And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself. The willful king here, though primarily Antiochus, is anti-typically and mainly Antichrist, the seventh head of the seven-headed and ten-horned beast of Revelation 13:1-18, and the "beast" of Armageddon, who gathers together there the kings of the earth against the Lamb (Revelation 16:13; Revelation 16:16; Revelation 19:19). Some identify him with the revived French emperorship, the eighth head of the beast (Revelation 17:11, "The beast that was and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition"), who is to usurp the kingly, as the Pope has the priestly, dignity of Christ - "the beast" (whose co-adjutors are "the dragon" and, "the false prophet," who answers to the second "beast like a lamb, coming up out of the earth," Revelation 13:11-12) - the false Messiah of the Jews, who will "plant his tabernacle between the seas in the holy mountain," "exalting himself above every god" (2 Thessalonians 2:4; "Having a mouth speaking great things ... and blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven," Revelation 13:5-6). This last clause only in part holds good of Antiochus; for though he assumed divine honours, identifying himself with Jupiter Olympius, yet it was for that god he claimed them; still it applies to him as the type.
And magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods - so Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:25 ("A month speaking great things ... And he shall speak great things against the Most High"), as to the "little horn," which seemingly identifies the two (cf. Daniel 8:25, "He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes"). Antiochus forbade the worship of Yahweh by a decree "marvelous" for its wickedness: thus he was a type of Antichrist.
And shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished - God's visitation of wrath on the Jews for their sins (Daniel 8:19).
For that that is determined - (Daniel 9:26-27, "Desolations are determined;" Daniel 10:21, "That which is noted in the scripture of truth").