Antiochus Epiphanes

…was the desolation of abomination, like placed in the temple, right? This horrible action of Antiochus Epiphanes in the temple itself, this place of worship, the belonging to the Lord God alone and to no other, the Holy of Holies, you know, being desecrated. Obviously, we already heard about Jeremiah who had already taken the tabernacle, like the Ark of the…

…Therefore, bearing ivy-wreathed wands and beautiful branches and also fronds of palm, they offered hymns of thanksgiving to him who had given success to the purifying of his own holy place. They decreed by public ordinance and vote that the whole nation of the Jews should observe these days every year. Such then was the end of Antiochus, who was called Epip…