given
of a mighty priest who will arise and ‘reveal hidden mysteries’ and
whose teaching is ‘like the Will of God’ – much like the ‘chosen one’
of this text" (4Q534, 435 & 536) (comment by author Michael Wise,Dead Sea Scrolls)

4Q246 This small text "speaks of a powerful figure who shall appear in a time
of tribulation and be called, ‘the Son of God’ and the ‘Son of the Most
High’ and whom all nations shall obey…The tyrant’s son will succeed
him and will begin to accrue to himself the honor due only to God. Yet
the reign of Father and Son will be brief." (Teacher of Righteousness)

4Q246 Also his son will be called The Great and be designated by his name.
He will be called the Son of God…But like meteors that you saw in
your vision so will be their kingdom. They will reign only a few short
years over the land, while people tramples people and nation tramples nation.

     This trampling is reminiscent of "nation will rise against nation" from the Gospels of the New Testament. Also, we are explicitly told that the Teacher of Righteousness had a vision of the last days. This vision is the source of his insight into scripture interpretation. The "Antichrist" is called the Great, Son of God, and Son of the Most High. "All nations shall obey him" indicates great, although brief power.

     This gives a few more details on the reign of the "Antichrist" figure. He will call himself the "Son of God," he will reign but a "few" years, all the nations will obey him, he will be part of a father and son team, and will be beaten by God’s help through the elect. (Teacher of Righteousness)

     Another possibility is that this father and son team is a reference to Antiochus the Great and son Antiochus Epiphanes IV and has nothing to do with the ‘latter days’ of today. Uncertainty is part of every venture for truth.

     Having completed our study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, let’s continue on the theme of the Antichrist using the information from Daniel and Revelation.

     My only comment here is that clay may indicate democracy and iron may indicate authoritarian power distribution. Democracy (clay) causes the foundation (feet) of this mixed power distribution to fail. People in democracies will not go ‘easily into the night’ without struggle and resistance. Lastly, the Fourth Kingdom is crushed by a stone, which breaks loose by itself from a cliff and shatters the final kingdom of man’s sovereignty as revealed in Daniel 2, the "smiting of the Great Image." This means that divine intervention is needed to overcome the Fourth Kingdom and the Antichrist. From then on blessings are poured down on the earth and mankind under the new sovereignty of the Messiah/Melchizedek. (As I watched on T.V. -- bombing, after bombing, after bombing of the same sites in Kosovo, over, and over, again. I could not help but think of "trampling, crushing, and tearing into pieces" as we all stood by and watched.) Now let’s list the characteristics of the "Antichrist" figure sketched out in Daniel and Revelation.

1. Little horn – pushes over three Dan 7 out of ten rulers from the inside.
2. Fearful destructiveness Dan 8
3. Power not his own Dan 8
4. Shall succeed Dan 8
5. Cunning Dan 8
6. Deceit prospers Dan 8
7. Magnifies himself Dan 8
8. Rises up against prince of princes Dan 8
9. Broken by no human hand Dan 8
10. Seems greater than his fellows Dan7
11. Speaks great things Dan 7
12. Wars with saints Dan 7
13. Wears out and prevails over saints Dan 7
14. Speaks words against Most High Dan 7
15. Changes times & laws (or the law) Dan 7
16. Time, times, half duration Dan 7 they are given into his hand
17. Has eyes of a man Dan 7
18. Mouth speaks great things Rev 13

     Now lets make a list for "Babylon," already referred to in the Dead Sea Scrolls as the "harlot" who sells families and nations:

1. Famous Rev 17
2. Prostitutes itself Rev 17
3. Great city Rev 17
4. Near many waters Rev 17
5. A woman on the Beast. Mother of Rev 17 Obscenity and Abominations
6. Rules over Kings of East Rev 17
7. Beast hates Babylon/prostitute Rev 17
8. Beast destroys with fire Rev 17
9. All nations drunk with the wine Rev 17 of her lust
10. World grows rich from her lust Rev 17
11. People called to ‘come out from Her!’ Rev 17
12. Struck down in one day Rev 17
13. Kings cry over Rev 17
14. Business men mourn her, Rev 17 her many goods gone
15. Misdeeds against God’s people Rev 17

     Babylon is a rich, commercial center of the world. Businessmen love her for her markets and profit opportunities. She is famous and powerful and rules over (is stronger than) other countries (Kings of the East). She will sell anything (harlot) (Including people and weapons) to anyone in the world as long as there is profit in it. She is hated for her power, pride and wealth by the developing world order (see #7 above), on the back of which she rides supreme temporarily. While she is giddy and drunk with power, wealth, and lust, the world order suddenly turns on her destroying her in one day with "fire." In addition, the Dead Sea Scrolls links the harlot (Babylon) with the end of the age leaders of Ephraim, who are those most blessed with God’s bounty, power, and fruitfulness. Ephraim is part of Lost Israel, previously identified as Christendom. Ephraim’s leaders are "wicked, lustful, and arrogant who seek smooth things (lies)" and are ruled by The Liar. Ephraim is probably America. Babylon is probably America, or possibly an American city. New York and Washington D.C. come first to mind. "Cities and families shall perish through their (the wicked of Ephraim, the leaders) council." (4Q169, Dead Sea Scrolls)

Nahum 3:4 Because of the many harlotries of the well favored harlot, the
                    mistress of seduction, she who sells nations through her harlotries
                    and families through her seductions.

1. Ancients of Days, present Dan 7
2. One like a son of man coming Dan 7 with clouds
3. Saints of the Most High (Elect) Dan 7 receive Kingdom forever
4. Michael (the angel) shall arise – great Dan 12 prince of the people
5. Resurrection of dead (end of the age) Dan 12
6. Wise will shine Dan 12
7. Knowledge increased Dan 12
8. Many have run to & fro Dan 12
9. Troubles as never before Dan 12
10. Ancient of Days, opens book of life, Dan 7 begins judgment proceedings in heavenly court.
11. Many purified Dan 7
12. Wicked do wickedly Dan 7