Antiochus IV Epiphanes (1 gen 176 anni a. C. – 1 gen 167 anni a. C.)

Descrizione:

Seleucid king (born 215 - 164 BC)

-called himself "Epiphanes" implying he was Zeus on earth

-type of antichrist

-replaces the Jewish high priest Onias III with Onias' brother Jason (a Hellenizer)

-prohibited possession of the Torah, circumcision, festivals, and offerings to YHWH

-Mothers who circumcised their children were crucified with their babies hung around their necks

-invaded Jerusalem, erects a statue of Zeus in the Jerusalem temple and sacrifices a pig on the altar
-this is the "abomination of desolation" (Dan 9:27, 11:31, 12:11, Mt 24:15

-because of this outrage, a priest named Mattathias in the village of Modein begins the Maccabean revolt in 167 BC, ending the Greek period in Palestine

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