It is end times because the king will be a Jew, who magnifies himself in his heart, when he claims to have achieved God hood. For which he will be killed and brought back to life, as the beast of Revelation.
The passage in question(Daniel11)does not support a jump to our future. The entity being described in verse 36 is the same entity mentioned initially from verse 21.This description continues all through to the end of the chapter and there is no transition to either another king or another time. There is no wording like, “then another king”, or “then many days after”, which would show a change of subject and a change of timing and which could then support a transition from an event in the past to being an event in our future. This all occurred during the kingdom of Grecia and its various divisions.
Different components of
Daniel 11:36 through
Daniel 12:13 match with other end times components in different text of the bible
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2Thessalonians2:4 Who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Daniel 8:25 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: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
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In
Daniel 11:36, the king who exalts himself is the same person called the little horn in
Daniel 8, and the revealed man of sin in 2 Thessalonians2:4, and the beast in Revelation.
It is the same person on his way to his destruction in the end times, when the resurrection of dead will take place in
Daniel 12:2, which obviously has not happened yet.
The person in
Daniel 11:36, is the person after he has become the beast in
Revelation 13:
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
You are mixing events in one kingdom with events in another in some instances here. Daniel 11 and Daniel 8 depict events in the kingdom of Grecia. However II Thessalonians 2 and Revelation are about events in the fourth kingdom or its derivatives as during and after the advent of Jesus it was Rome,and not Grecia,which was the world ruling kingdom. Hence these passages cannot all be referring to the same person as you claim.
The person first comes to power in
Daniel 7 as the little horn, then...
This king is found in the fourth kingdom as is plainly stated in the chapter.
Dan 7:
19Then I would know
the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others,exceeding dreadful, whose teeth
were of iron, and his nails
of brass;
which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20And of the ten horns that
were in his head,
and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
Daniel 8:23 stands up, prepares for battle
This king is found in the third kingdom of Grecia and hence cannot be the same as the entity as the horn of Daniel 7.Read it here:
Dan 8:
21And the
rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that
is between his eyes
is the first king.
22Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
23And 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.
All of this has been fulfilled by the actions of Antiochus IV.
Ezekiel 38 Gog/Magog takes place
Daniel 8:9 little horn person moves into the middle east in the aftermath
Daniel 9:26 as prince who shall come
Daniel 9:27 perceived by the Jews as the messiah, confirms the Mt. Sinai covenant required by Moses for the 7 years (in the text of
Deuteronomy 31:9-13)
Daniel 8:23 magnifies himself in his heart.
2Thessalonians2:4 claims to be God, transgression of desolation
Daniel 8:11-12. The Jews then reject his messiahship.
Ezekiel 28:1-10 is killed for his action.
Isaiah 14:19-20 brought back to life as the beast
Daniel 11:36 as the beast, claiming to be God, a Jew who betrays his forefathers, his people, his land.
Daniel 11:40-44 near the end of the 7 years, the beast will be attacked by the south, north, and east because he will be directing all of the dwindling resources (speculation) to his ten leader western kingdom.
Again the entities described in Daniel 8,11 are all entities in the third kingdom of Grecia.All have been accomplished in the desolation of the temple by Antiochus IV and the restoration of the temple by the Israelites through Mattathias and his sons.
Daniel 9 refers to the restoration of Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the temple which had been destroyed at the time of the Babylonian captivity. This rebuilt temple would then be desolated by Antiochus IV when he arrives on the scene. This is why Daniel did not fully understand the vision revealed to him in Daniel 8 as he could not understand how a temple was to be desecrated when there was none to desecrate.(Daniel 8:27) Read it here:
Dan 9:
25Know therefore and understand,
that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the
Messiah the Prince
shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof
shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make
it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Of course the term messiah the prince is not a reference to the Lord Jesus but a reference to either the leader of the people or the high priest who would be in office at that time.Notice that the same word(messiah) is used to describe Cyrus but was translated as anointed in that instance.
Isa 45:
1Thus saith the LORD to his
anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates;and the gates shall not be shut;
Daniel 11:44, the kings of the east march against the beast, as the euphrates is dried up
Revelation 16:12. On their march westward, the kings of the east kill a third of the world of the beasts' followers
Revelation 9:16-18
Zechariah 14:2 God draws all nations into the middle east to come up against Jerusalem by the plagues and judgments that make resources scarce, and directed by the beast to his 10 king western kingdom. Forcing the other three global powers to have to make war on him.
Daniel 11:45 the beast's time runs out, the heavens will part in
Revelation 6, the sixth seal, and Jesus will appear in heaven, to take judgement on the evil men on the earth.
Revelation 6:15-17, the kings of the earth, et all, react in terror.
Revelation 16:13-16, the beast, the false prophet, the dragon, convince them to unite to make war on Jesus, and devise a plan to take Jerusalem hostage.
Zechariah 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
Zechariah 14:4-5 Jesus makes a way for the Jews to escape. Returning to the Mt of Olives, Acts1:11-12.
Revelation 19:21 destroys the armies gathered to make war against Him.
An important feature of Daniel 8 and Daniel 11 which denies that these occur at the time of the coming of the Lord is the absence of this description in the narratives. In both
Daniel 2,and
Daniel 7,at the conclusion of the events described, the coming of God's kingdom occurs.
Dan 2:
44
And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Dan 7:
12As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him:
his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
There is nothing of this sort in either passage(Daniel8,11) and the king described,comes to his end and there is no description of the coming of the Lord bringing the king's reign to end.
Daniel 8:
24And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully,and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes
; but he shall be broken without hand.
26And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Dan 11:
44But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
45And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
There is nothing about the coming of the kingdom of God here because it is not referring to the same,unlike the prophecies of Daniel 2 and 7.If these distinctions are recognized and accounted for,then much error could be avoided.