by Tim Buck | Sep 4, 2025 | Anti-Christ, Church, Prophecy
(NOTE FROM TIM: My thanks to Prophecy News Watch for addressing this important issue concerning the silence of the church. Now more than ever, eschatology needs be addressed from the pulpit and the church needs to talk about the biblical issues of end-time importance.)
Lectures on Antichrist?
When a man like Peter Thiel announces a four-part lecture series on the Antichrist, it’s not just another tech mogul musing about the future–it’s a cultural moment. Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, investor in Facebook, and long-time power player in conservative politics, is no stranger to controversy.
He’s been at Trump’s side as a trusted adviser, helping shape a recent executive order that critics warn opens the door to mass surveillance. He’s a contrarian’s contrarian: libertarian and conservative, gay and yet drawn to Christianity, immersed in Silicon Valley but increasingly fascinated by scripture.
Now, beginning September 15 at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club, Thiel will deliver four off-the-record lectures on the Antichrist–closed-door, no transcripts, no recordings. Organized by the Acts 17 Collective, the talks promise to explore the “theological and technological dimensions” of this apocalyptic figure, drawing on everyone from René Girard to Carl Schmitt.
A major lecture series in Silicon Valley touching on prophecy, AI, and even the concept of an Antichrist figure, sold out almost instantly. Tech leaders and cultural influencers are lining up to hear speculation about humanity’s end, yet the pews remain quiet.
And here’s the question every Christian should be asking: Why is Peter Thiel talking about the Antichrist when so many pastors won’t?
Why Thiel, why now?
Thiel has always been fascinated by the intersection of faith, politics, and technology. In interviews, he has speculated that the Antichrist might rise to power not through brute force but by constant talk of peace and safety–language eerily familiar in a world teetering between global wars and technological upheaval.
Yet the secrecy of these lectures raises another layer of intrigue. Why keep them closed-door? Why not livestream them if the goal is spiritual exploration? The answer, perhaps, is that Thiel isn’t trying to hold a Bible study. He’s staging an intellectual salon, where theology, power, and politics are blurred. Some see it as honest searching; others, as elitism dressed up in religious language.
Who’s shaping Thiel’s thinking?
The Acts 17 Collective, the nonprofit behind the event, brands itself as “Acknowledging Christ in Technology and Society.” It was co-founded by Michelle Stephens, who has explained that their mission is to create spaces for deep discussion among people who might never set foot in a traditional church. In many ways, Acts 17 reflects Silicon Valley’s new fascination with Christianity–not as humble faith, but as a cultural and intellectual wellspring to be mined.
Thiel may be sincere, but sincerity does not equal orthodoxy. As many Christian observers have already warned, when theology is shaped more by philosophers than prophets, the result is often distorted.
Where does this line up with scripture?
Let’s be blunt: it doesn’t. Thiel is an openly gay man whose worldview is a hybrid of cultural Christianity, intellectual philosophy, and Silicon Valley futurism. That alone puts him at odds with historic Christian orthodoxy. Yet he speaks on the Antichrist–a figure central to eschatology–while countless pastors dodge the subject.
In one sense, it’s commendable that Thiel is willing to ask these questions. But it also exposes the failure of the American church. Why are we letting a tech billionaire take the stage on biblical prophecy while pastors–the shepherds of God’s people–remain silent?
Why pastors won’t touch the Antichrist
This is the most stinging indictment. The reason Silicon Valley talks about the Antichrist while pulpits stay quiet isn’t because the subject is unimportant. It’s because the church has grown timid.
Many pastors don’t preach on the Antichrist, not because scripture is unclear, but because they themselves don’t know what they believe. Seminary trained them to doubt prophecy. Some dismiss Revelation as allegory. Others treat Daniel and Thessalonians as culturally irrelevant. In countless pulpits, prophecy is written off as “too divisive,” “too speculative,” or “not practical for everyday life.”
The result? A generation of Christians starving for answers in an age of global chaos–and instead of hearing from their pastors, they hear from Peter Thiel.
Isn’t it remarkable? The man who co-founded a surveillance giant like Palantir is willing to speculate on the Antichrist, while shepherds of God’s people pretend the subject doesn’t matter. Many churches, fearful of sensationalism, have abandoned eschatology altogether. The irony is devastating.
What Christians should take from this
Thiel’s lecture series is a flashing neon sign. It says: The world is interested in prophecy, even if the church is not.
Christians should not hand over the conversation about the Antichrist to billionaires, philosophers, or nonprofits mixing DJ parties with theology. If anything, this moment should awaken the church to reclaim the teaching of prophecy–not with wild speculation, but with biblical clarity.
We must discern motivation. Is Thiel trying to honor Christ, or is he reinterpreting Him through a Silicon Valley lens?
We must return to scripture. Not Girard, not Schmitt, not cultural Christianity. But Daniel, Paul, John, and Jesus’ own words about the end of the age.
We must confront cowardice. Pastors who avoid prophecy out of fear or ignorance are failing their flocks.
Who will speak with authority?
The irony is almost unbearable. A gay billionaire, steeped in power politics and tech culture, is willing to wrestle with the Antichrist. Meanwhile, many churches either avoid prophecy altogether or sneer at those who take it seriously.
This moment demands a decision. Will the church continue to abdicate the prophetic conversation to Silicon Valley elites, or will pastors rediscover their courage to preach the whole counsel of God–including the parts about judgment, deception, and the return of Christ?
One thing is certain: if the pulpit remains silent, others will fill the void. And as Peter Thiel’s lecture series shows, those voices will not always lead people closer to the truth.
by Tim Buck | Apr 14, 2025 | Anti-Christ, Daniel's Prophecies, Empires, Israel, Turkey
Studies in Daniel, Revealing Todays Secrets
This is my overview about this much-debated topic from our 3-year study of Daniel’s prophesies at Focus on the End Times.
Europe or Middle East?
For quite some time, it was believed and taught that Antichrist would emerge from a revived Roman Empire. I was taught this view in seminary and had no reason to doubt it until I dug deeper into the prophesies of Daniel.
One of the main reasons for accepting the ‘revived Roman Empire’ theory is because Rome follows Greece in the historical sequence of empires. This leads to the false assumption that the 4th empire in Daniel chapters two and seven must be Rome.
But that assumption is not accurate based on the details in the text and over the last few decades, the revived Roman Empire theory has been reconsidered and is increasingly rejected by Bible scholars.
The rise to prominence of the Islamic countries like Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia in the middle of the 20th century, along with Israel’s rebirth as a nation in 1948, has cast increasing doubt on the “European Antichrist” theory.
Daniel Chapter 8, which prophesies the rise and fall of the Greek Empire (330-63 B.C.) is crucial.
Which Empire?
Much of Daniel’s prophecy in chapters two and seven is taken up with the sequence of the three Gentile Empires relevant to Israel who are Babylon (lion), Persia (bear) and Greece (leopard).
So here’s a quick question. In all of Daniel’s prophecies, which of these three empires would you think is the most prophetically important in the book of Daniel?
By far, the most frequent empire discussed in Daniel is the Grecian Empire where it appears in chapters 2, 7, 8, and 11. Following the death of Alexander the Great, who had no legitimate heir, his empire was divided among his four generals.
The largest of the four regions which covered Turkey, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran and to the border of India was given to General Seleucus. Many years later this region came under the Seleucid king and tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes IV (175-164 B.C.) who became one of Israel’s greatest persecutors.
Alexander’s empire was divided into four territories. The above map shows the largest territory, the Seleucid Empire which gave rise to the forerunner of Antichrist, Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The geographical territory of the Seleucid Empire was a composite of the Grecian Empire plus the Persian and Babylonian Empires.
Below is the same territory as we see it today that is described in Revelation 13:2 as the “Beast” which will give rise to Antichrist.
Antiochus, Forerunner of Antichrist
Antiochus’ oppression of Israel is laid out in Daniel 8:9-14 and 23-25 and again in Daniel 11:21-35. Among his atrocities, Antiochus blasphemed God, forbid the Jews from worshipping God, outlawed Judaism and circumcision, proclaimed himself God (“Epiphanes” means “God Manifest” or “God is Present”), desecrated Israel’s Temple and murdered multitudes of Jews.
In essence, Antiochus committed atrocities against the Jews that are stunningly parallel to the actions of Antichrist. Bible scholars agree that Antiochus Epiphanes is a forerunner, a foreshadow, or a “type” of Antichrist. To make sure we get that message God refers to both men as the “little horn” (Dan. 7:8; 8:9). Not because their statures are little but to highlight that one is a template for the other.
And in another clue for the location of Antichrist’s empire, Daniel 11 refers to both men as the “King of the North” (11:15, 40). Notice the geographical description does not say he’s the “King of the West” which would be necessary if it was pointing to Europe and a revived Roman Empire. Since the land of Israel is central in biblical geography, the north means north of Israel. The north of Israel is the greater Middle East not Italy or the Vatican!
Follow God’s Template
Antiochus Epiphanes rose from the Middle East, not Europe. If God designed Antiochus to purposely be the template for Antichrist in Scripture, the pattern dictates that Antichrist will follow in Antiochus’ footsteps and emerge from the same region of the world. And that’s precisely what Revelation 13 shows us.
If this is the case, (and for many other reasons space won’t allow for here), Antichrist will be a native of the Middle East not Europe. And since the entire Middle East is an Islamic stronghold today we can conclude Antichrist must be a religious Muslim, not a Catholic or any other type of Christian.
Three Empires Become One
Daniel 7 provides more support for the Middle Eastern, Islamic empire of Antichrist. In Daniel Chapter 7 the three great Gentile empires of Babylon, Persia and Greece are described as beasts and their sequence is given as follows.
Babylon (“Lion” – 7:4) first came and conquered and captured Israel. Persia (“Bear” – 7:5) then captured the Babylonian Empire and the Grecian Empire (“Leopard” – 7:6), under Alexander the Great, conquered the Persian Empire. Very clearly, these historic empires are three separate, Middle Eastern empires with each successive empire capturing the one before it.
When Antichrist’s Empire is presented in Revelation 13 as the “beast,” the passage tells us precisely where Antichrist’s Empire will be located. Whereas we saw them as three empires in Daniel 7, the same 3 Middle Eastern empires now combine their territories to form one empire in Revelation 13. This means that the composite geographic boundaries of the Babylonian, Persian and Grecian empires is what will make up the boundary for Antichrist’s empire.
Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard (Greece), his feet were like the feet of a bear (Persia), and his mouth like the mouth of a lion (Babylonian). The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
Revelation 13:2
Since this passage puts Antichrist’s empire fully in the Muslim controlled Middle East, how can Bible teachers say it’s a Roman Empire with Antichrist emerging from Europe?
Scripture cannot be in conflict with itself because God is the author.
The evidence for Antichrist coming from the Middle East and therefore being an Islamic leader is not based on an isolated passage but comes from the wealth of four different chapters in Daniel in concert with Revelation 13 which overwhelmingly show that Antichrist and his final empire of ten kings rises from the Middle East not Europe, America or anywhere else!
Conclusion
In summary, God provides a forerunner that’s as good as the best military intelligence available, in order for Israel to have clarity for where to look for the enemy during the Tribulation period.
Getting the location right and that Antichrist will rise from the north of Israel (Middle East) and not to the west of Israel (Europe) will be crucial to saving many lives.
There are clear indications that Antichrist will arise from the Middle East, from a country to the north of Israel. Some of his titles point in this direction, the Assyrian ( Isa. 10:12-14) and the King of the North (Dan. 11:36-45) and the Northern army (Joel 2:20).
How will the Jewish people living in the Tribulation recognize Antichrist? They will recognize him when an Islamic leader rises in the Middle East, north of Israel, and takes control of the newly formed Islamic Caliphate and then confirms a 7-Year peace agreement with Israel.
When that occurs, alert watchers in Israel will recognize Antichrist for who he is and realize they have entered Daniel’s 70th week, the final seven years, and many will come to believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Messiah.
by Tim Buck | Jan 5, 2024 | Anti-Christ, How to Live the Last Days, Islam, Israel, Satan
The Day That Changed
The World
1/5/24 By Jan Markell
Edited By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
The world has been in an uncontrollable rage since October 7, 2023. We are witnessing global Israel Derangement Syndrome and renewed anti-Semitism more brutal than the 1930s. And towards whom is the rage directed? Towards those who were invaded, slaughtered, and kept as hostages.
Imagine worldwide hatred against innocent victims and global sympathy for barbarians because Israel supposedly stole land. So, now we see, the false notion of occupied land has become the end-time provocation for turning against Israel.
God’s land is not occupied territory. Jesus did not live in occupied territory. God owns it (Leviticus 25). He permanently gifted it to the Jews (Genesis 15).
The World Calls Evil Good!
Following the attack, the logic said that sympathy would eventually shift towards those who suffered the unspeakable blow, since many victims were women, children, and the elderly. Apparently not. The world stage featured, over several weeks, millions of people in global demonstrations on behalf of the terrorists—Hamas! Talk about a classic case of calling evil good (Is. 5:20).
For months, the world was given a sickening overdose of, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” In reality, this catchy phrase is a call for the genocide of the Jewish people. Participants in global demonstrations appeared to be many mind-numbed young robots, most not knowing any facts on the ground. Facts didn’t matter.
This was a conflict of the oppressed versus the oppressor. The so-called Palestinian was the classic representative of the world’s oppressed. Israel was the Goliath who needed to be punished and exterminated as all oppressors must be.
Brainwashed Agitators from the Tik Tok Generation
The demonstrators, in two-dozen nations, are ignorant concerning the history, as well as the geographical and political implications of the Mideast. What the Bible says is irrelevant. The rabble-rousers know nothing of Israel’s endless concessions over the decades to her Islamic neighbors, all in the name of peace.
They know nothing of the 2,000 years of wandering, persecution, and endless attempts by Kings, generals, Fuhrers, potentates, and presidents, to wipe out the memory of Israel’s existence. The brainwashed agitators are feeding off of social media propaganda, swallowing the lies like they were candy, and impressing their friends with how tolerant and justice-minded they are.
They are naïve and cannot comprehend that those they are championing, celebrating, and defending, would obliterate them in a heartbeat, in just as brutal a manner, as they incinerated Israelis on October 7, 2023. And again, for no reason other than to exercise their barbarism against the enemies of Islam.
- Revelation 13:15 ,“And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.”
- Qur’an Sura 9:111a, “[Allah] hath purchased of the believers [Muslims] their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause and slay and are slain.”
- Revelation 9:11, “Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon – the Destroyer.”
- Qur’an Sura 9:29-30, “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day … nor acknowledge the religion of [Islam], even if they are of the People of the Book [Jews and Christians] … may Allah destroy them.”
Befriending Monsters
Those Israelis in southern Israel were championing the people of Gaza! The Israelis were there to benefit the Gazans—to employ them, take them to appointments, and more. They lived and believed the liberal lie: That we can befriend monsters and make them like us. That Islam is not so bad, in fact. We can all get along.
- Qur’an Sura 8:59-60, “Prepare against them whatever arms and weaponry you can muster so that you may terrorize them.”
Rushing Towards the Time of Jacob’s Trouble
So, let’s look at this from a spiritual perspective. We are in a run-up to the Tribulation—the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. The Jews are the primary player in that horrific drama. The raptured church is enjoying heaven. The Jews are Jacob; believers are the bride.
Satan longs to defeat God’s end-time plan, which seriously trounces him. Whether it’s Sennacherib, the King of Assyria, or Haman, from Persia, they plot and scheme. Whether it is Hitler or the Iranian mullahs, they never cease their plot to eliminate all Jews. The persecutors will come and go, but the persecution will remain until Jesus returns in the Second Coming!
As the people of Israel get more and more war-weary, as they tire of relying on fences that fail and agreements that are broken, sooner or later they will accept the cunning lies of Antichrist who comes on the scene right before the start of Daniel’s 70th Week. They sign a fateful agreement as outlined in Daniel 9:27, not realizing this is Antichrist who will eventually turn on them in an attempt to fulfill Satan’s plan of the ages: the extermination of every Jew, to foil God’s end-time plan.
Satan has plans to fulfill a 3-fold plan in order to foil God’s plan before Jesus returns at His Second Coming. His strategy is to 1) Kill as many Jews as possible so not enough Jewish people remain on earth for King Jesus to rule over, 2) Take full control of the promised land so Israel no longer controls the land for Jesus to build His kingdom on and lastly 3) Build a massive Muslim war machine able to kill Jesus (again) when He returns.
The Genie is Out of the Bottle!
What happened on October 7, 2023, is not just “one more Mideast conflict.” It was inspired by demons, and it unleashed demons on the world. The perpetrators were demon-possessed. The facts on the ground are clear evidence of that. In the natural, mankind cannot dream up such brutality. Satan can.
A genie was let out of the proverbial bottle. Something ominous spread all over the world in October of last year. It has apocalyptic overtones. You can’t put it back in the bottle! Our world was forever changed.
And all of this hatred against a people who have been a blessing to the earth! A people who gave us the Prophets, the Apostles, the Messiah; in fact, salvation itself is of the Jews (John 4:22).
Spitting in the Apple of God’s Eye
In spite of such blessings, there are entire denominations that are standing with those who perpetrated the worst massacre of the innocent in recent history. They worship social justice. They teach that the church is the new Israel (Replacement Theology). They major in minors and lead the flock astray. They fly rainbow flags in front of their church. They spit in the “apple of God’s eye” (Zech. 2:8).
I end with a quote from Dr. Natan Kellerman:
“There is something unprecedented about the European Holocaust. For the first time in the bloodstained history of the human race, a decision was birthed in a modern state, in the midst of a civilized continent, to track down, register, mark, isolate, dispossess, humiliate, concentrate, transport, and murder, every single person of an ethnic group as defined by the perpetrators.
“This was targeted at an ethnic group who so generously contributed to the culture of the world; to a people who have borne the brunt of enmity toward them because they dared to be different, and dared to insist on their difference.”
Is it 1938 again?
by Tim Buck | Jan 4, 2024 | Anti-Christ, Beast, Daniel's Prophecies
A New Perspective on
Earth’s Final Kingdom
1/3/24 By Tim Buck
Fotet.org
I am excited to share with you what I’ve learned over 40 years about the size and impact of Antichrist’s coming Kingdom. WARNING: The teaching may not sound like anything you’ve heard before!
After years of research, for the first time, I will share the ground-breaking insights about the captivating code of hyperbole we find in Daniel and Revelation that must be used to interpret details about Antichrist’s Empire!
Without understanding Daniel’s code concerning Satan’s empires, you will misinterpret what Revelation says about the empire of Antichrist.
Anyone who is a student of prophecy is probably aware that the majority of prophecy teachers and books, as well as those infamous prophecy podcasters and end-time movies sees the events of the last-days through the lens of globalism where Antichrist will emerge in control of the whole world.
The anticipation is that overnight, Antichrist will somehow, singlehandedly rise to control everything on earth and have the power to cause every single person on earth to take the MARK OF THE BEAST or be killed.
Is that about what you believe?
It is understood that Antichrist will be in control of every penny, every person, and all the world’s military assets and nuclear weapons.
The view has been handed down and mostly unquestioned over the last 50 years.
But is this what the Bible really says?
Focus on the End Times believes this view is inaccurate, misleading and stems from a misinterpretation of hyperbole found in Daniel and Revelation. As we unpack the scriptures we will find that the notion of all the world being under the control of one man during the final seven years is in conflict with the rest of scripture.
So be careful who you listen to and don’t miss this revolutionary teaching that will be packed with information we’ve never taught before!
Join us to Kick-Off this special night of teaching in 3 weeks!
by Tim Buck | Apr 14, 2023 | Anti-Christ, Daniel's Prophecies, Israel
“DANIEL UNSEALED”
This Tuesday
PART 3 – DANIEL 8
The Temple, the Tribulation
And Abomination
April 14, 2022 by Tim Buck
Fotet.org
Daniel 8 and 11 describe atrocities against the Jewish people and their temple by Antiochus and Antichrist.
But how can Antichrist desecrate the temple in Jerusalem, when there was no Israel on the world map for more than 1,900 years? The re-establishment of Israel as a nation in 1948 answers that question. Our generation is watching the set-up and fulfillment of Daniel’s prophesy. What a privilege.
There is “temple fever” among the religious in Israel these days which is a harbinger we are getting close to the Tribulation.
We know that the Tribulation is a time of great trouble on the earth for seven years that occupies much of the book of Revelation while the church is in heaven. The temple will be built at the start of the Tribulation in order to give the Jewish people a jumpstart on returning to the Lord. For three and a half years, it’s hands-off Israel for Satan as Moses and Elijah explain that the daily blood sacrifices picture the blood of the LAMB.
The Temple Institute in Jerusalem has everything ready to go for building the temple including all the furniture and the Ark of the Covenant. Five red heifers arrived last fall from Texas, and four remain perfect enough for Temple sacrifice, as outlined in Numbers 19. The team who helped acquire and transport the heifers have located and purchased land on the Mount of Olives that’s required for the red heifer ceremony. They feel this crucial ceremony, outside the Temple Mount, could be held in as little as 1-2 years!
This is the very temple Antichrist will defile when he turns on the Jewish people in the middle of the Tribulation so you can be sure he’s alive right now, maybe teaching in a mosque in the Middle East and studying his Quran. In the near future he will rise and commit the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel and Jesus.
The Abomination refers to the evil act of defiling Israel temple by Antichrist which is typified by Antiochus IV in Daniel 8. Both instances reveal valuable insight as to just how much Satan hates the blood sacrifices. Six times scripture repeats that the enemy “stops the daily sacrifices.” His fury is cast upon the temple over his anger against the blood. Praise God for the blood of the LAMB!
What about anger in America against the blood? Anger and hatred for the blood of Jesus is showing up more and more in our nation as truth irritates the left, righteousness rubs them the wrong way and Christians are called “white supremacists,” as dangerous as terrorists!
The world is in the epic, end-time spiritual battle and we’re living in unprecedented times, prophetically. The stage is being set like never before as we draw closer and closer to the Rapture. Daniel’s prophecies that seemed farfetched, even impossible, are now easily understood and coming to pass on a daily basis! Keep your eyes fixed on HIM!
by Tim Buck | Apr 11, 2023 | Anti-Christ, Daniel's Prophecies, Empires, Tim's Articles
Daniel 8, The Villain
Who Dominates The Drama!
April 11, 2022 by Tim Buck
Fotet.org
Daniel 8 describes the prophet Daniel’s second vision about the future and once again shows us how empires play such an important role in Bible prophecy. The prophecy of Daniel could easily be described as God’s book of Kingdoms.
In His infinite wisdom, God uses pagan empires as His teaching tool to reveal His future plans and to weave in the story of Antichrist.
In fact, the entire end-times drama cannot be properly understood without understanding the role of the correct empire who brings forth the little horn. For that reason, Yahweh not only provided careful scriptural descriptions, but in chapter 8 he gives us a remarkable historical antecedent as well.
Ram and Goat
This time, instead of the same four empires that appeared in chapters 2 and 7 (Babylon, Persia, Greece and Islam), Daniel sees a ram and a goat depicting just the two empires of Persia and Greece.
In doing so, we see the search for Antichrist narrowing from four empires down to two. After the Rapture, Antichrist will emerge from the territory of one of these two empires! Before the Rapture we know precisely where our attention should be fixed!
While many prophecy teachers often get confused about where to look for Antichrist today, God, through the prophet Daniel, goes to great lengths to make sure we would know precisely where and when the final tyrant will appear.
This time, instead of seeing the “little horn” of Antichrist like we saw in chapter 7, Daniel 8 reveals a new “little horn” with the remarkable story of the forerunner of Antichrist, a character known as Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
During the 400-year intertestamental period, there arose in the latter stages of the Greek kingdom a Gentile ruler named Antiochus IV. History records much about this despicable and villainous ruler, but more remarkable is the prophetic anticipation of Antichrist.
Proto-Type
The evil and rogue king of the Seleucid Empire comes charging on the scene accomplishing all the wicked acts of Antichrist. By presenting us with his cruel persecution of the Jews and his desecration of Israel’s temple, Antiochus emerges as the most accurate proto-type of Antichrist in the Scriptures.
The two men are so similar that when reading about Antiochus in Daniel chapters 8 and 11, you might as well assume you’re also reading about Antichrist. Therefore, the story of Antiochus gives prophecy students another layer of insight about Antichrist that’s rarely consulted. And what a story it is as these 6 verses show:
Dan. 8:10-12
10 And it [Little Horn = Antiochus IV] grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground and trampled them. 11 He even exalted himself
as high as the Prince of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down.
12 Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered.
Dan. 8:23-25
A king shall arise, having fierce features, who understands sinister schemes. 24 His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power [demonic]; he shall destroy fearfully and shall prosper and thrive; He shall destroy the mighty, and also the holy people. 25 “Through his cunning he shall cause deceit to prosper under his rule; And he shall exalt himself in his heart. He shall destroy many in their prosperity. He shall even rise against the Prince of princes; But he shall be broken without human means.
Are these verses talking about Antiochus or Antichrist?
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