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== Antiochus Epiphanes == | |||
Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Antíochos ho Epiphanḗs or "God Manifest", and lived between 215 BC – 164 BC was a Greek Hellenistic king. He ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death. | Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Antíochos ho Epiphanḗs or "God Manifest", and lived between 215 BC – 164 BC was a Greek Hellenistic king. He ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death. | ||
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Antiochus almost conquered of Ptolemaic Egypt, and did persecute the Jews of Judea and Samaria, and was active during the rebellion of the Jewish Maccabees during the decline of the Roman republic and the rise of what would become the Roman empire.. | Antiochus almost conquered of Ptolemaic Egypt, and did persecute the Jews of Judea and Samaria, and was active during the rebellion of the Jewish Maccabees during the decline of the Roman republic and the rise of what would become the Roman empire.. | ||
Judea found itself between these two ruling powers in a | Judea found itself between these two ruling powers in a weakened condition. | ||
The Seleucid Kingdom of Syria in the north and Ptolemaic Egypt in the south were hold overs of Alexander the | The Seleucid Kingdom of Syria in the north and Ptolemaic Egypt in the south were hold overs of [[Alexander the Great]]’s fractured empire. | ||
They warred with each other for over a century while the Jewish nation sat at the center of these conflict including the time of [[Daniel 11]]. | They warred with each other for over a century while the Jewish nation sat at the center of these conflict including the time of [[Daniel 11]]. | ||
He also supplemented the Seleucid army with mercenaries. All of this cost the Seleucid treasury, but the Empire was apparently able to raise enough taxes to pay for it. His eccentric behavior and unexpected interactions with common people such as appearing in the public bath houses and applying for municipal offices led his detractors to call him Epimanes (Ἐπιμανής, Epimanḗs, "The Mad"), a word play on his title Epiphanes ("God Manifest"). | |||
His contributions were to be a [[snare]] for the people. | But there was method in his madness. | ||
Antiochus IV was extravagant but also spread among the [[masses]] bounties, [[donations]], and [[benefits]] which [[degenerate]]s the people and with that their freedom.<Ref name="desliberty">{{desliberty}}</Ref> | |||
How did he obtain those gifts for the people? | |||
By what ''means and method'' did he become a [[benefactors|benefactor]] of the people? | |||
People did not know nor understand the consequences of this [[Legal charity]] offered to the people by his government nor what these [[covetous practices]] leads to within any society the become [[entangled]] in those [[temptation]]s. | |||
His contributions were supposed to be for their [[welfare]] but would be a [[snare]] for the people. | |||
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== See also == | |||
[[Josephus|Titus Flavius Josephus]] | |||
[[Josephus|Titus Flavius Josephus]] Of the War — Book II | |||
Preface to the War of the Jews | |||
Book I -- From the Taking of Jerusalem by [[Antiochus Epiphanes]] to the Death of Herod the Great | |||
[[Hyrcanus]] ...thy mother had been a [[captive]] under the reign of [[Antiochus Epiphanes]]. “ This story was false, and Hyrcanus was provoked against him; | |||
[[Matthew 24]] ...the desecration of the sanctuary by the mad attempt of [[Antiochus Epiphanes]] to stop the “[[daily ministration|daily sacrifice]],” | |||
[[Factions at the altar]] ...thy mother had been a [[captive]] under the reign of [[Antiochus Epiphanes]]. “This story was false, and Hyrcanus was provoked against him..." | |||
[[Josephus]] Book I -- From the Taking of Jerusalem by [[Antiochus Epiphanes]] to the Death of [[Herod]] the Great | |||
[[Of the War]] | |||
...the place, that this later [[Antiochus Epiphanes|Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes]], is mentioned by Dio, LIX. p. 645 [LIX.8.2], and that he is mentioned... | |||
[[Antiquities_of_the_Jews#Book_XIII_CHAPTER_2]] | |||
NOW in the hundred and sixtieth year, it fell out that Alexander, the son of [[Antiochus Epiphanes]], (1) came up into Syria, and took Ptolemais the soldiers within having betrayed it to him; for they were at enmity with Demetrius, on account of his insolence and difficulty of access; for he shut himself up in a palace of his that had four towers which he had built himself, not far from Antioch and admitted nobody. | |||
[[Antiquities_of_the_Jews#Book_XIII_CHAPTER_8]] | |||
...was a quite different conduct from [[Antiochus Epiphanes]], who, when he had taken the city, offered swine upon the altar, and sprinkled the temple with the broth of their flesh, in order to violate the laws of the Jews, and the religion they derived from their forefathers; for which reason our nation made war with him, and would never be reconciled to him; but for this Antiochus, all men called him Antiochus the Pious, for the great zeal he had about religion. | |||
[[Antiquities_of_the_Jews#Book_XIII_CHAPTER_10]] | |||
This man (Eleazar) said," Since thou desirest to know the truth, if thou wilt be righteous in earnest, lay down the high priesthood, and content thyself with the civil government of the people," And when he desired to know for what cause he ought to lay down the high priesthood, the other replied, "We have heard it from old men, that thy mother had been a captive under the reign of [[Antiochus Epiphanes]]. (29) "This story was false, and [[Hyrcanus]] was provoked against him; and all the [[Pharisees]] had a very great indignation against him. | |||
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== Footnotes == | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 22 December 2023
Antiochus Epiphanes
Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Antíochos ho Epiphanḗs or "God Manifest", and lived between 215 BC – 164 BC was a Greek Hellenistic king. He ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death.
He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great. Originally named Mithradates or Mithridates. He assumed the name Antiochus after he ascended the throne.
Antiochus almost conquered of Ptolemaic Egypt, and did persecute the Jews of Judea and Samaria, and was active during the rebellion of the Jewish Maccabees during the decline of the Roman republic and the rise of what would become the Roman empire..
Judea found itself between these two ruling powers in a weakened condition.
The Seleucid Kingdom of Syria in the north and Ptolemaic Egypt in the south were hold overs of Alexander the Great’s fractured empire.
They warred with each other for over a century while the Jewish nation sat at the center of these conflict including the time of Daniel 11.
He also supplemented the Seleucid army with mercenaries. All of this cost the Seleucid treasury, but the Empire was apparently able to raise enough taxes to pay for it. His eccentric behavior and unexpected interactions with common people such as appearing in the public bath houses and applying for municipal offices led his detractors to call him Epimanes (Ἐπιμανής, Epimanḗs, "The Mad"), a word play on his title Epiphanes ("God Manifest").
But there was method in his madness.
Antiochus IV was extravagant but also spread among the masses bounties, donations, and benefits which degenerates the people and with that their freedom.[1]
How did he obtain those gifts for the people?
By what means and method did he become a benefactor of the people?
People did not know nor understand the consequences of this Legal charity offered to the people by his government nor what these covetous practices leads to within any society the become entangled in those temptations.
His contributions were supposed to be for their welfare but would be a snare for the people.
See also
Titus Flavius Josephus Of the War — Book II Preface to the War of the Jews
Book I -- From the Taking of Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes to the Death of Herod the Great
Hyrcanus ...thy mother had been a captive under the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes. “ This story was false, and Hyrcanus was provoked against him;
Matthew 24 ...the desecration of the sanctuary by the mad attempt of Antiochus Epiphanes to stop the “daily sacrifice,”
Factions at the altar ...thy mother had been a captive under the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes. “This story was false, and Hyrcanus was provoked against him..."
Josephus Book I -- From the Taking of Jerusalem by Antiochus Epiphanes to the Death of Herod the Great
...the place, that this later Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes, is mentioned by Dio, LIX. p. 645 [LIX.8.2], and that he is mentioned...
Antiquities_of_the_Jews#Book_XIII_CHAPTER_2
NOW in the hundred and sixtieth year, it fell out that Alexander, the son of Antiochus Epiphanes, (1) came up into Syria, and took Ptolemais the soldiers within having betrayed it to him; for they were at enmity with Demetrius, on account of his insolence and difficulty of access; for he shut himself up in a palace of his that had four towers which he had built himself, not far from Antioch and admitted nobody.
Antiquities_of_the_Jews#Book_XIII_CHAPTER_8
...was a quite different conduct from Antiochus Epiphanes, who, when he had taken the city, offered swine upon the altar, and sprinkled the temple with the broth of their flesh, in order to violate the laws of the Jews, and the religion they derived from their forefathers; for which reason our nation made war with him, and would never be reconciled to him; but for this Antiochus, all men called him Antiochus the Pious, for the great zeal he had about religion.
Antiquities_of_the_Jews#Book_XIII_CHAPTER_10
This man (Eleazar) said," Since thou desirest to know the truth, if thou wilt be righteous in earnest, lay down the high priesthood, and content thyself with the civil government of the people," And when he desired to know for what cause he ought to lay down the high priesthood, the other replied, "We have heard it from old men, that thy mother had been a captive under the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes. (29) "This story was false, and Hyrcanus was provoked against him; and all the Pharisees had a very great indignation against him.
Footnotes
- ↑ Destroyers of liberty
- "That the man who first ruined the Roman people twas he who first gave them treats and gratuities. But this mischief crept secretly and gradually in, and did not openly make it's appearance in Rome for a considerable time." Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus (c. 100 AD.) This would include Julius Caesar and eventually Augustus Caesar which is why Plutarch also reported, “The real destroyers of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations, and benefits.” This was a major theme of the Bible:
- There were tables of welfare which were both snares and a traps as David and Paul stated and Peter warned would make us merchandise and curse children. Proverbs 23 told us not to not eat the "dainties" offered at those tables of Rulers and Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10 we cannot eat of those tables and the table of the Lord. We are not to consent to their covetous systems of One purse or Corban which makes the word of God to none effect.
- We know when the masses become accustomed to those benefits of legal charity which are the rewards of unrighteousness provided by benefactors who exercise authority and the Fathers of the earth through the covetous practices that makes men merchandise and curse children as a surety for debt.