The 2300 Years

[DanielJohn]

Hello SDA’s, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Daniel John (no kidding), and I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church. Through my own independent studies of scripture, I have come to most of the same fundamental beliefs that SDA's have come to, except for one thing. I seem to be offset by 125 years. I'll explain that offset in a moment. I totally agree with SDA's on the interpretation of the 70 weeks of Daniel's people (Dan. 9:24-27). I have no doubt that it began with the command to Ezra in 457 BC and ended with the martyrdom of Stephen in 34 AD, the event that caused the focus of the gospel to go from the Jews to the Gentiles.

The 70th week would've then been 27-34 AD, and the 69 weeks would've been fulfilled when the Messiah said "the time is fulfilled" (Mark 1:15). It's still possible, I think, that the antichrist could take advantage of the erroneous interpretation of the 70th week, which is popular today. If the Jews do in fact build a temple to start doing animal sacrifices, then what a great opportunity it would be for the one who will be "like a lamb" (Rev. 13:11) to barge into the temple right before a lamb is to be sacrificed and say, "stop this abomination - this is not the lamb that takes away sins - I am." It's one way he could announce his claim to divinity.

Now let me explain the 125 year offset. 332 BC was the year Alexander the Great annexed Jerusalem, and 1969 AD is 2300 years later. I believe, as SDA's do, that the "little horn" (Dan. 7:8, 8:9) is the Vatican. Since 1969 is the year that the "little horn" (the pope) actually took away the "daily sacrifice" (the mass), I think 1969, rather than 1844, is the time we entered into the investigative judgment. Notice that the transgressions of adultery and murder increased around the year 1969, but the transgression of breaking the Sabbath increased many centuries before 1844. Perhaps, Ellen White was 125 years ahead of her time.

When I say that the mass was taken away, I'm not referring to the bread & wine being taken away. I'm referring to the words of consecration that the priest speaks over the bread & wine. The words he speaks over the wine has always been the covenant that the Messiah betrothed His people to Himself with (Dan. 9:27, Mat. 26:28). But, when the pope translated the mass from Latin to vernacular in 1969, he took the words of Messiah's covenant away and replaced them with the words of a fake covenant of universalism. It has deceived a billion people for over 40 years! All the pope had to do, to pull of this great deception, was to replace the word "many" (Dan. 9:27, Mat. 26:28) with the word "all."

I see no indication that the pope actually planned it. I think it's a strong delusion that's being sent by God (not spoken, but sent). I believe that the reason why the mass was taken away was because of the historic moral transgression that started taking place around 1969 (adultery by divorce & remarriage and murder by abortion). If anyone has voted for a "pro-choice" candidate for civil office or has blessed someone's remarriage after a divorce, then you might want to reconsider those decisions and repent.

I believe that in Daniel chapter 8, verse 8 to verse 9 represents a 2300 year jump in time and verse 22 to verse 23 represents the same 2300 year jump in time. But I believe the "king of fierce countenance" (Dan. 8:23) is not the "little horn" (Dan. 8:9), but a secular ruler. I believe the "little horn" (pope) is the beast of the sea (Rev 13:1), because the little horn has "a mouth speaking great things" (Dan. 7:8, Rev. 13:5). I believe the "king of fierce countenance" will be the beast of the land (Rev. 13:11).

My intention in posting this is not to argue, but to throw this out there to see if any SDA’s see anything that is obviously flawed with what I believe to be true. If so, then please let me know, because the 2300 prophecy is something I talk about when I teach the gospel to those who are lacking in faith. Fortunately, our salvation does not depend upon coming up with the correct interpretation of prophecy. But a good thing about interpretation of prophecy is that it can increase a humble person’s FAITH to the point where they can be SAVED (from their sins and the penalty of sin – Mat. 1:21, Rom 6:23) by GRACE (which God only gives to the humble – Jam 4:6, 1Pe 5:5) through FAITH (Eph 2:8).

May God bless all of you,
Daniel John

 

[k4c]

Hello SDA’s, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Daniel John (no kidding), and I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church. Through my own independent studies of scripture, I have come to most of the same fundamental beliefs that SDA's have come to, except for one thing. I seem to be offset by 125 years. I'll explain that offset in a moment. I totally agree with SDA's on the interpretation of the 70 weeks of Daniel's people (Dan. 9:24-27). I have no doubt that it began with the command to Ezra in 457 BC and ended with the martyrdom of Stephen in 34 AD, the event that caused the focus of the gospel to go from the Jews to the Gentiles.

The 70th week would've then been 27-34 AD, and the 69 weeks would've been fulfilled when the Messiah said "the time is fulfilled" (Mark 1:15). It's still possible, I think, that the antichrist could take advantage of the erroneous interpretation of the 70th week, which is popular today. If the Jews do in fact build a temple to start doing animal sacrifices, then what a great opportunity it would be for the one who will be "like a lamb" (Rev. 13:11) to barge into the temple right before a lamb is to be sacrificed and say, "stop this abomination - this is not the lamb that takes away sins - I am." It's one way he could announce his claim to divinity.

Now let me explain the 125 year offset. 332 BC was the year Alexander the Great annexed Jerusalem, and 1969 AD is 2300 years later. I believe, as SDA's do, that the "little horn" (Dan. 7:8, 8:9) is the Vatican. Since 1969 is the year that the "little horn" (the pope) actually took away the "daily sacrifice" (the mass), I think 1969, rather than 1844, is the time we entered into the investigative judgment. Notice that the transgressions of adultery and murder increased around the year 1969, but the transgression of breaking the Sabbath increased many centuries before 1844. Perhaps, Ellen White was 125 years ahead of her time.

When I say that the mass was taken away, I'm not referring to the bread & wine being taken away. I'm referring to the words of consecration that the priest speaks over the bread & wine. The words he speaks over the wine has always been the covenant that the Messiah betrothed His people to Himself with (Dan. 9:27, Mat. 26:28). But, when the pope translated the mass from Latin to vernacular in 1969, he took the words of Messiah's covenant away and replaced them with the words of a fake covenant of universalism. It has deceived a billion people for over 40 years! All the pope had to do, to pull of this great deception, was to replace the word "many" (Dan. 9:27, Mat. 26:28) with the word "all."

I see no indication that the pope actually planned it. I think it's a strong delusion that's being sent by God (not spoken, but sent). I believe that the reason why the mass was taken away was because of the historic moral transgression that started taking place around 1969 (adultery by divorce & remarriage and murder by abortion). If anyone has voted for a "pro-choice" candidate for civil office or has blessed someone's remarriage after a divorce, then you might want to reconsider those decisions and repent.

I believe that in Daniel chapter 8, verse 8 to verse 9 represents a 2300 year jump in time and verse 22 to verse 23 represents the same 2300 year jump in time. But I believe the "king of fierce countenance" (Dan. 8:23) is not the "little horn" (Dan. 8:9), but a secular ruler. I believe the "little horn" (pope) is the beast of the sea (Rev 13:1), because the little horn has "a mouth speaking great things" (Dan. 7:8, Rev. 13:5). I believe the "king of fierce countenance" will be the beast of the land (Rev. 13:11).

My intention in posting this is not to argue, but to throw this out there to see if any SDA’s see anything that is obviously flawed with what I believe to be true. If so, then please let me know, because the 2300 prophecy is something I talk about when I teach the gospel to those who are lacking in faith. Fortunately, our salvation does not depend upon coming up with the correct interpretation of prophecy. But a good thing about interpretation of prophecy is that it can increase a humble person’s FAITH to the point where they can be SAVED (from their sins and the penalty of sin – Mat. 1:21, Rom 6:23) by GRACE (which God only gives to the humble – Jam 4:6, 1Pe 5:5) through FAITH (Eph 2:8).

May God bless all of you,
Daniel John

Hi DJ, welcome, it's good to see people searching and testing.

Check this out maybe it will help.

http://lbm.org/resources/lessons/daniel/danielchart.pdf

 

[Haldog]

Hi Daniel, you are onto something. Why did you pick the 457 decree? I don't see that one fulfilling the prophecy. The Daniel 12 prophecy was to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. The decree of 457 only covered the Temple and didn't say anything about the city. Small detail you say? I think not. There was a decree to rebuild the city but it didn't happen until March 14, 445. And then if you count the 69 weeks (173,880 days) they will end exactly on the day that Jesus the Mesiah rode the donkey into the city. Exactly to the day, no guess work or sorta's.

 

[DanielJohn]

Greetings k4c and haldog. Thanks for the replies. Haldog, you are describing the interpretation of those who believe the 70th week is in the future. It uses the Jewish calendar (360 day year), and amazingly, the 69th week ends exactly on the eve of Passover in 33 AD. I described the interpretation of those who believe the 70th week was in the past. It uses the solar calendar (365.25 day year) and the 69th week ends approximately (if not exactly) on the day Jesus declared, “the time is fulfilled” (Mark 1:13).

I’ve noticed that Gabriel not only said the command was “to restore” Jerusalem, but also “to build” Jerusalem (Dan. 9:24). These 2 verbs make 2 different interpretations of the 70th week possible. The command “to restore” Jerusalem’s temple was 457 BC and the command “to build” Jerusalem’s wall was 444 BC, as you pointed out. It’s quite possible that both interpretations will play themselves out. One interpretation gave the 70th week to Jesus so that he could have time to show us he is the Christ. I suspect the other interpretation will give a different 70th week to the final antichrist man so that he can have time to trick many into thinking he is the Christ.

If the 70th week was given to Jesus in 27 AD, as SDA’s and I believe, then it harmonizes perfectly with the interpretation of the 2300 prophecy that I just described (332 BC to 1969 AD). That’s because the Christ (during the 70th week) made a covenant with "MANY" (Dan. 9:27; Mat. 26:28), and many years later, as moral transgression was exploding, the antichrist spirit (during the 2300th year) replaced the daily remembrance of the Christ’s covenant with "MANY" with a daily remembrance of a fake covenant with "ALL." The fake covenant describes the false promise of universalism. It denies the power of the Lord Jesus to save us from our sins before our death. If we want eternal life, then we need Him to save us from our sins before our death, not after. He has saved MANY of us human beings from our sins, but not ALL of us.

May God bless you,
Daniel John

 

[OntheDL]

Hello SDA’s, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Daniel John (no kidding), and I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church. Through my own independent studies of scripture, I have come to most of the same fundamental beliefs that SDA's have come to, except for one thing. I seem to be offset by 125 years. I'll explain that offset in a moment. I totally agree with SDA's on the interpretation of the 70 weeks of Daniel's people (Dan. 9:24-27). I have no doubt that it began with the command to Ezra in 457 BC and ended with the martyrdom of Stephen in 34 AD, the event that caused the focus of the gospel to go from the Jews to the Gentiles.

The 70th week would've then been 27-34 AD, and the 69 weeks would've been fulfilled when the Messiah said "the time is fulfilled" (Mark 1:15). It's still possible, I think, that the antichrist could take advantage of the erroneous interpretation of the 70th week, which is popular today. If the Jews do in fact build a temple to start doing animal sacrifices, then what a great opportunity it would be for the one who will be "like a lamb" (Rev. 13:11) to barge into the temple right before a lamb is to be sacrificed and say, "stop this abomination - this is not the lamb that takes away sins - I am." It's one way he could announce his claim to divinity.

Now let me explain the 125 year offset. 332 BC was the year Alexander the Great annexed Jerusalem, and 1969 AD is 2300 years later. I believe, as SDA's do, that the "little horn" (Dan. 7:8, 8:9) is the Vatican. Since 1969 is the year that the "little horn" (the pope) actually took away the "daily sacrifice" (the mass), I think 1969, rather than 1844, is the time we entered into the investigative judgment. Notice that the transgressions of adultery and murder increased around the year 1969, but the transgression of breaking the Sabbath increased many centuries before 1844. Perhaps, Ellen White was 125 years ahead of her time.

When I say that the mass was taken away, I'm not referring to the bread & wine being taken away. I'm referring to the words of consecration that the priest speaks over the bread & wine. The words he speaks over the wine has always been the covenant that the Messiah betrothed His people to Himself with (Dan. 9:27, Mat. 26:28). But, when the pope translated the mass from Latin to vernacular in 1969, he took the words of Messiah's covenant away and replaced them with the words of a fake covenant of universalism. It has deceived a billion people for over 40 years! All the pope had to do, to pull of this great deception, was to replace the word "many" (Dan. 9:27, Mat. 26:28) with the word "all."

I see no indication that the pope actually planned it. I think it's a strong delusion that's being sent by God (not spoken, but sent). I believe that the reason why the mass was taken away was because of the historic moral transgression that started taking place around 1969 (adultery by divorce & remarriage and murder by abortion). If anyone has voted for a "pro-choice" candidate for civil office or has blessed someone's remarriage after a divorce, then you might want to reconsider those decisions and repent.

I believe that in Daniel chapter 8, verse 8 to verse 9 represents a 2300 year jump in time and verse 22 to verse 23 represents the same 2300 year jump in time. But I believe the "king of fierce countenance" (Dan. 8:23) is not the "little horn" (Dan. 8:9), but a secular ruler. I believe the "little horn" (pope) is the beast of the sea (Rev 13:1), because the little horn has "a mouth speaking great things" (Dan. 7:8, Rev. 13:5). I believe the "king of fierce countenance" will be the beast of the land (Rev. 13:11).

My intention in posting this is not to argue, but to throw this out there to see if any SDA’s see anything that is obviously flawed with what I believe to be true. If so, then please let me know, because the 2300 prophecy is something I talk about when I teach the gospel to those who are lacking in faith. Fortunately, our salvation does not depend upon coming up with the correct interpretation of prophecy. But a good thing about interpretation of prophecy is that it can increase a humble person’s FAITH to the point where they can be SAVED (from their sins and the penalty of sin – Mat. 1:21, Rom 6:23) by GRACE (which God only gives to the humble – Jam 4:6, 1Pe 5:5) through FAITH (Eph 2:8).

May God bless all of you,
Daniel John

Hi Daniel,

Here are some of my thoughts regarding your interpretation the 2300 days.

1. The vision of 2300days begins with the ram which is Medo-Persia vs20.
So the starting point can not be 332BC which is during the Greek (he goat) time. It should be sometime during the time of the ram (Medo-Persia) of which 457BC falls in.

2. Taking away the daily sacrifice.

The word sacrifice is in Italic. It was added by the translators.The Hebrew word 'daily' is tamid. It appears about 50 times to describe the sanctuary services.

The Daily consists:
daily (a morning and an evening) burnt offerings,
daily meal offering (to accompany the burnt offerings),
daily washing of hands and feet,
displaying the daily showbread,
daily burning of incense,
daily trimming and lighting of the Menorah,
daily presentation of the high priest’s breast place before God for judgment…

The Daily service superseded all weekly Sabbath and annual festival services. The daily was never to be interrupted (even on Passover, Yom Kippur...). Christ’s daily intercession is continuously available to the sinners. It never ceases to provide the atoning sacrifice for those who seek it. All of God’s provisions depend on Christ’s sacrifice.

This Daily is what the devil sought to destroy by the power of the Little Horn. I don't think we can put the end date to 1969 when the Roman Catholic church since its rise to power has taken away every aspect of the daily by installing her counter-practices (confessing to priests, praying to saints and Marry, conducting the mass, sacrificing Jesus by way of the Eucharist, selling indulgence...).

3. The end of the 2300 days is the end of the indignation, not the beginning of taking away the daily.

The end of the 2300 days is the end of the taking away of the daily(Dan 8:13). It's not the beginning of it. It's the beginning of the cleansing, judgment, examining of the records.

4. It must have the same starting point as the 70 weeks.

Begin at Daniel 7, Daniel was given visions in 553BC about Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome and Christ final victory. The vision was explained to Daniel. But Daniel was still troubled.

Continues in Daniel 8, two years later in 551BC, the visions returned to Daniel as he was shown the ram, the goat, 4 horns and the little horn (the same manifestations of the satanic power at war against Christ and His people).

Daniel heard the question: how long shall the vision be concerning the daily sacrifice, the transgression of desolation….Daniel 8:13

The answer:
Daniel 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

The explanation was given by Gabriel to to Daniel vs16-26. The vision is about the endtime vs17 & 19. But Daniel didn’t understand. For the ending of this prophecy was given but the beginning was not. He was greatly troubled and felt sick.

On to the first year of Darius the Persian king 539BC about 14 years after the vision was first given, as the 70years of captivity prophesized by Jeremiah nearing end, Daniel confessed his sins and sins of Israel and prayed to the Lord for his people. At the end of his prayer, Gabriel returned to finish the explanation of the 2300day prophecy.

Daniel 9
21 Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the former vision, being caused to fly swiftly, came near to me and touched me about the time of the evening sacrifice.
22 He instructed me and made me understand; he talked with me and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and wisdom and understanding.

In many translations, vs21 is cross-referenced to Dan 8:16. Dan 8:16-26, Gabriel explained the symbols of the ram, goat, the horns and explained the vision is for the endtime. Daniel understood none of that. For the time prophecy to be understood, now the starting point must be given.

23 At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
….

70 weeks was given as the beginning of the time prophecy. The word ‘determine’ comes the meaning: cut-off.
OT:2852 chathak (khaw-thak'); a primitive root; properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) to decree:

To cut off a portion from a string, you have to cut off from either end. So the 70 week prophecy was the beginning portion that was cut-off from the 2300day prophecy.

5. There is no more time.

All prophetic time prophecies ended by 1844. The angel of Revelation 10 announced there should time no longer vs 6. The mystery of God is finished and revealed onto the servants the prophets, vs 7. Please study Revelation 10. This chapter is about the 1844 movement. The prophecy of the book of Daniel was sealed in Daniel, but was opened to the Millerites. No other time in history had there been such a fever for a people to study the book of Daniel. And they experienced the bitter disappointed as prophesied in Rev 10:9,10. And as a result, they were asked to prophesy again. They were told in Rev 11:1 to rise up and measure the temple. After the great disappointment of the 1844, the remnant of 1844 movement studied the Sanctuary in search of their errors. This is how they came to the understanding of the cleansing to be the judgment. SDA's message is based on the sanctuary interpretation of 2300 days in application of the 3 angels message. The 3 angels message are in Rev 14:7-11.

1st angel's message announces the beginning of the judgment hour.

2nd angel's message announces the fall of Babylon. (Identification of Babylon and the expose of the sin of Babylon).

3rd angel's message intensifies the 2nd angels message and exposes the mark of the beast, the mark of authority of Roman Catholic church is her claim to change the day of worship from Sabbath to Sunday.

The SDA's message is unique. No other groups claim the exact message.

If 1969 is applied to the end of 2300 days, we can not identified a group of people around 1969 with this kind of experience and whose message is based on the understanding of the 2300 days. So this has to be the SDA's that came out of the 1844 movement.

Let me know your thoughts and if I had missed anything from your post.

God bless you with your search for the truth!

 

[DanielJohn]

Hello OntheDL. I hope it's only the 15-day disabled list.

Wow! That's a lot of information. Thanks. The “cut off” analogy with the string is very interesting. Now I have a better idea why SDA’s also count the 2300 years from 457 BC. Also, I didn’t know there were so many dailies. I figured the italicized word “sacrifice” was the only daily, or at least the dominant one. This prompted me to pray over the Hebrew words. It’s true that the Lord did not say to do the bread and wine memorial EVERY DAY. He just said to do it (Luke 22:19).

The reason why the little horn has been having the priests do it EVERY DAY for all these centuries is because the apostles told the Gentiles (ch. 14 of “The Didache”) that it fulfills Malachi’s prophecy of a “pure offering” (Malachi 1:11-14). Malachi not only said that this offering would be in “every place” but that it would be “from sunrise to sunset.” So Malachi’s “pure offering” is the one that the little horn took away in 1969.

That “offering” is “minchaw” in Hebrew. That one doesn’t involve killing. The animal “sacrifice” is “zebach” and the burnt “offering” is “olah”. Daniel wrote “daily” (Heb. tamid) 5 times, but he never said WHICH daily. However, it’s interesting that Daniel wrote “evenings and mornings” (Dan. 8:14, 26). This could be a clue that the “daily” is the “sunrise to sunset” “minchaw” that Malachi wrote about.

Daniel said that there was an evening “minchaw” (Dan. 9:21), but he also said that the Messiah caused both the “zebach” and the “minchaw” to cease (Dan. 9:27). The “zebach” that Messiah caused to cease is obvious, because He is the Lamb of God, the final sacrifice for sins. Do you have any idea which “minchaw” Messiah caused to cease?

Thanks again,
Daniel John

 

[OntheDL]

Hi,

DL are my initials. I don't know in the south 'on the DL' means having a different sexual orientation until someone here told me. So I guess that's long term disabled list.

Lets look at the daily and different offerings.

Mincah is translated as offering. It comes from the root meaning of appease or satisfy. Mincah is cereal/grain, meal offering. The cereals from which the Israelites made their selections were barley, spelt, goat-grass, oats (Menahoth 10:7), and sometimes rice (Hallah 1:1; 3:7, 10; 4:3). However it's referred to as meat offering in Lev 2:1 and Num 15:2-19.

We see in Numbers 15 that mincah (the cereal/grain meal offering) must accompany the animal offerings to the Lord. The Rabbis confirmed this " if the bread- offering is brought without the lamb, there is naught that renders it permissible" (Menahoth 4:3).

This principle is first illustrated in the case of Cain vs Abel.

Cain brought mincah (fruit, grain offering) to the Lord. But the Lord was not pleased with Cain. Abel also (in addition to the mincah) brought the firstling of the fat of the flock. The Lord was pleased with Abel. The animal/blood sacrifice represented who they are and the the cereal meal offering represented what they possess. So Abel presented to the Lord both himself and what his possession. Cain presented his possession but withheld himself.

So every offering, ceremony was integral to the daily. They all represent various aspects of Jesus' ministry.

In the daily ministration,

- the animal sacrifice, the meal offering, the drink offering were all burnt on the altar. This represented Jesus' death on the cross.
- the washing of hands and feet at the laver represented the baptism. Paul wrote that he died daily for the self denial and the regeneration.
- the presentation of the shewbread represented meditation of the Word
- the service performed at the altar of incense represented the prayer of the saints
- the trimming of wick and replenishing of oil for the candlestick represented the witnessing, the shining of the light
- the presentation of the breastplate before the Lord represented Christ wearing the 12 tribes near His heart, one-stone for each tribe, pleading before the Father on the sinners' behalf.
...

The daily (tammid) refers to all these offerings and ceremony. All of these are crucial. Without any one of them, the daily ministration of Jesus on the sinners' behalf would be incomplete. Daniel told us: by the Little Horn the daily was taken away and both the sanctuary and the host was cast down and trodden under foot. When the inspiration was given to Daniel, it echoes to the Hebrew minds that the daily (tammid) represented all the daily ministration in the Sanctuary that pointed to Jesus' saving of humanity (We need to keep in mind when the bible is written, it is pertained to those who are familiar with the language and what it connotes.). So the Little Horn did not seek to destroy some aspect of the sanctuary, but to destroy whole of the sanctuary and the host Jesus our High Priest who ministers therein the heavenly sanctuary. Since the Little Horn is the manifestation of Satan, Satan given a chance would seek to destroy, distort and counterfeit every aspect of the Lord.

The phrase 'morning and evening' used by Daniel refers to the definition given(ereb boqer) for the day (yom) in Genesis 1:5. It also refers to the morning and evening sacrifice that marked the beginning and the end of the daily (tammid) in the sanctuary.

In the middle of the week, He shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease. Jesus died on the cross in the middle of the last week in 31AD. This ended all the sacrifice and the mincah's offered in the sanctuary that were mere shadows of the reality of Christ' sacrifice on Calvary.

The covenant or the contract between man and God, is the Ten Commandments which is stored in the Ark of Covenant in the heavenly sanctuary seen by John, Rev 11. The contractual term is the ten commandments. The covenant or the contract is God's promise of blessing in condition of man's obedience. We saw this in the Abrahamic covenant and the Mosaic covenant. Paul further substantiated this in Hebrews 8 and 10 on why the Mosaic covenant failed. Because it was man's promise of obedience. Paul exalted Jesus as 'the mediator of the better covenant'---the New Covenant 'because of a better promise', not of man, but of God. It is God's promise to empower man by Grace through the spirit that man might be able to keep the Ten commandments of God (the contractual term) (I will write my law on their hearts and minds) and therefore receive God's promise of blessing which is the eternal inheritance.

So I hope you can see that Jesus carries out the daily in the heavenly sanctuary on man's behalf for the sake of the New Covenant. You and I can claim it by faith.

And of course Satan would desperately seek to destroy it and have it trodden under foot.

About Malachi 1...IMO, this is a message of rebuke and calls to repentance for Israel.

1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
...
9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us:

The prophet Malachi was delivering a message of rebuke and a call to repentance for Israel. In vs9, Malachi was pleading with them for all of Israel's sake (I pray you, beseech God that He will be gracious unto us) regarding to their deplorable temporal and spiritual conditions because of their infidelity to God.

And the words of Malachi was fulfilled in Paul's message to the new gentile Christians in Romans 12:1

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

It is the fidelity to the covenant with God by presenting ourselves a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, that is the pure offering as in contrast to the blind, lame and sick (their true spiritual condition) Israel offered onto God (Mal 1:8,13) therefore profaned the name of God.

The scriptures have never likened the Little Horn and its religious system onto Israel. Rev 17 calls her the great harlot(commits spiritual fornication), the mother of harlots, the abomination of the earth.