The 2300 day prophecy in Daniel is the longest time prophecy in the Bible and is of vital importance to understand, and yet the truth of this important prophecy is rarely heard today. But here you will see this great prophecy come to light. Please prayerfully study this subject and ask God to guide you.
Daniel 8:13-14
There are two sanctuaries mentioned in Daniel 8. In verse 11, we have 'miqdash', which can be a sanctuary dedicated to either God or an idol. And in verses 13 and 14 we have 'qodesh', which refers specifically to a holy place of God. So "the sanctuary" to be cleansed at the end of this 2300 day time period, as mentioned above refers to a holy place of God. We know that there is no longer an earthly sanctuary which was used by the Levitical priesthood, so this sanctuary must be the original sanctuary in heaven where Jesus dwells and mediates for us (which Pauls confirmed in Hebrews 8 and 9).
Let us confirm an important point first.
The majority of other Christians believe that this prophecy relates to a literal 2300 DAYS, and that it will happen in the last days. But this cannot be right. If you read the vision in Daniel 8, you will see that it talks about a ram, a goat and a little horn. And Gabriel actually confirms who the ram and goat represent. They represent Medo-Persia and Greece. Which means the horn that comes after them is Rome. Both Pagan and Papal Rome.
So what does this mean?
Think about it. If the vision concerning the 2300 'days' includes Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome, then that time frame of "2300 days" MUST be able to span those nations. Would 2300 literal days span those nations? No, but 2300 YEARS would! And this also means the 2300 "days" HAVE to start sometime during the reign of Medo-Persia, because that is the first kingdom in the vision (the ram).
This also lines up with the fact that the 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel 9 is PART of the 2300 day vision, because at the end of Daniel 8 it says that no one understood the 2300 day vision. Then in Dan9, Gabriel says he has come to give Daniel understanding about THE VISION. When vision? The only one that is not understood is the 2300 "days". Gabriel then goes on to explain the 70 weeks prophecy, which everyone agrees is not 70 literal weeks (490 days), but 490 YEARS. So the 2300 prophetic "days" also HAVE to be YEARS.
And this all falls into line with the DAY FOR A YEAR principle in Bible prophecy.
Another reason why the 70 weeks prophecy has to be part of the 2300, is that without the 70 weeks which Gabriel gives to help Daniel understand the 2300 "days" (years), we would not have a starting point for the 2300 years, which would render that prophecy useless. But with the 70 weeks, we have a starting date.
The Vision
So to go a complete picture of this "vision" and a true understanding of it, let's start in Daniel 8, which is where this 2300 day "vision" begins. Daniel 8:2,3,5.
Notice that these two animals are animals that were used in the Old Testament "sanctuary" service. This is another point which shows that the 2300 "days" (years) which deals with the sanctuary are Greece, and cannot be placed in the last days. So just to confirm without doubt the identity of these two animals, let us read what Gabriel says.
Daniel 8:20-21
Then in verse 9 we have this little horn that comes out from one of the "four winds of heaven", which basically represents the four directions of the earth. Now what kingdom rose to power after Greece? Pagan Rome! Which later on became Papal Rome, as Pagan Rome handed power over to Papal Rome - the Roman Catholic Church. Let's look at this 'little horn'.
Daniel 8:9-12
So this little horn, which rises after Greece 'waxes exceeding great',coming from the West, and conquers lands in the South, the East and also the 'pleasant land', which is the Palestine. This refers in the first instance to the Pagan Roman Empire, which ruled also during the first advent of Christ and put Christ on the cross. Hence the term, magnified himself, even to the prince of host'.
Now it is to Pagan Rome that the 'daily' is referred to, and not Papal Rome like our current church leaders and preachers wrongly attribute it to. Our current church leaders wrongly believe 'daily' to be referring to the daily ministration of Christ. But this is wrong. Not only did our church pioneers all agree on the word 'daily' meaning Paganism, take note of what Sister White recorded:
"Then I saw in relation to the 'daily' (Daniel 8:12) that the word 'sacrifice' was supplied by man's wisdom, and does not belong to the text, and that the Lord gave the correct view of it to those who gave the judgment hour cry. When union existed, before 1844, nearly all were united on the correct view of the 'daily'; but in the confusion since 1844, other views have been embraced, and darkness and confusion have followed. Time has not been a test since 1844, and it will never again be a test." (Ellen White, Early Writings, p.74)
There is also another strong evidence that the 'daily' is referring to Paganism, and that Pagan Rome is here referred to, not Papal Rome. The mistake that our leaders make today is in taking the words 'the daily [sacrifice] was taken away' to mean a literal 'taken away', and they have missed the original meaning of those words 'taken away'. In the original Hebrew, 'taken away' actually means 'to lift up' and 'exalt'. Now if the 'daily' was the ministration of Christ in heaven, has Pagan or even Papal Rome ever 'lifted up' and 'exalted' the ministration of Christ in heaven, has Pagan or even Papal Rome ever 'lifted up' and 'exalted' the ministration of Christ? No! Never! So what did Pagan Rome 'lift up' and 'exalt'? PAGANISM! This is the 'daily' that was 'lift up' and 'exalted' by Pagan Rome.
The 'taken away' of the 'daily' is also mentioned in Daniel 11:31 and Daniel 12:11. But if you look at the original Hebrew for these two 'taken away' verses, they are different to the one in Daniel 8:11 and actually mean to 'remove'. So whereas Daniel 8:11 is talking about the 'daily' (Paganism) being 'lifted up' and 'exalted'. Daniel 11:31 and Daniel 12:11 confirm the 'removing' of the 'daily' (Paganism) to make way for Papal supremacy.
Daniel 12:11 - 'From the time that the daily (Paganism) shall be removed and the abomination of desolation (the Papacy) be in place shall be a thousand, two hundred and ninety 'days'. 'By 508AD the kings of Europe had turned from Paganism to Catholicism - 508+1290=1798 (the year the Papacy received it's 'wound' (Revelation 13:3)
Daniel 12:12 - 'Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and thirty five 'days'. 'Again, going from the 508AD - 508+1335=1843 (This is the time when great light and truth was unfolding and the three angels messages of Revelation 14 were to begin being proclaimed through the new Advent movement)
To confirm: The ministration of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary has never been 'exalted' by Pagan or Papal Rome. So the 'daily' in Daniel 8:11 cannot be the ministration of Christ. There is only one thing that Pagan and Papal Rome has 'exalted' and that is Paganism! And in the same way, the 'daily' in Daniel 11:31 and 12:11 also cannot be the ministration of Christ. As these 'daily's' were removed to set up the abomination of desolation (the Papacy). Christ's ministration cannot be removed by anyone. So again, what was removed to make way for the Papacy?
Paganism!
But what about verse 11 where it says 'the place of the sanctuary was cast down'? Is this not referring to God's sanctuary in heaven? No, the sanctuary here us the Hebrew word 'miqdash', which can mean a sanctuary for IDOLS. And this is exactly what this sanctuary is, the Roman Pantheon. Emperor Constantine left the city of Rome and relocated the capital of his empire to Constantinople in the year 330AD. As a result of this move the 'place' (the city of Rome) of his 'sanctuary' (the Pantheon) was 'cast down,' and his 'seat' (the city of Rome) was given to Papal Rome.
And before this, what did Constantine do around the year 324? ... "His first act of government was the dispatch of an edict throughout the empire, exhorting his subjects to embrace Christianity." (George Croly, The Apocalypse of St. John: Or Prophecy of the Rise, Progress, and Fall of the Church of Rome; the Revolution of France; the Universal War; and the Final Triumph of Christianity, p.66, 1838). So Paganism was now being removed as we will learn below to set up the 'Papal abomination'.
Now verse 12 expands on this 'casting down' of the Pagan sanctuary. We see that 'a host was given against the 'daily' [Paganism]. So we now have a transition from 'lifting up' and 'exalting' Paganism in verse 11 to begin 'against' or replacing Paganism. This is the transition from Pagan Rome to Papal Rome. Think about this. After his efforts through Paganism, to destroy the gospel message, could Satan continue to use Paganism in it's 'raw' form to deceive the people of God? No. So Satan introduces a new power to the world, the Papacy, which was a 'blending' of Paganism with Christianity. This way, Satan could lure the 'church' into worshipping idols with the cloak of Christianity covering them. But the only way this new power - the Papacy - could rule was to overpower Paganism. And this is what happened.
The apostle Paul spoke of this event
2Thessalonians 2:6-12.
Paganism 'taken out of the way' so that 'wicked' - the Papal Church (that MAN OF SIN), could be 'revealed' and gain supremacy.
The 'host' that is given 'against the 'daily' in Daniel 8:12 is the same as what we see in Daniel 11:31, where 'arms shall stand on his part' ... 'to take away the daily'. The once Pagan kinds of Europe gave their allegiance to Catholicism and helped Papal Rome replace Pagan Rome as the new power of the world. In 533AD, Emperor Justinian decreed that the Bishop of Rome was to be 'head of all Christian churches'. Then in 538AD, when the last 'enemy' of Papal Rome, the Ostrogoths, were defeated, Justinian's decree could be fully implemented, and Papal Rome now ruled the world. And thus Satan could truly now 'cast down the truth' through this apostate power, cloaked as a 'Christian Church' and continue to wage war against God, His truth and His people. Which He did for the next 1260 years through the Papacy (Daniel 7:25), until the Papal Church was 'dethroned' in 1798 by the French Army.
So 'the vision concerning the daily AND the transgression of desolation' in Daniel 8:13 refers to Paganism AND the Papacy. The two 'desolating powers' through which Satan waged war against God, His Son, and His people.
Now in verse 13, Daniel asks for what length of time will the vision be, and the answer in vs. 14 is 2300 days, and then 'the sanctuary will be cleansed'. As we learned at the start of this study, the 2300 days HAS to be prophetic 'days', which in fact are 2300 literal years, because this vision spans the time of Medo-Persia, Greece, Pagan and Papal Rome. And we must also note that the Hebrew word for 'sanctuary' here is different from the one used regarding the 'Roman sanctuary' in vs. 11. The Hebrew word here for sanctuary is 'qodesh', which means a 'holy place' set apart by God. So this sanctuary must be the real holy sanctuary in heaven where God's throne is. So the 'cleansing' at the end of the 2300 years must be a cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary, where Jesus Christ is now our High Priest.
At this point we do not have a starting date for this 2300 years. So we need to continue on into chapter 9, because at the end of chapter 8, Daniel says that he became sick from the vision and could not understand it. But Gabriel come back in chapter 9 to reveal the all important point of the 2300 days (years).
Daniel 9:21-23
So we know that whatever Gabriel is about to say, it is connected with the vision of the 2300 days (years) in chapter 8, because at the end of that vision Daniel says that it could not be understood, and there is no other vision that Daniel needs understanding about. So now Gabriel has come to give Daniel understanding.
70 Weeks Prophecy
Daniel 9:24-27
Now this is what we needed to understand the 2300 "days" (years). A starting date! There is no other starting date in Daniel for the 2300 years, and as stated above, Gabriel had come to give Daniel understanding about the vision concerning the 2300. So this 70 weeks prophecy HAS to be connected with the 2300. There is no doubt whatsoever that the decree to restore Jerusalem is the starting date. Now if you read if you know the truth of the 70 weeks of Daniel study, you will see that the starting date for this decree is 457B.C. Please prayerfully study Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy, because it is a powerful time prophecy and there is no doubt whatsoever that Daniel's 70 weeks and the 2300 have the same starting date of 457 B.C. when Artaxerxes decreed that the rebuilding of Jerusalem could continue and be completed. Note: As we confirmed at the start of this study, the vision of the 2300 years prophecy starts with Medo-Persia. And who gave the command to complete the restoration of Jerusalem and it's temple, starting the 70 week prophecy? Artaxerxes, the PERSIAN King! So this matches the start of 2300 years.
Unto 2300 Days
Daniel 8:13
Daniel 8:14
As we have learned above, the 'daily' is referring to Paganism and the 'transgression of desolation' is referring to the Papal Church of Rome, an abominable union of church and state. So the question is asked ... 'how long will the vision of Paganism and the Papacy trampling upon God's church and sanctuary/law be?' And the answer is, 2300 years.
Now if you have done the study of the 70 weeks, you will see that Gabriel says in Daniel 9:24 that the 70 weeks, which are connected to the 2300 are "determined" for Israel. And that word determined in the original language means "TO CUT OFF". But to cut off from what? To cut off from the 2300 "days" (years). So the first 490 years of this 2300 year prophecy is specifically for the nation of Israel.
And what does that show? It shows that the 2300 cannot be placed into the end times, because the 70 "weeks" are PART OF the 2300 year time frame. And with the 70 weeks being 490 literal years, the 2300 also has to be years.
The 70 " weeks" start at the command to rebuild Jerusalem, which is 457BC. So the 2300 years HAVE to start at the same point, because there is no other other starting point given for the 2300. And Gabriel confirmed that he had come to give Daniel understanding concerning the 2300 day vision. So the 70 weeks HAVE to be part of the 2300 and starting date HAS to be the same for both. So going 2300 years from 457BC we reach the date of when the sanctuary would be cleansed and when the truth would be restored. And that date is the year 1844.
Note: As we confirmed at the start of this study, the vision of the 2300 years prophecy start with Medo-Persia. And who gave the command to complete the restoration of Jerusalem and it's temple, starting the 70 week prophecy? Artaxerxes, the PERSIAN King! So this matches the start of the 70 weeks and the 2300 years.
So after 2300 years of suppression by Pagan powers (the daily) and the Papacy (transgression of desolation). God was restore the truth to His remnant people. He was also, as the scripture says, going to 'cleanse the heavenly sanctuary'.
At the start of the 19th century a man called William Miller (a Baptist) came to the truth about the 2300 day prophecy, that it would come to an end in 1844. Now because the word "sanctuary" in this prophecy was widely accepted as meaning the earth, William Miller believed that the "cleansing of the sanctuary" meant the earth would be cleansed, meaning Christ would return then. So he started preaching this and many people came out of different denominations to join this new "advent movement", expecting Christ to return in 1844.
When Christ didn't return in 1844 the believers went through a bitter disappointment, and although many left that movement, a "remnant" remained to re-study that prophecy, because they knew that they had the right year, prophecy and Hebrews 8 and 9, they realized that the sanctuary wasn't the earth, but rather the ORIGINAL sanctuary in heaven where Christ intercedes for us, upon which the earthly Old Testament sanctuary was a copy.
These believers then came to the truth that Jesus had moved into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary to begin judging the world, which Daniel 7:13 confirms. Just as the earthly high priest would move into the most holy place on the day of atonement to "cleanse" the earthly sanctuary of the people's sins, Christ moved into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary to begin cleansing it and to begin judgment. Hence the phrase "until two thousand three hundred days, then the sanctuary shall be cleansed." (You can read in Hebrews 8 and 9 about Christ's role as our High Priest).
Daniel 8:13-14
There are two sanctuaries mentioned in Daniel 8. In verse 11, we have 'miqdash', which can be a sanctuary dedicated to either God or an idol. And in verses 13 and 14 we have 'qodesh', which refers specifically to a holy place of God. So "the sanctuary" to be cleansed at the end of this 2300 day time period, as mentioned above refers to a holy place of God. We know that there is no longer an earthly sanctuary which was used by the Levitical priesthood, so this sanctuary must be the original sanctuary in heaven where Jesus dwells and mediates for us (which Pauls confirmed in Hebrews 8 and 9).
Let us confirm an important point first.
The majority of other Christians believe that this prophecy relates to a literal 2300 DAYS, and that it will happen in the last days. But this cannot be right. If you read the vision in Daniel 8, you will see that it talks about a ram, a goat and a little horn. And Gabriel actually confirms who the ram and goat represent. They represent Medo-Persia and Greece. Which means the horn that comes after them is Rome. Both Pagan and Papal Rome.
So what does this mean?
Think about it. If the vision concerning the 2300 'days' includes Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome, then that time frame of "2300 days" MUST be able to span those nations. Would 2300 literal days span those nations? No, but 2300 YEARS would! And this also means the 2300 "days" HAVE to start sometime during the reign of Medo-Persia, because that is the first kingdom in the vision (the ram).
This also lines up with the fact that the 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel 9 is PART of the 2300 day vision, because at the end of Daniel 8 it says that no one understood the 2300 day vision. Then in Dan9, Gabriel says he has come to give Daniel understanding about THE VISION. When vision? The only one that is not understood is the 2300 "days". Gabriel then goes on to explain the 70 weeks prophecy, which everyone agrees is not 70 literal weeks (490 days), but 490 YEARS. So the 2300 prophetic "days" also HAVE to be YEARS.
And this all falls into line with the DAY FOR A YEAR principle in Bible prophecy.
Another reason why the 70 weeks prophecy has to be part of the 2300, is that without the 70 weeks which Gabriel gives to help Daniel understand the 2300 "days" (years), we would not have a starting point for the 2300 years, which would render that prophecy useless. But with the 70 weeks, we have a starting date.
The Vision
So to go a complete picture of this "vision" and a true understanding of it, let's start in Daniel 8, which is where this 2300 day "vision" begins. Daniel 8:2,3,5.
Notice that these two animals are animals that were used in the Old Testament "sanctuary" service. This is another point which shows that the 2300 "days" (years) which deals with the sanctuary are Greece, and cannot be placed in the last days. So just to confirm without doubt the identity of these two animals, let us read what Gabriel says.
Daniel 8:20-21
Then in verse 9 we have this little horn that comes out from one of the "four winds of heaven", which basically represents the four directions of the earth. Now what kingdom rose to power after Greece? Pagan Rome! Which later on became Papal Rome, as Pagan Rome handed power over to Papal Rome - the Roman Catholic Church. Let's look at this 'little horn'.
Daniel 8:9-12
So this little horn, which rises after Greece 'waxes exceeding great',coming from the West, and conquers lands in the South, the East and also the 'pleasant land', which is the Palestine. This refers in the first instance to the Pagan Roman Empire, which ruled also during the first advent of Christ and put Christ on the cross. Hence the term, magnified himself, even to the prince of host'.
Now it is to Pagan Rome that the 'daily' is referred to, and not Papal Rome like our current church leaders and preachers wrongly attribute it to. Our current church leaders wrongly believe 'daily' to be referring to the daily ministration of Christ. But this is wrong. Not only did our church pioneers all agree on the word 'daily' meaning Paganism, take note of what Sister White recorded:
"Then I saw in relation to the 'daily' (Daniel 8:12) that the word 'sacrifice' was supplied by man's wisdom, and does not belong to the text, and that the Lord gave the correct view of it to those who gave the judgment hour cry. When union existed, before 1844, nearly all were united on the correct view of the 'daily'; but in the confusion since 1844, other views have been embraced, and darkness and confusion have followed. Time has not been a test since 1844, and it will never again be a test." (Ellen White, Early Writings, p.74)
There is also another strong evidence that the 'daily' is referring to Paganism, and that Pagan Rome is here referred to, not Papal Rome. The mistake that our leaders make today is in taking the words 'the daily [sacrifice] was taken away' to mean a literal 'taken away', and they have missed the original meaning of those words 'taken away'. In the original Hebrew, 'taken away' actually means 'to lift up' and 'exalt'. Now if the 'daily' was the ministration of Christ in heaven, has Pagan or even Papal Rome ever 'lifted up' and 'exalted' the ministration of Christ in heaven, has Pagan or even Papal Rome ever 'lifted up' and 'exalted' the ministration of Christ? No! Never! So what did Pagan Rome 'lift up' and 'exalt'? PAGANISM! This is the 'daily' that was 'lift up' and 'exalted' by Pagan Rome.
The 'taken away' of the 'daily' is also mentioned in Daniel 11:31 and Daniel 12:11. But if you look at the original Hebrew for these two 'taken away' verses, they are different to the one in Daniel 8:11 and actually mean to 'remove'. So whereas Daniel 8:11 is talking about the 'daily' (Paganism) being 'lifted up' and 'exalted'. Daniel 11:31 and Daniel 12:11 confirm the 'removing' of the 'daily' (Paganism) to make way for Papal supremacy.
Daniel 12:11 - 'From the time that the daily (Paganism) shall be removed and the abomination of desolation (the Papacy) be in place shall be a thousand, two hundred and ninety 'days'. 'By 508AD the kings of Europe had turned from Paganism to Catholicism - 508+1290=1798 (the year the Papacy received it's 'wound' (Revelation 13:3)
Daniel 12:12 - 'Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and thirty five 'days'. 'Again, going from the 508AD - 508+1335=1843 (This is the time when great light and truth was unfolding and the three angels messages of Revelation 14 were to begin being proclaimed through the new Advent movement)
To confirm: The ministration of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary has never been 'exalted' by Pagan or Papal Rome. So the 'daily' in Daniel 8:11 cannot be the ministration of Christ. There is only one thing that Pagan and Papal Rome has 'exalted' and that is Paganism! And in the same way, the 'daily' in Daniel 11:31 and 12:11 also cannot be the ministration of Christ. As these 'daily's' were removed to set up the abomination of desolation (the Papacy). Christ's ministration cannot be removed by anyone. So again, what was removed to make way for the Papacy?
Paganism!
But what about verse 11 where it says 'the place of the sanctuary was cast down'? Is this not referring to God's sanctuary in heaven? No, the sanctuary here us the Hebrew word 'miqdash', which can mean a sanctuary for IDOLS. And this is exactly what this sanctuary is, the Roman Pantheon. Emperor Constantine left the city of Rome and relocated the capital of his empire to Constantinople in the year 330AD. As a result of this move the 'place' (the city of Rome) of his 'sanctuary' (the Pantheon) was 'cast down,' and his 'seat' (the city of Rome) was given to Papal Rome.
And before this, what did Constantine do around the year 324? ... "His first act of government was the dispatch of an edict throughout the empire, exhorting his subjects to embrace Christianity." (George Croly, The Apocalypse of St. John: Or Prophecy of the Rise, Progress, and Fall of the Church of Rome; the Revolution of France; the Universal War; and the Final Triumph of Christianity, p.66, 1838). So Paganism was now being removed as we will learn below to set up the 'Papal abomination'.
Now verse 12 expands on this 'casting down' of the Pagan sanctuary. We see that 'a host was given against the 'daily' [Paganism]. So we now have a transition from 'lifting up' and 'exalting' Paganism in verse 11 to begin 'against' or replacing Paganism. This is the transition from Pagan Rome to Papal Rome. Think about this. After his efforts through Paganism, to destroy the gospel message, could Satan continue to use Paganism in it's 'raw' form to deceive the people of God? No. So Satan introduces a new power to the world, the Papacy, which was a 'blending' of Paganism with Christianity. This way, Satan could lure the 'church' into worshipping idols with the cloak of Christianity covering them. But the only way this new power - the Papacy - could rule was to overpower Paganism. And this is what happened.
The apostle Paul spoke of this event
2Thessalonians 2:6-12.
Paganism 'taken out of the way' so that 'wicked' - the Papal Church (that MAN OF SIN), could be 'revealed' and gain supremacy.
The 'host' that is given 'against the 'daily' in Daniel 8:12 is the same as what we see in Daniel 11:31, where 'arms shall stand on his part' ... 'to take away the daily'. The once Pagan kinds of Europe gave their allegiance to Catholicism and helped Papal Rome replace Pagan Rome as the new power of the world. In 533AD, Emperor Justinian decreed that the Bishop of Rome was to be 'head of all Christian churches'. Then in 538AD, when the last 'enemy' of Papal Rome, the Ostrogoths, were defeated, Justinian's decree could be fully implemented, and Papal Rome now ruled the world. And thus Satan could truly now 'cast down the truth' through this apostate power, cloaked as a 'Christian Church' and continue to wage war against God, His truth and His people. Which He did for the next 1260 years through the Papacy (Daniel 7:25), until the Papal Church was 'dethroned' in 1798 by the French Army.
So 'the vision concerning the daily AND the transgression of desolation' in Daniel 8:13 refers to Paganism AND the Papacy. The two 'desolating powers' through which Satan waged war against God, His Son, and His people.
Now in verse 13, Daniel asks for what length of time will the vision be, and the answer in vs. 14 is 2300 days, and then 'the sanctuary will be cleansed'. As we learned at the start of this study, the 2300 days HAS to be prophetic 'days', which in fact are 2300 literal years, because this vision spans the time of Medo-Persia, Greece, Pagan and Papal Rome. And we must also note that the Hebrew word for 'sanctuary' here is different from the one used regarding the 'Roman sanctuary' in vs. 11. The Hebrew word here for sanctuary is 'qodesh', which means a 'holy place' set apart by God. So this sanctuary must be the real holy sanctuary in heaven where God's throne is. So the 'cleansing' at the end of the 2300 years must be a cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary, where Jesus Christ is now our High Priest.
At this point we do not have a starting date for this 2300 years. So we need to continue on into chapter 9, because at the end of chapter 8, Daniel says that he became sick from the vision and could not understand it. But Gabriel come back in chapter 9 to reveal the all important point of the 2300 days (years).
Daniel 9:21-23
So we know that whatever Gabriel is about to say, it is connected with the vision of the 2300 days (years) in chapter 8, because at the end of that vision Daniel says that it could not be understood, and there is no other vision that Daniel needs understanding about. So now Gabriel has come to give Daniel understanding.
70 Weeks Prophecy
Daniel 9:24-27
Now this is what we needed to understand the 2300 "days" (years). A starting date! There is no other starting date in Daniel for the 2300 years, and as stated above, Gabriel had come to give Daniel understanding about the vision concerning the 2300. So this 70 weeks prophecy HAS to be connected with the 2300. There is no doubt whatsoever that the decree to restore Jerusalem is the starting date. Now if you read if you know the truth of the 70 weeks of Daniel study, you will see that the starting date for this decree is 457B.C. Please prayerfully study Daniel's 70 weeks prophecy, because it is a powerful time prophecy and there is no doubt whatsoever that Daniel's 70 weeks and the 2300 have the same starting date of 457 B.C. when Artaxerxes decreed that the rebuilding of Jerusalem could continue and be completed. Note: As we confirmed at the start of this study, the vision of the 2300 years prophecy starts with Medo-Persia. And who gave the command to complete the restoration of Jerusalem and it's temple, starting the 70 week prophecy? Artaxerxes, the PERSIAN King! So this matches the start of 2300 years.
Unto 2300 Days
Daniel 8:13
Daniel 8:14
As we have learned above, the 'daily' is referring to Paganism and the 'transgression of desolation' is referring to the Papal Church of Rome, an abominable union of church and state. So the question is asked ... 'how long will the vision of Paganism and the Papacy trampling upon God's church and sanctuary/law be?' And the answer is, 2300 years.
Now if you have done the study of the 70 weeks, you will see that Gabriel says in Daniel 9:24 that the 70 weeks, which are connected to the 2300 are "determined" for Israel. And that word determined in the original language means "TO CUT OFF". But to cut off from what? To cut off from the 2300 "days" (years). So the first 490 years of this 2300 year prophecy is specifically for the nation of Israel.
And what does that show? It shows that the 2300 cannot be placed into the end times, because the 70 "weeks" are PART OF the 2300 year time frame. And with the 70 weeks being 490 literal years, the 2300 also has to be years.
The 70 " weeks" start at the command to rebuild Jerusalem, which is 457BC. So the 2300 years HAVE to start at the same point, because there is no other other starting point given for the 2300. And Gabriel confirmed that he had come to give Daniel understanding concerning the 2300 day vision. So the 70 weeks HAVE to be part of the 2300 and starting date HAS to be the same for both. So going 2300 years from 457BC we reach the date of when the sanctuary would be cleansed and when the truth would be restored. And that date is the year 1844.
Note: As we confirmed at the start of this study, the vision of the 2300 years prophecy start with Medo-Persia. And who gave the command to complete the restoration of Jerusalem and it's temple, starting the 70 week prophecy? Artaxerxes, the PERSIAN King! So this matches the start of the 70 weeks and the 2300 years.
So after 2300 years of suppression by Pagan powers (the daily) and the Papacy (transgression of desolation). God was restore the truth to His remnant people. He was also, as the scripture says, going to 'cleanse the heavenly sanctuary'.
At the start of the 19th century a man called William Miller (a Baptist) came to the truth about the 2300 day prophecy, that it would come to an end in 1844. Now because the word "sanctuary" in this prophecy was widely accepted as meaning the earth, William Miller believed that the "cleansing of the sanctuary" meant the earth would be cleansed, meaning Christ would return then. So he started preaching this and many people came out of different denominations to join this new "advent movement", expecting Christ to return in 1844.
When Christ didn't return in 1844 the believers went through a bitter disappointment, and although many left that movement, a "remnant" remained to re-study that prophecy, because they knew that they had the right year, prophecy and Hebrews 8 and 9, they realized that the sanctuary wasn't the earth, but rather the ORIGINAL sanctuary in heaven where Christ intercedes for us, upon which the earthly Old Testament sanctuary was a copy.
These believers then came to the truth that Jesus had moved into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary to begin judging the world, which Daniel 7:13 confirms. Just as the earthly high priest would move into the most holy place on the day of atonement to "cleanse" the earthly sanctuary of the people's sins, Christ moved into the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary to begin cleansing it and to begin judgment. Hence the phrase "until two thousand three hundred days, then the sanctuary shall be cleansed." (You can read in Hebrews 8 and 9 about Christ's role as our High Priest).
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