vil men and women exist everywhere. Each of us has a picture in mind of an evil man. For some of us, an evil man or woman is someone who has deeply hurt us. For a few of us, the world is full of only evil people. Some consider politicians and military personnel to be evil. Our view of evil is often distorted and wrong. Apparently even Adolf Hilter thought he was doing good when he said, “Today, I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator; by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.” What a distorted view of evil! The problem was not the Jew, but Hilter’s heart. Adlai Stevenson said it well with, “There is no evil in the atom - only in men’s souls.” Have you ever wanted to be free from evil - free from within and without? How should God treat a Christian who serves, loves, and desires to be like Him? How should God treat one who longs to be free of evil? Your answer will be found in the last study of Daniel 11. We are going to see a picture of the Antichrist - the master of evil.       Master of Evil. Our last study was long. During that study we saw many evil men and women. God was our tour guide through many of the kings of the Medo-Persian and Grecian empires. We saw kings murdering women and women killing women and babies. We saw Cleopatra marry and turn against her father. We saw kings who tried to defeat the growing power which later became known as the Roman empire. Finally, the developing power in Rome defeated them.      Evil took many forms: lies, greed, divorce, revenge, anger, insults, pleasure, laziness, and war. There were evil people on both sides and everywhere. God had a reason for giving us this chapter. He wants us to know that He is speaking to us. God has given us this remarkable passage to encourage us to believe the Bible.      But God also wanted us to see these men and women so that we might understand how very evil the Antichrist will be. When we arrived at Daniel 11:21. we found a surprising statement.       . . . a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred . . . (NASB) Dan. 11:21   The person is Antiochus IV Epiphanes. He was a very evil person who arrived on the pages of history - more evil than all of the people we have already seen. He was the Adolf Hilter of his time. He was a “despicable man.” No other man or woman has been called despicable by Daniel.       Antiochus was not the Antichrist, but he is a picture of the coming Antichrist. He became king by seizing the throne of the Seleucid empire. He did not deserve the right to be called king. This is important to remember later in our study.         < Back   Next >
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