First, we learn that from another of Daniel's dreams, he see the coming of a madman and his characteristics are shocking. He will be . . . Dynamic, Demonic, Devilish, Destructive, Deceitful, and Defiant. Daniel's dream would come true in 167 B.C. with the attacks led by the one who some would call the first 'antichrist'. The man was Antiochus (IV) Epiphanes. But the second point is most important. Although the horrors that Antiochus the IV unleased are just an example of what is to come when the true Antichrist arrives. |
And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be." -Gabriel (from Daniel 8:19).