DANIEL 8 Pg 2
The little horn comes out of one
of the four divisions of the Greek Empire
8:9 And
[1] out of one of them [out of the four
divisions of the Grecian Empire (vs. 5-8)] came forth
[a.] a little horn [out of the Seleucid division of Syria, came Antiochus
Epiphanes: who in many respects is a composite drawing of the Antichrist yet to come; see How
To Quickly Locate the Antichrist in Scripture; see
also Dan.
7:8; Dan. 7:11;
Dan.
7:20;
Dan.
7:24-25;
Dan. 8:9],
[11.]
which waxed
exceeding great,
[aa.]
toward the south, and
[bb.]
toward the east, and
[cc.]
toward the pleasant [land] [of Israel].
8:10 And
[2] it [he] waxed great,
[a.] [even] to the host of heaven; and
[3] it [he] cast down [some]
[a.]
of the host
and
[b.]
of the stars
[11.]
to the ground, and
[12.]
stamped upon them.
[4] he magnified [himself]
[a.] even to the prince of the host [the Lord, Jehovah], and
[b.] by him the daily [sacrifice]
[11.] was taken away, and
[c.]
[by him] the place of his sanctuary [the rebuilt temple
in Jerusalem where the nation Israel has restored temple worship and animal
sacrifices under the re-instituted Law of Moses]
[11.]
was cast down [like Antiochus
Epiphanes, the Antichrist will offer a swine upon the alter in
Jerusalem (Dan.
9:27; c/p. 1 Maccabees 1:44-50).
8:12 And
[5] an host was given [him]
[a.] against the daily [sacrifice]
[11.]
by reason of transgression, and
[6] it [he] cast down the truth [the
Word of God]
[a.] to the ground; and
[7] it [he] practiced, and
[8] [he] prospered [moved forward with
dispatch].
The vision of 2300 evenings and mornings
8:13 Then [after the daily sacrifice was taken away] I heard
[1] one saint speaking, and
[2] another saint said
[a.] unto that certain [saint] which spake,
[b.] How long (Dan.
12:6; c/p.
Rev. 6:10) [shall be] the vision
[concerning]
[11.] the daily [sacrifice], and
[12.] the transgression of desolation,
to give both
[aa.] the sanctuary and
[bb.] the host to be trodden under foot?
8:14 And he [the certain saint] said unto me,
[1] Unto two thousand and three hundred days [Lit: 2300 evenings and mornings (Dan.
8:26), or 1150 days;
The Vision Is Sealed Until the
Time of the End];
[2] then shall the sanctuary be cleansed [through some miraculous and supernatural event which God has kept hidden (from the Devil) a remnant of Israel will regain control of the temple in Jerusalem: 1150 days after the Antichrist: breaks his covenant with Israel and seizes and desecrates the temple (Dan. 9:27).]
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