GOAT'S HORNS DANIEL 8: 9 - 14

GOAT'S HORNS   DANIEL 8: 9 - 14

  (9) Out of one of them came another horn, which started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land.  (10) It grew until it reached the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth and trampled on them.  (11) It set itself up to be as great as the Prince of the host; it took away the daily sacrifice from him, and the place of his sanctuary was brought low.  (12) Because of rebellion, the host of the saints and the daily sacrifice were given over to it.  It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.

   (13) Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, "How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled--the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host that will be trampled underfoot?"
   (14) He said to me, "It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated."

LIFE APPLICATION STUDY BIBLE COMMENTARY

   Israel was attacked by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (the small horn) in the second century B.C.  He was the eighth ruler of the Seleucid empire (Babylonia and Syria).  He overthrew the high priest, looted the temple, and replaced worship of God with a Greek form of worship.  A further fulfillment of this prophecy of a powerful horn will occur in the future with the coming of the antichrist. Restoration of temple worship came under Judas Maccabeus in 165 B.C.  

   The phrase "evenings and mornings" means the evening and morning sacrifices. 

   The "Prince of the host" here refers to a heavenly authority, perhaps an angel or even God Himself.

MY THOUGHTS

   Remember this begins with one of the four horns that grew out of the one prominent horn of the goat, which came from the West and destroyed the ram with the two horns. 
   It has been a long time since I was in school.  Even then, world history and geography was not one of my strong suits.  I am looking forward to the explanation that we should get in my next posting.

   It is kind of strange looking into the future of mankind beginning with the 8th Chapter of the Book of Daniel.  I am excited and anxious.  Are you?

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