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it could not possibly be written before the events, and yet also attempt
to find discrepancies that support their contention that this “pseudo-
Daniel” is a poor historian, are actually arguing on both sides of the
question at the same time. The fact is that there is no supported evidence
that can contradict any statement made in these verses. The contention

that it cannot be prophetic because of its accuracy involves assumptions
that would undermine the entire prophetic Scriptures. The accuracy of
this prophetic word is one more bit of supporting evidence that
prophecy yet unfulfilled will have the same precise fulfillment in the
future.

THE KING OF THE END TIME (11:36)

11:36 “And the king shall do as he wills. He shall exalt himself and
magnify himself above every god, and shall speak astonishing things
against the God of gods. He shall prosper till the indignation is

accomplished; for what is decreed shall be done.”

Beginning in verse 36, Daniel described events that have never been
fulfilled historically. Neither Antiochus Epiphanes nor Herod the Great
ever sought to “exalt himself and magnify himself above every god.” The
individual in view is the still-future Antichrist first described in Daniel 7.

The expression “the time of the end” (v. 35) marks the sharp break in
this prophecy. Up to this point, the prophecy dealing with the Persian
and Grecian Empires has been fulfilled minutely and with amazing
precision. Now, however, we are in an entirely different situation. No
commentator claims to find precise fulfillment in the remainder of this
chapter. Although Zöckler and others attempt to relate Daniel 11:36–45

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to Antiochus, many students of Scripture have recognized from
antiquity that another king must be in view. Ibn-Ezra, for example,
identified this king with Constantine the Great; Rashi and Calvin
referred him to the Roman Empire as a whole; and Jerome, Theodoret,
and Luther, among others, identified him with the New Testament
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Antichrist. In contrast to the preceding section, there is no specific
correspondence to history. Accordingly, scholars who regard this as

genuine Scripture usually regard this section as future and unfulfilled.