Verse 9 Cont.
• Schultz gives us this short history of the
little horn:
• “The little horn that evolved from the
others is generally understood to
represent Antiochus IV who called
himself “Epiphanes,” meaning
“magnificent.”
• His enemies nicknamed him
“Epimanes” – “madman.”
• The author of the First Book of
Maccabees says about him:
• “And there came out of them a
wicked root, Antiochus,
surnamed Epiphanes,
• Son of Antiochus the king, who
had been a hostage at Rome, and
• He reigned in the hundred and thirty
and seventh year of the kingdom of
the Greeks.”168
Verse 9 Cont.
• The Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary
observes:
• “Antiochus had an extraordinary love of art,
which expressed itself in grand temples.
• NB: Note this connection to the TEMPLE!
• He wished to substitute Zeus Olympius for
Yahweh at Jerusalem.
• Thus, first, pagan civilization from below and
revealed religion from above came into collision.
• Identifying himself with Jupiter, his aim was to
make his own worship universal.”
• The same Commentary continues: “None of the
previous world-rulers, Nebuchadnezzar (Dan 4:3134), Darius (Dan 6:27-28), Cyrus (Ezra 1:2-4),
Artaxerxes Longimanus (Ezra 7:12), had
systematically opposed the Jews’ religious worship.
– Bible Commentary Daniel, p.62.
Rome: The fourth kingdom, Rome, was different from all the
others before it in that they had been monarchies, whereas
Rome began with a non-monarchial form of government.
Founded in the year 753 B.C., the city of Rome early became a
republic,
Point To
Remember
During the Hellenistic age it first conquered all of Italy and
then began to reach out and participate in Hellenistic affairs.
It became the ruling world power when in 168 B.C., at the
Battle of Pydna, the Roman general Aemilius Paulus won a
complete victory over Perseus of Macedonia.
CITY-STATE - (City of
God) Compare
• The great German church
historian Adolf von Harnack
explains that:
• The Roman Church "pushed
itself” into the place of the
Roman World Empire, of
which it is the actual
continuation; the empire has
not perished but has only
undergone a transformation
.... The Roman Church is the
old Roman Empire
consecrated by the Gospel. "
Adolf von Harnack, What Is Christianity? trans. Thomas
B. Saunders (New York: Putnam, 1903), p. 270.
6
Daniel 8:12 (GNT)
How long will it
take for the vision to be fulfilled
the daily sacrifice
the host that will be trampled underfoot
• The answer was It will take 2300 evenings and
mornings THEN:
• Daniel 9:2 becomes MOST IMPORTANT especially
to us living in 2023.
• The Sanctuary will be reconsecrated
• WE HAVE TO understand the 2300 day prophecy!
Daniel had to understand the 70 days/years’ prophecy.
The Great Controversy
The Great Controversy