I am sorry… I should have placed an emoji in my response. I was attempting to draw out how you are able to use the relevant dates, times, and events that can be found in the Scriptures to put together a series of interpretations, or reveal a possible misinterpretation within these verses.
So true!
Again, so true!
Yes, this is not literal. In this verse, the “he” is the little horn (papacy) who will come to “sit atop” the 4th beast around 500 AD. Therefore, it can and is not literal since the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD. This is figurative, but all so horribly wrong. The Christian church would be taken over or appropriated by the little horn and bring in THEIR own brand of Christianity. It would be mixed with pagan practices, idols, rituals not in accordance with His church. Regarding the two things mentioned in this verse, they would “take away the daily sacrifice.” It was the cross that took away the need for the daily sacrifice. It was replaced / fulfilled by Jesus on the cross. But the little horn will come to declare that salvation is only through the RCC, their sacraments, they can forgive sin, etc. The Sanctuary was the way the Jews would keep His ceremonies and their sins would be covered over. Jesus would fulfill those “types and shadows,” but the little horn would make their own place of holiness in Rome, and they would design their own “ceremonies”, practices, commands, etc.
This is the little horn who would be given the power to sit atop the 4th beast kingdom after pagan Rome was slain (7:11). They would no longer keep His commandments and would come to place both “tradition and the magisterium” above Scripture.
Well, here is the time element we are discussing. I am not sure if you are identifying all the verses that pertain to this issue or you are placing them in some kind of order…
If Daniel is written to reveal the restoration of the Jews back to Jerusalem after their exile, and it is, then we should follow the prophecy and the events as the Jews are / have returned to Jerusalem. Although, God will use this most important prophecy to reveal His first coming and, in a greater picture or purpose, to reveal His plan of salvation for ALL mankind.
So the Jews would be given the responsibility to restore all the physical elements of Jerusalem- the land, the walls, the city, the Temple etc. They would also reinstate the 7 feast days, the ceremonies, the sacrifices, etc. They would restore them in the exact reverse order they were destroyed or taken away by the Babylonians. The ONLY piece of furniture they could not possibly restore was the first piece taken away by Jeremiah- the Ark of the covenant. Only God could restore the presence of God in the Sanctuary. This is the reason that everything had to be restored by the end of the 69th week if the prophecy. The Messiah would arrive in the last week and restore His presence in the Sanctuary.
So, what does this mean regarding the 2300 days? If the Messiah came to fulfill the Levitical practices - He was the Passover Lamb, He was our High Priest, He is our Temple and our Sanctuary, His sacrifice did away with the “daily,” then who is the ONLY one that can “cleanse the Sanctuary” with BLOOD? It can only be ONE INDIVIDUAL CAPABLE of cleansing the Sanctuary. And in this case, it means the “heavenly” Sanctuary.
The last 7 years of the prophecy were “set aside” by God for His Messiah to complete all of His God given mission- 9:24. During these final 7 years, He would attend 7 Passover Feasts. We certainly do not know what would have happened had He not been crucified but that was not in God’s plan since the beginning of time. But Jesus would represent the True sacrifice for our sins. At the end of the 70th week, the 4th and final Great Jubilee would come to an end which would bring in the Messiah and the end of all things. But the cross prevented this from happening. But that did not mean that Jesus would not fulfill all 6 of His requirements and establish His church on earth. He did! But He did do away with the need for a Temple, a Sanctuary, a High Priest, any further animal sacrifices, and He would be seen (by Stephen) standing at the right hand of God- His sacrifice was accepted!
But the calculation for this “cleansing of the Sanctuary” which could only be accomplished by Jesus is as follows:
From the first day of His arrival - which is the beginning of His ministry, was when he was baptized in the Jordan by John AND was anointed by His Father. The day the LAST Passover festival WOULD have taken place WITHIN the last week would have been on day 2340 (360 days @ 6.5 years) (Jesus was baptized 1/2 year before the first Passover He would attend, meaning the last Passover would occur 6 years after the first or 6.5 years after He was baptized in the Jordan.
There is only one more piece to this calculation- the 40 days.
As you are aware, whether it is the Temple, the High Priest or the sacrificial animal within the Passover ceremony, each of these MUST be “deemed clean / put and without imperfection.” This is according to Levitical law. Thus, Jesus would ALSO honor His Father’s laws and commands. Consequently, the very first thing that Jesus did after He was baptized was to go immediately into the desert for 40 days to be tempted by the devil. And of course He would not sin but only relied on the Word of God. Thus, this “cleansing or purification” period must be subtracted from the 2340 total days arriving at exactly 2300 days. The Sanctuary would be cleansed by the blood of the lamb.
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