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"No" Antiochus Epiphanies 167BC (Didnt) fulfill Daniel's (Little Horn) as seen in Daniel 7:8-11 below
I don’t like labels, as too many systems have flaws, in my view. But if I were to peg myself as anything, I’d go with Idealist. Which, as you may know, borrows from all the other systems. For a reason.
Perhaps it was not obvious in my post, but I was not suggesting that Antiochus was THE fulfilment of either Daniel’s prophecy, or Christ’s. As I said, we often find events in scripture, especially important ones, that repeat in varying forms, right up until the last, great event.
In pointing out Antiochus, I was saying that the Jews themselves, during that period, saw Antiochus and his actions AS THAT EVENT. They do not need to be correct in that it was the final event itself. No more than 70AD had to have been the final event for it still to be what Jesus was referring the disciples to.
The fact that we can, perhaps, look at Daniel and Revelation and see an end time fulfilment as well, doesn’t change any of that. Indeed, I would think it only validates the importance of the abomination itself and how vile it must be, and how, just as John would tell us the world will see ‘many Antichrists’, we shall also see these evil ones trying to violate God’s people and sanctuary’s.
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This "Future" figure will be present on earth to see the (Second Coming) of Jesus Christ and final judgement, as this figure will be slain by Jesus Christ and cast into the lake of fire (Future) unfulfilled
"Future" (Second Coming, Final Judgement) Below
Daniel 7:8-11KJV
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
This "Future" figure will be present on earth making (Desolation) to the (Consummation) or the (Ultimate End) "Future"
Merriam-Webster
Definition of consummation
1: the act of consummating the consummation of a contract by mutual signature specifically : the consummating of a marriage
2: the ultimate end
Daniel 9:27KJV
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
I actually agree with you. There are sections in Daniel that clearly place the little horn, or the man of sin, if you like, at the time of the end. We can know this, I think, because of 3 strong references, one you’ve given above. The little horn is there when “the Ancient of days takes his seat and books are opened”. This is straight out of Rev 20 and the GWT judgment. The little horn is then ‘given to the burning flame’…the lake of fire.
The other way we can know this is the end, is that the little horn is defeated at the same time as ‘one like a son of man’ returns. We know, thanks to 2 Thess 2 that when Jesus returns, HE slays the man of sin:
Daniel 7:13-14
[13] “I saw in the night visions,
and behold, with the clouds of heaven
there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the Ancient of Days
and was presented before him.
[14] And to him was given dominion
and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages
should serve him;
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
that shall not be destroyed.
Then, after this, as his vision is sumerised by an angel, he is told this:
Daniel 7:21-22
[21] As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them, [22] until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High, and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom.
So, the Horn makes warn against the Saints UNTIL the time of judgment; when Christ returns and both just and unjust are judged and the Saints possess the kingdom.
All this to say…yes…I do think Daniel points to a future, final event and man of sin. However, I don’t think that excludes previous foreshadowing events. I don’t think we can ignore, in the Olivet Discourse, especially in Luke’s gospel, how very clearly it is referring to the destruction of the Temple, or that Jesus quite clearly tells his Disciples that some will see it, which some did. It’s also historically fascinating to note that the Christians of 70AD recalled Christ’s warnings about seeing the gathering armies, and Josephus reports that not a single Christian lost their life in the siege of Jerusalem.
I think when we look at Daniel and Revelation we must remember that. Our enemy is arrayed against us, but our God is greater.