Daniel Lesson 37: Antiochus to Antichrist

Daniel 11:32-45 Learn about the vile Syrian king named Antiochus Epiphanes, who committed an abomination of desolation in Israel, on her Temple and God's Holy of Holies in the Second Century B.C., and how that event led to the rise of the Maccabees and the Maccabean Revolt (and, subsequently, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah). The reason Scripture presents so much about Antiochus Epiphanes is because he served as a prophetic type of the future Antichrist. Because so much of the Book of Daniel either foreshadows or reveals the Antichrist of the last days, it has often been called "The Revelation of the Antichrist". Verses 36 to 39 contain prophecies about the final "fighting king," who is the most vicious king of any in history. In this lesson, we discuss his character, his conquests, and his conclusion (meaning his "end" - how he will die). Will the Antichrist be Jewish? Gentile? Islamic? Roman? Homosexual? Listen and hear what Scripture says.