And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
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Along with this passage, these are the principal texts which seem to refer to this last persecution, Dan. 11:31-33; Dan. 12:10,11; Matt. 24:21; Rev. 13:5-8; Rev. 20:1-9. These passages were understood by the early Christians to relate to the Persecution which was to come in the last times; and they seem evidently to bear upon them that meaning. Our Lord's words, indeed, about the fierce trial which was coming, might seem at first sight to refer to the early persecutions, those to which the first Christians were exposed; and doubtless so they do also: yet, violent as these persecutions were, they were not considered by those very men who underwent them to be the proper fulfilment of the prophecy; and this surely is itself a strong reason for thinking they were not so. (John Henry Newman) change times and laws: The Antichrist shall exalt himself to such a height of arrogance as to attempt changing the very laws of God and the sacred rites as well. until a time, and times, and half a time: For it is believed, that during three years and a half, as far as may be conjectured from the prophecy of Daniel and the Revelations of John 11:2, 13:5, the Church is to be attacked. (St. Bede) Well is it for Christians that the days are shortened!—shortened for the elect's sake, lest they should be overwhelmed,—shortened, as it would seem, to three years and a half. (John Henry Newman)
