Board Thread:Bible Questions/@comment-28938645-20161021212958/@comment-1777104-20161023024821

I gather that the "within the next three months" is tied to the kings of the north and south being identified with Putin and Obama. I have seen this a lot on the net. After mid-January, President Obama will be out of office, removing the "king of the South" from the prophetic scene. The rumblings in Russia towards war in the Middle East are ripe for "prophecy" being "fulfilled." However, this chapter most likely was completely fulfilled in the wars following the breakup of Alexander's empire.

The speaks in pictures of division of God's people from amongst the rest of the world. The "tares" (weeds) will be separated from the wheat, the bad fish from the good fish , and the goats from the sheep. These are all times of judgment. There are interpretive differences as to when these judgments occur in relationship with each other and with the second coming.

The point is, as SDS wrote, prophecies of today are not like those of the Bible. We can look at what is happening around us all we want, but in the end, we are likely to be quite surprised about what happens. The best we can do is be right with God through faith in what He has done in Christ for us.