The Antichrist (Daniel 11)

Class Notes

• Future Career of the Antichrist - Part 2 (Daniel 11:29-45)
  • After Antichrist shall "return to his own land" (Daniel 11:28), "at the time appointed", he "shall come toward the south" (Daniel 11:29)
    • However, this campaign against the "King of the South" will not result in victory "as the former" or "as the latter" (Daniel 11:29)
    • Antichrist is greatly triumphant in both "the former" camaign against the "King of the South" (Daniel 11:25-26) and "the latter" camaign against the "King of the South" (Daniel 11:42-43)
  • The reason given for Antichrist's defeat "at the time appointed" (Daniel 11:29) is his being "grieved" due to "the ships of Chittim" which "shall come against him" (Daniel 11:30)
    • Balaam's prophecy concerning "the latter days" (Numbers 24:14) reveals that "ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Assur, and he shall afflict Eber" (Numbers 24:24)
    • "Chittim" (also spelled "Kittim") was a son of Javan (Genesis 10:4) who in turn was a son of Noah's son, Japheth (Genesis 10:2)
    • According to Flavius Josephus (the Roman Jowish historian), the descendants of Kitt (Kittim) settled in a land called Kition which is known today as the island of Cyprus
    • According to the Rand-McNally Bible Atlas, one of the cities in Cyprus was called Kittium
    • Assur is a reference to Assyria of which its main city, Nineveh, was "builded" by Nimrod who was a son of Cush who in turn was a son of Noah's son, Ham (Genesis 10:6,8,11)
    • Eber was a grandson of Arphaxad who in turn was a son of Noah's son, Shem (Genesis 10:21,24), who is said to be "the father of ALL the children of Eber" (Genesis 10:21) and from whom descended Abraham (Genesis 11:10-26)
    • Thus, Antichrist called "the Assyrian" (II Thessalonians 2:8 cf. Isaiah 30:31) and who is descended from Ham and his Hebrew allies (Daniel 11:24,26) who are descended from Shem, will briefly suffer defeat at the hands of the descendants from Japheth (Daniel 11:30)
    • The word "Eber" means "the region beyond" and the word "Hebrew" means "to pass over" and, thus, points to Israel who "shall NOT be reckoned among the nations" (Numbers 23:8-10) for God "in the days of old" (Deuteronomy 32:7) did set the BOUNDS of the nations "according to the NUMBER of Israel" (Deuteronomy 32:8)

      • "Table of the Nations" (Genesis 10:1,32)

        Japheth	Noah's eldest son	European nations (Genesis 10:2-5)	14
        Ham	Noah's middle son	African nations (Genesis 10:6-20)	30
        Shem	Noah's youngest son	Asian nations (Genesis 10:21-31)	26
        Jacob	Israel	"ALL the souls of the house of Jacob" (Genesis 46:27)	70

      • Israel is the land bridge which connects the three continents of Europe, Africa, and Asia
  • After his defeat, Antichrist will "return" (from the dead) and "have indignation against the holy covenant" (Daniel 11:30), i.e. betray his "confirmation (support)" of the Mosaic covenant (Daniel 9:27) of "the daily sacrifice" (Daniel 8:11-12 cf. Daniel 8:23-25)
    • Antichrist's resurrection from the dead will be the result of Satan's opening of "the bottomless pit" to allow for the ascent of the demonic army of locusts at the head of which is Antichrist (Revelation 11:7 cf. Revelation 9:1-3,11)
    • Antichrist will have the help of rebellious Israel ("them that forsake the holy covenant") with whom Antichrist will "have intelligence", i.e. he will "fix his attention" on those with whom he will have cooperation (Daniel 11:30)
    • It is these false Jews (Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9) who will lend their support to Antichrist, i.e. they will be the "arms (strength)" which "shall stand on his (Antichrist's) part" (Daniel 11:31 cf. Isaiah 28:15)
  • Antichrist shall "take away the daily sacrifice" (Daniel 11:31 cf. Daniel 8:11-12) and replace it with "the ABOMINATION that maketh desolate" (Daniel 11:31 cf. Matthew 24:15)
    • An "ABOMINATION" in the OT is the designation for an "IDOL" (I Kings 11:5,7 cf. II Kings 23:13)
    • Antichrist is called "the IDOL shepherd" (Zechariah 11:17), because he will have an "IMAGE" made to himself which shall have "life" and "speak" and enforce universal worship to itself (Revelation 13:14-15)
      • Nebuchadnezzar's "IMAGE of gold" in "the plain of Dura" (Daniel 3:1) erected to his glory (Daniel 2:37-38) to which he demanded universal worship (Daniel 3:4-7) typified "the ABOMINATION that maketh desolate" (Daniel 11:31)
    • Antichrist's "IMAGE" will be placed in the Temple where he will be enthroned and worshipped as God (II Thessalonians 2:3-4 cf. Daniel 11:36-37)
      • He will pose as the One Who "shall be a priest upon His Throne" (Zechariah 6:13) by making "fire come down from heaven" (Revelation 13:13) in imitation of Elijah's test of proving who is God (I Kings 18:21) by "the fire of the Lord" falling from heaven and consuming the sacrifice (Revelation 13:13 cf. I Kings 18:37-39; Leviticus 9:23-24)
  • The FAITHLESS Jewish MASSES who "do wickedly (lawlessly) against the covenant" will be "corrupted (polluted)" by Antichrist, but the FAITHFUL Jewish REMNANT - "the people that do know their God" shall be "strong (enduring)" and effective workers for the True Christ (Daniel 11:32)
    • The "HOST" of Jews given to Antichrist will "cast down" the sanctuary and "cast down the truth to the ground" (Daniel 8:11-12) and, thus, will "have chosen their own WAYS, and their soul delighteth in their ABOMINATIONS" (Isaiah 66:3-4 cf. Matthew 24:15; Daniel 11:31) - they will be like their idolatrous fathers of old (Jeremiah 11:9-10)
    • The FAITHFUL Jewish REMNANT will be "VIRGINS" NOT having been TAINTED by the "FORNICATION" of IDOLATRY (Revelation 14:4 cf. Revelation 2:14,20) and wll therefore be "WITHOUT FAULT before the Throne of God" and, thus, will be like their father David whose heart was "PERFECT with the Lord his God" (Revelation 14:5 cf. I Kings 11:4-6)
  • The FAITHFUL Jewish REMNANT will "UNDERSTAND" and "INSTRUCT MANY" (Daniel 11:33)
    • Judah's two great SPIRITUAL REFORMERS in the OT TYPIFIED the kind of MINISTRY which will be performed by this FAITHFUL Jewish REMNANT "in the LATTER DAYS" (Daniel 10:14):
      • Hezekiah (II Chronicles 29:1-5)
      • Josiah (II Chronicles 34:1-5)
    • This FAITHFUL Jewish REMNANT will pay dearly for their MINISTRY at the hands of their FAITHLESS BRETHREN (Daniel 11:33 cf. Isaiah 66:5; Matthew 10:32-36; Revelation 12:10-11) as did Israel's PROPHETS in the OT (Matthew 23:29-32)
  • He who will EVEN GIVE "a LITTLE HELP" to the FAITHFUL Jewish REMNANT Daniel 11:34) "shall NOT LOSE his REWARD" Mark 9:41)
  • SOME, but NOT ALL of the FAITHFUL Jewish REMNANT "shall FALL, to TRY them, and to PURGE, and to MAKE them WHITE" Daniel 11:35)
    • Israel's TRIBULATION MARTYRS arrayed in "WHITE ROBES" (Revelation 6:9-11) will have their ROBES "WASHED in the BLOOD of the LAMB" (Revelation 7:13-14) and will "REIGN with CHRIST" in the MILLENIUM (Revelation 20:4)
    • Israel's (Revelation 12:1 cf. Genesis 37:9-11) HIDDEN TRIBULATION REMNANT will be MIRACULOUSLY NOURISHED and PRESERVED as was Israel of old (Revelation 12:6,13-14 cf. Exodus 16:31-33) unto her FINAL REPENTANCE and CLEANSING at her MESSIAH"S RETURN (Zechariah 12:8-10 cf. Zechariah 13:1-2)
  • Antichrist (Israel's FINAL oppressor) "shall do ACCORDING TO HIS WILL" (Daniel 11:36) as also was true of Israel's PAST oppressors (Daniel 8:4; Daniel 11:3)
    • Antichrist will singularly "EXALT himself" and "MAGNIFY himself ABOVE EVERY god" (Daniel 11:36), "so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God, showing himself that he is God" (II Thessalonians 2:4)
    • Antichrist "shall speak MARVELLOUS things against the God of gods" (Daniel 11:36) opening "his mouth in BLASPHEMY against God" (Revelation 13:6):
      • "to BLASPHEME His Name" (Revelation 13:6) by claiming for himself the Unfolded Name of Jehovah (Revelation 17:8) revealed through resurrection: "I AM that I AM" (Exodus 3:14; Exodus 6:3); "I WAS dead" and "I AM alive FOREVERMORE" (Revelation 1:18)
      • "to BLASPHEME His Tabernacle" (Revelation 13:6) by placing in it "the ABOMINATION that maketh desolate" (Matthew 24:15 cf. Daniel 11:31), i.e. his "IMAGE" (Revelation 13:14)
      • "to BLASPHEME them that dwell in Heaven" (Revelation 13:6), i.e those "in Heaven" (Revelation 15:1) who "had gotten the VICTORY OVER THE BEAST" (Revelation 15:2)
    • Antichrist "shall prosper till the INDIGNATION be accomplished" (Daniel 11:36), i.e. the "GREAT TRIBULATION" (Matthew 24:21-22; Revelation 7:14) during which time "power was given unto him to continue forty and two months" (Revelation 13:5)
  • Antichrist shall NOT "regard the God of his FATHERS" (Daniel 11:37), i.e. the "God Who at sundry times ... spake in time past unto the FATHERS by the prophets" (Hebrews 1:1) - Israel's God
    • Antichrist shall also NOT regard "the desire of WOMEN" (Daniel 11:37), i.e. the pagan FEMALE diety identified as the "QUEEN of heaven" and worshipped by women as the goddess of fertility
      (Jeremiah 7:18;Jeremiah 44:17) in opposition to the worship of He Who is the True Giver of life (Acts 17:24-25) - it should be noted that when an appeal was made to exalt the Lord's mother, the Lord dismissed it (Luke 11:27-28)
    • Antichrist will "MAGNIFY himself ABOVE ALL" gods (Daniel 11:37; II Thessalonians 2:4)
  • Antichrist shall "honor the god of FORCES (FORTRESSES) ... a god whom his fathers knew NOT" (Daniel 11:38)
    • Antichrist shall receive from the hand of Satan (Revelation 13:1-4) that which the True Christ refused from his hand (Luke 4:5-8)
  • Antichrist shall with " a STRANGE god" (Daniel 11:39) do that which the True God forbade, i.e. "divide the land for gain" (Daniel 11:39 cf. Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 36:7; I Kings 21:1-3)
    • Ahab's action concerning the "VINEYARD of Naboth" (I Kings 21:18) is a TYPE of Antichrist's action concerning the LAND of Israel (Daniel 11:39)
    • Just as the Lord's response to Ahab was judgment (I Kings 21:19), so will it most assuredly be with Antichrist (Daniel 11:45) and the "multitudes" who do his bidding (Joel 3:1-2,14 cf. Revelation 16:13-14,16)
  • "At the time of the end" (Daniel 11:40), when it shall be "the day of the Lord's anger" (Zephaniah 2:2-3), "the King of the South" (Egypt) (Daniel 11:8-9) shall attack "the King of the North" (Daniel 11:40), i.e. Assyria, Israel's northern neighbor (Isaiah 19:23-24)
    • In response, "the King of the North" will "come against him (Egypt) like a whirlwind" and he (Assyria) "shall enter into the countries, and shall oveflow and pass over" (Daniel 11:40)
    • Egypt and her allies, Libya and Ethiopia, will be "overthrown" and plundered (Daniel 11:42-43) by the Assyrian, i.e. Antichrist - who will be destroyed by the Lord at "the brightness (fire) of His coming" (II Thessalonians 1:7-8; II Thessalonians 2:8 cf. Isaiah 30:31,33)
    • Three countries "shall escape out of his hand" - Edom, Moab, Ammon (Daniel 11:41), for these countries are in league with Antichrist against the Lord's people, i.e. Israel (Psalms 83:3-7)
      • Israel's hidden Tribulation remnant will have "a place prepared of God" (Revelation 12:6) in Moab
        (Isaiah 16:4) where she will be protected from the rage and fury of Antichrist (Revelation 12:14-17) and from the Lord's judgment upon His enemies (Isaiah 26:20-21)
      • These three countries (Edom, Moab, Ammon) will ALL be destroyed at the Lord's coming (Numbers 24:17-18; Isaiah 11:12-14; Zephaniah 2:8-9)
    • While successfully engaged in subduing Egypt and her southern allies (Daniel 11:43), Antichrist is troubled by "tidings out of the east and out of the north" and goes "forth with great fury to destroy" (Daniel 11:44)
      • En route, in his destructive path, Antichrist "shall plant (spread out) the tabernacles (his palatial tent) ... in the glorious holy mountain (Zion)" and there he "shall come to his end" (Daniel 11:45)
      • The Lord has "SWORN" and "PURPOSED" to "break the Assyrian (Antichrist) in My Land" (Isaiah 14:24-26)
      • Antichrist shall "stand up against the Prince of Princes; but he shall be broken WITHOUT HAND" (Daniel 8:25) "and NONE shall help him" (Daniel 11:45)

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