There is no double referencing in the prophetic visions
There are similar settings, but all are different
An example would be Daniel 11:21-35 and 11:36-45
The first passage is the exact career of Antiochus IV and the second passage describes the little horn, king of the northern Middle East at the end of this present age which is still future
Both of these kings did similar things, but they are not the same kings with one existing just before the first century and the next during the 70th week decreed for Israel which is still pending
I can assist anyone with this understanding and one also needs to know the following precept:
There is a breach in the time lapse of visionary prophecy between the end of the 69th week decreed [about 33 A.D.] and the beginning of the 70th week still pending
The scope of the visions of the Bible prophets is limited in content and it does not contain any earthly events between the Lord's first and second advent
For example many attempt to place 70 A.D. within the scope, but 70 A.D. was not the time of the end forecasted by the Lord and the Bible prophets ..... the Roman invasions are simply not in the scope
Once this truth and precept is applied, much of the confusion that has been developed by selected interpretation goes away ..... the breach in the visions can be found in all visionary scripture
The prophets all project both near term [fulfilled] and long range events [still future] ..... and the interpreter must be able to discern the difference between past and future events in order to determine the correct rendering
The other limitation of the scope is that the focus is primarily upon Israel the surrounding populations of the Middle East proper, both past .... and future
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