Welcome to Relation Unraveled.
I'm your host, William Tapley, also known as the
Third Eagle of the Apocalypse,
and the Co Prophet of the End Times.
This is the second part in my series on Daniel chapter number 8,
and I will be talking about the rise and fall
of the antiChrist,
as Daniel writes in the second part of his chapter.
Now, in part one,
we looked at World War 3,
as symbolized by a struggle between
a ram and a goat.
And remember, the two horns on the ram symbolized Britain and America,
and the single horn on the goat
symbolized Russia.
Daniel continues relating his vision in verse number 8.
"Therefore the he goat
waxed exceedingly great:"
Now, the near times fulfillment
of this prophecy was Greece
and the goat symbolized Greece, but in the End Times,
the goat symbolizes communism.
"And when he was grown, the great
horn was broken:"
Now the horn from Greece was Alexander the Great, their first king, as the angel
Gabriel explained to Daniel.
But in the End Times the horn symbolizes Russia,
and Russia will also be destroyed by World War 3,
just as her adversaries, Britain and America.
"and from it came up four notable ones toward the
four winds of heaven."
And now Gabriel explains the vision.
"Now whereas that being broken, four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall rise
up out of the nation,
but not with his power."
Now, this was fulfilled when Alexander's four generals divided the Greek empire.
But the End Times interpretation is somewhat different,
because "the four winds of heaven"
means north, south, east and west,
and this does not mean that communism will have four divisions,
it means that communism will rule the entire world.
And in verse number 9,
"And out of one of them came forth a little horn".
Now this little horn
in the near time fulfillment was Antiochus Epiphanes,
but in the End Times, this little horn
is the antiChrist.
"which waxed exceedingly great toward the south, and toward the east,
and toward the pleasant land."
Now this describes the expansion of Antiochus Epiphanes
and the geographical areas that he expanded into.
But in the End Times, this describes the birthplace of the antiChrist,
as I have explained
in a video about Istanbul, Turkey.
"And in the latter time of their kingdom",
This means towards the end of the Persian kingdom,
just before Rome took over the entire Empire,
but now in our time, it means the second half
of the Great Tribulation,
"when the transgressors are come to the full", in other words,
it will be a very evil time,
"a king of shameless face, and understanding dark sentences,
shall arise."
This refers to both Antiochus Epiphanes, who persecuted the Jews,
and also the antiChrist who will persecute Christians.
Now, this term "shameless face"
is quite interesting,
because I have looked at quite a few other Bibles,
and this word can be translated many different ways, for example "insolent" or
"stern faced" or "bold" or
"fierce countenance" or "prideful"
"arrogant", "stubborn","mean looking".
Now, all these terms are negative
but personally I think we should come up with a more
positive term. I think bold is probably closest.
The reason I think the antiChrist should be described in positive terms
is because Isaiah describes Jesus in negative terms.
Remember, Isaiah describes Jesus as "despised and rejected by men".
Jesus had "no form or comeliness"
and there is "no beauty that we should desire Him".
And remember, Lucifer disguises himself as an angel of light, in other words,
something positive.
So now, Daniel continues in verse number 10,
"And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven,
and it cast down some of the host
and of the stars to the ground and stamped upon them."
This refers to the cooperation of many of the Jews in high places
who helped Antiochus Epiphanes
in subduing Jerusalem,
but in the End Times it refers to many Christians
who will aid the antiChrist.
And Gabriel explains,
"And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own force:".
I believe Antiochus Epiphanes was aided by the Romans, or at least
allowed to prosper,
but in the End Times, "not by his own force", means that the antiChrist will be
aided by Satan himself.
"and he shall cause fearful destruction, and shall prosper, and succeed, and shall destroy
the mighty and the holy people.
Now, Antiochus Epiphanes waged war against the Jews in Jerusalem,
but in the End Times "the holy people" refers to Christianity.
And verse number 11,
"And he magnified himself even to the prince of the host".
Now, Antiochus Epiphanes magnified himself
to the chief priests of the Jews,
and in the End Times, the antiChrist will magnify himself even to the
Prince of Princes, and that is of course, Jesus Himself.
"And by Him, the daily sacrifice was taken away".
Now the Jewish temple practiced animal sacrifice, and he took that away
and substituted worship of a statue of Zeus.
But in the End Times
the sacrifice is taken away from the Prince, and the Prince is Jesus.
And the only sacrifice He established
was the symbolic sacrifice of the Lord's supper,
and that is what the antiChrist
will take away from all Christian churches
throughout the world.
"And the place of the sanctuary was cast down.
And a host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of sin,
and it cast down the truth to the ground:
and it practiced and prospered."
Now, Gabriel's explanation primarily refers to the antiChrist
"And through his policy also he shall cause craft
to prosper in his hand;"
of course that would refer to witchcraft
"and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many:
he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;"
and that is, of course, Jesus Himself,
"but he shall be broken without hand."
The antiChrist will be destroyed by Jesus at Armageddon.
And verse number 13,
"Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said
unto that certain saint."
These are two particular saints
and these saints are now going to explain the vision;
they are taking over for Gabriel
and the two saints of the End Times we know are Enoch and Elijah,
and these are the two saints which
Daniel was talking about here.
"how long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice,
and the sin of desolation,
to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden underfoot?"
So now, we are talking about the abomination of desolation which Jesus
referred to, in the Olivet Discourse.
It's when this abomination occurs, and when the daily sacrifice is taken away
from all Christian churches,
that is when you must flee.
And now this saint who gives the answer to the question of how long,
is the prophet Enoch,
because he is asked the same question
in chapter number 12 of Daniel,
and also in the book of Revelation.
And so, the prophet Enoch explains how long the reign of the antiChrist will last.
"And he said to me: unto evening and morning
2,300 days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."
Now this 2,300 days is a symbolic number
and it equals 1150 full days.
This is the same time that
Enoch tells the prophet Daniel in chapter number 12,
when he says it will be a time, times and half a time.
It's also the same time frame that the other angel tells Daniel,
in chapter number 12, 1290 days.
It's the same time frame that the prophet Enoch
tells Saint John in the book of Revelation that it will be without delay.
Now Gabriel, when he explains this passage adds very little.
"And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true:"
So Gabriel simply verified what the saints have already told Daniel.
"wherefore shut you up the vision;
for it shall be for many days."
So here we see Gabriel verifying what he said at the very beginning,
and that is, that this is an End Times vision.
That's what this term "many days" means.
And when the angel says, it will be "shut up",
that means that will not be revealed until the times we are in today.
This vision of the ram and the goat
is for those of us living today. In other words the End Times.
So now Daniel completes his vision,
"And I, Daniel fainted, and was sick for some days: afterward I rose up,
and did the king's business,
and I was astonished at the vision, and none understood it.
Well, this is very interesting;
this last phrase, that "none understood it",
because the angel has just
totally explained the vision, so how can Daniel say that none understood it?
This is in fact another verification that this is
an End Times prophecy,
because that is the part of the prophecy that Daniel does not understand.
The angel has explained the near time fulfillment of the prophecy,
but he did not explain the End Times interpretation.
That is left to us.
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