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146 HIS END Daniel 8:25 reinforces this: And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. When he says, “he shall be broken without a hand,” Daniel the prophet means without human hand. It will be as insurance brokers like to say- ‘an act of God!’ The Book of Isaiah gives us this magnificent sarcastic dirge (mourning hymn) that the Church will sing when the Abomination of Desolation is translated alive to Gehenna: How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. (Isa 14:4-11, 16-20)
1 Published: November, 2002 THE DAY OF THE LORD 1 THE FORTY-FIVE DAYS: The Book of Daniel is one of the most difficult books to interpret, but, perhaps the most difficult verses in that book are the next two verses, “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.” (Dan 12:11-12) None of the Fathers of the Church offers any attempt at explaining these two verses except St. Hippolytus of Rome: “Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days;” for when the abomination cometh and makes war upon the saints, whosoever shall survive his days, and reach the forty-five days, while the other period of fifty days advances, to him the kingdom of heaven comes. Antichrist, indeed, enters even into part of the fifty days, but the saints shall inherit the kingdom along with Christ. 2 To me, the interpretation is more difficult to understand than the verses themselves! So, let us try to understand these two verses on our own. “From the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away,” this refers to the abolition of the Eucharist by Antichrist, which will happen when he reveals his real colours and starts persecuting the Church. “The abomination that makes desolate is set up” refers to Antichrist (also known as the Abomination of Desolation) declaring himself as god and ordering people to worship him or else face the consequences. These two events, the declaration of the divinity of Antichrist and the abolition of the daily sacrifice of the Eucharist mark the beginning of the Great Tribulation. So, it follows that the thousand two hundred and ninety days refers to the length of the Tribulation (three and a half years, forty two months etc.). This of course is symbolic and is interpreted as a time that shall be shortened, as the Lord Himself tells us, “And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.” (Matt 2 Hippolytus: Scholia on Daniel
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