Daniel's View Of The Time Of The End

Daniel's view of The Time Of The End

From Daniel Chapter 8, beginning at verse 9, from the Amplified Version

With my commentary:

9 Out from littleness and small beginnings one of them came forth

[Antiochus Epiphanes], a horn whose [impious presumption and pride]

Grew exceedingly great toward the south and toward the east

And toward the ornament—the precious, blessed land of Israel. [Verse 23.]

10 And [in my vision] this horn grew great, even against the host of heaven

[God's true people, the saints], and some of the host and of the stars [priests]

It cast down to the ground and trampled on them.

[Beginning I verse 10, This little horn foreshadows the final “little horn,”

The Antichrist of Revelation,

And the Rebellion/Apostasy that precedes his appearance,

Daniel tells us that some of the host (people of God)

And of the stars (Christian leaders)

Will be cast down to the ground and trampled on.]

11 Yes, [this horn] magnified itself,

Even [matching itself] against the Prince of the host [of heaven];

And from Him the continual burnt offering was taken away,

And the place of God's sanctuary was cast down and profaned.

[The Antichrist of Revelation claims to be as great as Christ Jesus

And because of the Rebellion/Apostasy in the Church of God

That precedes his appearance,

He is allowed to take away worship of God (the continual burnt offering)

And the place of God's sanctuary is cast down and profaned.]

12 And the host [the chosen people]

And strength were given to [the wicked horn]

Together with the continual burnt offering,

Because of the transgression [of God's people]--

Their abounding irreverence, ungodliness and lack of piety.

And righteousness and truth were cast down to the ground,

And [the wicked horn] accomplished this [by divine permission] and prospered.

[The host, the people of God and their strength

Are given into the hands of the Antichrist

Because of their transgression against God,

Their irreverence, ungodliness and lack of piety.

Righteousness and truth are thrown to the ground.

The Antichrist is given this power by Divine Permission

And for a time he prospers.]

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking,

And another holy one said to the one that spoke,

For how long is the vision concerning the continual offering,

The transgression that makes desolate,

And the giving over of both the sanctuary and the host [of the people]

To be trampled under foot? [Luke 21:24.]

14 And he said to him and to me,

For two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings;

Then the sanctuary shall be cleansed and restored.

[For three and one-half years the worship of God is forbidden

And the people of God are trampled under foot;

The three and one-half years of The Great Tribulation.

However, at the end of the three and one-half years

The sanctuary is cleansed and restored.

From verse 9 on, Daniel may well be speaking of the USA and the Antichrist.

The USA was born out of small beginnings;

It has grown great in its influence in the Middle East, in and around Israel.

Ungodliness in the USA is very great

And as a nation, at this time,

Increasingly against the Christian Faith and its precepts.

The stress of this assault on Christianity will cause some of its leaders to fall

And to be trampled upon as it was in Germany under Hitler.

Additionally the Christian Faith today is marked by transgression against God,

Irreverence, ungodliness and lack of piety.

When the Antichrist is revealed and the Holy Spirit removed

The Antichrist sets up his “image” in the church buildings of Christianity

And puts and end to the worship of Christ Jesus.

This casts down and profanes all that Christ Jesus stands for.

However, at the end of the three and one-half years,

When the last of the saints to be killed are killed,

The sanctuary of God is cleansed and restored.]

15 When I, even I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it;

Then behold, there stood before me one [Gabriel] with the appearance of a man.

16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the river Ulai,

Which called and said, Gabriel, make this man [Daniel] understand the vision.

[Dan. 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26.]

17 So he came near where I stood,

And when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face.

But he said to me, Understand, O son of man;

For the [fulfillment of the ] vision belongs to [events that shall occur in]

The Time Of The End.

18 Now as he [Gabriel] was speaking with me,

I fell stunned and in deep unconsciousness with my face to the ground;

But he touched me and set me upright—where I had stood.

19 And he said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the Latter Time

Of the Indignation [of God upon the ungodly];

For it has to do with The Time Of The End.

23 And at the latter end of their kingdom,

When the transgressors [the apostate Jews] (and apostate Christians)

Have reached the fullness

[Of their wickedness, exceeding the limits of God's mercy],

A king of fierce countenance

And understanding dark trickery and craftiness, shall stand up.

24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power;

And he shall corrupt and destroy astonishingly,

And shall prosper, and do his own pleasure,

And he shall corrupt and destroy the mighty men and the holy people—

The people of the saints. [Rev. 13:4-10; Dan. 8:9-12, 2 Thess. 2:3-10.]

25 And through his policy he shall cause trickery to prosper in his hand;

He shall magnify himself in his heart and mind,

And in their security he will corrupt and destroy many.

He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes,

But he shall be broken and that by no [human] hand. [Rev. 19:19, 20.]

[Beginning in verse 23, through verse 25,

Daniel is speaking of The Time Of The End.

The king of fierce countenance and understanding dark trickery and craftiness,

Is the Antichrist, who comes to power by the power of the Satan.

He corrupts and destroys mighty men and the saints of God.

He stands against Christ Jesus

But is brought to and end at The Battle Of Armageddon, not by human hand.]

26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings which has been told you is true.

But seal up the vision, for it has to do with

And belongs to the now Distant Future.

27 And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick certain days;

Afterward I rose up and did the king's business;

And I wondered at the vision,

But there was no one who understood it or could make it understood.

This has been excerpted from my Book: Daniel which can be read in its entirety

From the link entitled: Tom's Books.

It is important for every Christian to understand

The nature of The Time Of The End

And the fact that many Christians go through The Great Tribulation

Because they are not in right standing with God.

I pray that those who read this are in right standing with the Living God.

Be always on the Watch,

And pray that you will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,

And that you may be able TO STAND before the Son of Man.

(Luke 21:36)

Today, the World is raging against God, rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)

This World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!