Antichrist as seen by Daniel
Throughout the Bible, passages describe the character of the wicked one known as the Antichrist using both direct prophetic references and types (typology). Within all the verses that allude to him, certain themes are discovered again and again. The composite picture leaves the impression of a fairly simple-minded yet destined individual, driven by an insatiable desire for self-elevation and praise. Like Satan before him, this obsession will eventually cause him to proclaim himself higher than the Eternal God. Satan is pictured in Isaiah 14:13-14 when it says, “ 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north. I will ascend …show more content…
21I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them 22until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom. 23"Thus he said: 'The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. 24As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings. 25He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. 26But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever. 27Then the sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.
Throughout the Bible, passages describe the character of the wicked one known as the Antichrist using both direct prophetic references and types (typology). Within all the verses that allude to him, certain themes are discovered again and again. The composite picture leaves the impression of a fairly simple-minded yet destined individual, driven by an insatiable desire for self-elevation and praise. Like Satan before him, this obsession will eventually cause him to proclaim himself higher than the Eternal God. Satan is pictured in Isaiah 14:13-14 when it says, “ 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north. I will ascend …show more content…
21I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them 22until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom. 23"Thus he said: 'The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. 24As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings. 25He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. 26But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever. 27Then the sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.