Daniel's Vision Interpreted
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Dan. 7:25
he shall speak... See Dan. 7:8, 7:20 we just studied, Dan. 11:36; Rev. 13:5.
shall wear out... Aramaic: bela’, wear out or down, afflict.
think to change... Aramaic: cebar, purpose, hope. He will change times and laws and they will be given into his hands for the last three and a half years (known as the Great Tribulation) (Dan. 12:7; Rev. 13:5).
The antichrist has great power over all the peoples of the earth. The people of the earth will not recognize him as the antichrist, until he begins to blaspheme the Most High God. He will seem to have the answer for all the problems of life.
Notice, in this, the saints are under his jurisdiction for 3 and 1/2 years. That’s what the “time, times, and dividing or half a time means.
During the first part of his reign, the antichrist will pretend to be a great peacemaker. He will control the people through his power to purchase goods. It is interesting that a new international currency has now been made, and these common market nations will all use it. There will come a time when no currency will be necessary.
Rev. 13:16-17 “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:” “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
Read our study on the 13th chapter of Revelation to get more insight into this. This changing of time shows he wants to be as God. There have been men throughout ages that have wanted to be as God. Julius Caesar would have been one, Hitler would have been another. This is not speaking of a type of antichrist, but the antichrist. He is a personification of Satan himself.
Besides several facts already given about this coming king (see Dan. 7:21-22), three additional ones are now revealed: (1) He will oppose God’s authority. He will speak against the Most High (cf. Rev. 13:6). On “the Most High” see Dan. 3:26. (2) He will oppress His saints (i.e., Israel; cf. See Dan. 7:21). (3) He will introduce an entirely new era in which he will abandon all previous laws and institute his own system. As in Dan. 9:27, he will appear as Israel’s friend, but will become Israel’s persecutor (the saints will be handed over to him) and he will occupy Jerusalem as the capital of his empire (Dan. 11:45) for three and one-half years (Rev. 12:6; 13:5). A time, times, and half a time (cf. Dan. 12:7; Rev. 12:14) refer to the three and one-half years of the Great Tribulation, with “a time” meaning one year, “times” two years, and “half a time” six months. This equals the 1,260 days in Rev. 12:6 and the 42 months in Rev. 11:2; 13:5. (Cf. see “times” in Dan. 4:16.)
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