VERSE 11
11/04/18 10:36
Daniel 8:11 (KJV)
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
2.1 Magnified Himself Even to the Prince of the Host
1. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church magnifies himself up, even before Yeshua; declaring himself Christ in the flesh.
2.2 Daily Was Taken Away
1. “taken away” from the Hebrew word ruwm, which means bring up, raise, lift up, set up, and exalt. In Daniel 4:37 it is translated as ’extol’, 5:19, 23 set up and lifted up, 11:36 exalt. So this taking away of the daily is not a destruction of it, but an exaltation of it.
2. The Papacy took paganism into itself and exalted it under the garb of Christianity. You will find the Papacy riddled with pagan ceremonies that have been given a Christian name.
3. By the papal form of Rome the pagan form was taken away. Pagan Rome was remodeled into papal Rome; and the paganism was lifted up and exalted.
2.3 Place of His Sanctuary Was Cast Down
1. Sanctuary here is miqdash which is not God’s sanctuary but a pagan one (Isaiah 16:12; Ezekiel 28:18) and unlike qodesh as used in verse 13 to describe God’s Sanctuary.
2. Thus, in continuation with the context of the passage, the sanctuary that is being cast down is that of paganism.
3. Pagan Rome’s place of worship, the Pantheon and Rome itself, lost its eminence when Constantine moved the seat/government of Rome to Constantinople in the East in 330 A.D. The city of Rome and the Pantheon (the place of pagan Rome’s worship) faded into the background as papal Rome absorbed the pagan idols, traditions, superstitious rites, and idolatrous ceremonies, exalting them through so called Christianity. This same transaction is recorded and brought to light in Revelation 13:2, where the dragon (pagan Rome) gave the beast (papal Rome) its seat (the city of Rome).
Thus what was once the premier city of Roman civilization, and which contained the Pantheon, the epitome of pagan worship, was all at once replaced in position by the new Capital of Constantinople in 330 A.D.
Part 4 - Verse 12
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
2.1 Magnified Himself Even to the Prince of the Host
1. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church magnifies himself up, even before Yeshua; declaring himself Christ in the flesh.
2.2 Daily Was Taken Away
1. “taken away” from the Hebrew word ruwm, which means bring up, raise, lift up, set up, and exalt. In Daniel 4:37 it is translated as ’extol’, 5:19, 23 set up and lifted up, 11:36 exalt. So this taking away of the daily is not a destruction of it, but an exaltation of it.
2. The Papacy took paganism into itself and exalted it under the garb of Christianity. You will find the Papacy riddled with pagan ceremonies that have been given a Christian name.
3. By the papal form of Rome the pagan form was taken away. Pagan Rome was remodeled into papal Rome; and the paganism was lifted up and exalted.
2.3 Place of His Sanctuary Was Cast Down
1. Sanctuary here is miqdash which is not God’s sanctuary but a pagan one (Isaiah 16:12; Ezekiel 28:18) and unlike qodesh as used in verse 13 to describe God’s Sanctuary.
2. Thus, in continuation with the context of the passage, the sanctuary that is being cast down is that of paganism.
3. Pagan Rome’s place of worship, the Pantheon and Rome itself, lost its eminence when Constantine moved the seat/government of Rome to Constantinople in the East in 330 A.D. The city of Rome and the Pantheon (the place of pagan Rome’s worship) faded into the background as papal Rome absorbed the pagan idols, traditions, superstitious rites, and idolatrous ceremonies, exalting them through so called Christianity. This same transaction is recorded and brought to light in Revelation 13:2, where the dragon (pagan Rome) gave the beast (papal Rome) its seat (the city of Rome).
Thus what was once the premier city of Roman civilization, and which contained the Pantheon, the epitome of pagan worship, was all at once replaced in position by the new Capital of Constantinople in 330 A.D.
Part 4 - Verse 12