Handout - Western Christadelphian Bible School

(d) The idea of the tribulation, like the abomination of desolation, is drawn from
Daniel’s last prophecy (Daniel 12:1)
(e) Context of Daniel 12:1 is latter-day - see Daniel 12:2.
(f) Therefore the fundamental significance of the Olivet prophecy is latter-day
too.
6 Christ returns “immediately after” the tribulation (Matt 24:29-31) - in fact, to “cut
short” those days of tribulation (Matt 24:22).
7 Summary:
(a) An atheistic autocrat is to desecrate a Jewish temple, remove the daily sacrifice
and oppress God’s people.
(b) Christ returns to save His people, before they are entirely wiped out.
8 The King of the North. See OHP 6: The Man of Sin. Implies that Paul’s man of sin is
the same character as Daniel’s king of the north.
OHP 6: The Man of Sin: One Man; Blasphemous; Atheistic; Autocratic; Time-Limited
‣ 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 4, 8 (NIV) - “Don’t let anyone deceive you in any
way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of
lawlessness (mg: Some manuscripts sin) is revealed, the man doomed to
destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is
called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple,
proclaiming himself to be God … whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow
with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.”
‣ Daniel 11:36, 37 (NIV) - “The king (of the north - vs 15) will do as he
pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say
unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the
time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place.
He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by
women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them
all.”10 A mouth speaking great things, removal of the daily sacrifice and
persecution of Israel - three identifying characteristics of the Autocrat.
(a)
(b)
See OHP 7: Daniel’s “Little Horns”. NEXT PAGE
Little horn of Daniel 7 has a blasphemous mouth and persecutes the Jews.
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