Things concerning the beast (little horn), the dragon (Satan)
Dan 8:24
(24) And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. | Rev 13:4
(4) And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? |
Who gives power unto the little horn or beast ?
The dragon which is Satan.
Dan 8:9-11
(9) And out of one of them came forth a
little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
(10) And
it waxed great,
even to the host of heaven; and
it cast down
some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and
stamped upon them.
(11) Yea,
he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and
the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
It calls this little horn "
it" 2 times, in these verses mentioned up above.
And it says it waxed great even to the host of Heaven.
And the prince of the host in heaven, is the prince of peace, which is Jesus.
And the host in heaven, are the angels in heaven.
It says that the little horn cast down some of the host and of the stars in heaven to the ground, and stamped upon them.
And sometimes angels are called stars in the bible, and here is an example of that:
Rev 12:4
(4) And his
tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for
to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Now concerning the dragon, which Revelation 12:4 is referring to, it speaks here of him drawing the third part of the stars of heaven, and caused them to be cast to the earth.
This verse 4 speaks of Satan's first casting down, which happened near the time to when he entered the snake to deceive Eve, and further in Revelation 12, it speaks of a future casting down..
And when the time Jesus would be born, he would seek to have the child killed as soon as it was born.
And under old covenant times, and even our new covenant times, Satan no longer has complete access to heaven, except in a limited fashion, so to accuse believers before the Father.
But there is a future time, to were that access will be completely cut off.
Let us get back to our Daniel verses.
Dan 8:9-11
(9) And out of one of them came forth a
little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
(10) And
it waxed great,
even to the host of heaven; and
it cast down
some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and
stamped upon them.
(11) Yea,
he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and
the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
So the little horn waxes great, even to the host of heaven, and through the one that gives it it's power, Satan, will cause that some of the host and stars will be cast to the ground, thus in a figurative way, stamps upon them.
This speaks of a future casting down, which happens at the mid point of the tribulation period, it speaks of the fallen angels, through the defiance of Satan, being caused to no longer have access to heaven so to accuse the brethren, and remember in Job, it shows that Satan came among the sons of God plural.
So in a figurative sense, he stamps upon them, for he causes them to lose there access to heaven, therefore being stamped to the earth or ground.
And it says that the place of "his" sanctuary shall be cast down.
The word Sanctuary means many things:
(Strong's concordance, word sanctuary)
(H4720
מִקְּדָשׁ מִקְדָּשׁ
miqdâsh miqqedâsh
mik-dawsh', mik-ked-awsh'
From H6942; a consecrated thing or place, especially a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum: - chapel, hallowed part, holy place, sanctuary.
Total KJV occurrences: 75)
Not sure exactly in what way it is using the word sanctuary here, but we know that Satan's access to the holy place called heaven, even in his remote access to it, will no longer be available, and he begins to set up his idol in the temple, his sanctuary sort of speak, gets cast down.
