Daniel 8:24-25
8:24 His power will be great, but it will not be by his strength alone. He will cause terrible destruction.
He will be successful in what he undertakes.
He will destroy powerful people and the people of the holy ones.
8:25 By his treachery
he will succeed through deceit.
He will have an arrogant attitude,
and he will destroy many who are unaware of his schemes.
He will rise up against the Prince of princes, yet he will be broken apart – but not by human agency.
Daniel 11:28
11:28 Then the king of the north
will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land.
Daniel 11:30
11:30 The ships of Kittim
will come against him, leaving him disheartened.
He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor
those who forsake the holy covenant.
Daniel 11:33-36
11:33 These who are wise among the people will teach the masses.
However, they will fall
by the sword and by the flame,
and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time.
11:34 When they stumble, they will be granted some help. But many will unite with them deceitfully.
11:35 Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.
11:36 “Then the king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur.
Isaiah 14:13
14:13 You said to yourself,
“I will climb up to the sky.
Above the stars of El
I will set up my throne.
I will rule on the mountain of assembly
on the remote slopes of Zaphon.
Revelation 12:4
12:4 Now
the dragon’s
tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then
the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.