Who said that Little
Horn in Daniel 7:25 refers to Sabbath to Sunday? Adventists? No. Reformer
George Joye.
Scholars thought that if they
can Antiochus Epiphanes the Little Horn then they can undercut Adventists
saying that Daniel 7:25 changing of the times and law is the changing of
Saturday into Sunday. They thought.
But they overlooked the
Reformer George Joye in his Exposition of the Book of Daniel in 1545 in the
heat of the Reformation.
Look at the Title of his
commentary on Daniel: The exposicion of Daniel the Prophete gathered oute of
Philip Melanchton / Iohan Ecolampadius / Chonrade Pellicane & out of Iohan
Draconite. &c. By George Ioye. A Prophecye diligently to be noted of al Emprowrs
& Antic in these Antichrist. Do you need a translation of this Middle English?
He does not have spelling problems. We have. According to him.
Who is Joye? His last name
have many forms: Joye or Gee or Clerke, Georgius Ioye de Rownhall. Now did Joye
like the papacy? In 1934 a book came out and the title says everything: George
Joye, The subversion of Morris False Foundation whereupon he worked hard to set
fast and show under his shameless shores to support the papal church. Not difficult
to see on whose side he is on.
Joye translated many books of
the Bible into English and was a proofreader for William Tyndale’s translation
but got into trouble for changing the words of Tyndale. So he was not always
right. Adventists need to know this.
But, look what Joye found on
the Little Horn in Daniel 7:25 in 1545. He said in Middle English…
He cha∣geth the tymes and nti that any of the Page
119sixe ntichrist commanded of god will make them vnholy and idle
dayes when he lyste / or of their owne holy dayes abo∣lisshed / make*
ntichrist agen / & when they changed ye Saterday into Sondaye /
of eting dayes fasting dayes / of mery and glad dayes to marye in / they can
make so∣rowfull dayes ntichrist maryages. They haue changed
gods nti and tur∣ned them into their owne tradiciōs to be kept aboue Gods preceptis. And as
for their owne nti they will change & bre∣ke
them when they lyste. And this powr shal ntichrist haue whether it be for long
or shorte tyme.
That is to say in today’s
English: “He changes the times and laws that any of the work days commanded of
God will make them unholy and idle days when he listed or of their own holy
days abolished/ make work days/ and when they changed the Saturday into
Sunday/of eating days in to fast days/of merry and glad days to marry in/they
can make sorrowful days forbidding marriages. They have changed God’s laws and
turned them into their own tradition to be kept above God’s precepts. And as
for their own laws, they will change and break them when they feel like it. And
this power shall Antichrist have whether it be for long or short time.”
Changing Saturday into Sunday huh? And that in 1545. The Little Horn identification
by Joye. I thought it is Uriah Smith? Better think again.
Source for George Joye’s
The exposicion of Daniel the
Prophete gathered oute of Philip Melanchton / Iohan Ecolampadius / Chonrade
Pellicane & out of Iohan Draconite. &c. By George Ioye. A Prophecye
diligently to be noted of al Emprowrs & kinges in these laste daye 1545.
Although Adventists find this
Daniel 7:25 comment a delight, the rest of the book on dates and fulfillments
is still a typical ‘can of worms’.
Interesting finding!