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Topics:Antichrist, Prophecy,Tribulation Period

Volume 4 A Book on B ible Prophecy

by Ernest An gley

The book of Daniel was written in Babylon in two different

languages: Chaldean, the popular language of the day in Babylon,

and Hebrew. The book of Daniel did not come by the will of man,

but by the will of God through the Holy Spirit. One entire

chapter, the fourth, was by the Gentile King Nebuchadnezzar,

telling how he was brought to God. His conversion demonstrated

God's love for the Gentiles. But before Nebuchadnezzar humbled

himself in the sight of God, there was the incident of the three

Hebrew boys and the fiery furnace. How does the fiery furnace fit

in with Daniel's little horn? The fiery furnace is a type and

shadow of God's delivering power for the Jews during the cruel

reign of the little horn of prophecy.

Nebuchadnezzar had seen the hand of God bring great miracles. One mighty manifestation came in

response to Nebuchadnezzar's decree that a golden image must be worshiped when the sound of

music was heard. And w hoso falleth not down and w orshippethshou ld be cast into the

midst of a burn ing fiery furnace (Daniel 3:11). Three Hebrew boys, Shadrach, Meshach andAbednego, would not bow to this image. Like steel rods, their knees refused to bend. Love kept

them upright.

Their faith and loyalty to God infuriated the people, who then protested to the king:Thou, O

king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute,

harp, sackbu t, psaltery, and d ulcimer, and all kinds of mu sic, shall fall down and

worship the golden image: And w hoso falleth not down and w orshippeth, that he

should be cast into the midst of a bu rning fiery furn ace. There are certain Jew s whom

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thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Me shach, and

Abedn ego; these men , O king, have not regarded thee: they serve n ot thy gods, nor

worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Then Nebuchad nezzar in his rage

and fury command ed to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedn ego (Daniel 3:10-13).

The king gave them another chance. Bow, he said, or be cast into the midst of a burning fiery

furnace. And w ho is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? he asked. But the

three Hebrew boys didn't hesitate: O Nebuchadnezzar, we are n ot careful to answer thee

in this matter. If it be so, our God whom w e serve is able to deliver us from the

bu rning fiery furnace, and he w ill deliver us out of thine hand, O king. Bu t if not, be it

know n u nto thee, O king, that we w ill not serve thy gods, nor w orship the golden

image which thou hast set up (Daniel 3:15-18).

Music was played expressly for the three Hebrew boys. The special treatment didn't puff their

egos, for these young men had the truth of God in their hearts, and they still refused to bow.

Nebuchadnezzar went into a rage. Then was Nebu chadnezz ar full of fury, and the form ofhis visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego: therefore he

spake, and comman ded that they should heat the furnace on e seven times more than

it was won t to be heated. And he comman ded the most mighty men that were in his

army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedne go, and to cast them into the bur ning

fiery furn ace. Therefore because the king's comman dmen t was urgen t, and the

furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach,

Meshach, and Abedn ego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedn ego,

fell down b oun d into the midst of the burn ing fiery furnace . Then Nebuchadn ezzar

the king was astonied, and rose u p in haste, and spake, and said un to his coun sellors,

Did not we cast three me n bou nd into the midst of the fire? They answe red and said

un to the king, True , O king. He answe red and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking

in the midst of the fire, and the y have no hu rt; and the form of the fourth is like the

Son of God (Daniel 3:19,20,22-25). The fourth man, Jesus, had joined them. Jesus always joins

people who won't compromise with the world. The Lord will never fail to be with you in all your

furnaces of affliction as long as you stand for truth. Truth brings Jesus to you. He said,I am

truth. Embracing the truth is embracing Jesus of Nazareth.

The book of Daniel tells of the wonderful way God was able to work for Daniel and his three

friends. It goes on to reveal prophecies that were later fulfilled and prophecies extending into ourday and beyond.

Chapter eight of Daniel gives details concerning the kingdoms of Medo-Persia and Greece and

leads into the prophecy of Antiochus Epiphanes who persecuted the Jews unmercifully around 168

B.C. At the time of this vision, the present kingdom of Babylon was nearing its end.And I saw in


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a vision and, be hold, there stood before the river a ram [representing the Medo-Persian

kingdom]which had two horn s: and the two horns we re high; bu t one w as higher than

the other, and the higher came u p last (Daniel 8:2,3). A likeness of the Medo-Persian ram

was displayed on a banner from this period. In the beginning, the Medes were stronger than the

Persians; then Persia gained the upper hand. Persia was the higher horn that came up last.

Daniel's Persia is Iran of today. Iran/Persia will play a great part in the prophecy of this last hour.

She is filled with unreasoning hatred for America as well as for Israel.

Daniel continues the prophecy: I saw the ram [Medo-Persia] pushing westward, and

northw ard, and southw ard; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was

there any that cou ld deliver out of his hand; bu t he did according to his will, and

becam e great. And as I was considering, behold, an he goat [Greece] came from the

we st on the face of the whole earth, and touched n ot the ground: and the goat had a

notable horn betw een his eyes. And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I

had seen standing before the river, and ran u nto him in the fury of his pow er. And I

saw him come close un to the ram, and he was move d with choler against him, and

smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there w as no powe r in the ram to stand

be fore him (Daniel 8:4-7). The goat introduced here represents the Greek kingdom under

Alexander who came forth with great power against Daniel's ram with two horns, the Medo-Persian

kingdom. The notable horn, Alexander, swept everything in all directions into his hands,

conquering the known world of his time. For a period there seemed no way of stopping him. We

are told that he sat down and cried because he had no more kingdoms to conquer. There was no

power in the ram [Medo-Persia] to stand before him [Greece], but he cast him down to

the ground , and stampe d upon him: and there w as none that could deliver the ram

out of his hand (Daniel 8:7). No one could be delivered out of the hand of Alexander at that

time. Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when h e was strong, the great hornwas broken ; and for it came up fou r notable ones toward the fou r winds of heaven

(Daniel 8:8). The great horn was brokenAlexander diedand four generals took his place, the

four notable horns.

The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. And

the rou gh goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is betwe en his eyes is the

first king. Now that being broken, w hereas four stood up for it, four kingdom s shall

stand up ou t of the nation, bu t not in his power (Daniel 8:20-22). After his death,

Alexander's territories were divided into four nations, ruled by four of his generals. One of thoseconquered kingdoms, Syria, later produced Antiochus Epiphanes, a type and shadow of the

Antichrist.

The little horns in the seventh and eighth chapters of Daniel are significant in understanding Bible

prophecy; one represents the Antichrist; the other, Antiochus Epiphanes who was in power from

171 B.C. until 164 B.C. Study chapters seven and eight of Daniel until you can separate the two


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little horns.

In chapter seven, God didn't tell Daniel about the first little horn; he went right to the second,

representing the Antichrist. Seeing a beast with ten horns, Daniel said: I considered the horns,

and, behold, there came up am ong them another little horn, before whom there we re

three of the first horns plucked u p by the roots: and, behold, in this horn we re eyes

like the e yes of man, and a mou th speaking great things (Daniel 7:8). The horns of the

beast represent kingdomsten horns, ten kingdoms. The little horn in the seventh chapter of

Daniel, the Antichrist, will uproot three of the ten kingdoms in the latter days. The remaining

seven kingdoms will deliver their power into the Antichrist's hands.

In a vision two years later, recorded in chapter eight, God told Daniel about the first little horn,

Antiochus, and explained its meaning to him. Then in the twenty-third verse, the prophecy turns to

the latter days and the reign of the Antichrist.

Let's find out more about Antiochus, that first little horn:And ou t of one of them [one of the

four gene rals who came to pow er after Alexander] came forth a little horn, which

waxed e xceeding great, toward the south, and toward the e ast, and tow ard the

pleasant land (Daniel 8:9). This little horn came forth while Greece was in power; and so we

know it could not be the little horn of the Antichrist of the final hour, but rather the little horn of

Antiochus. At the beginning of his reign, Antiochus was accepted by the Jews who thought they

had a benevolent prince. He seemed to show them love. By peace he swept them into his control.

The little horn [Antiochus]waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down

some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stampe d upon them (Daniel 8:10).

Babylon had great power, the Medes and the Persians, the Greeks; but here is a ruler more cruel

than the others. Up until this time no king is described as having such power. Ye a, he magnified

himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice w as taken aw ay,

and the place of his sanctu ary was cast down (Daniel 8:11). This is Antiochus desecrating

the temple of Jerusalem. He enraged the Jews by setting up a statue of Jupiter in the temple's

Holy of Holies, by robbing the temple, forbidding circumcision, destroying all the sacred books that

could be found, and commanding the unholy sacrifice of swine. In the latter days, the Antichrist

will also desecrate the Jewish temple in Jerusalem.

And an host w as given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, an d

it cast down the truth to the grou nd; and it practised, and prospered (Daniel 8:12).

Antiochus practiced, prospered, and showed great power. When the real Antichrist comes forth,

he, too, will practice and prosper, sweeping nations into his arms, his will.

Then I heard one saint speaking, and an other saint said u nto that certain saint which

spake, How long shall be the vision concern ing the daily sacrifice, and the

transgression of desolation, to give b oth the sanctuary and the host to be trod den


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unde r foot? And he said un to me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days (Daniel

8:13,14). What does this period of time represent? The reign of the ferocious, devilishly cruel

Antiochus Epiphanes. This first little horn of chapter seven refers to Antiochus Epiphanes, for that

number of days, 2,300, fits nowhere else in the Scripture.

Antiochus Epiphanes did the very same thing that Daniel said the Antichrist would do in the

Tribulation Period. He spit in the eye of God, set himself up as being God.

The book of the Maccabees tells of the deliverance of the Jews from Antiochus. Judas Maccabeus

fought and finally retook Jerusalem, purified the temple and restored daily sacrifice. After

Antiochus desecrated the altar of God in 168 B.C., 2,300 days passed before Judas Maccabeus and

his brother delivered the Jews. This was fulfillment of the prophecy telling that the sanctuary and

the host would be trodden underfoot for that length of time, and then God's house would be

cleansed (Daniel 8:14).

Judas Maccabeus is a type of the Savior, the Deliverer to come at the end of the age when it will

seem to the Jews that all is lost. Just as Judas Maccabeus came on the scene to deliver the Jews

from the tyranny of Antiochus, Jesus will come to deliver them from the Antichrist; but this final

deliverance will last an eternity.

The Jews, having survived the reign of Antiochus as well as many unspeakable horrors down

through the years, are preparing for the real Antichrist whom they will mistake for their

Messiahat first.

We must look at chapters seven and eight of Daniel as a double prophecy, or we will miss what God

is trying to tell us. These prophecies are (1) for the period of time of Antiochus Epiphanes and (2)

for the period of time of the Antichrist, the end of the Gentile age.

And it came to p ass, when I, ev en I Dan iel, had seen the vision, and sought for the

mean ing, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. And I

heard a m an's voice betwe en the ban ks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make

this man to und erstand the vision. So he came near whe re I stood: and when he

came, I was afraid, and fell up on my face: but he said u nto me , Understand, O son of

man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. Now as he was speaking with me, Iwas in a deep sleep on my face toward the groun d [Daniel was in the Spirit]: but he

touched m e, and set me upright. And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what

shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be

(Daniel 8:15-19). We expect the soon fulfillment of Daniel's turbulent endtime prophecies, for

when we look back in history we see all his prophecies of earlier times fulfilled. One of those

prophecies of Jewish tragedy came to pass soon after the time of Christ.


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God revealed to Daniel some of the horror his nation Israel would endure at the hand not only of

Antiochus and the Antichrist but of another dictator.

And the pe ople of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city(Daniel 9:26). Who

does this prince refer to? Not the Antichrist. Not Antiochus; he had been dead a number of years.Daniel is now speaking of a third dictator, a man with the same spirit of Antichrist, the same spirit

that has been in all the world kingdoms. He is the Roman Titus,the prince that shall come

shall destroy the city and the sanctu ary; and the e nd thereof shall be with a flood, and

un to the end of the war de solations are determ ined (Daniel 9:26). This destruction of

Jerusalem took place in A.D. 70. Titus swept down upon the land of Israel and destroyed the city.

The Children of Israel were scattered everywherethose who survived. It was a terrible time.

God told Daniel that the Holy City would be destroyed, that there would be wars, wars, wars. Wars

have been waged throughout history, but the war of Armageddon in the Jew's seventieth week will

be more horrible than man could ever imagine.

Daniel sought God much in fastings, in prayers. Daniel, a captive in Babylon, lived among people

lost and undone without God. Daniel knew his people had failed; he confessed their sins,

interceding for them, pleading with God to forgive, to bless and help. Daniel prayed for

understanding and light for his people. He wanted God to move. As he was seeking God, tarrying

before the Lord, this message of seventy weeks of years came: Seventy weeks are determined

up on thy people an d u pon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an

end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in e verlasting

righteou sness, and to seal up the vision and prophe cy, and to anoint the most Holy

(Daniel 9:24). Those seventy weeks are no ordinary weeks, but weeks of years. Seventy weeks of

yearsseventy times sevenis 490 years. Four hundred ninety years are given the Jews in which

to make an end of sin and bring in the everlasting righteousness.

It was common in Israel to call seven years one week. In Genesis 29 we find Jacob working at his

father-in-law's house seven years for Rachel. But when the time came for Jacob to claim his bride,

his father-in-law double-crossed him by marrying him to the older daughter, Leah. His father-in-law's reasoning? It must not be so done in our cou ntry, to give the you nger before the

firstborn. Fulfill her wee k(Genesis 29:26,27). What was the week to be fulfilled? Not a week

of seven days, but a week of seven years. If you do not understand the seventy weeks of years, you

do not understand the book of Daniel.

Kn ow therefore and u nder stand, that from the going forth of the comm andme nt to

restore and to bu ild Jerusalem u nto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven we eks [of

years, 49 years], and threescore and two w eeks [of years, 434 years] (Daniel 9:25). Two


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different time periods are mentioned in this verse, 49 years and 434 years a total of 483 years, that

would transpire from the commandment to rebuild Jerusalem until Jesus was cut off. When did

the commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem take place? The only decree in the Scripture

authorizing the rebuilding of the city and its wall is recorded in Nehemiah: In the mon th Nisan,

in the twe ntieth year of Artaxerxes [445 B.C.] (Nehemiah 2:1). Four hundred forty-five B.C.

marked the beginning of the seventy weeks of years. Nehemiah, Zerubbabel and Ezra took part in

restoring the city and walls of Jerusalem. History and the Bible agree that these periods of time

were fulfilled exactly as the Lord prophesied them through Daniel.

And after three score and tw o w eeks shall Messiah be cut off, but n ot for himself

(Daniel 9:26). The cross of Calvary interrupted this 490 year period promised the Jews seven

years short of completion. Jesus did not die for Himself but for others, and the Lord set the nation

of Israel aside almost as if it didn't exist. God had done everything He could do at the time. It

would take scattering, chastising His chosen people just like He promised, to bring them to the

knowledge of the truth. God keeps His promises, for good or for bad. He told Israel that if they

didn't obey Him He would scatter them among all nations, but He also promised to gather them

back. When the Jewish dispensation was cut off seven years short of the completion of their 490

years, the Gentile church came on the stage of action.

From Christ's side came the church, a part of Jesus; and the Lord started dealing with the church.

The Jewish people were put on hold because they had rejected their Messiah.

Now for almost 2,000 years, civilization has lived in the church age. Remember, 483 years of this

last 490 year period promised to the Jews were completed when Jesus was cut off. Seven years of

the Jewish 490 years are awaiting completion.

The Lord through Daniel the prophet said that seventy weeks were declared upon the Jews, not

ordinary weeks, but weeks of years. Sixty-nine weeks of years have been separated from the final

seventieth weekseven yearsfor almost 2,000 years when at the death of Christ, the Jewishdispensation suddenly came to a halt. The Jews as a nation rejected their Messiah, and that

rejection closed their dispensation. The Lord turned to the Gentiles.

This 490 year period can be divided into three parts, the first lasting seven weeks of years, or

forty-nine years; the second lasting sixty-two weeks or 434 years, the two equaling 483 years. Four

hundred eighty-three years of this time period have elapsed, and only the seventieth week remains

to be fulfilled, one week of years, seven years.


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The Lord told Daniel that the Antichrist would then come on the scene and make a covenant with

the Jews for one weekseven years. But in the middle of the weekthe middle of the Tribulation

Period, after three-and-a-half yearsthe covenant would be broken, and the Jews would know the

Antichrist was not their Messiah.

People today are being conditioned to accept the Antichrist's kingdom. Through suffering wars and

persecutions, Israel will be ready to welcome a leader who offers a reasonable-sounding peace.

Through peace the Antichrist will destroy many. He will come forth as a king of peace, just like

Antiochus, in chapter eight of Daniel, came forth from Syria offering peace and love. Today many

are fooled by hopes of peace, but their hopes rest in a false, deceitful promise.

The last week of seven years will be those in which God deals with the Jewish people before He sets

up His Kingdom here on Earth, and will complete the 490 years prophesied to the Jews throughDaniel. Those last seven years will be the seven year period of the Great Tribulation. God then will

deal with the Jews as a nation. He is not dealing with the Jews as a nation at this time as He once

did, although He is moving to draw them all back to the Holy Land, getting them ready to be in

place when the prophesied time arrives. Just before the last seven years, the Bride of Christ will be

taken out, marking the close of the church dispensation and the resumption of the Jewish

dispensation.

Some think the church will go through part of the Tribulation Period, but not so. The church age

will not close and leave the churchthose truly born again and baptized in the Holy Spiritbehind

for all or part of the Tribulation Period. The Bible definitely teaches that the church age will close

with the Bride of Christ being taken out at the Rapture. Then suddenly the last week of seven years

that has been on hold for almost 2,000 years will begin.

The Antichrist, the false christ of Revelation 6, will burst on the scene as a rider of peace on a white

horse. White is a symbol for peace. Deceiving the Jewish nation, he will make a covenant with

them for seven years, or for that one last week of the seventy weeks of years.And h e shallconfirm the covenant with many for one we ek(Daniel 9:27).

The world is ready for the Antichrist right now. America as a whole would accept him. I mean by

that, they would reach out to him, recognize him to be someone great.

The Antichrist is coming in splendor, with all the answers. He will appear as a crowned king, not in

the humility of Jesus, but with a show of worldly power, offering everything to Israel she could

possibly want: peace, deliverance. He shall enter p eaceably even u pon the fattest places of


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the province; an d he shall do that which his fathers have not don e, nor his fathers'

fathers; he shall scatter am ong them the prey, and spoil, and riches (Daniel 11:24). The

Antichrist shall divide the spoil among the people. No other dictator has ever done that. Believing

his promises, Israel will make a covenant with himand be betrayed.

I believe the Antichrist is on planet Earth now, that he was born in the sixties. The world has never

been the same since the sixties. We are living in days like those of Sodom and Gomorrah and the

days of Noah. The filth, the dirt, the slime, the unholy living of today is the same as it was then.

Desolations are determined until the end of the world. There will be trouble, trouble, wars,

desolations and more wars.

And in the latter time of their kingdom, whe n the tran sgressors are come to the fu ll, a

king of fierce cou nten ance, and u nderstand ing dark sentences, shall stand up (Daniel

8:23). This king, the Antichrist, will have unusual power, unusual intelligencedemonic

intelligence. And his power shall be mighty, but n ot by his own pow er (verse 24). This

power is the devil's. And he shall destroy won derfully, and shall prosper, and practise,

and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. The Antichrist will "destroy wonderfully,"

in such a great way that people will be fascinated by it.

We saw some of that fascination in Hitler's day. Hitler took over one country after another. Many

were intrigued by his charisma. Nations at first watched and did nothing; so will it be in the

end-time age. Already evil takeovers have occurred on smaller scales; they came fast, descended

upon the world. The intelligence and understanding to bring them about was from Satan.

Antiochus gave himself completely over to the devil, and the devil used him one hundred percent

as his tool the way he would use any demon. Yet Antiochus was a man. The Antichrist will be a

man used by the devil just like the devil uses demons today. The devil will control the Antichrist's

mind, be his general, feed him words to say, acts to performdemonic control.

All that Antiochus did prospered for a time. Nothing could stop him at first. It will be the same

with the Antichrist. And thr ou gh his policy also he shall cause cra ft to prosper in h is

hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and b y peace shall destroy many

(Daniel 8:25). With fascinating speed and swiftness the Antichrist will sweep in, demonstrating

great understanding, giving answers to things that man never had answers to before.

Many are seeking that kind of person in the occult right now. When they find someone who will

tell them a little about themselves, they are ecstatic. Instead of seeking God, they look for a person

who will reveal their future. If a psychic can bring up something from their past, they are

convinced he knows all. He takes the place of God in their lives.

The Jews have waited thousands of years for their Messiah, suffered seemingly endless

persecutions; and when in the Tribulation Period they think they have found their Redeemer at


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last, he will be this:A vile pe rson, to whom they shall not give the honou r of the

kingdom: bu t he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. And

with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, an d shall be b roken;

yea, also the prince of the coven ant. And after the league m ade w ith him he shall

work deceitfully: for he shall come up , and shall become strong with a sm all people

(Daniel 11:21-23).

The Jews will discover just what sort of demonic ruler they have allowed to deceive them:And th e

king shall do accordin g to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and m agnify himself

above every god, an d shall speak m arvellous things against the God o f gods, and shall

prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be

done . Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of wom en, nor

regard a ny god: for he shall magn ify himself above a ll (Daniel 11:36,37). Isn't this what the

devil did when he fell from gracemagnify himself? Hasn't he sought to do this ever since he has

been on Earth? The devil wants to be the god of this Earth and of heaven, too.

In the middle of the week, after three-and-a-half years, the Antichrist will break his covenant withthe Jews. And in the midst of the wee k he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to

cease, and for the ov erspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even un til

the consum mation, and that determ ined shall be pou red u pon the desolate (Daniel

9:27). We read in II Thessalonians 2:4, that the Antichrist will be onewho opp oseth and

exalteth himse lf above all that is called God, or that is wor shipped ; so that he as God

sitteth in the tem ple of God, shewing himself that he is God. The Jews will turn from the

Antichrist when he reveals who he really is, and they will flee into the wilderness. Multitudes of

Jews will be killed during this time.

The Antichrist, the devil's man, will be on the throne as nations bow down to him; but in the middle

of that seventieth week, or after three-and-a-half years, the eyes of the Jews will be opened, and the

Jews will flee from him. When he sets himself up as God, they will recognize him to be what he

really is, an impostor. They thought Jesus was the impostor, but the impostor is the one they will

accept first, rejoicing, thinking surely their troubles are over. Not until the Antichrist sets himself

up in the temple of God proclaiming himself to be God and defiling the holy altar in the manner of

Antiochus Epiphanes, will their eyes be opened.

The Antichrist will insist on his imageas well as himselfbeing worshiped. And he had powe r

to give life un to the image of the be ast, that the image of the be ast should both speak,

and cau se that as many as would not w orship the image of the beast should be killed.

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and p oor, free and bond , to receive a

mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell,

save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the num ber of his name. Here

is wisdom. Let him that hath under standing count the nu mbe r of the beast: for it is


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the nu mbe r of a man; and his nu mbe r is Six hundre d threescore and six (Revelation

13:15-18). The image will have power to speak, and people will bow down before this image. Death

awaits those who refuse the mark of the beast. The Antichrist will decree that no one should live

without his mark; but taking his mark means they must worship him, and thus lose all chance of

reaching God's heaven.

Because the Jews will not recognize the Antichrist for who he is, they will receive him with open

arms. Jesus said, I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me n ot: if another shall

come in his own n ame, him ye will receive (John 5:43).

Just as Judas Maccabeus and his brother defeated Antiochus after he had killed, robbed,

blasphemed, desecrated, destroyed, defiled, Jesus will come with deliverance. But this deliverance

will last, this deliverance Jesus will bring with Him at His third coming.

Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fou ght in theday of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mou nt of Olives, which is

before Jeru salem on the e ast, and the mou nt of Olives shall cleave in the m idst

thereof toward the e ast and toward the w est, and there shall be a ve ry great valley;

and half of the mou ntain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the

south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mou ntains; for the valley of the mou ntains

shall reach u nto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthqu ake in

the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord m y God shall come, and all the saints

with thee. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one

Lord, and his name one (Zechariah 14:3-5,9).

Two-thirds of the Israelite people will be destroyed in the Tribulation Period. We are told that just

one-third will be left, the third who accept Jesus Christ. And it shall com e to p ass, that in all

the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cu t off and die; but the third shall

be left therein. And I w ill bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as

silver is refine d, and w ill try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my nam e, and I

will hear the m: I w ill say, It is my pe ople: an d they shall say, The Lord is my God

(Zechariah 13:8,9).

Although the Jews recognize Daniel as a prophet, a shadow obscures his prophecies for them. They

can't see what is about to happen, nor do they understand their place in history. Why? Because the

nation of Israel as a whole has not accepted Jesus Christ as their Redeemer. Until they do, the veil

will not be lifted from their eyes. Not until Jesus' third appearance will they recognize who He

really is: They shall look upon m e w hom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for

him, as one m ourn eth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that

is in b itterne ss for his firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mou rning in

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Israel's troubles will not end until they look upon Jesus, recognize Him, and receive Him into their

hearts to become new creations. Anyone without Jesus is in trouble, Gentile and Jew alike.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name un der heave n

given among men , whereby we m ust be saved (Acts 4:12). At last the Jews will see their

Redeemer. It's strange how spiritual darkness can blot out so much knowledge from the mind and

heart. Spiritual darkness is the worst kind. When it settles down, blessings and even salvation are

lost.

Bu t thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end:

many shall run to and fro, and know ledge shall be increased (Daniel 12:4). When did the

time of the end begin? With Christ's death and resurrection, with the church age. The conclusion

of the time of the end is now, the time referred to in Revelation 22:10,Seal not the sayings of

the prophe cy of this book: for the time is at hand.

John the Revelator lived in the period of Jesus Christ, the beginning of the church. He was told to

not seal the prophecies. Daniel, on the other hand, was told to seal the prophecies because the

understanding would not be given, for he did not live in the church age. The understanding the

Lord gave Daniel was for him personally at that time. The understanding given John was for all the

church.

None of the wicked shall un derstand; bu t the wise shall un derstand (Daniel 12:10). The

wicked do not understand this hour. There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking

after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the

fathers fell asleep, all things continu e as they w ere from the b eginning of creation.Bu t the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the n ight; in the which the he avens shall

pass away with a great noise, and the elemen ts shall melt with fervent heat, the earth

also and the w orks that are therein shall be bu rned u p (II Peter 3:3,4,10). The wise shall

understand. Who are the wise? Those who accept the Lord. Those who have the light of the cross

of Calvary in their lives. You cannot afford to be without understanding in this final hour.

The foolish five virgins of Matthew twenty-five didn't have light, but the wise virgins understood.

The wise today have the Holy Spirit bubbling in their hearts, the wise ones without spot or wrinkle

or any such thing. They are wise enough to know that what God has said is true. Jesus is comingfor a glorious church without spot or wrinkle.

It's a wonderful hour, an hour to be excited about, an hour to have great vision from the Lord God

of heaven, an hour to know that your Lord will come. Two supernatural powers are working today,

the power of Lucifer to the left and the power of Almighty God to the right. The Earth is one great

spiritual battlefield. We are in the midst of it, the war between God and the devil with human souls

as the prize. As the devil takes over minds, preparing them to accept the rule of the Antichrist, God

is preparing the obedient for His second coming when He will take them from the face of the Earth


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before the Great Tribulation sets in. The Bride of Christ is being made ready for the Rapture.

Jesus pointed to the endtime signs of our day in the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew: For many

shall come in m y name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive m any. And ye shall hear

of wars and ru mors of wars: see that ye be not trou bled: for all these things mu stcome to pass, bu t the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom

against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthq uake s, in

divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows (Matthew 24:5-8).

Luke tells us of endtime signs that are being fulfilled in our generation:And the re shall be signs

in the sun, an d in the moon , and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations,

with perp lexity; the sea and wave s roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, an d for

looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the pow ers of heaven

shall be shaken (Luke 21:25,26).

As world conditions worsen, the disobedient will grow more disobedient, the ungodly more

ungodly. In this final hour, if people do not accept Jesus Christ they will continue to degrade

themselves, taking others with them as they sink deeper and deeper into sin. Sin will flourish.

People without God are wicked, ungodly, untrustworthy. Lacking God's holiness, no one shall see

His face. But know that redemption draweth nigh for those who are walking with God in all

obedience, filled and thrilled with His Spirit, yielded completely to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit

lives and dwells within those running after Jesus, separated from the world.

One flight out. The Children of Godthe true believers, those who are readywill be taken outwhen Jesus comes. Babies missing throughout the whole Earth will be only a part of the great

calamity for those left behind. Unimaginable disorder, uproar, fear, doubts, frustrations will cause

many to commit suicide. The ordeal will be too much to bear. And there you are in Daniel's

seventieth week. The midnight cry has come to close out the church age.

Then exciting news spreads: the new wonder-man is here on Earth, a great one with all the

answers! He can explain it all. He has made a covenant with Israel, sweeping whole nations into

his arms. If you have missed the Rapture, you will look on in horror. The one the world is

embracing is the Antichrist. You will never know fear like the terror of that moment when you at

last realize you are in the Tribulation Period. How tragic that you did not let the Holy Spirit

provide your way of escape before it was too late!

Thus saith the Lord: I have promised judgment aga in and aga in, and I always keep my promise,

saith the Lord. I have prophesied the judgments to come, and they will come. I will ra in them

from the skies. I will destroy multitudes, multitudes, multitudesthere will be no way for man to


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number them. I will bring great calamity. I will bring great distress. I will bring great fear, and

I will bring great darkness. I have called and called to the peoples on planet Earth.

I have called again and again, and been rejected and been rejected and been rejected. I call with

love. I call with forgiveness. But on tomorrow I will call with judgment.

Seek me while you can find me. Put your hand in mine while I am reaching out to you because

one day my hand will not be there, saith the Lord. Cry unto me while I have ears to hear youbecause one day I will refuse to hear you. Yield to me in this hour of forgiveness and receive my

salvation because the time will come there will be no salvation offered you.

This is your hour of deliverance, and I offer you freedom and liberty from all sin. I offer you my

deliverance. I offer to set you completely free and to give you strength to stand upright, to walk in

holiness and righteousness the rest of your life. I offer you salvation. You won't always turn me

away. One day you will be turned away, saith the Lord.

Lift up your heart unto the Lord if you want Him, and mean this prayer as I pray with you:Oh God,

I come to you. Please help me. I need you. I want you to help me, I really do. Forgive me for

every sin. I am so sorry that I have failed you, that I have sinned against you, but I have come

home. I'm going to serve you the rest of my life. I believe Jesus died for me, and I will live for

Him. I believe that the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus,

come into my heart!

If you meant that prayer, He has come. Lift up your hands and thank Him for His shed blood.

Thank Him for coming into your heart, for salvation, deliverance, for the blood that brings liberty

and freedom for all and to all, the blood that stained the Old Rugged Cross; and go on to receive the

baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Read your Bible more than you ever have. Pray, fast. Be mindful of the Lord and let nothing

discourage you. Fight the discouragement, depression and oppression that come against you, that

prevail in this old world. Reach out every day for armfuls of God's love, for His peace. Have the

determination in your heart to meet Jesus in the air. Yield to the Holy Spirit so He can make you

ready for Jesus when He comes.

Jesus loves you; He loves you, and you can make it to heaven, you can make the Rapture because

His love will go all the way with you through the power of the Holy Spirit. His love will never fail

you. You'll be closed in with Him in His arms of love and understanding as you draw near to Him

in this last and final hour.

DANIEL'S LITTLE HORN AND SEVENTY WEEKS OF YEARS , All rights reserved. Copyright 1990 Ernest Angley.

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