And Now, the Antichrist!

Yes, you are, in your agreement with Anti-Christian sources (antichrists, in other words) that Daniel was not talking about the Messiah, in spite of all Christian evidence to the contrary.

 

Concert done. (I worked security.) Went out to eat with the family. Have Christmas play practice in a few minutes (The Christmas Carol--I'm Charity Solicitor #1).

I don't deny this possibility, but the thing is, it's the "abomination that causes desolations." Something like that would certainly leave an historical record, and there is no historical record (Josephus or anyone else) of such desolations. Once again, preterists speculate historically, but are left with no proof whatsoever of prophetic fulfillment.

Prophecy is not fulfilled in an historical vacuum. It does not glorify God (what fulfillment is supposed to do) if no one knows it was fulfilled.

Most premil commentators think the A of D is something like what Antiochus IV Epiphanes did, sacrificing unclean animals on the altar of the Temple. That act infuriated the Jews, and is well remembered historically. However, there is no similar act during the AD 70 battle to infuriate the Jews and thus be recorded historically.

 

Before this thread is done I have to share what a Greek scholar friend suggested about 666. When the word "Christ" is abbreviated in the manuscripts, it is done with χς (chi & sigma) with a line over it. Interestingly enough, 666 in Greek is χξς, with a bar over the top indicating a number. (Koine Greek did not have numerals, but used letters). which is the same as the abbreviation for Christ, only with the letter xi in the middle. Xi actually looks like a coiled snake, so my friend suggests that the 1st century Greek would see 666, and think of the abbreviation for Christ, only Satan involved--thus, the Antichrist. Thought provoking!