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How does the preterist school read Daniel 8, and what is the textual basis for identifying the little horn as Antiochus IV?

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HORN

  • Used to contain the anointing oil: 1 Sam 16:1; 1 Kgs 1:39
  • Used for a trumpet (See TRUMPET)
  • FIGURATIVE: Of divine protection 2 Sam 22:3; Of power 1 Kgs 22:11; Psa 89:24; 92:10; 132:17
  • SYMBOLICAL: Dan 7:7-24; 8:3-9,20; Amos 6:13; Mic 4:13; Hab 3:4; Zec 1:18-21; Rev 5:6; 12:3; 13:1,11; 17:3-16
  • Horns of the altar (See ALTAR)

DANIEL

  • 1. A Jewish captive, also called BELTESHAZZAR
  • Educated at king's court: Dan 1
  • Interprets visions: Dan 2; 4; 5
  • Promotion and executive authority: Dan 2:48,49; 5:11,29; 6:2
  • Conspiracy against, cast into the lions' den: Dan 6
  • Prophecies of: Dan 4:8,9; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; Matt 24:15
  • Abstinence of: Dan 1:8-16
  • Wisdom of: Dan 1:17; Ezek 28:3
  • Devoutness of: Dan 2:18; 6; 9; 10; 12; Ezek 14:14
  • Courage and fidelity of: Dan 4:27; 5:17-23; 6:10-23
  • Worshiped by Nebuchadnezzar: Dan 2:6
  • 2. David's son (Also called CHILEAB): 2 Sam 3:3; 1 Chr 3:1
  • 3. A descendant of Ithamar, companion of Ezra: Ezra 8:2; Neh 10:6

PROPHECY

  • Concerning Jesus (See JESUS)
  • Concerning the church (See CHURCH)
  • Inspired: Isa 28:22; Luke 1:70; 2 Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:21
  • The word of the Lord came to various prophets (Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Jonah, Haggai, Zechariah)
  • Publicly proclaimed: Jer 11:6
  • Exemplified in pantomime: Ezek 4; 5:1-4; Acts 21:11
  • Proof of God's foreknowledge: Isa 43:9
  • Sure fulfillment: Ezek 12:22-25,28; Hab 2:3; Matt 5:18; 24:35; Acts 13:27,29
  • Cessation of: Lam 2:9
  • Of apostasy: 1 John 2:18; Jude 1:17,18

SANCTUARY

  • The Holy of Holies
  • In the tabernacle: Heb 9:2
  • Divine dwelling place: Exo 25:8
  • Reverence for: Lev 19:30; 26:2
  • In the charge of high priest: Exo 27:21; Lev 24:3; Num 18:5
  • The Holy Place in the temple: Lam 2:7,20; Ezek 42:20
  • FIGURATIVE: Ezek 11:16
  • Symbolical: Heb 8:2,5

TEMPLE

  • SOLOMON'S (Also called TEMPLE OF THE LORD, HOLY TEMPLE, HOUSE OF GOD, etc.)
  • Greatness of: 2 Chr 2:5,6; Beauty of: Isa 64:11; Holiness of: 1 Kgs 8:10; 9:3; Lam 1:10; Matt 23:17
  • David undertakes the building: 2 Sam 7:2,3; 1 Chr 22:7; 28:2; Psa 132:2-5
  • Forbidden to David because he was a man of war: 2 Sam 7:4-12; 1 Kgs 5:3
  • Built by Solomon: Acts 7:47
  • Pattern and building of: 1 Kgs 6; 7:13-51; 1 Chr 28:11-19; 2 Chr 3; 4
  • Prophecy of destruction: Dan 8:11-15; 11:30,31
  • Prophecy of restoration: Dan 8:13,14

PERSIA

  • An empire extending from India to Ethiopia (127 provinces): Est 1:1; Dan 6:1
  • Government restricted by constitutional limitations: Est 8:8; Dan 6:8-12
  • Israel captive in: 2 Chr 36:20
  • Rulers: Ahasuerus, Darius, Artaxerxes I & II, Cyrus
  • Prophecies concerning: Isa 13:17; 21:1-10; Jer 49:34-39; 51:11-64; Ezek 32:24,25; 38:5; Dan 2:31-45; 5:28; 7; 8; 11:1-4

GREECE

  • Inhabitants called "Gentiles": Mark 7:26; John 7:35; Rom 2:10
  • Schools of philosophy in Athens: Acts 19:9
  • Philosophy of: 1 Cor 1:22,23
  • Prophecies concerning: Dan 10:20; Zec 9:13

ABOMINATION

  • Things that are, to God:
  • Idolatry: Deut 7:25; 27:15; 32:16
  • Unjust weights and measures: Deut 25:13-16; Prov 11:1; 20:1,23
  • Uncleanness: Lev 18:22; 20:13; Deut 24:4
  • Offering children in sacrifice: Deut 18:10
  • Sorcery and necromancy: Deut 18:10,11
  • Unclassified scriptures: Deut 22:5; Prov 3:32; 6:16-19; 8:7; 11:20; 12:22; 15:8,9,26; 16:5; 17:15

SACRIFICES

  • FIGURATIVE: Isa 34:6; Ezek 39:17; Zeph 1:7,8; Rom 12:1; Phil 2:17; 4:18
  • Of self-denial: Phil 3:7,8
  • Of praise: Psa 116:17; Jer 33:11; Hos 14:2; Heb 13:15

RESTORATION (from semantic search, score 0.52)

  • Acts 3:21; Rev 21:1-5
  • Relevant to Dan 8:14 nitsdaq question — whether restoration/vindication is in view

SACRILEGE (from semantic search, score 0.42)

  • Lev 19:8; 2 Chr 26:16-21; 28:24; Matt 21:12,13
  • Relevant to Antiochus's temple desecration

CONSECRATION (from semantic search, score 0.48)

  • Gen 4:4-7; 22:9-12; Rom 6:13,16,19; 12:1
  • Relevant to Hanukkah rededication/reconsecration parallel