4
Jerusalem was then to take place… Now this legitimate hope seemed rudely dashed to the ground. No wonder he fainted. Also no wonder, considering the kind of man he was, that we find him, as soon as he could get around again, and could find some re- lief from pressing official duties, entering upon a definite program of prayer and seeking God to learn the plain truth about it all.' Price, The Greatest of the Prophets, pages 214- 215. Daniel is told that the 2300 evening/morning vision prophecy is true and it should be shut up (sealed) since it would be a long time in fulfilling and to be understood. According to the explanation Daniel later received, only a portion of this 2300 day (year) prophecy applied to the Jews and Jerusalem, where their sanctuary was located. Since the conclusion of the 2300 years would be far into the future, the cleansing of the sanctuary referred to in Daniel 8:14 points not to the Jewish earthly sanctuary, but to the heavenly sanctuary that is to be cleansed prior to Christ's second coming. This is also known as the judg- ment which we will study in our next lesson. God is describing over and over, and in more detail as we move from vision to vision, who this end time power is who magnifies himself “even to the prince of the Host.” We saw in our studies of Daniel chapters 2 & 7, and now here in 8 that this end time power is indeed Papal Rome (The Roman Catholic Church). Friends, these are Holy words we have been studying and anyone who searches for truth with an open mind and contrite heart will be led to the same conclusion. Truth is truth no matter how unbelievable or painful it may be. Jesus said, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” John 8:32. It is our desire to know the truth as it is in Jesus and we pray that it will be your desire also. ANSWERS: 1) The third reigning year of king Belshazzar, at the palace in Shushan. 2) A two-horned ram by the river Ulai. 3) The two-horned ram represented the kings of Media & Persia. 4) A male goat with a notable (large) horn came from the west and attacked the ram, swiftly conquering it. 5) The goat grew strong and then his notable horn broke, and four horns took it’s place. 6) The male goat was Greece and the notable horn was it’s first king—Alexander. The four horns are 4 kings that take his place— Alexander’s four generals. 7) Out of one of the four horns came a little horn that grew exceedingly great. 8) A fierce, prosperous king speaking a language foreign to the Jews—Latin. This king will persecute God’s people. 9) He will conquer land to the South, the East, and the holy land. 10) The transference from the pagan phase—military might, to the papal phase—religious might. 11) God’s holy people. 12) Jesus. 13) God shall destroy him. 14) How long will this prophecy last? 15) ‘2300 days,’ which is 2300 literal years. 16) Daniel fainted. 1. When and where was Daniel given a deeper insight into coming events? Daniel 8:1-2 ______________________________________________________ The first year of Belshazzar was 540 B.C. His third year, in which this vision was given, would consequently be 538. Since Daniel was about twenty years of age when he was carried to Babylon in the first year of Nebuchadnezzar in 606 B.C., he was at this time about eighty-eight years of age. The vision he Eternal Truth Ministries Presents Lesson 5 “By the River Ulai” Studies on Bible Prophecy Studies on Bible Prophecy “...for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.” Daniel 12:9 Christians today who are expecting such great and important events to transpire, should know the reasons of their faith, that they may be able to give an answer to every man that shall ask them a reason for the hope which is in them with meekness and fear. In His word, God has revealed truths that will benefit His church. As a people, we should be earnest students of prophecy; which is brought out in the visions of Daniel and John. We are going to continue our search for Bible truth in the eighth chapter of the book of Daniel.

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    Jeru

    sale

    m

    was

    th

    en

    to

    take

    pl

    ace…

    N

    ow

    this

    le

    gitim

    ate

    hope

    see

    med

    rud

    ely

    dash

    ed to

    the

    grou

    nd.

    No

    won

    der

    he fa

    inte

    d. A

    lso

    no w

    onde

    r, co

    nsid

    erin

    g th

    e ki

    nd o

    f man

    he

    was

    , tha

    t we

    find

    him

    , as

    soon

    as

    he c

    ould

    get

    aro

    und

    agai

    n, a

    nd c

    ould

    find

    som

    e re

    -lie

    f fr

    om p

    ress

    ing

    offic

    ial

    dutie

    s, en

    teri

    ng u

    pon

    a de

    finite

    pro

    gram

    of p

    raye

    r an

    d se

    ekin

    g G

    od to

    lear

    n th

    e pl

    ain

    trut

    h ab

    out i

    t al

    l.' P

    rice,

    The

    Gre

    ates

    t of

    the

    Pro

    phet

    s, pa

    ges

    214-

    215.

    D

    anie

    l is

    tol

    d th

    at t

    he 2

    300

    even

    ing/

    mor

    ning

    vis

    ion

    prop

    hecy

    is

    true

    and

    it sh

    ould

    be

    shut

    up

    (sea

    led)

    sin

    ce it

    wou

    ld b

    e a

    long

    tim

    e in

    fulfi

    lling

    and

    to b

    e un

    ders

    tood

    . Acc

    ordi

    ng to

    the

    expl

    anat

    ion

    Dan

    iel l

    ater

    rece

    ived

    , onl

    y a

    porti

    on

    of t

    his

    2300

    day

    (ye

    ar)

    prop

    hecy

    app

    lied

    to t

    he

    Jew

    s an

    d Je

    rusa

    lem

    , w

    here

    the

    ir sa

    nctu

    ary

    was

    lo

    cate

    d. S

    ince

    the

    con

    clus

    ion

    of t

    he 2

    300

    year

    s w

    ould

    be

    far

    into

    the

    futu

    re, t

    he c

    lean

    sing

    of

    the

    sanc

    tuar

    y re

    ferr

    ed to

    in D

    anie

    l 8:1

    4 po

    ints

    not

    to

    the

    Jew

    ish

    earth

    ly s

    anct

    uary

    , but

    to

    the

    heav

    enly

    sa

    nctu

    ary

    that

    is

    to b

    e cl

    eans

    ed p

    rior

    to C

    hris

    t's

    seco

    nd c

    omin

    g. T

    his

    is al

    so k

    now

    n as

    the

    jud

    g-m

    ent w

    hich

    we

    will

    stud

    y in

    our

    nex

    t les

    son.

    G

    od is

    des

    crib

    ing

    over

    and

    ove

    r, an

    d in

    mor

    e de

    tail

    as w

    e m

    ove

    from

    vis

    ion

    to

    visi

    on, w

    ho th

    is e

    nd ti

    me

    pow

    er is

    who

    mag

    nifie

    s hi

    mse

    lf “e

    ven

    to th

    e pr

    ince

    of

    the

    Hos

    t.” W

    e sa

    w in

    our

    stu

    dies

    of D

    anie

    l cha

    pter

    s 2 &

    7, a

    nd n

    ow h

    ere

    in

    8 th

    at t

    his

    end

    time

    pow

    er i

    s in

    deed

    Pap

    al R

    ome

    (The

    Rom

    an C

    atho

    lic

    Chu

    rch)

    . Fr

    iend

    s, th

    ese

    are

    Hol

    y w

    ords

    we

    have

    bee

    n st

    udyi

    ng a

    nd a

    nyon

    e w

    ho s

    earc

    hes

    for t

    ruth

    with

    an

    open

    min

    d an

    d co

    ntrit

    e he

    art w

    ill b

    e le

    d to

    the

    sam

    e co

    nclu

    sion

    . Tr

    uth

    is tr

    uth

    no m

    atte

    r how

    unb

    elie

    vabl

    e or

    pai

    nful

    it m

    ay

    be.

    Jesu

    s sa

    id, “

    And

    ye

    shal

    l kno

    w th

    e tr

    uth,

    and

    the

    trut

    h sh

    all m

    ake

    you

    free

    ” Jo

    hn 8

    :32.

    It i

    s ou

    r des

    ire to

    kno

    w th

    e tru

    th a

    s it

    is in

    Jes

    us a

    nd w

    e pr

    ay

    that

    it w

    ill b

    e yo

    ur d

    esire

    als

    o.

    AN

    SWE

    RS: 1) The third reigning year of king B

    elshazzar, at the palace in Shushan. 2) A tw

    o-horned ram by the river U

    lai. 3) The tw

    o-horned ram represented the kings of M

    edia & Persia. 4) A

    male goat w

    ith a notable (large) horn came from

    the west and

    attacked the ram, sw

    iftly conquering it. 5) The goat grew strong and then his notable horn broke, and four horns took it’s place. 6)

    The male goat w

    as Greece and the notable horn w

    as it’s first king—A

    lexander. The four horns are 4 kings that take his place—A

    lexander’s four generals. 7) Out of one of the four horns cam

    e a little horn that grew exceedingly great. 8) A

    fierce, prosperous king speaking a language foreign to the Jew

    s—Latin. This king w

    ill persecute God’s people. 9) H

    e will conquer land to the South,

    the East, and the holy land. 10) The transference from the pagan phase—

    military m

    ight, to the papal phase—religious m

    ight. 11) G

    od’s holy people. 12) Jesus. 13) God shall destroy him

    . 14) How

    long will this prophecy last? 15) ‘2300 days,’ w

    hich is 2300 literal years. 16) D

    aniel fainted.

    1

    1.W

    hen

    and

    whe

    re w

    as D

    anie

    l gi

    ven

    a de

    eper

    ins

    ight

    int

    o co

    min

    g e

    vent

    s?

    D

    anie

    l 8:1

    -2

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    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    Th

    e fir

    st y

    ear o

    f Bel

    shaz

    zar

    was

    540

    B.C

    . His

    third

    yea

    r, in

    whi

    ch th

    is v

    isio

    n w

    as g

    iven

    , wou

    ld c

    onse

    quen

    tly b

    e 53

    8. S

    ince

    Dan

    iel w

    as a

    bout

    twen

    ty y

    ears

    of

    age

    whe

    n he

    was

    car

    ried

    to B

    abyl

    on in

    the

    first

    yea

    r of N

    ebuc

    hadn

    ezza

    r in

    606

    B.C

    ., he

    was

    at t

    his

    time

    abou

    t eig

    hty-

    eigh

    t ye

    ars

    of a

    ge. T

    he v

    isio

    n he

    Ete

    rnal

    Tru

    th M

    inist

    ries

    Pres

    ents

    Les

    son

    5 “B

    y th

    e R

    iver

    Ula

    i”

    Stud

    ies o

    n B

    ible

    Pro

    phec

    ySt

    udie

    s on

    Bib

    le P

    roph

    ecy

    “...f

    or th

    e w

    ords

    are

    clo

    sed

    up a

    nd se

    aled

    till

    the

    time

    of th

    e en

    d.”

    Dan

    iel 1

    2:9

    C

    hris

    tians

    toda

    y w

    ho a

    re e

    xpec

    ting

    such

    gr

    eat

    and

    impo

    rtant

    eve

    nts

    to t

    rans

    pire

    , sh

    ould

    kno

    w th

    e re

    ason

    s of

    thei

    r fai

    th, t

    hat

    they

    may

    be

    able

    to

    give

    an

    answ

    er t

    o ev

    ery

    man

    that

    sha

    ll as

    k th

    em a

    reas

    on fo

    r th

    e ho

    pe w

    hich

    is

    in t

    hem

    with

    mee

    knes

    s an

    d fe

    ar.

    In H

    is w

    ord,

    God

    has

    rev

    eale

    d tru

    ths

    that

    will

    ben

    efit

    His

    chu

    rch.

    As

    a pe

    ople

    , w

    e sh

    ould

    be

    earn

    est

    stud

    ents

    of

    prop

    hecy

    ; w

    hich

    is

    brou

    ght

    out

    in t

    he

    vi

    sion

    s of

    Dan

    iel a

    nd J

    ohn.

    W

    e ar

    e go

    ing

    to c

    ontin

    ue o

    ur se

    arch

    for B

    ible

    trut

    h in

    the

    eigh

    th c

    hapt

    er o

    f the

    boo

    k of

    Dan

    iel.

  • 2

    refe

    rs to

    as t

    he o

    ne w

    hich

    app

    eare

    d un

    to h

    im a

    t the

    firs

    t, is

    dou

    btle

    ss th

    e vi

    sion

    of

    cha

    pter

    seve

    n, w

    hich

    he

    had

    in th

    e fir

    st y

    ear o

    f Bel

    shaz

    zar's

    reig

    n. S

    hush

    an

    was

    the

    met

    ropo

    lis o

    f the

    pro

    vinc

    e of

    Ela

    m, w

    hich

    was

    then

    in th

    e ha

    nds o

    f the

    B

    abyl

    onia

    ns, a

    nd th

    e ki

    ng o

    f Bab

    ylon

    had

    a ro

    yal p

    alac

    e th

    ere.

    2.

    Wha

    t was

    Dan

    iel f

    irst

    show

    n in

    his

    vis

    ion?

    D

    anie

    l 8:3

    -4

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    ____

    ___

    3.H

    ow w

    as th

    is p

    art o

    f his

    visi

    on e

    xpla

    ined

    to D

    anie

    l?

    Dan

    iel 8

    :20

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    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ___

    'G

    abri

    el e

    xpla

    ined

    tha

    t "t

    he r

    am…

    hav

    ing

    two

    horn

    s ar

    e th

    e ki

    ngs

    of

    Med

    ia a

    nd P

    ersi

    a."

    Lik

    e th

    e be

    ar's

    hunc

    hed

    back

    , the

    ram

    's lo

    psid

    ed h

    orns

    - on

    e hi

    gher

    tha

    n th

    e ot

    her

    - po

    inte

    d to

    Per

    sian

    dom

    inat

    ion.

    The

    Med

    es w

    ere

    the

    olde

    r, an

    d ha

    d be

    en th

    e st

    rong

    er, a

    nd h

    ad c

    o-op

    erat

    ed w

    ith th

    e Pe

    rsia

    ns

    for y

    ears

    .' H

    ardi

    nge,

    Jes

    us Is

    My

    Judg

    e, p

    age

    164.

    4.

    Wha

    t was

    the

    next

    dev

    elop

    men

    t in

    Dan

    iel's

    vis

    ion?

    D

    anie

    l 8:5

    -7

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    ____

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    ____

    ____

    ____

    __

    'It

    is

    sign

    ifica

    nt t

    hat

    man

    y of

    the

    Gre

    eks

    used

    to

    spea

    k of

    them

    selv

    es a

    s th

    e go

    ats'

    peop

    le, u

    sing

    the

    goat

    as

    a n

    atio

    nal o

    r tr

    ibal

    sym

    bol.

    No

    wor

    ds a

    re n

    eede

    d to

    po

    int o

    ut h

    ow th

    e pi

    ctur

    e of

    gre

    at s

    wift

    ness

    giv

    en in

    the

    prop

    hetic

    des

    crip

    tion

    of t

    he h

    e-go

    at w

    hich

    exa

    ctly

    fits

    th

    e as

    toni

    shin

    g sp

    eed

    and

    com

    plet

    enes

    s of

    Ale

    xand

    er's

    conq

    uest

    s.' P

    rice,

    The

    Gre

    ates

    t of

    the

    Pro

    phet

    s, pa

    ge

    162.

    5.

    Wha

    t the

    n ha

    ppen

    ed to

    the

    he-g

    oat?

    D

    anie

    l 8:8

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    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    _

    '

    At th

    e he

    ight

    of h

    is p

    ower

    s an

    d co

    nque

    st, A

    lexa

    nder

    die

    d in

    323

    BC

    . He

    had

    a so

    n, b

    ut th

    is s

    on d

    id n

    ot in

    heri

    t the

    kin

    gdom

    (see

    Dan

    iel 1

    1:4)

    . Ins

    tead

    Al

    exan

    der's

    kin

    gdom

    was

    div

    ided

    am

    ong

    his

    gene

    rals.

    The

    re w

    as f

    ight

    ing

    7

    12.

    Who

    is 't

    he P

    rinc

    e of

    the

    host

    '?

    D

    anie

    l 8:1

    1 C

    ompa

    re D

    anie

    l 8:2

    5, la

    st p

    art.

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    ____

    ___

    13.

    Wha

    t w

    as t

    o be

    the

    ulti

    mat

    e fa

    te o

    f th

    e lit

    tle

    ho

    rn p

    ower

    ?

    Dan

    iel 8

    :25

    Com

    pare

    Dan

    iel 2

    :34,

    45

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    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ___

    This

    par

    alle

    ls th

    e pr

    ophe

    cy o

    f Dan

    iel 2

    : 34,

    45

    whe

    re th

    e st

    one

    "cut

    out

    with

    out h

    ands

    " de

    stro

    ys a

    ll ea

    rthly

    pow

    ers.

    14

    .W

    hat q

    uest

    ion

    is a

    sked

    con

    cern

    ing

    this

    vis

    ion?

    Dan

    iel 8

    :13

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    ____

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    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    __

    Dan

    iel

    hear

    d tw

    o ho

    ly o

    nes

    conv

    ersi

    ng a

    bout

    the

    len

    gth

    of t

    ime

    that

    has

    to

    pass

    bef

    ore

    the

    fulfi

    llmen

    t of t

    he tw

    ofol

    d pr

    ophe

    cy o

    n th

    e da

    ily s

    acrif

    ice

    and

    the

    sanc

    tuar

    y is

    sue.

    15

    .H

    ow is

    the

    ques

    tion

    answ

    ered

    ?

    Dan

    iel 8

    :14

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    ____

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    ____

    ____

    __

    Her

    e is

    intro

    duce

    d th

    e on

    e re

    mai

    ning

    poi

    nt w

    hich

    of a

    ll ot

    hers

    wou

    ld n

    atur

    ally

    be

    of

    mos

    t ab

    sorb

    ing

    inte

    rest

    to

    the

    prop

    het

    and

    to t

    he c

    hurc

    h, n

    amel

    y, t

    he

    leng

    th o

    f tim

    e th

    e de

    sola

    ting

    pow

    ers

    (pag

    an a

    nd p

    apal

    ) br

    ough

    t to

    view

    wer

    e to

    con

    tinue

    . How

    long

    sha

    ll th

    ey c

    ontin

    ue th

    eir

    cour

    se o

    f op

    pres

    sion

    aga

    inst

    G

    od's

    peop

    le?

    He

    hear

    s th

    e an

    swer

    — a

    2,3

    00 d

    ay p

    erio

    d, th

    en th

    e sa

    nctu

    ary

    wou

    ld b

    e cl

    eans

    ed.

    This

    bei

    ng a

    pro

    phec

    y an

    d us

    ing

    the

    day

    for

    a ye

    ar

    prin

    cipl

    e re

    gard

    ing

    such

    apo

    caly

    ptic

    pro

    phec

    ies,

    Num

    bers

    14:

    34 a

    nd E

    zeki

    el

    4:6,

    the

    perio

    d sp

    oken

    of w

    ould

    be

    a lit

    eral

    2,3

    00 y

    ears

    . 16

    .W

    hy w

    as th

    is p

    art o

    f the

    vis

    ion

    not e

    xpla

    ined

    to D

    anie

    l by

    Gab

    riel

    at

    this

    tim

    e?

    D

    anie

    l 8:2

    6-27

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    ____

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    ____

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    ____

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    __

    ‘He

    was

    now

    an

    old

    man

    . He

    had

    been

    ser

    ving

    as

    a vi

    rtua

    l sla

    ve n

    earl

    y al

    l his

    life,

    eve

    n th

    ough

    he

    was

    con

    side

    red

    a tr

    uste

    d of

    ficia

    l in

    high

    pos

    ition

    : and

    he

    had

    grow

    n ol

    d w

    ith th

    e co

    nfid

    ent h

    ope

    that

    the

    seve

    nty

    year

    s of

    the

    pred

    icte

    d ca

    ptiv

    ity (

    Jere

    mia

    h 25

    :11)

    wer

    e so

    on t

    o ex

    pire

    , an

    d th

    at a

    res

    tora

    tion

    to

  • 6

    phas

    e w

    as p

    agan

    . The

    se w

    ere

    all e

    mbr

    aced

    in th

    e "d

    aily

    ." T

    hen

    com

    es th

    e pa

    pal f

    orm

    , the

    "tr

    ansg

    ress

    ion

    of d

    esol

    atio

    n,"

    a m

    arve

    l of c

    raft

    and

    cunn

    ing,

    an

    inca

    rnat

    ion

    of c

    ruel

    ty.”

    Sm

    ith, D

    anie

    l and

    the

    Reve

    latio

    n, p

    .161

    -6.

    The

    phra

    se d

    escr

    ibin

    g th

    e pa

    pacy

    (“tr

    ansg

    ress

    ion

    of d

    esol

    atio

    n”)

    is s

    trong

    er t

    han

    that

    use

    d to

    desc

    ribe

    paga

    nism

    (“

    daily

    ”).

    It is

    th

    e

    tra

    nsgr

    essi

    on

    (or

    rebe

    llion

    , as

    th

    e w

    ord

    also

    m

    eans

    ) of

    des

    olat

    ion;

    as

    if un

    der

    this

    per

    iod

    of

    the

    hist

    ory

    of th

    e ch

    urch

    the

    deso

    latin

    g po

    wer

    had

    re

    belle

    d ag

    ains

    t all

    rest

    rain

    t pr

    evio

    usly

    impo

    sed

    upon

    it. F

    rom

    a re

    ligio

    us p

    oint

    of v

    iew

    , the

    wor

    ld

    has

    pres

    ente

    d th

    ese

    two

    stro

    ng p

    hase

    s (p

    agan

    and

    pap

    al) o

    f opp

    ositi

    on a

    gain

    st

    the

    Lord

    's w

    ork

    in th

    e ea

    rth.

    11.

    Who

    are

    the

    host

    of h

    eave

    n?

    Dan

    iel 8

    :10

    (C

    ompa

    re D

    anie

    l 8:2

    4, E

    xodu

    s 12:

    41.)

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    LIT

    TL

    E H

    OR

    N

    ‘RO

    MA

    N E

    MPI

    RE

    ’ Tw

    o Ph

    ases

    in H

    isto

    ry

    Fi

    rst

    Paga

    n (w

    orsh

    ip o

    f fal

    se G

    ods;

    not

    ack

    now

    ledg

    ing

    the

    God

    of C

    hris

    tiani

    ty)

    ‘Dai

    ly’

    Civ

    il-M

    ilita

    ry M

    ight

    M

    edes

    /Per

    sian

    s—Pa

    gan

    Gre

    eks—

    Paga

    n R

    ome—

    Paga

    n R

    ome

    Div

    ided

    —Pa

    gan

    Even

    tual

    ly b

    ecom

    es th

    e Se

    cond

    Pha

    se...

    Seco

    nd

    Papa

    l (Po

    pe in

    pla

    ce o

    f Cae

    sar!

    ) (b

    elon

    ging

    to th

    e po

    ntiff

    of R

    ome;

    as p

    apal

    aut

    hori

    ty)

    ‘Tra

    nsgr

    essi

    on’

    Rel

    igio

    us-T

    heol

    ogic

    al

    Chu

    rch

    and

    Stat

    e C

    ivil

    and

    Rel

    igio

    us

    3

    amon

    g th

    em fo

    r a p

    erio

    d of

    abo

    ut tw

    enty

    yea

    rs. B

    ut b

    y 30

    1 BC

    , fou

    r kin

    gdom

    s had

    em

    erge

    d fr

    om th

    e po

    litic

    al

    chao

    s th

    at e

    nsue

    d af

    ter

    the

    deat

    h of

    Ale

    xand

    er. T

    hese

    w

    ere

    1. M

    aced

    onia

    und

    er C

    assa

    nder

    ; 2.

    Thr

    ace

    and

    nort

    h-w

    este

    rn A

    sia

    Min

    or u

    nder

    Lys

    imac

    hus;

    3. S

    yria

    an

    d Ba

    bylo

    nia

    unde

    r Se

    leuc

    us;

    and

    4. E

    gypt

    und

    er

    Ptol

    emy.

    ' She

    a, D

    anie

    l 7-1

    2, p

    age

    93.

    6.H

    ow w

    as th

    e as

    pect

    of t

    he v

    isio

    n ex

    plai

    ned

    to D

    anie

    l?

    D

    anie

    l 8:2

    1-22

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    _

    'The

    goa

    t re

    pres

    ente

    d G

    reci

    a an

    d its

    "no

    tabl

    e ho

    rn"

    - po

    inte

    d, a

    ggre

    ssiv

    e,

    dire

    ct -

    its

    pre

    mie

    r ki

    ng,

    Alex

    ande

    r th

    e G

    reat

    . Th

    is re

    mar

    kabl

    e yo

    ung

    man

    , wi

    th a

    sm

    all

    and

    dedi

    cate

    d ar

    my

    of M

    aced

    onia

    ns, l

    unge

    d fr

    om th

    e w

    est w

    ith s

    uch

    rapi

    dity

    tha

    t he

    see

    med

    har

    dly

    to t

    ouch

    the

    gro

    und.

    Th

    is h

    ad a

    lrea

    dy b

    een

    sign

    alle

    d by

    the

    leop

    ard

    mad

    e sw

    ifter

    w

    ith

    the

    addi

    tion

    of

    two

    pair

    s of

    w

    ings

    . H

    ardi

    nge,

    Jes

    us Is

    My

    Judg

    e, p

    age

    165.

    7.

    Wha

    t nex

    t app

    eare

    d in

    Dan

    iel's

    vis

    ion?

    Dan

    iel 8

    :9

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    Th

    e se

    quen

    ce i

    n th

    e vi

    sion

    s of

    Dan

    iel

    2 &

    7 h

    as R

    ome

    fo

    llow

    ing

    Bab

    ylon

    , Med

    o-Pe

    rsia

    and

    Gre

    ece.

    Thi

    s is

    wha

    t we

    shou

    ld e

    xpec

    t he

    re.

    The

    sequ

    ence

    of

    ram

    = M

    edo-

    Pers

    ia,

    de

    scrib

    ed a

    s 'g

    reat

    ' (ve

    rse

    4); h

    e-go

    at =

    Gre

    ece,

    des

    crib

    ed a

    s 'v

    ery

    grea

    t' (v

    erse

    8)

    prep

    ares

    us

    for

    little

    hor

    n =

    Rom

    e,

    de

    scrib

    ed a

    s 'ex

    ceed

    ing

    grea

    t (ve

    rse

    9).

    Som

    e sc

    hola

    rs h

    ave

    inte

    rpre

    ted

    the

    little

    hor

    n as

    the

    reig

    n of

    A

    ntio

    chus

    Epi

    phan

    es, w

    ho ru

    led

    over

    Pal

    estin

    e in

    the

    seco

    nd c

    entu

    ry B

    C, a

    nd

    disr

    upte

    d th

    e Je

    wis

    h w

    orsh

    ip se

    rvic

    es. I

    s thi

    s cor

    rect

    ? W

    ho w

    as A

    ntio

    chus

    ? Fr

    om th

    e tim

    e th

    at S

    eleu

    cus

    mad

    e hi

    mse

    lf ki

    ng o

    ver t

    he

    Syria

    n po

    rtion

    of A

    lexa

    nder

    's em

    pire

    , thu

    s co

    nstit

    utin

    g th

    e Sy

    rian

    horn

    of t

    he

    goat

    , unt

    il th

    at c

    ount

    ry w

    as c

    onqu

    ered

    by

    the

    Rom

    ans,

    twen

    ty-s

    ix k

    ings

    rule

    d in

    succ

    essi

    on o

    ver t

    hat t

    errit

    ory.

    The

    eig

    hth

    of th

    ese

    was

    Ant

    ioch

    us E

    piph

    anes

    . A

    ntio

    chus

    , the

    n, w

    as s

    impl

    y on

    e of

    the

    twen

    ty-s

    ix k

    ings

    who

    con

    stitu

    ted

    the

    Syria

    n ho

    rn o

    f the

    goa

    t. H

    e w

    as, t

    here

    fore

    , for

    the

    time

    bein

    g, r

    epre

    sent

    ed b

    y th

    at h

    orn.

    Hen

    ce h

    e co

    uld

    not a

    t the

    sam

    e tim

    e be

    a s

    epar

    ate

    and

    inde

    pend

    ent

    pow

    er, o

    r ano

    ther

    and

    rem

    arka

    ble

    horn

    , as w

    as th

    e lit

    tle h

    orn.

  • 4

    And

    the

    re a

    re f

    our

    mor

    e re

    ason

    s w

    hy t

    his

    little

    hor

    n m

    ust

    be

    Rom

    e.

    #1.

    Dan

    iel,

    chap

    ters

    2 &

    7 p

    oint

    to R

    ome

    as th

    e su

    cces

    sor

    to G

    reci

    a; #

    2. I

    n ve

    rse

    4, th

    e M

    edes

    and

    Per

    sian

    s be

    cam

    e gr

    eat.

    In v

    erse

    8 th

    e G

    reci

    an e

    mpi

    re

    beca

    me

    very

    gre

    at. B

    ut in

    ver

    se 9

    , thi

    s po

    wer

    bec

    ame

    exce

    edin

    g gr

    eat.

    That

    w

    as tr

    ue o

    f R

    ome,

    but

    not

    of

    Ant

    ioch

    us E

    piph

    anes

    . Ant

    ioch

    us E

    piph

    anes

    did

    no

    t bec

    ome

    exce

    edin

    g gr

    eat.

    On

    the

    cont

    rary

    , he

    did

    not e

    nlar

    ge h

    is d

    omin

    ion,

    ex

    cept

    by

    so

    me

    tem

    pora

    ry

    conq

    uest

    s in

    Eg

    ypt.

    Thes

    e he

    im

    med

    iate

    ly

    re

    linqu

    ishe

    d w

    hen

    the

    Rom

    ans

    took

    the

    part

    of P

    tole

    my

    and

    com

    man

    ded

    him

    to

    des

    ist f

    rom

    his

    des

    igns

    on

    that

    terr

    itory

    . So

    whi

    ch w

    as t

    he g

    reat

    er p

    ower

    --th

    e on

    e w

    hich

    eva

    cuat

    ed E

    gypt

    (A

    ntio

    chus

    Epi

    phan

    es),

    or t

    he o

    ne w

    hich

    co

    mm

    ande

    d (R

    OM

    E) t

    hat

    evac

    uatio

    n?; #

    3. R

    ome

    did

    exte

    nd it

    's em

    pire

    to

    the

    sout

    h (E

    gypt

    ), to

    the

    east

    (M

    aced

    onia

    ), an

    d th

    e pl

    easa

    nt la

    nd (

    Pale

    stin

    e),

    and

    #4.

    It w

    as R

    ome

    that

    sto

    od u

    p ag

    ains

    t th

    e "P

    rinc

    e of

    the

    hos

    t" (

    Jesu

    s),

    vers

    e 11

    , cru

    cify

    ing

    Jesu

    s in

    the

    sprin

    g of

    AD

    31.

    Ant

    ioch

    us E

    piph

    anes

    was

    lo

    ng d

    ead

    and

    gone

    ! 8.

    How

    did

    Gab

    riel

    des

    crib

    e th

    e lit

    tle h

    orn?

    D

    anie

    l 8:2

    3-24

    C

    ompa

    re D

    eute

    rono

    my

    28:4

    9-53

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    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    ____

    __

    The

    latte

    r tim

    e of

    thei

    r kin

    gdom

    refe

    rs to

    the

    latte

    r end

    of t

    he

    Gre

    ek k

    ingd

    om. T

    he li

    ttle

    horn

    kin

    gdom

    wou

    ld b

    e bo

    th P

    agan

    R

    ome

    and

    late

    r Pa

    pal

    Rom

    e. I

    t's a

    fie

    rce,

    con

    sum

    ing

    pow

    er

    that

    per

    secu

    tes

    and

    dest

    roys

    hol

    y pe

    ople

    . V

    erse

    24

    says

    his

    po

    wer

    sha

    ll be

    mig

    hty,

    but

    not

    by

    his

    own

    pow

    er (

    the

    Papa

    l ar

    mie

    s w

    ere

    thos

    e ar

    mie

    s fr

    om c

    ount

    ries

    will

    ing

    to s

    erve

    the

    Papa

    cy, t

    hey

    soug

    ht a

    nd d

    estro

    yed

    unde

    r Pap

    al d

    ecre

    e).

    9. W

    hat w

    as D

    anie

    l tol

    d ab

    out R

    ome'

    s mili

    tary

    con

    ques

    ts?

    Dan

    iel 8

    :9, 2

    4

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    ____

    ____

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    ____

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    ____

    ____

    ____

    'Th

    e lit

    tle h

    orn

    wax

    ed g

    reat

    tow

    ard

    the

    sout

    h… E

    gypt

    was

    mad

    e a

    pr

    ovin

    ce o

    f the

    Rom

    an e

    mpi

    re B

    C 3

    0 an

    d co

    ntin

    ued

    such

    for

    som

    e ce

    ntur

    ies.

    The

    little

    hor

    n w

    axed

    gre

    at to

    war

    d th

    e ea

    st. T

    his a

    lso

    was

    true

    of R

    ome.

    Rom

    e co

    nque

    red

    Syri

    a BC

    65

    and

    mad

    e it

    a pr

    ovin

    ce. T

    he L

    ittle

    hor

    n w

    axed

    gre

    at

    tow

    ard

    the

    plea

    sant

    land

    . Jud

    ea is

    cal

    led

    the

    plea

    sant

    land

    in m

    any

    scri

    ptur

    es.

    The

    Rom

    ans

    mad

    e it

    a pr

    ovin

    ce o

    f the

    ir em

    pire

    BC

    63.

    ' Sm

    ith, D

    anie

    l & th

    e Re

    vela

    tion,

    191

    8 ed

    ., pa

    ge 1

    76.

    10.

    How

    is th

    e ne

    xt p

    hase

    of R

    ome'

    s act

    ivity

    des

    crib

    ed?

    Dan

    iel 8

    :10-

    13, 2

    5

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    ____

    ____

    ____

    5

    NO

    TIC

    E: T

    he l

    ittle

    hor

    n re

    pres

    ente

    d he

    re w

    ould

    be

    both

    Pag

    an R

    ome

    and

    late

    r Pa

    pal

    Rom

    e. “

    Paga

    n” i

    s de

    fined

    as:

    Hea

    then

    ; he

    athe

    nish

    ; G

    entil

    e; a

    pe

    rson

    who

    wor

    ship

    s fa

    lse

    gods

    ; no

    t ack

    now

    ledg

    ing

    the

    God

    of C

    hris

    tiani

    ty.

    “Pap

    al”

    is d

    efin

    ed a

    s: Be

    long

    ing

    to t

    he p

    ope

    or p

    ontif

    f of

    Rom

    e; p

    opis

    h; a

    s pa

    pal

    auth

    ority

    ; th

    e pa

    pal

    chai

    r. B

    y th

    e lit

    tle h

    orn

    "the

    dai

    ly s

    acri

    fice

    was

    ta

    ken

    away

    ." [

    Not

    e: T

    he w

    ord

    ‘sac

    rific

    e’ w

    as a

    dded

    by

    the

    trans

    lato

    rs.]

    This

    lit

    tle h

    orn

    sym

    boliz

    ed R

    ome

    in i

    ts e

    ntire

    his

    tory

    , i

    nclu

    ding

    its

    tw

    o ph

    ases

    , pa

    gan

    and

    then

    pap

    al. T

    hese

    two

    phas

    es a

    re e

    lsew

    here

    spo

    ken

    of a

    s the

    "da

    ily"

    and

    the

    "tra

    nsgr

    essi

    on o

    f de

    sola

    tion;

    " th

    e da

    ily (

    deso

    latio

    n) s

    igni

    fyin

    g th

    e

    paga

    n fo

    rm, a

    nd th

    e tra

    nsgr

    essi

    on o

    f des

    olat

    ion,

    the

    papa

    l.

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    o, in

    the

    actio

    ns a

    scrib

    ed to

    this

    pow

    er, s

    omet

    imes

    one

    form

    is s

    poke

    n of

    ,

    som

    etim

    es th

    e ot

    her.

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    him

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    al fo

    rm] t

    he d

    aily

    [the

    pag

    an fo

    rm] w

    as

    take

    n aw

    ay."

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    an R

    ome

    was

    rem

    odel

    ed in

    to p

    apal

    Rom

    e.

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    read

    tha

    t a

    "hos

    t w

    as g

    iven

    him

    [th

    e lit

    tle

    horn

    ] ag

    ains

    t th

    e da

    ily."

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    an R

    ome

    was

    divi

    ded

    (as

    sign

    ified

    by

    the

    10 to

    es in

    Dan

    iel 2

    , an

    d th

    e 10

    hor

    ns in

    Dan

    iel 7

    ) by

    10

    barb

    aria

    n tri

    bes

    and

    the

    peop

    le o

    f the

    se tr

    ibes

    eve

    ntua

    lly,

    over

    tim

    e, b

    ecam

    e co

    nver

    ts t

    o th

    e C

    atho

    lic

    faith

    , and

    the

    inst

    rum

    ents

    of

    the

    deth

    rone

    men

    t of

    the

    ir fo

    rmer

    rel

    igio

    n—pa

    gani

    sm.

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    gh

    conq

    uerin

    g R

    ome

    polit

    ical

    ly, t

    hey

    wer

    e th

    emse

    lves

    van

    quis

    hed

    relig

    ious

    ly b

    y th

    e t

    heol

    ogy

    of R

    ome,

    and

    bec

    ame

    the

    perp

    etua

    tors

    of

    the

    sam

    e em

    pire

    in

    an

    othe

    r ph

    ase—

    the

    papa

    l ph

    ase!

    “Th

    is w

    as b

    roug

    ht a

    bout

    by

    reas

    on o

    f "t

    rans

    gres

    sion

    ;" th

    at is

    , by

    the

    wor

    king

    of t

    he m

    yste

    ry o

    f ini

    quity

    . The

    pap

    acy

    can

    be c

    alle

    d a

    syst

    em o

    f ini

    quity

    bec

    ause

    it h

    as d

    one

    its e

    vil w

    ork

    unde

    r th

    e pr

    eten

    se o

    f a p

    ure

    and

    unde

    filed

    rel

    igio

    n. O

    f thi

    s fa

    lse

    relig

    ious

    sys

    tem

    , Pau

    l w

    rote

    in th

    e fir

    st c

    entu

    ry to

    the

    Thes

    salo

    nian

    s, "T

    he m

    yste

    ry o

    f ini

    quity

    dot

    h al

    read

    y w

    ork.

    " 2

    The

    ssal

    onia

    ns 2

    : 7...

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    little

    hor

    n "c

    ast

    down

    the

    tru

    th t

    o th

    e gr

    ound

    , an

    d pr

    actic

    ed a

    nd

    pros

    pere

    d."

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    des

    crib

    es in

    few

    wor

    ds th

    e w

    ork

    and

    care

    er o

    f the

    pap

    acy.

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    e tr

    uth

    is by

    it

    hide

    ousl

    y ca

    rica

    ture

    d, l

    oade

    d w

    ith t

    radi

    tions

    , tu

    rned

    int

    o m

    umm

    ery

    and

    supe

    rstit

    ion,

    cas

    t do

    wn

    and

    obsc

    ured

    . O

    f th

    is ec

    cles

    iast

    ical

    po

    wer

    it

    is d

    ecla

    red

    that

    it

    has

    "pra

    ctic

    ed"-

    -pra

    ctic

    ed i

    ts d

    ecep

    tions

    on

    the

    peop

    le,

    prac

    ticed

    in

    sche

    mes

    of

    cunn

    ing

    to c

    arry

    out

    its

    ow

    n en

    ds a

    nd

    aggr

    andi

    ze it

    s ow

    n po

    wer

    . Lik

    ewis

    e it

    has

    "pro

    sper

    ed."

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    as m

    ade

    war

    upo

    n th

    e sa

    ints

    , and

    pre

    vaile

    d ag

    ains

    t the

    m. I

    t has

    wel

    l-nig

    h ru

    n its

    allo

    tted

    care

    er,

    and

    is so

    on to

    be

    brok

    en w

    ithou

    t han

    d, to

    be

    give

    n to

    the

    burn

    ing

    flam

    e, a

    nd to

    pe

    rish

    in th

    e co

    nsum

    ing

    glor

    ies

    of th

    e se

    cond

    app

    eari

    ng o

    f our

    Lor

    d… F

    rom

    a

    relig

    ious

    poi

    nt o

    f vi

    ew, t

    he w

    orld

    has

    pre

    sent

    ed t

    hese

    tw

    o st

    rong

    pha

    ses

    of

    oppo

    sitio

    n ag

    ains

    t the

    Lor

    d's

    wor

    k in

    the

    eart

    h. H

    ence

    , alth

    ough

    thre

    e ea

    rthl

    y go

    vern

    men

    ts a

    re in

    trod

    uced

    in th

    e pr

    ophe

    cy a

    s op

    pres

    sors

    of t

    he c

    hurc

    h, th

    ey

    are

    here

    ran

    ged

    unde

    r tw

    o he

    ads:

    "th

    e da

    ily"

    and

    the

    "tra

    nsgr

    essi

    on o

    f

    deso

    latio

    n."

    Med

    o-Pe

    rsia

    was

    pag

    an;

    Gre

    cia

    was

    pag

    an;

    Rom

    e in

    its

    fir

    st