Reading for June 20th

Read Daniel 11.29-39 Following his forced withdrawal from Egypt, Antiochus sacked and occupied Jerusalem in 167 BCE, profaned the Temple, and proscribed the practice of Judaism. In verse 30: Kittim: Originally Greeks or Cypriots (Gen 10.4; Ezek 27.6) , later Roman. In verse 34: A little help: The Maccabean revolt. In verse 36: Antiochus called himself Epiphanes, "manifest god." In verses 37-39: Antiochus set aside the worship of Tammus-Adonis in favor of Zeus Olympus, whose statue he placed in the Temple (1 Macc 1.54-59). Comments or Questions..