In the four gospels, the “Son of Man” is the self-designation found most frequently on the lips of Jesus. The term is derived from Daniel’s vision of the one “like a Son of Man” who receives the “dominion and kingdom” from the “Ancient of Days.” And according to Jesus, “all the tribes of the earth” will mourn when “they see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven.”
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To understand the “Abomination that Desolates” in Daniel, it is vital to pay attention to literary context.
In Daniel, the climax of the “seventy weeks” is the appearance of the “abomination that desolates” in the final half of the “seventieth week.” But what, exactly, is this “abomination” and when did it appear? Is it a past or yet future event? We must begin with the information provided by the book of Daniel if we are to have any hope of answering these and similar questions.
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The “little horn” is named in two visions. Is it the same figure in each case, or two different individuals? – Daniel 7:7-8, 8:9-14.
The figure called the “little horn” figures prominently in Daniel’s visions, and it is explicitly named in the vision of the “fourth beast” and that of the “ram and goat.” It is reasonable to assume both visions refer to the same figure. The historical references in the first vision are enigmatic, in the second, they are explicit. The careful comparison of parallels between the two visions is vital.
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The description of the “little horn” fits perfectly with the known history of the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV, “Epiphanes.”
The image of the “little horn” represents a malevolent king from one of the Hellenic kingdoms that evolved from Alexander the Great’s empire. The historical allusions in Daniel chapter 8 make its identity clear, and by association, the identity of the fourth kingdom from the vision of four “beasts ascending from the sea” from which this figure first appeared.
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An introduction to the Book of Daniel with a brief overview of how the Book of Revelation applies it.
The book of Daniel is a well-structured literary work, not a collection of folk stories or random and unrelated visions. At the very beginning, the key themes of the book are presented in brief, then worked out in detail in the subsequent chapters, and each new vision builds on the preceding ones.
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Insights into Bible Prophecy 