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• That new horn, one of the four, would reach up unto heaven, desiring to challenge the powers of heavens, and cast them down, and trample them. And he would magnify himself, causing the daily sacrifice to be taken away (that is, the Jewish priesthood and the sacrifices they made under the law of Moses). The place of the sanctuary would be cast down - that is the Holy of Holies under the law of Moses. He would have an army, and he would carry out all these things, and prosper.
• Furthermore, as we read the angel Gabriel’s explanation of the vision later on in Daniel chapter 8, we read the following: