Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered - The Preterist Archive

God, War Scroll, etc.., whether taken figuratively or otherwise, is extremely war-like. This is in line
with the general uncompromising, militant and nationalist ethos of the Qumran corpus; the Messianic
figure was to be a triumphant, quasi-nationalist king figure. One should also note that the peace
envisaged in this text will only come after the cataclysmic Messianic war. As in the War Scroll, God
will assist in this enterprise with His Heavenly Host. For the War Scroll, this is the point of the
extreme purity regulations and being in camps in the wilderness, which is put in vii-5-6 as follows:
'because the Angels of Holiness are with their hosts,' i.e. 'the war volunteers, the Perfect in Spirit and
body ready for the Day of Vengeance'. We shall learn more about the extreme purity regulations
required in the 'camps' in the last column of the Damascus Document in Chapter 6 below.
Translation
Column 1 (1) [the king. And when the Spirit] came to rest upo[n] him, he fell before the throne. (2)
[Then Daniel arose and said,] '0 Wing, why are you angry; why do you [grind] your teeth? (3)[The
G]rear [God] has revealed to you [that which is to come.] It shall indeed all come to pass, unto
eternity. (4) [There will be violence and gr]eat [Evils.] Oppression will be upon the earth. (5) [Peoples
will make war,] and battles shall multiply among the nations, (6)[until the King of the people of God
arises. He will become] the King of Syria and [E]gypt. (7) [All the peoples will serve him,] and he