THE LITTLE HORN

The wicked activities of the Antichrist were first foreseen by the prophet Daniel,who saw him as a little horn.In the following passages note the character of this little horn;

There was another horn,a little one...And there,in this horn,were eyes like the eyes of a man,and a mouth speaking pompous words. DANIEL 7;8.

I watched then because of the sound of the pompous words which the horn was speaking;I watched till the beast was slain,and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame. DANIEL 7;11.

I was watching;and the same horn was making war against the saints,and prevailing against them. DANIEL 7;21.

He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,shall persecute the saints of the Most High,and shall intend to change times and law.Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.But the court shall be seated,and they shall take away his dominion,to consume and destroy it forever. DANIEL 7;25-26.

Several items stand out in Daniel's vision of the ANTCHRIST,AMONG THEM;

He will speak pompously and arrogantly.
He will persecute and make war against the saints of God for three and a half years.
He will intend to change the times and laws.
He will eventually be destroyed and his body thrown to the flames.

That is not the end of Daniel's vision of the Antichrist,however.In chapter 11 he is given a fuller picture of events that will take place at the very end of the age.In this vision the Antichrist is called the king.

Then the king shall do according to his own will;he shall magnify and magnify himself above every god,shall speak blasphemies against the God of gods,and shall proper till the wrath has been accomplished;for what has been determined shall be done.He shall regard neither the God of his fathers nor the desire of women,nor regard any god;for he shall magnify himself above them all.But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses;and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver,with precious stones and pleasant things.Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with foreign god,which he shall acknowledge,and advance its glory;and he shall acknowledge,and advance its glory;and he shall cause them to rule over many,and divide the land for gain.At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him;and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind,with chariots,horsemen,and with many ships;and he shall enter the countries,overwhelm them,and pass through.He shall also enter the Glorious Land,and many countries shall be overthrown;but these shall escape from his hand;Edom,Moab,and the prominent people of Ammon.He shall stretch out his hand against the countries,and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver,and over all the precious things of Egypt;also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels.But news from the east and the north shall trouble him;therefore he shall go out with great fury to destroy and annihilate many.And he shall plant the tents of his place between the seas and the glorious holy mountain;yet he shall come to his end,and no one will help him. DANIEL 11;36-45.

I n this passage we learn several more details about the ANTICHRIST;
He will magnify himself above every god.(verse 36).
He will blaspheme the true God (verse 36).
He will be a thoroughgoing secularist who puts full confidence in his military strengh (verse 38).
He will be a brutal conqueror (verse 39-42).
He will control the world's finances (verse 43).
He will meet his end between the seas and the glorious holy mountain (that is,in Israel,verse 45).

God Bless.