Daniel 11 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

and he.The preceding verses (from ver. 31) relate to the Romans, who not only destroyed the city and temple of Jerusalem, and crucified the Messiah, but during almost 300 years sought by every means to extirpate Christianity.

The conversion of Constantine, though it stopped the rage of persecution, gave but little help to true religion.

The power first exercised by the emperors, in calling and influencing ecclesiastical councils, gradually passed into the hands of the clergy; and the bishop and church of Rome at last carried it to an enormous length, magnifying themselves above every god.exalt.

Dan. 7:8,20,25• ⁸I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another, a little horn, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
²⁰and concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell: even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose look was more imposing than its fellows.
²⁵And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most high places, and think to change seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and a half time. (Dan. 7:8,20,25)

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Isa. 14:13• ¹³And thou that didst say in thy heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of *God, and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north; (Isa. 14:13)

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2 Thess. 2:4• ⁴who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. (2 Thess. 2:4)

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Rev. 13:5• ⁵And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months. (Rev. 13:5)

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Rev. 17:3• ³And he carried me away in spirit to a desert; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Rev. 17:3)

speak.

Dan. 8:11,24‑25• ¹¹(And he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and from him the continual sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
²⁴And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy marvellously, and shall prosper, and shall practise, and shall destroy the mighty ones, and the people of the saints.
²⁵And through his cunning shall he cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he will magnify himself in his heart, and by prosperity will corrupt many; and he will stand up against the Prince of princes: but he shall be broken without hand. (Dan. 8:11,24‑25)

the God.

Dan. 2:47• ⁴⁷The king answered Daniel and said, Of a truth it is that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, because thou wast able to reveal this secret. (Dan. 2:47)

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Deut. 10:17• ¹⁷For Jehovah your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great *God, the mighty and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward; (Deut. 10:17)

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Josh. 22:22• ²²The *God of gods, Jehovah, the *God of gods, Jehovah, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know it; if it is in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah,--save us not this day! (Josh. 22:22)

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Psa. 136:2• ²Give thanks unto the God of gods, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; (Psa. 136:2)

till.

Dan. 7:20‑25• ²⁰and concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell: even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose look was more imposing than its fellows.
²¹I beheld, and that horn made war with the saints, and prevailed over them;
²²until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most high places; and the appointed time arrived, and the saints possessed the kingdom.
²³He said thus: The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon the earth, which shall be different from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
²⁴And as to the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall arise ten kings; and another shall arise after them; and he shall be different from the former, and he shall subdue three kings.
²⁵And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most high places, and think to change seasons and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and a half time. (Dan. 7:20‑25)

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Dan. 8:19• ¹⁹And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be at the end of the indignation: for at the set time the end shall be. (Dan. 8:19)

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Dan. 12:7,11‑13• ⁷And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river; and he held up his right hand and his left hand unto the heavens, and swore by him that liveth for ever that it is for a time, times, and a half; and when the scattering of the power of the holy people shall be accomplished, all these things shall be finished.
¹¹And from the time that the continual sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand, two hundred, and ninety days.
¹²Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days!
¹³But do thou go thy way until the end; and thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. (Dan. 12:7,11‑13)

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Rev. 11:2‑3• ²And the court which is without the temple cast out, and measure it not; because it has been given up to the nations, and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty-two months.
³And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. (Rev. 11:2‑3)

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Rev. 12:14• ¹⁴And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the desert into her place, where she is nourished there a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. (Rev. 12:14)

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Rev. 13:5• ⁵And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months. (Rev. 13:5)

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Dan. 4:35• ³⁵And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the army of the heavens, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Dan. 4:35)

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Dan. 9:26• ²⁶And after the sixty-two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, and shall have nothing; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with an overflow, and unto the end, war,--the desolations determined. (Dan. 9:26)

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Job 23:13‑14• ¹³But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.
¹⁴For he will perform what is appointed for me; and many such things are with him. (Job 23:13‑14)

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Psa. 33:10• ¹⁰Jehovah frustrateth the counsel of the nations; he maketh the thoughts of the peoples of none effect. (Psa. 33:10)

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Prov. 19:21• ²¹Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand. (Prov. 19:21)

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Isa. 46:10• ¹⁰declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; (Isa. 46:10)

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Acts 4:28• ²⁸to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass. (Acts 4:28)

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Rev. 10:7• ⁷but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God also shall be completed, as he has made known the glad tidings to his own bondmen the prophets. (Rev. 10:7)

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Rev. 17:17• ¹⁷for God has given to their hearts to do his mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled. (Rev. 17:17)

• Up to verse 35 we have, in prophetic form, a relation of what, though future in Daniel’s day, has now long since been accomplished; from verse 36 we have the account of what is entirely future. The proof of this, it may be at once said, lies in two sentences. In verse 36 we read that the king “shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished”; and in verse 40 we are told that the event there given is “at the time of the end.” It has already been observed, as to the former expression, that it is used in Isaiah of God’s last indignation, by means of the Assyrian, against His people in the land before the appearing of Christ. If the reader attentively considers Isaiah 10:20-25; 28:16-22, he cannot fail to be convinced of the truth of this interpretation. (“Daniel 11” by E. Dennett)

• Another thing will appear as we proceed, namely, the correspondence of the king here described with the “man of sin,” or the antichrist of the New Testament. (“Daniel 11” by E. Dennett)

• The appellation of the “willful king” is derived from this scripture, expressive of the fact here stated, that his own will is his only law. He will be the incarnation and manifestation of all that is evil in man....He will be consequently the perfect contrast, morally, to Christ, who, being in the form of God, did not think it robbery to be equal with God, but emptied Himself, and having taken upon Him the form of a servant, humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. (“Daniel 11” by E. Dennett)

• When the indignation is accomplished in His chastisement of the guilty nation for the rejection of Christ, at the end of the three years and a half so often spoken of in the Apocalypse, the Lord will appear from heaven and consume this wicked one with the spirit of His mouth, and destroy him with the brightness of His coming. (2 Thess. 2:8; Rev. 19:20). (“Daniel 11” by E. Dennett)

• The apostle John presents him to us in his relation to Christianity, when he writes, “He is the Antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son” (1 John 2:22). (“Daniel 11” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every *god, and speak monstrous things against the *God of *godse; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished: for that which is determined shall be done.

JND Translation Notes

Heb. El Elim.