Antiochus Epiphanes in 170 B.C. fulfilled the role of the "vile person" in Daniel 11 as a 'type'. The ultimate desolation of that Daniel 11 chapter he did was to end the daily sacrifices in Jerusalem and place an abomination that caused spiritual desolation in the Jerusalem temple. He then demanded all to worship the idol he placed unto Zeus.
This served as a blueprint for what the coming Antichrist at the end of this world will do with setting up the "image of the beast" of Revelation 13. So it's very important to understand what Antiochus did in 170-165 B.C. Jerusalem, for much of that is going to be repeated, as our Lord Jesus in His Olivet discourse warned about the "abomination of desolation" from the Daniel 11 Chapter, showing there is an event still yet to come at the very end of this world involving that act by the Antichrist in Jerusalem.
The book of Maccabees, an apocrypha book written at the end of the 2nd century B.C., described what Antiochus Epiphanes did in Jerusalem with setting up the abomination of desolation...
1 Maccabees
41 Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people,
42 And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.
43 Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath.
44 For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,
45 And forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drink offerings, in the temple; and that they should profane the sabbaths and festival days:
46 And pollute the sanctuary and holy people:
47 Set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine's flesh, and unclean beasts:
48 That they should also leave their children uncircumcised, and make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation:
49 To the end they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
50 And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of the king, he said, he should die.
51 In the selfsame manner wrote he to his whole kingdom, and appointed overseers over all the people, commanding the cities of Juda to sacrifice, city by city.
52 Then many of the people were gathered unto them, to wit every one that forsook the law; and so they committed evils in the land;
53 And drove the Israelites into secret places, even wheresoever they could flee for succour.
54 Now the fifteenth day of the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Juda on every side;
55 And burnt incense at the doors of their houses, and in the streets.
56 And when they had rent in pieces the books of the law which they found, they burnt them with fire.
57 And whosoever was found with any the book of the testament, or if any committed to the law, the king's commandment was, that they should put him to death.
58 Thus did they by their authority unto the Israelites every month, to as many as were found in the cities.
59 Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God.
At this moment, orthodox unbelieving Jews in today's Jerusalem have the materials ready to build another Jewish temple in Jerusalem, and start up the old covenant animal sacrifices again. They don't believe that Messiah has come yet, so they still think they are supposed to do everything in their power to re-institute the old covenant worship with a temple and sacrifices.
God is going to send them a "strong delusion" because of their rejecting His Son Jesus Christ (2 Thess.2). The coming Antichrist will fulfill the final blueprint of the "vile person" in the Daniel 11 Chapter. They will believe it is their Messiah that is come, but it will not be. It will be a fake-Messiah, like our Lord Jesus showed His in the Matthew 24:23-26 Scripture, and again in the Revelation 13:11-17 Scripture, and even Apostle Paul in the 2 Corinthians 11 Scripture about the "another Jesus". So beware!
This served as a blueprint for what the coming Antichrist at the end of this world will do with setting up the "image of the beast" of Revelation 13. So it's very important to understand what Antiochus did in 170-165 B.C. Jerusalem, for much of that is going to be repeated, as our Lord Jesus in His Olivet discourse warned about the "abomination of desolation" from the Daniel 11 Chapter, showing there is an event still yet to come at the very end of this world involving that act by the Antichrist in Jerusalem.
The book of Maccabees, an apocrypha book written at the end of the 2nd century B.C., described what Antiochus Epiphanes did in Jerusalem with setting up the abomination of desolation...
1 Maccabees
41 Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people,
42 And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.
43 Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath.
44 For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,
45 And forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drink offerings, in the temple; and that they should profane the sabbaths and festival days:
46 And pollute the sanctuary and holy people:
47 Set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine's flesh, and unclean beasts:
48 That they should also leave their children uncircumcised, and make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation:
49 To the end they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
50 And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of the king, he said, he should die.
51 In the selfsame manner wrote he to his whole kingdom, and appointed overseers over all the people, commanding the cities of Juda to sacrifice, city by city.
52 Then many of the people were gathered unto them, to wit every one that forsook the law; and so they committed evils in the land;
53 And drove the Israelites into secret places, even wheresoever they could flee for succour.
54 Now the fifteenth day of the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Juda on every side;
55 And burnt incense at the doors of their houses, and in the streets.
56 And when they had rent in pieces the books of the law which they found, they burnt them with fire.
57 And whosoever was found with any the book of the testament, or if any committed to the law, the king's commandment was, that they should put him to death.
58 Thus did they by their authority unto the Israelites every month, to as many as were found in the cities.
59 Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God.
At this moment, orthodox unbelieving Jews in today's Jerusalem have the materials ready to build another Jewish temple in Jerusalem, and start up the old covenant animal sacrifices again. They don't believe that Messiah has come yet, so they still think they are supposed to do everything in their power to re-institute the old covenant worship with a temple and sacrifices.
God is going to send them a "strong delusion" because of their rejecting His Son Jesus Christ (2 Thess.2). The coming Antichrist will fulfill the final blueprint of the "vile person" in the Daniel 11 Chapter. They will believe it is their Messiah that is come, but it will not be. It will be a fake-Messiah, like our Lord Jesus showed His in the Matthew 24:23-26 Scripture, and again in the Revelation 13:11-17 Scripture, and even Apostle Paul in the 2 Corinthians 11 Scripture about the "another Jesus". So beware!