(My Synopsis of Daniel
Chapter 8 takes a look at only those verses
That pertain to The
Time Of The END.
Scriptures are from the
Amplified Version and italicized.)
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.
[This Horn foreshadows
the final “little horn,” the Antichrist of Revelation,
And the
Rebellion/Apostasy that precedes his appearance,
We can expect some of
the Host (people of God)
And of the Stars
(Christian leaders)
To 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 matches himself against 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
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 has
been continually,
And increasingly
against the Christian faith and its precepts.
The stress of this
Assault on Christianity
May well cause some of
its leaders to fall
And to be Trampled upon
as it was in Germany under Hitler.
Additionally the
Christian faith 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,
I believe 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 Satan.
He corrupts and
destroys mighty men and the saints of God.
He stands against
Christ Jesus
But is brought to an
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.
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