Outline
Introduction
Review
I. Ahasuerus (v. 2)
II. Alexander (vv. 3-8)
III. Antiochus the Great (vv. 9-20)
IV. Antiochus Epiphanes (vv. 21-35)
Lesson
V. The Antichrist (vv. 36-45)
A. The Timing of His Coming
1. “The time of the end”
2. The scope of the prophecy
3. The historical record
4. The timing of God’s final judgment
5. The similarity of description
6. The prophetic context
B. The Circumstances at His Coming
1. His character (vv. 36-39)
a) His power (v. 36a)
b) His pride (v. 36b)
c) His blasphemy (v. 36c)
d) His perversion (v. 37a)
(1) Of tradition
(2) Of love
(3) Of religion
e) His idol (vv. 37b-39)
(1) The god he will honor (vv. 37b-38a)
(2) The offering he will make (vv. 38b-39)
2. His conflict (vv. 40-45)
a) The cause (v. 40a-b)
(1) Invasion from the South (v. 40a)
(2) Invasion from the North (v. 40b)
(a) Israel will be regathered
(b) Israel will be at peace
(c) Israel will be in its latter days
(d) Israel’s enemy will be far north
b) The chariots (v. 40c)
c) The conquest (vv. 40d-43)
(1) Of north and south (v. 40d)
(2) Of the Arab states (v. 41)
(3) Of the Africans (vv. 42-43)
d) The cataclysm (v. 44)
e) The climax (v. 45a)
f) The condemnation (v. 45b)
Conclusion
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