Excerpt From The Antichrist Revealed! Rav Sha'ul Physical fulfillment of The Abomination of Desolation by Rav Sha'ul   The prophecies in Daniel are multifaceted finding fulfillment on multiple levels both physically and spiritually.  They are the subject of much debate and it is outside of this scope of this book to go into all the various aspects of what YHVH showed Daniel.  For the purpose of this chapter I simply want to illustrate that YHVH gave us a physical fulfillment of Daniels’s prophecies that we are to study to understand the spiritual fulfillment. Isaiah 48 3 I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them (to my prophets) and I made them known (through physical shadows); then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass (Spiritually). The prophecies in Daniel were fulfilled literally in the physical realm by the Lucid King Antiochus IV.  Antiochus fulfilled these prophecies to such a literal degree that many liberal scholars now believe that the book of Daniel was written after Antiochus IV invaded Jerusalem and committed The Abomination of Desolation.  They believe these prophecies being so literally fulfilled by Antiochus could only mean they were written in prophetic form after the fact detailing a past event and then credited to Daniel.  Of course, that is not true but that illustrates my point of how literally Antiochus IV fulfilled these prophecies. The school of thought that Antiochus IV fulfilled physically the prophecies concerning The Abomination of Desolation is known as ‘the historical-critical interpretation of Daniel’.  This interpretation of Daniel became and is today the standard view of liberal scholars throughout the world. This view is supported by the Jewish Encyclopedia, the Jewish Publication Society study bible, the Catholic New American Bible commentary and some evangelical Christian scholars.  There is no doubt when you look at Daniels prophecies objectively that they were fulfilled physically by Antiochus IV.  So that is our “shadow-picture” to understand the spiritual event that we are to study. The reason there are various views and interpretations of Daniel’s vision is because, like I said, it is a multifaceted vision finding both physical and spiritual fulfillment.  It is not the prophecies in Daniel that I will be focusing on in this book but those in the New Testament that speak directly of the False Messiah.  In this section I want to provide a quick explanation of Antiochus IV as the literal physical fulfillment of The Abomination of Desolation Daniel prophesied.  We will then study that physical shadow in order to learn more and help identify the spiritual fulfillment of The False Messiah and The Abomination of Desolation spoken of in The New Testament.  That is what Yahusha meant when he pointed us back to the prophecy of Daniel and said “let the reader understand”.  Yahusha was indicating we are to study the physical to spiritual parallel.   Antiochus IV fulfilled Daniel’s Vision in detail Again this is only intended as an introduction to the physical fulfillment of The Abomination of Desolation.  It is the spiritual fulfillment of this physical example that is within the scope of this chapter and relative to The Kingdom of YHVH. In Daniel’s vision, the he-goat's first horn is broken, giving rise to four horns in its place. The "little horn" is sometimes understood to be one of the four horns that replaced the notable horn, who is accepted as Antiochus IV Epiphanes by historical-critical scholars. Daniel 8:10–14 is referenced to Antiochus' dealings with the Jewish people under his rule, which ended with the Maccabean Revolt and the rededication of The Alter.  In addition, Daniel 11, with references to Persia and Greece and two kings, is thought to refer to the Seleucids, and specifically to Antiochus Epiphanes as "The King of the North". The “prince who is to come” (Daniel 9:26) was Antiochus Epiphanes, whose armies partially invaded and destroyed Jerusalem and massacred many of its inhabitants. It was Antiochus IV Epiphanes who stopped sacrifice and grain offering in the middle of the week and offered a pig on The Alter of YHVH to Zeus.  This Abomination occurred on what we call Christmas around December 25th because Antiochus was a sun worshipper. We read in the book of Maccabees 2 Maccabees 6:1–12 Not long after this the king (Antiochus IV) sent an Athenian senator to force the Jews to abandon the customs of their ancestors and live no longer by the laws of God; also to profane the temple in Jerusalem and dedicate it to Olympian Zeus, and that on Mount Gerizim to Zeus the Hospitable, as the inhabitants of the place requested...They also brought into the temple things that were forbidden, so that the altar was covered with (the blood) abominable offerings prohibited by the laws (a pig).  A man could not keep the Sabbath or celebrate the traditional feasts (of YHVH),   Sacking of Jerusalem and persecution of Jews While Antiochus was busy in Egypt, a rumor spread that he had been killed. The deposed High Priest Jason gathered a force of 1,000 soldiers and made a surprise attack on the city of Jerusalem. The High Priest appointed by Antiochus, Menelaus, was forced to flee Jerusalem during a riot. On the King's return from Egypt in 167 BC enraged by his defeat, he attacked Jerusalem and restored Menelaus, then executed many Jews. We again read in the book of Maccabees 2 Maccabees 5:11–14 When these happenings were reported to the king, he thought that Judea was in revolt. Raging like a wild animal, he set out from Egypt and took Jerusalem by storm. He ordered his soldiers to cut down without mercy those whom they met and to slay those who took refuge in their houses. There was a massacre of young and old, a killing of women and children, a slaughter of virgins and infants. In the space of three days, eighty thousand were lost, forty thousand meeting a violent death, and the same number being sold into slavery. To consolidate his empire and strengthen his hold over the region, Antiochus IV decided to side with the Hellenized Jews (secular Jews) by outlawing Jewish religious rites and traditions kept by observant Jews and by ordering the worship of Zeus as the supreme god. This was an abomination to the Jews and when they refused, Antiochus sent an army to enforce his decree. Because of the resistance, the city was destroyed, many were slaughtered, and a military Greek citadel called the Acra was established. 2 Maccabees 6:1–12 Not long after this the king sent an Athenian senator to force the Jews to abandon the customs of their ancestors and live no longer by the laws of God; also to profane the temple in Jerusalem and dedicate it to Olympian Zeus, and that on Mount Gerizim to Zeus the Hospitable, as the inhabitants of the place requested...They also brought into the temple things that were forbidden, so that the altar was covered with abominable offerings prohibited by the laws. A man could not keep the Sabbath or celebrate the traditional feasts, nor even admit that he was a Jew. At the suggestion of the citizens of Ptolemais, a decree was issued ordering the neighboring Greek cities to act in the same way against the Jews: oblige them to partake of the sacrifices, and put to death those who would not consent to adopt the customs of the Greeks. It was obvious, therefore, that disaster impended. Antiochus IV entered the Temple on Christmas Day in celebration of his songod, stopped the sacrifice and oblation, slaughtered a pig on The Alter of YHVH to Zeus.  He then ordered the changing of the Feasts of YHVH to his pagan sun worship festivals, and changed The Sabbath to Sunday in honor of Dias Solis.  Antiochus was a worshipper of Mithra the sungod.  His original name before becoming king was Mithridates (Named after Mithra); he changed his name to Antiochus IV Epiphanes which means ‘God Manifest’ or “God in the flesh” or God Incarnate. This is exactly what Constantine did in the “image and name of Jesus H. Christ”.   Constantine too worshipped Mithra, believed himself to be the incantation of Zeus, changed the Feasts of YHVH to pagan holidays, and changed The Sabbath to Sunday.  Constantine then created a composite deity with all the same attributes (pagan holidays, Sunday worship, etc) called this new pagan demi-god God Incarnate.  This false messiah was the composition of 3 pagan gods Hesus Horus and Krishna and was a “false image” of Yahusha.  Today that name has evolved over time into Jesus H. Christ who is The False Messiah. Next: False Messiah is an image of the true Messiah

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