“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.”
In the latter time of these kingdoms, when transgressors have reached their fullness, a king of fierce countenance and skilled in intrigue will arise—depicting Antiochus IV Epiphanes as emerging in the degenerate final period of Hellenistic rule, embodying wickedness that provokes God's judgment. The description emphasizes his cunning and moral depravity as characteristic of evil rulers in the end-time scenario. The mention of transgressors reaching "fullness" suggests that God tolerates wickedness only to measured limits before intervention.
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