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Cheap Daniel Chapter 12 Explained
Daniel, Antichrist, And The Abomination Of Desolation
In a close study of Daniel, chapter 8, is really a possible revelation of the finish times yet inside our future.

In verse 9, first we start to see the temporal or earthly rise of the "little horn." It/he grows to the south, to the east, and toward Israel, the "glorious land." Two things we learn here about the man who will come. One, there must be a land farther south of him than Israel. And, two, from where he is at the beginning, Israel isn't "east." Chapter eleven will identify him a lot more clearly, and show how he indeed did move to the directions here indicated.

Then am I saying that he is only a historical figure and that this passage has been fulfilled? One thousand times, no! Historical yes, fulfilled , no! Bear with me until you start to see the whole vision as Daniel saw it! And you still will have trouble. That's why God saw fit to give Daniel another view of exactly the same man from the different perspective in chapter eleven. You will have no mistaking the identity of this man.

And i want to pause here to remind readers that people are not discussing a bright son named Daniel who conjured up a cool story about the future of nations. We have been talking about an extremely old, confused and overawed man who cowers in the current presence of angels and who's being given visions directly from Heaven. Let not cynicism enter our thinking here or we will lose sight of what God is saying. This Word is from heaven. It really is pure in every syllable and must be examined carefully.

Verse ten is a turning point. Read it carefully. This man suddenly is having influence in heaven and earth. This is no mere mortal any longer. Something has changed! The "little" king has grown up! Developed to the heavens! Due to him, a few of Heaven's armies are cast to the bottom! Perhaps they are in part in charge of the earthly army that surrounds Jerusalem in Luke 21 (or is this army heavenly too, in the worst sense?).

The plot sickens. This vile contender for the throne of Syria and surroundings is currently contending for a universal throne, and the throne of the King of Kings. He wants everything! That's what Gabriel says. He exalts himself to the "Prince" of Heaven.

As the army encircles Jerusalem in this last showdown of history, the "horn" commands that daily sacrifices of the Jews be stopped. Forget about need to sacrifice to this Jewish God, whenever a better one is available, himself. The sanctuary is entered by this ruler, then cast down.


Historically this man has been identified as Antiochus Epiphanes. But Biblically, up to now, there is no need to do that. I say, there is no need up to now. Chapter eleven will tie together the historical man with the near future man. But chapter eight will not do that except in a single phrase. In explaining who this man is, Gabriel says simply that he arises (not he exists and raised) in the latter days of one of the four divisions of Alexander's Empire. This clue, coupled to the descriptive "out of one of these" phrase earlier in the chapter ( verse 9 ) allows us to know only that the finish time tyrant comes originally from somewhere in post-Alexander Greece. That is, he was created either in Greece, Turkey, The Middle East, or Egypt.

We cannot bring prior knowledge into a text. Daniel Chapter 12 let the text speak first. Up to now the text has only pointed us to Greece and the end of time, and tied both of these eras together in a man. There is no demand by the chapter eight text to create in Antiochus or any man we've known ever sold. All that this man does in this text can be achieved in the future.

We have now know, with certainty, where antichrist arises! We also understand that when he arises it really is with supernatural help. We realize that it's he who will, aided by an army -perhaps a heavenly one- stop the Jewish sacrifices and himself profane and destroy the Temple. We see soon the phrase "transgression of desolation" (verse 13) and know we should be close to the very sign Jesus gave for His soon return. And comes the clear definition of the timing of this man:

Verses 13-14. First there is the exchange between two angels who identify the time period involved as a little more than six years. This time around appears to comprise the lead-up to the abomination, the abomination itself, and the next "trampling" (the word used in Luke 21) of Jerusalem.

Verses 15-17. The key conversation which we are granted grace to overhear is between a "Man" and the angel Gabriel. The Man commands Gabriel to help Daniel understand the vision. The first and perhaps most significant thing that Daniel is made to understand is that (verse 17) the vision refers to the time of the finish. This phrase will be spoken and expanded on other times later in this book. There is absolutely no doubt allowed here that the "little horn" vision culminates ultimately time, not the days of Antiochus, 200 years before Christ found earth!

So our conclusion can only be that "the abomination of desolation" spoken of by Daniel the prophet, still in the foreseeable future when Jesus spoke about it, refers not to any episode in the life of Antiochus Epiphanes, but to the finish ever, as demanded by the angel Gabriel and the "Man" who commanded the message.

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