It takes a very srtrong imagination to wrest the scriptures to fit this account. The only way to make the scriptural prophecies even appear to match up to the historical accounts, is to ignore most of the details of the prophecy allegedly having been fulfilled.
Dan 8:8 Therefore
the male goat grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven. (Alexander the Great and his four generals)
Dan 8:9 And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious
Land.
Dan 8:10 And it grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down
some of the host and
some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them.
Dan 8:11 He even exalted
himself as high as the Prince of the host; and by him
the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down.
(Antiochus commanded that the sacrifices be stopped. He also took the implements of temple worship and the altar of burnt offering.)
Dan 8:12 Because of transgression, an army was given over
to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered.
Dan 8:13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and
another holy one said to that certain
one who was speaking, "How long
will the vision
be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?"
Dan 8:14 And he said to me,
"For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed."
(Antiochus stopped the sacrificial system for over three years. This is confirmed by Josephus. The sanctuary was cleansed and rededicated by the Maccabees. Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the temple.)
Dan 8:15 Then it happened, when I, Daniel, had seen the vision and was seeking the meaning, that suddenly there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
Dan 8:16 And I heard a man's voice between
the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, "Gabriel, make this
man understand the vision."
Dan 8:17 So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was afraid and fell on my face; but he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision
refers to the time of the end."
Dan 8:18 Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright.
Dan 8:19 And he said, "Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end
shall be.
Dan 8:20 The ram which you saw, having the two horns—
they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Dan 8:21 And
the male goat is the kingdom of Greece. The large horn that
is between its eyes
is the first king.
(The king of Greece was Alexander the Great.)
Dan 8:22 As for the broken
horn and
the four that stood up in its place, four kingdoms shall arise out of that nation, but not with its power.
(After Alexander died his kingdom was divided up among four of his generals. This fact can be confirmed by any good book on ancient history.)
Dan 8:23 "And in the latter time of their kingdom, When the transgressors have reached their fullness,
A king shall arise, Having fierce features, Who understands sinister schemes.
(Antiochus came up out of the Selucid kingdom. He was a master of deceit.)
Dan 8:24 His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; He shall destroy fearfully, And shall prosper and thrive;
He shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people.
(During 167 BC Antiochus killed thousands of Jews living in Jerusalem.)
Dan 8:25 "Through his cunning He shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule; And he shall exalt
himself in his heart. He shall destroy many in
their prosperity. He shall even rise against the Prince of princes;
But he shall be broken without human means.
(Antiochus was not killed by humans, but by disease.)
Dan 8:26 "And the vision of the evenings and mornings Which was told is true; Therefore seal up the vision, For
it refers to many days
in the future."
The Jews of Jesus time understood this perfectly, since they celebrated Hanukkah every year as found in John 10:22.
They would have viewed this prophecy by Daniel and fulfillment by Antiochus as one of the greatest proofs that God's Word is the truth, and some of us deny it in order to make our modern doctrine work.
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