1. Daniel 8 and the 2300-day Prophecy - Christian Hjortland AFCOE Europe 2015

2. The Sanctuary Why was it built? (Exodus 25:8)
How many sanctuary services? (Hebrews 9:6-7)
Daily: Courtyard, Holy Place
Yearly: Most Holy Place
Repeat and enlarge!
Daniel 8:1-3

3. Medo-Persia, b.c
Daniel 8:3 “The higher horn came up last” Which was the dominant power?
Why are not Babylon mentioned in this prophecy?
day prophecy
v.4 “Pushing west...” West: Cyrus conquered Lydia in 547 BC and Babylon in 539 BC.
South: Egypt and Nubia in 525 BC
North: Darius went north against the Scythians in 513 BC.

4. Greece 331-168 b.c. Daniel 8:5-8 4 horns 4 winds
v. 8: “When he became strong...” Daniel 8:9: And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

5. Rome 168 b.c. - 476 a.d. “And out of one of them” South and east
Glorious land
Grew horizontally!
Daniel 8:10: And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
How does it grow now?
Vertically

6. Papal Rome “Host and stars” - Daniel 12:3, 8:24
Daniel 8:11: Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
Daily/tamid = continual or regular
Used 103 times.

7. Tamid - continually
The word tamid (continually/daily) used regarding the sanctuary:
The continual bread – shewbread (Num 4:7)
The lamp that was to burn continually (Ex 27:20)
The fire that was to be kept burning upon the altar (Lev 6:13)
The incense that was to be offered morning and evening (Ex 30:7,8)
So what does the taking away of the “daily/continually” mean practically?

8. The daily taken away
Here are some examples on how the Papacy have taken away the “daily”:
The authority of a visible head: the pope, in place of that of Christ, the invisible head of the church.
A priestly hierarchy in place of direct access to Christ by all believers.
A system of salvation by works ordained by the Church in place of salvation by faith in Christ.
The confessional and the sacrifice of the mass in place of the mediating work of Christ as our great high priest.
Christ referred to this in the “double” prophecy of Matt 24 and Luke 21.

9. Christ is representing His children
“And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.”
Exodus 28:30
“Clouds and darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice[judgement] are the foundation of His throne.”
Psalms 97:2
What was cast down in Daniel 8:11?
Place (same word as foundation in Ps 97:2). Christ and His judgement.

10. Truth cast down!
“And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.”
Daniel 8:12
What is truth?
John 14:6, 17:17
Court Yard Holy Place Most Holy Place

11. Truth cast down!
In 1229, the Bible was placed on Rome’s Index of Forbidden Books.
1546, in Council of Trent: Anyone who dared study Scriptures on their own must “be punished with the penalties by law established.” (Dogmatic Cannons and Decrees of the Council of Trent..., pages 11-13; Copyright 1977, 1912, with Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat. In 1713: “Unigenitus”, wrote that “We strictly forbid them [the laity] to have the books of the Old and New Testament in the vulgar tongue.”
- Pope Clement XI

12. When will the judgment happen?
Revelation 14:6-7, 14-16
Daniel 7:9-10
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – Christ waking up the dead.
- Revelation 22:11-12

13. Who is judged, and who is involved?
1. Investigative judgement
2. Executive judgement: Revelation 20:7-9
The investigative judgement happens before Jesus comes back with the reward according to our works.

14. Who is judged, and who is involved?
Leader of the court: God, the Father - Dan 7:9-10.
Accuser: Satan - Rev 12:9-10.
Advocate/Lawyer: Jesus 1 John 2:1.
Judge: Jesus - John 5:22:
Witness: Jesus and the Holy Spirit: Rev 3:14, + Romans 8:16
Who will be judged first?
1 Peter 4:17
1 Corinthians 4:9: For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

15. Who is judged, and who is involved?
Executive Judgment – Revelation 20:7-9
The judgement shows that God is just. The last parts of the judgment is in heaven and after the 1,000 years, where God's people will take part in judging.

16. When will the Sanctuary get cleansed?
Leviticus 16:5: And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 16:29-34 – The Day of Atonement.
Leviticus 16:16: And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
If sin remained – executive judgement (Lev 23:29-30)

17. When will the Sanctuary get cleansed?
The Sanctuary in heaven
Hebrews 8:1-5, – the sum/the main thing
Hebrews 9:23
When is our starting point?
Daniel 8:14

18. When will the Sanctuary get cleansed?
Jesus our high priest is right now cleansing the Sanctuary from the sins of His people, and will complete it before He comes back.

19. “Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three
“Jesus and Alexander died at thirty-three. One lived and died for self, The other died for you and me.”
– Charles Ross Weede

20. Summary of Daniel 2, 7 and 8 Identification Daniel 2 Daniel 7 Daniel 8
Babylon
Gold
Lion -
Medo-Persia
Silver
Bear
Ram
Greece
Bronze
Leopard
Goat
Imperial Rome
Iron
Beast
Little horn
Divided Europe
Iron and Clay
10 Horns
Papal Rome