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Profiling the Anti-Christ
Daniel 8:1-27
What does the symbolism of chapter 8 represent?
- The ram represents the Medo-Persian Empire.
- The goat represents Greece, and the “conspicuous horn” represents Alexander the Great.
- The four horns that arise represent the four generals that divided Alexander’s empire.
- The “little horn” represents Antiochus IV Epiphanes .
Does Antiochus IV Epiphanes fit the description of the “little horn?
- He must rise to a power that is not from himself.
- He must be of “bold face,” and he must “understand riddles.”
- He must make himself out to be equal to God.
- He here has to be a persecutor of the Jews.
- He must cause fearful destruction.
- He must put an end to Jewish sacrifice.
- He must make the sanctuary desolate.
- He must only hold power for 2,300 evenings and mornings.
- He must be broken by no human hand.
Point 1: We can trust God’s word when it foretells the future.
Point 2: Antiochus IV Epiphanes represents a type of Anti-Christ yet to come.
