Daniel Chapter 12 Explained

Daniel, Antichrist, And The Abomination Of Desolation
In a detailed study of Daniel, chapter 8, is a possible revelation of the finish times yet inside our future.

In verse 9, first we see the temporal or earthly rise of the "little horn." It/he grows south, to the east, and toward Israel, the "glorious land." Two things we learn here concerning 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 is not "east." Chapter eleven will identify him much more clearly, and show how he indeed did move to the directions here indicated.

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

And let me pause here to remind readers that we are not talking about a bright son named Daniel who conjured up a cool story concerning the future of nations. We are 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 shall lose sight of what God says. This Word is from heaven. It really is pure in every syllable and must be examined carefully.

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Verse ten is really a turning point. Read it carefully. This man suddenly is having influence in heaven as well as earth. This is no mere mortal any more. Something has changed! The "little" king has grown up! Grown up to the heavens! Due to him, a few of Heaven's armies are cast to the ground! Perhaps they are in part responsible for 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! https://daniel12pinkelephant.com/ 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. No more need to sacrifice to this Jewish God, when a better one is available, himself. The sanctuary is entered by this ruler, then cast down.

Historically this man has been defined as Antiochus Epiphanes. But Biblically, up to now, there is no need to do that. I say, you don't have 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 one 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 many four divisions of Alexander's Empire. This clue, coupled to the descriptive "out of one of them" phrase earlier in the chapter ( verse 9 ) allows us to know only that the end time tyrant comes originally from somewhere in post-Alexander Greece. That's, he was created either in Greece, Turkey, The Middle East, or Egypt.

We can not bring prior knowledge into a text. We allow text speak first. So far the written 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 man does in this text can be done in the future.

We now know, with certainty, where antichrist arises! We also understand that when he arises it is with supernatural help. We realize that it is he who'll, 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 near to the very sign Jesus gave for His soon return. And then comes the clear definition of the timing of this man:

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

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

So our conclusion can only be that "the abomination of desolation" spoken of by Daniel the prophet, still later on when Jesus spoke about any of it, refers never 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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Pub: 15 May 2023 20:21 UTC

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