DANIEL'S VISION OF THE ANTICHRIST

(Daniel 8:1-14)

In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign,

I, Daniel, had a vision,

After the one that had already appeared to me.

2 In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa

(the capital of Persia)

In the province of Elam;

In the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal.

3 I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns

(Representing two kings of Media-Persia, Darius the Mede, then Cyrus),

Standing beside the canal, and the horns were long.

One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later.

4 I watched the ram (Media-Persia) as he charged toward the west

And the north and the south.

No animal could stand against him,

And none could rescue from his power.

He did as he pleased and became great.

5 As I was thinking about this,

Suddenly a goat (the king of Greece)

With a prominent horn between his eyes

Came from the west, crossing the whole earth

Without touching the ground.

6 He came toward the two-horned ram

I had seen standing beside the canal

And charged at him in great rage.

7 I saw him attack the ram (the Media-Persian Empire) furiously,

Striking the ram and shattering his two horns.

The ram was powerless to stand against him;

The goat (Alexander) knocked him to the ground and trampled on him,

And none could rescue the ram from his power.

8 The goat became very great,

But at the height of his power his large horn was broken off,

And in its place four prominent horns grew up

Toward the four winds of heaven.

9 OUT OF ONE OF THEM CAME ANOTHER HORN

(The Antichrist),

Which Started Small but grew in power

To the south and to the east

And toward the Beautiful Land.

10 IT GREW UNTIL IT REACHED

THE HOST OF THE HEAVENS,

And it threw some to the starry host down to the earth

And trampled on them.

11 IT SET ITSELF UP TO BE AS GREAT

AS THE PRINCE OF THE HOST (Christ Jesus);

IT TOOK AWAY THE DAILY SACRIFICED FROM HIM

(The worship of God)

AND THE PLACE OF HIS SANCTURAY WAS BROUGHT LOW.

12 BECAUSE OF REBELLION,

THE HOST OF THE SAINTS AND DAILY SACRIFICE

WERE GIVEN OVER TO IT.

IT PROSPERED IN EVERYTHING IT DID,

AND TRUTH WAS THROWN TO THE GROUND.

[The Antichrist grows in power to the south and to the east

And toward the Beautiful Land, Israel.

He throws some of the starry host

(Saints of God) to the ground

And tramples on them.

He sets himself up to be as great

As the Prince of the host, Christ Jesus.

Because of Rebellion in the Church of God

The Antichrist is allowed to take away the daily sacrifice,

The worship of God.

He prospers in everything he does (at this time)

And Truth is thrown to the ground.]

13 Then I heard a holy one speaking,

And another holy one said to him,

'How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled--

The vision concerning the daily sacrifice,

The rebellion that causes desolation,

And the surrender of the sanctuary

And of the host that will be trampled underfoot?'

14 He said to me, 'It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings;

THEN THE SANCTUARY WILL BE RECONSECRATED.'

[The angel tells Daniel it will be 1,150 days or approximately

Three and One-half years (the Great Tribulation) 
Before the Sanctuary is reconsecrated.]

(Daniel 8:1-14)