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the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot ... two thousand and three hundred
days.” (Daniel 8:3-14)
“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a
king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his
power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and
shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 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.” (Daniel 8:23-25)
“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon (Satan),
having seven heads (the five fallen kingdoms of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia,
and Greece; the current, Rome; and the one yet to come) and ten horns, and seven crowns
upon his heads.” (Revelation 12:3)
“And I stood upon the sand of the sea (Mediterranean), and saw a beast rise up out of the
sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns ... And the beast
which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth
as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great
authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound
was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon
which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like
unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue
forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme
his name, and his tabernacle ... And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,
and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and
nations.” (Revelation 13:1-7)
“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and
when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even
he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. And the ten horns which
thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom yet; but receive power as
kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and
strength unto the beast.” (Revelation 17:10-13)
The Scriptures have given us an excellent indication of the origin of the man who will be
known as the Antichrist. The term “Antichrist” is first used in 1 John 2:18, and an indirect
reference in 2 Thessalonians 2:4, refers to his opposition to God, which has given rise to the
prevalent thought that Antichrist meant “against” Christ, when in fact, as Pastor Milt Maiman
(formerly of the Messianic Hebrew Christian Fellowship in Harrisburg, PA) pointed out to me,
the prefix ‘anti’ doesn’t refer to the Latin which means ‘against’; but it is actually derived from
the Greek ‘ante’ which was used to indicate a contrast or substitution, and means ‘to take the
place of,’ or ‘in front of,’ or ‘before or prior to.’
Daniel 8:8 refers to the four powers who are Greece, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt; and Daniel
7:7-8 speaks of the seventh world empire, consisting of ten kingdoms, and the rise of another.