Reign of the Anti-Christ
The Anti-Christ’s (Nero’s) kingdom will be
small at first due to the nature of his coup, but he will extend his power to
the south and to the east and toward Israel - Daniel 8:9. Israel is to the
south-east of Rome.
After the last 62 sevens (LD 483), the Anointed One will die or be cut
off and will have nothing. – Daniel 9:26. It is important to understand here
that the “Anointed One” to be “cut off,” or die, is not Jesus. Biblically
speaking, the Anointed One is any king of Israel (1 Samuel 2:10, 35; 10:1;
12:3, 5; 15:17; 16:6; 24:6, 10; 26:9, 11, 16, 23; 2 Samuel 2:14-16; 19:21;
22:51; 2 Chronicles 6:42; Psalm 84:9; etc.) or even a foreign king whom God has
chosen for a specific task, such as King Cyrus (Isaiah 45:1).
This verse, then, is referring to the reigning King of Israel in LD 483.
As Daniel 11:22 reads, “…a prince of the covenant
will be destroyed.”
In summary, the Anti-Christ (Nero) becomes the ruler of the North (Rome)
and then, attacks Israel, killing its reigning monarch, who is part of the
Southern (Egyptian) Empire.
The Anti-Christ will conquer Jerusalem with his army and destroy the
Temple. He will make a deal with many to rule for one seven-year period, and
his rule will last seven years, beginning with the last seven (LD 483). –
Daniel 9:26-27. It sounds as though “many” will make a peace treaty with him to
allow him to rule. These “many” could be the 10 kings of other nations who
support Nero in his rise to power (Revelation 17:12-14).
But the Anti-Christ will be deceitful and
will attack the richest provinces when they feel secure - Daniel 8:24-25;
11:23-24. Perhaps he is attacking those whom he made a covenant with, and that
is why they thought they were secure, or safe, from him.
As Daniel
7:7-8 reads, After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there
before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It
had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled
underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts,
and it had ten horns.
8 “While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came
up among them; and three of the
first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of
a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
Again, the 10 horns are the 10-king alliance that
supports the Anti-Christ, but the Anti-Christ conquers three of the 10.
The Anti-Christ will attack the South (Egypt),
and the King of the South’s own servants will try to kill him – Daniel
11:25-26.
The Anti-Christ and the King of the Egyptian
Empire will make false treaties with each other - Daniel 11:27. In other words,
they will both sign a peace agreement, but neither one will actually abide by
it.
As part of this treaty, since the Anti-Christ
was winning the war, he will take plunder from the South and will then return
to his country (Rome) and take action against Judaism for some reason – Daniel
11:28.
The Anti-Christ will again attack the
Southern Empire, proving him to be false when he signed the peace treaty, but
this time, ships from the western coastlands will help Egypt, and the
Anti-Christ will turn back to his own country. He will take his anger out on
Jews and Christians and will reward those who oppose God – Daniel 11:29-30.
Again, it is unclear who these “coastlands” are, but my guess is that they are
the other nations of the world, such as England and the U.S., both of whom have
many coastlands. The way in which the Anti-Christ rewards those who oppose God
could be by the giving of his mark and thus the ability to buy and sell.
At this time, three and a half years after he took power (LD 486.5), or
in the middle of the last seven, the Anti-Christ will enforce idol worship in
the newly rebuilt Temple (rebuilt once again after Nero conquers Israel and
kills “the Anointed One,” “a prince of the covenant”). This idol is the
“abomination that causes desolation,” and it will remain in place for the next
three and a half years until Christ returns and the last ‘seven’ is completed –
Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:7.
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