Antiochus attempted to unify his empire by imposing hellenistic culture upon all its inhabitants. Noting the three customarily listeddemetrius, heliodorus, and ptolemy ivhe adds. Striving vigorously to restore the strength of the seleucid empire, antiochus founded more new greek cities than all his predecessors. This man had an image of himself that was totally at odds with what others thought of him. As did many rulers, he appended the title epiphanes god manifest to his name. Alexander the great may have reig ned supreme for only a short time,but he 10bruce k. He was a vicious enemy of the jewish people, outlawing judaism and descrating the sacred hebrew temple. Jason jackson discusses some of daniels stunning predictions in this. He was the son of antiochus viii and his wife tryphaena.
Antiochus epiphanes was a greek tryant of the 2nd century b. Antiochus iv epiphanes ruled the seleucid syrian kingdom from 175 to 164 bce. No other finish is required to look as beautiful, and perform as well, in such an adverse environment as a yacht coating. This is an authorized web site of jehovahs witnesses. He was known as antiochus epiphanes and reigned from 175 bc until 164 bc in what is now syria. Introduction the bible gives a prophecy about the development of a world empire out of which a man called antiochus epiphanes would emerge. In 175 bce, amid this socialpolitical unrest, a new ruler, antiochus iv, ascended to the throne of grecosyria. He was a madman and that is why verse 21 calls him a despicable person.
Antiochus iv, ruler of the seleucid empire geni family tree. But the people called him epimanes which means the madman. Antiochus iv,one must understand the context inwhichthey transp ired. Alexanders empire was divided into four parts, and the smallest of these fell under the control of antiochus the great. Antiochus iv epiphanesaccurately predicted by daniel bible. Lori arsenault the book of 2 machabees more commonly rendered 2 maccabees is an abridgement of another work, now lost, which describes the events surrounding the defeat of antiochus iv epiphanes and the rededication of the jewish temple in the 2nd century bce. Antiochus epiphanes was a ruthless and often capricious ruler. The pergamene monarchs, eumenes and attalus, succeeded in placing upon the throne the brother of seleucus, although heliodorus had wished to ascend the throne himself. Jerusalem led by antiochus iv epiphanes captured jerusalem from antiochus epiphanes raided, deprived the temple, burned the law books, entered dafgoderie and had many jews mistreated and killed title on object, numbered upper left. However, the kings brother, antiochus iv, came to the throne instead, aided by the armies of pergamos. Antiochus iv, antiochus epiphanes international standard. Antiochus iv epiphanes was the son of antiochus iii and he ruled the seleucid empire from 175 b. Mar 30, 20 antiochus epiphanes a type of the coming antichrist daniel e.
In addition, winning bids of eec clients for this coin are subject. Antiochus iv epiphanes article about antiochus iv epiphanes. Antiochus epiphanes comparison to antichrist double. This is an adept description of him, because from the jewish vantage point he was a monster stephen miller, daniel, 298. Antiochus iv epiphanes and the jews a reassessment. Eliot conclude his melancholy poem, the hollow men. Antiochus iv epiphanes q an article i read recently claims that many of the prophesies of isaiah 10 and 11 and isaiah 30. This daily newsletter provides a starting point for personal study, and gives valuable insight into the verses that make up the word of god.
Antiochus iv, antiochus epiphanes epiphanes, epifanaz, illustrious. Antiochus iv epiphanes is a ruler that came into control of one of the four empires which sprang into existance after the death of alexander the great. Son of antiochus iii who became king after his brother, seleucus iv, had been murdered by heliodorus. He nearly conquered egypt and was known for severe persecution of jews. He killed over a threeday period in jerusalem forty thousand people and sold as slaves forty thousand people. Dec 30, 2015 decoding the elite plan for the world economy mike maloney on federal reserve strategy duration. Since 1902, epifanes has been setting the highest standards of paint quality in beauty, conservation and performance.
Antiochos iv epiphanes mittag major reference works. God manifest seleucid king of the hellenistic syrian kingdom who reigned from 175 to 164 bc. The seleucid kings, antiochus iv epiphanes, 175164. Librivox recording of 2 maccabees by douayrheims version drv. We develop and manufacture the finest marine coatings possible. Adventists will do everything in their power to exclude antiochus iv as the fulfillment of daniel 8.
Joel explores the consensus opinion of scholars which claim that daniel 11. Schwartz resolves historical difficulties in ancient reports of antiochus looting of the jewish temple posted by orion institute, hebrew university. Epiphanes german edition hoffmann, johannes friedrich on. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Antiochos iv epiphane lillustre ou le revele, en grec ancien ao. Jan 12, 20 antiochus iv epiphanes was the son of antiochus iii and he ruled the seleucid empire from 175 b. Pdf antiochus iv epiphanes and cilicia, in adalya viii. He had been resident in rome from 188178 until he was replaced by his. Worms swarmed out of the body of this man, and whilst he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell.
A note on the tradition of antiochus iv s death doron mendels hebrew university, jerusalem most of the sources dealing with the death of antiochus iv epiphanes in 164 b. It is a research tool for publications in various languages produced by jehovahs witnesses. Ptolemy vi philometor who is too young to rule attacks the seleucid empire. God manifest also called antiochus epimanes the mad, born c. Antiochus iv, a king of the seleucid empire, took upon himself the title epiphanes, meaning the illustrious one or god manifest. Antiochus epiphanes epiphanes, epifanaz, illustrious. Antiochus iv builds a navy against the terms of the peace of apamea and conquers cyprus and large parts of egypt and presents himself as protector of ptolemy vi. Horned elephants head l monogram above elephants trunk. As a ruler he was best known for his encouragement of greek culture and institutions. He was a great public orator and with great flatteries he made the people. A thoughtful analysis, however, demonstrates that it is actually a splendidly picturesque anthology of consolatory parables, in the form of prophesies and moral tales, providing practical spiritual guidance to the hasidim during their persecution by antiochus iv epiphanes, the seleucidgreek occupier of israel, circa 176170 bce. His attempts to suppress judaism brought on the wars of the maccabees.
View more articles from journal of biblical literature. He is famous for almost conquering egypt and for his brutal persecution of the jews, which precipitated the maccabean revolt. Jagersma, however, asserts that it was in 177 bc when antiochus iv was set free in exchange for demetrius, and that he settled for a time in athens. Antiochus xis early life was a time of constant civil war between his father and his uncle antiochus ix. Antiochus iv rules amazing bible timeline with world history.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Antiochus iv epiphanes synonyms, antiochus iv epiphanes pronunciation, antiochus iv epiphanes translation, english dictionary definition of antiochus iv epiphanes. By larry cockerham antiochus iv epiphanes was the eighth in a succession of twentysix kings who ruled from 175164 bc over the syrian section of alexanders empire. Antiochus iv epiphanes and cilicia, in adalya viii, istanbul, 2005, pp. Waltke, antiochus iv epiphanes, in the international standard bible encyclopedia, 1.
Antiochus and the antichrist this is the way the world endsnot with a bang but a whimper. In a spirit of revenge he organized an expedition against jerusalem, which he destroyed, putting vast multitudes of its inhabitants to death in. A son of seleucus iv should have succeeded to the rule after his fathers assassination. Click on the image below for a larger size image or download a full pdf version at the following link chronology.
Pdf antiochus iv epiphanes and the jews a reassessment. Antiochus iv epiphanes is the brother of philopator and he begins a very severe persecution of the jews, which causes a revolt led by the maccabeans, and creates a turning back to god by the jews for a short while. Antiochus epiphanes was a greek king of the seleucid empire who reigned over syria from 175 bc until 164 bc. The face of the first a silver tetradrachma bears the cleanshaven likeness of the king wearing the royal diadem. My study leads me to conclude that antiochus iv is in view in this passage for four reasons. Dov gera, wayne horowitz, antiochus iv in life and death. At one end of the spectrum, he was the first and last seleucid king who was able to defeat the ptolemies and conquer all egypt. Most of the books of the minor prophets were written before the exile of the people of judah to babylon, but the final threehaggai, zechariah, and malachicome from the years after their return to the land. In point of fact, however, none of these rivals of epiphanes could be regarded as the king of syria, for heliodorus was a mere usurper, who was dethroned after a brief reign, and there is no record to show that either demetrius or ptolemy philometer pretended. On behalf of antiochus iv, andronicus kills the young king antiochus 170168. Antiochus iv epiphanes in jerusalem paper by daniel r. Antiochus iv epiphanesaccurately predicted by daniel.
Antiochus iv, epiphanes is an article from journal of biblical literature, volume 29. Antiochus epiphanes comparison to antichrist double reference prophecy by larry cockerham when it comes to the larger picture, these two periods of persecution leading up to the first and second coming of christ are portrayed in both the exploits of antiochus iv as well as those of the coming antichrist. Decoding the elite plan for the world economy mike maloney on federal reserve strategy duration. His career and character are prophetically described by daniel 11. Antiochus iv epiphanes jona lenderings biographical sketch lists primary resources livius. His original name was mithradates alternative form mithridates. It is possible to apply the phrase but not by his own power to this course of events. Royal honors rightly belonged to a man named demetrius i soter, the son of seleucus iv. Antiochus iv epiphanes ruled the seleucid empire from 175 bc until his death suddenly dying of disease in 164 bc. This is a direct continuation from antiochus and ptolemy wars antiochus epiphanes is important in the world history and the bible because he is a picture of one coming to the nation of israel. The images on the coins above illustrate the official metamorphosis of antiochus iv into a deity. The rise of antiochus iv epiphanes and his assault against. Antiochus iv epiphanes translation in englishspanish dictionary.
In an amazing display of prophetic revelation, daniel the prophet, several centuries earlier, had detailed some of the exploits of this political monster. Meet the minor prophets part four prophecy watch by richard t. Antiochus iv epiphanes created a problem when he put a pig in the temple 167 bc. Many are convinced this description will likely be close to realitythat the earth will finally roll to a meaningless stop, and the world of men will simply shuffle off into a quiet oblivion.
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