25 He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
He shall speak pompous words against the most High – in Rev 13:5, these are called “great things and blasphemies.”
persecute the saints – all of these beasts persecuted the saints, and Satan is “the last of the transgressors” (Dan 8:23).
shall intend to change times and law – the word for “time” is plural (zimnin), the singular is zimna. We cannot say “change time” refers exclusively to the Sabbath day. But this is a challenge to God who “changes the times and the seasons,” Dan 2:21, see also Acts 1:7. Satan, through the beast wants to make himself as high as God, see also Dan 11:37, Isa 14:14, and 2 Thess 2:4.
for time, times and half a time – being 3 1/2 years, 1 + 2 +1/2. Jesus Christ taught for three and a half years. The false Christ corrupted the gospel in three and a half years, which are 1278 days as years, from 193 to 1471, when the first Protestant Church broke free from the Papacy.