Where is Assyria?
Now we simply need to identify Assyria. Ancient Assyria is a number of nations today. It is Syria, parts of Iran, Iraq and modern day Turkey. The map below identifies ancient Assyria Now have a look at the maps of Assyria and the old Roman empire. The Bible indicates that the antichrist has to arise out of the revised Roman empire and that he will be an Assyrian. This narrows the field down a lot. Again Turkey is the best candidate as it is the only one associated with Europe Interestingly Turkey is currently in line to join Europe, but not the other Assyrian countries. There are other portions of scripture in Daniel that hint at the fact that the antichrist will arise from a nation north of Israel. Both Syria and Turkey are north of Israel. It seems that Turkey has the odds in its favour. The point of this edition is not to identify the antichrist or the exact country from which he will arise, but to identify the nature of the dark days that are coming. The Assyrian nations of today i
