968 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 4 Book 81 - The Four Great Empires Interpreted - 4

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 81 THE FOUR GREAT EMPIRES INTERPRETED - 4 Daniel 7:14-9:2 Okay, good to have everybody back from your break. This is the fourth program this afternoon. We’re going to get out of here and get home in just a little bit, but let’s pick up one more program by going back to Daniel chapter 8 where we just left off in verse 9. Now remember what I’ve been saying—this is history before it happened, prophesied by the prophet Daniel. Consequently, the unbelieving world can’t comprehend it. That’s the beauty of prophecy. It just simply proves that our Bible knows what it’s talking about when it can predict things or foretell things long before it happens. All right, now back to Daniel chapter 8 verse 9 again. Daniel 8:9a “And out of one of them,…” That is out of one of these four areas of the Greek Empire. Now don’t forget that after Alexander the Great, by his own cunning and his leadership, had conquered the then-known world and actually cried tears that there wasn’t any more ground to conquer, he died a drunkard’s death, really, if you want to know the truth of it, at the age of 33. He had four generals, and in order to make sure that none of Alexander’s sons would take his place, they murdered them. See, now that’s how history works. These four generals connived to kill the sons of Alexander the Great so that there wouldn’t be anybody to usurp the power except themselves. These four generals now divide the empire. And the worst of the four was Antiochus Epiphanes. Now you want to write that one down. Antiochus was the general that took over the part of the world that included Syria and Israel and Egypt. He was a despot, and he gave Israel fits. He was, well, we’ll see it here in the Scripture in just a minute. That’s why he is what the Scripture calls a preview of the man anti-Christ. So we go back to so many of the things that Antiochus did that we know the anti-Christ will do as well. Verse 9 again: Daniel 8:9 “And out of one of them (out of these four generals) came forth a little horn, (which is an indication that he’s the type or picture of the anti-Christ) which waxed exceeding great, toward the south. (See, that took in the land of Israel.) and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.” And that, of course, is another reference to Palestine, or the land of Israel. All right, verse 10: Daniel 8:10 “And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.” Now, that may be kind of hard to comprehend. But one commentary designated that as the priests as they worked in the Temple. He made a point of killing them first and downtrodden them. All right, now verse 12: Daniel 8:12 “And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice (Now you know, that’s in the realm of the Temple worship. He’s down in Jerusalem, and he had a daily host or--) an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.” Now, I think all that is in reference to his destroying the Temple and the Temple worship and the Word of God and all that was associated with it. Then verse 13: Daniel 8:13 “Then I heard one saint (or a believing Jew) speaking, and another saint (believing Jew) said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host (That is the population of Jerusalem in general.) to be trodden under foot.” Now keep remembering, this is all taking place back there in about 300 B.C. while Antiochus Epiphanes was ruling his part of the Greek Empire before the Romans came in. And the anti-Christ is going to follow in his footsteps now some 2,300 years later. All right, read the next verse. Verse 14: Daniel 8:14 “And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days;…” Now nobody of whatever I can read can give an answer to this, and I can’t understand it. So we’ll just leave that verse set. Nobody can understand what those 2,300 days are referring to. Now verse 15: Daniel 8:15 “And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.” Now whether it’s the Lord, or whether it’s an angel, I’m going to wait and see if it comes up in the coming verses. Daniel 8:16-17a “And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. (So, I think that’s who the man’s voice in verse16 is—Gabriel.) 17. So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face:…” #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible