Antiochus Epiphanes—The Bible’s Most Notoriously Forgotten Villain

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Joseph Smith-----the guy who experienced
DIVINE REVELATION and communicated directly with
THE DIVINE via the magic plates of Moroni----
kinda like Constantine and Q

Rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem?

Jews have attempted to rebuild their lost temple in Jerusalem at several points in history. To some modern Jews, Israel's control of the city's Temple Mount offers yet another opportunity to try.

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I confess. I'm a KJV guy. Not a word about the Maccabee's or Antiochus in it. The only time I heard of them was from a teacher peddling pre-millennial dispensationalism. Yuck.

Doesn't your kjv have the book of Daniel?

I reject the Scofield heresy too.

 

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I confess. I'm a KJV guy. Not a word about the Maccabee's or Antiochus in it. The only time I heard of them was from a teacher peddling pre-millennial dispensationalism. Yuck.

You're right. I can't find anything about the Maccabees.

But Antiochus....

Daniel's prophecy describes the reign of one of the later Syrian kings, Antiochus IV, surnamed Epiphanes ("the manifest" or "the illustrious"). With tragic wit, the Jews named him Epimanes, or "the madman," when it became apparent that his policies were violently anti-Jewish. Determined to "civilize" (i.e., Hellenize) the Jews, this little horn (Daniel 8:9-14) systematically forbade, under penalty of death, circumcision, Sabbath and holy day observance, and the reading or possession of the scrolls of the Torah. He executed some for refusing to eat swine's flesh and butchered others who would not bow to a pagan image.

Additionally, he had a statue of Zeus Olympius (an "abomination of desolation," Daniel 11:31; cf. Matthew 24:15) erected in the Temple. Swine were sacrificed on God's altar, and pagan rites, orgies, and festivals were performed in the Temple grounds. In his pride (Daniel 8:11), he decreed that he should be worshipped as Zeus; his coins were struck with the inscription theos epiphanes ("God manifest"), a horrible counterfeit of the true "God with us."

Other despicable deeds of Antiochus, like his wars against Egypt and the Maccabees, are prophesied in Daniel 11:21-35, where he is clearly depicted as a type of the end-time Beast. His historical activities blend into the future rise and fall of the coming world dictator, who will also speak blasphemies and persecute God's people (Revelation 13:5-7). Expositor's Bible Commentary (vol. 7, pp. 135-142) provi

 

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You're right. I can't find anything about the Maccabees.

But Antiochus....

Daniel's prophecy describes the reign of one of the later Syrian kings, Antiochus IV, surnamed Epiphanes ("the manifest" or "the illustrious"). With tragic wit, the Jews named him Epimanes, or "the madman," when it became apparent that his policies were violently anti-Jewish. Determined to "civilize" (i.e., Hellenize) the Jews, this little horn (Daniel 8:9-14) systematically forbade, under penalty of death, circumcision, Sabbath and holy day observance, and the reading or possession of the scrolls of the Torah. He executed some for refusing to eat swine's flesh and butchered others who would not bow to a pagan image.

Additionally, he had a statue of Zeus Olympius (an "abomination of desolation," Daniel 11:31; cf. Matthew 24:15) erected in the Temple. Swine were sacrificed on God's altar, and pagan rites, orgies, and festivals were performed in the Temple grounds. In his pride (Daniel 8:11), he decreed that he should be worshipped as Zeus; his coins were struck with the inscription theos epiphanes ("God manifest"), a horrible counterfeit of the true "God with us."

Other despicable deeds of Antiochus, like his wars against Egypt and the Maccabees, are prophesied in Daniel 11:21-35, where he is clearly depicted as a type of the end-time Beast. His historical activities blend into the future rise and fall of the coming world dictator, who will also speak blasphemies and persecute God's people (Revelation 13:5-7). Expositor's Bible Commentary (vol. 7, pp. 135-142) provi

ROFLMAO-----Daniel of the crystal ball ----EPISCOPALIAN THEOLOGY.
PREDICTING evil knievals was no trick in the time of Daniel----Israel was
under siege for years----from the west, from the east and from the north.
He did not have magical insight into ANTIOCHUS