The words Gabriel spoke to Daniel recorded in Daniel 9:24-27,
24 `Seventy weeks are determined for thy people, and for thy holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in righteousness age-during, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.
25 And thou dost know, and dost consider wisely, from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem till Messiah the Leader [is] seven weeks, and sixty and two weeks: the broad place hath been built again, and the rampart, even in the distress of the times.
26 And after the sixty and two weeks, cut off is Messiah, and the city and the holy place are not his, the Leader who hath come doth destroy the people; and its end [is] with a flood, and till the end [is] war, determined [are] desolations.
27 And he hath strengthened a covenant with many — one week, and [in] the midst of the week he causeth sacrifice and present to cease, and by the wing of abominations he is making desolate, even till the consummation, and that which is determined is poured on the desolate one.’ (YLT)
A prophecy was given to Daniel who had been asking for understanding of the scriptures he had found in the book of Jeremiah chaps. 25 and 29 which told of the return from Babylonian captivity of the remnant of Israel to Jerusalem after 70 years. Gabriel told Daniel what would happen to Daniel’s people – thy people – and Daniel’s holy city – thy holy city – after their return from Babylon.
We can therefore know that the prophecy was limited to Judah and the remaining tribes of Israel, and to their city, Jerusalem. (Dan. 9:7) The prophesy does not concern any other tribe or nation.
Gabriel also told Daniel the time period of the prophecies – “Seventy weeks…” The Hebrew world translated as “weeks” was shavuim, which is literally “sevens.” This is a mistranslation as “weeks” in Hebrew is shavuot. Therefore, seventy sevens, and it is understood as a multiple of years because of the context and background, just as it is used in Lev. 25:8 for the seven sevens of sabbatical years.
Daniel had been asking about the 70 years he found in the book of Jeremiah, and was wondering how long the desolation of Jerusalem would last. (Dan. 9:2) Gabriel was correcting Daniel, and telling him that the desolation would not be finished at their return to rebuild Jerusalem (70 years), but would be finished upon seventy sevens of years, or 490 years.
Daniel had thought that the return to rebuild Jerusalem would signify the end of their desolation, but he had not yet understood what he had asked for…. the end of the desolation of Jerusalem and the remnant of Israel.
All of the events prophesied in verse 24 were to occur by the 490th year of that time period! None of the events in verse 24 would happen after the 490th year.
So we have the time of the prophecy, 490 years; and we have the people and city of the prophecy – the Judeans and Jerusalem.
The point to consider is that if any one of the events prophesied in verse 24 can be identified as having already occurred, then all of them have been completed! So let’s look at them.
1) “to shut up the transgression” or “to finish the transgression” (NKJV)
Transgression is breach of trust, sin, rebellion, trespass against God.
What transgression? The answer is Isa. 53:8, “He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.“
1 John 3:4, “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
Christ Jesus fulfilled this prophesy when He was crucified at the cross in the first century A.D. He took all of the sins of all of the people throughout the world for all time, backward and forward on to Himself. (Isa. 53:5; John 1:29; 1 Cor. 15:3; Gal. 1:4; Heb. 9:15; 1 John 2:2; 4:10, etc.)
2) “and to seal up sins” or “to make an end of sins” (NKJV)
This is not speaking of ending the sins on the part of mankind. It is speaking of the end of sin offerings. To seal up, or shut up sins was cutting off the continual and constant animal sacrifice for sins. Christ became the sin offering when He died on the cross for our sins in the first century A.D.
Isa. 53:10, “ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.”
Jer. 33:18, “Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.”
Heb. 10:4-6, “ For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.”
Heb. 10:11-12, “ 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;”
3) “to cover iniquity” or “to make reconciliation for iniquity” (NKJV)
To cover, to reconcile is to make an atonement.
Rom. 5:10-11, “ 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.“
2 Cor. 5:18-19, “ 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.”
Rom. 4:7, ” Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.”
This was fulfilled by Christ Jesus at the cross in the first century A.D.
Can you guess by now where this is all going? We have identified three of the six prophecies of verse 24, and they have all been fulfilled by Christ’s death at the cross. But, we will proceed and identify the last three.
4) “to bring in righteousness age-during” or “to bring in everlasting righteousness” (NKJV)
Jer. 23:5, ” Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.”
Jer. 33:15, ” In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.”
Rom. 5:17, “ For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.”
1 John 2:29, “ If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.”
To bring in the everlasting righteousness was to bring in the righteous one of God, the promised seed, Christ Jesus. And, when did He come? When He was manifested on earth, and then crucified at the cross in the first century A.D., and afterward ascended to the Father. Everlasting righteousness is now available to all who call on Him.
5) ” to seal up vision and prophet” or “to seal up vision and prophesy” (NKJV)
To seal up means to finish or complete, to put an end to, or to cease. This is a result of the previous prophecies, that by fulfilling all of the prophecy Christ has completed them, and there is no more need for prophecy or revelation.
Christ brought an end to the vision and prophecy at His second appearance in that same generation of His crucifixion at the cross. The Revelation given to John who lived to see Christ’s coming in A.D. 70 was the completion of the desolation of Jerusalem, which was the beginning point of these prophecies to Daniel. (See The Whore of Babylon and the Signs of Revelation at the right margin.)
6) “to anoint the holy of holies” or “to anoint the Most Holy” (NKJV)
To anoint is to consecrate for a special office, to appoint to office for service; specifically, the Messiah, the anointed one, Christ Jesus.
Only the high priest could enter behind the veil into the holy of holies in the tabernacle of the wilderness, and later in the temple in Jerusalem. He did so once a year on the day of atonement to offer the sacrifice for the sins of the people. (Lev. 16:30; Heb 9:7)
When Christ died on the cross, the veil before the holy of holies was torn in two. (Matt. 27:50-51). The tearing of the veil signified the removal of the barrier of sin between God and the people, and that Christ had entered into the holy of holies once for all time for atonement of the sins of the people. (Heb. 10:10)
Christ became our High Priest after the order of Melchisedek. (Heb. 7:15-28)
Heb. 10:19-21, “ Having, therefore, brethren, boldness for the entrance into the holy places, in the blood of Jesus, 20 which way he did initiate for us — new and living, through the vail, that is, his flesh — 21 and a high priest over the house of God,”
Christ is not only our High Priest, He is the temple!
Matt. 1:6, “ 6 and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;”
John 2:19-21, “ 19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this to them;[c] and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.”
Rev. 21:22, “And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.”
His blood, shed for the sins of the world, anointed the holy of holies, the Most Holy of the temple of His body. This negates the argument that futurists and the so-called Jews occupying present day Israel put forth that the anointing spoken of in Dan. 9:24 is of a place and not a person. The anointing that took place at Christ’s death on the cross was of both a place and a person, because He is both the High Priest and the temple.
Christ fulfilled all of the prophecy of verse 24 in Daniel chap. 9. He completed all of verse 24 at the cross, and He completed the desolation of the holy city in the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Roman army in A.D. 70, which was His second appearance in that generation. (Heb. 9:28)
Therefore, the 490 years of the prophecy was completed by A.D. 70.
Verse 25 continues, expounding on the same prophecy. It tells of the division of the 490 years into 49 years for the rebuilding of the city and the temple in troublesome times which are detailed in chap. 11 covering about 400 years of secular history from Xerxes, the 4th king after Cyrus, to Julius Caesar; and the time unto the appearance of Christ. (See history detailed at Daniel Chap 11)
Verse 26 and 27 continues further to tell of the cutting off of the Messiah, the same Messiah anointed in verse 24. His cutting off, His sacrifice in mid week of the 70th “week” was the reason that sacrifice and oblation ceased. The animal sacrifices the Jews continued to perform after Christ was crucified were of no effect; they became profane.
After an interval of 40 years to allow for the preaching of the gospel of Christ, the last 3-1/2 years of the 70th “week” was finished at the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 when “the people of the prince” – the Roman army – came to destroy the city and the sanctuary. That was the overspreading of the abominations, the abomination of desolation, the end of the desolation of Jerusalem which Daniel had asked to know.
God sent Gabriel to answer the question that Daniel had asked, but it wasn’t quite what Daniel thought he had asked. Daniel had asked about the end of the desolation of his people Israel, and God did not fail to answer.
Dan. 12:6-7, “ 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.”
Time, times and an half; or 1260 days; or 42 months; or 3-1/2 years… the last half of the last “week” was finished when the power of the Israelites – the holy people – was scattered at the destruction of Jerusalem and their temple in A.D. 70.
The message left Daniel reeling (Dan. 10:1-3; 17) so much so that he even asked the question again about the end of these things (Dan. 12:8).
The imposters in the current state of Israel who call themselves Jews acknowledge that the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel was the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Roman army in A.D. 70. They will admit this was the “end” of the war spoken of by Gabriel in verses 26 and 27.
But, they refuse to see that the prophecies of Dan. 9, verses 26 and 27 are linked to those of verses 24 and 25. They deny that Christ was the Messiah who fulfilled all of verse 24. They cannot have it both ways. If they admit to one, they must admit to all.
By the same faulty reasoning, the futurists will admit that Christ was the Messiah prophesied in Dan. 9:24, but they parse the time periods of verses 25 – 27, insert a 2,000 year gap between the crucifixion and the kingdom, and still look for the abomination of desolation as some future war of Armageddon in some other country or nation than Judea (the remnant of Israel) in which Christ appeared so long ago.
Neither one of them can see that all of Daniel 9:24-27 is linked and that if any of it happened then all of it has happened within that 490 year period just as Gabriel told Daniel it would.
Daniel had thought there must be more for Gabriel to tell him because he did not get the answer he was hoping for… specifically of a restored earthly, national kingdom of Israel.
Just as many today are striving, fighting, and conspiring to make happen, they believe that the scriptures tell of an everlasting physical kingdom on earth. But, that was not the message to Daniel, and it is not the message to us.
The everlasting kingdom, the everlasting righteousness, the temple not made with hands is in Christ Jesus!
So, when they point to the events happening today in Syria, Israel, Iran, and the Middle East they are watching a scenario actively engineered by the Zionists and Jesuits out of their own desire for power and control over all the nations on earth. As snake-oil salesmen, they then manufacture a false belief that these prophecies have yet to be fulfilled to sell to unsuspecting Christians.
They are trying to force God’s hand, and are committing murder and violence and genocide upon thousands of people, all to get their own way. All because of false pride, false ideology, and false religion, and very much like a spoiled two-year old child.
There is much more scripture to consider regarding these prophecies in the previous posts at the right margin, especially those of It’s Not The End of The World, Parts I- X; The Seventy Weeks of Dan. 9; The Beast of Revelation, The Whore of Babylon, The Signs of Revelation, Parts I – VIII.
Sources: Young’s Literal Translation (YLT), KJV and NKJV. All bold emphasis is mine.
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wow, this is a great expounding of Daniel 9. Thank you Gina.
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You are most welcome!
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Do you cover your thoughts on Daniel 8:13-14 in any of your posts, regarding the statement about the ‘vision of the regular sacrifice’ and the ‘holy place and the host being trampled’ for 2300 evenings and mornings?
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I have not written a specific post on Dan. 8:13-14. But, this is the 2300 “evenings and mornings” or about 6-1/2 years in the reign of Antiochus IV of the Seleucid dynasty from about 170 BC to 164 BC when Antiochus laid waste to the temple, had a gymnasium built for Greek athletic competitions, and set up a statue to Jupiter(Zeus), and caused the Jews to abandon the law in favor of Hellenistic customs to appease Antiochus. It was the Maccabean revolt that ended these transgressions. So, from Antiochus’ appointments of Jason and Menelaus as high priests to the cleansing of the temple by the Maccabees (Mattathias & Judas Maccabeus) was the 2300 days. See here: https://www.gotquestions.org/Maccabean-Revolt.html and the commentaries at BibleHub: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/daniel/8-14.htm
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Daniel 8:13-14
13Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 14And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
After witnessing the unfolding events within the second and third kingdoms, Daniel hears a conversation taking place between two holy beings. One is referred to as a “Certain One,” who is the Lord Himself, and the other is Gabriel. Gabriel poses a question directly to the “Certain One,” asking how long the vision will last concerning the daily sacrifices, the transgression of desolation, and the giving over of the Sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot.
Although this conversation might seem straightforward, it carries significant depth and complexity. Gabriel’s question, found in verse 13, specifically uses the Hebrew word “chazon,” which refers to the broader, long-term vision that Daniel had seen earlier (verses 8:1–2).
This question encompasses events associated with the fourth kingdom—events directly connected to the crucifixion and its subsequent impact. Gabriel’s inquiry includes four distinct elements:
However, the first two events—the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation—are specifically tied to the last week of Daniel’s “seventy-weeks-of-years” prophecy, directly relating to the Messiah’s crucifixion and the rejection by His people. In contrast, the final two events—the trampling of the Sanctuary and the host—occur later and result directly from the actions of the little horn, long after the crucifixion.
This suggests that Gabriel’s question to God may reflect a limited understanding of these two distinct timeframes. Gabriel likely did not fully realize he was addressing events that would unfold in two entirely separate periods. This implies that the timing of the Messiah’s arrival and crucifixion may have been known by God Himself. As a result, Gabriel appropriately used the term “chazon”—the long-term vision—rather than “mareh,” which would have specifically indicated a shorter-term vision relating to the Messiah’s immediate appearance.
In response, God directly addresses Daniel, focusing on the “mareh” vision—the specific “appearance” of the Messiah, which forms the heart of the broader “chazon” vision. Again, it seems to support that God was the only One who could answer this specific vision, and He would reveal this to Daniel rather than to Gabriel. Understanding this distinction between the “chazon” (long-term) and the “mareh” (short-term, appearance-focused) visions is essential for correctly interpreting the prophecy’s timeline and significance.
The mareh vision, depicting the coming Messiah and His sacrificial work, is central to all prophecy and the critical moment in human history. Just as God previously gave Moses His ten Words within the Torah and the broader Tanakh, He now gives Daniel clarity regarding the “mareh” vision of the Messiah’s arrival, embedded within the “seventy-weeks-of-years” prophecy, itself part of the broader “chazon” vision.
And here, despite the question posed by Gabriel, God would speak directly to Daniel in verse 14.
14For two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings, then the Sanctuary shall be cleansed.
First, we may have just heard that skipping sound once again. Daniel himself would have found this revelation deeply unsettling, possibly overwhelming. The prophet might not fully grasp the meaning, but he senses that something horrific would happen to his beloved Lord God. Yet, despite Daniel’s lack of complete understanding, God reveals something spectacular: the cleansing of the Sanctuary would occur in precisely 2,300 evenings and mornings. In communicating this, God intentionally selects the Hebrew word “qodes” for “Sanctuary,” underscoring its holiness and spiritual significance rather than simply pointing to a physical building or earthly location. The Sanctuary will be cleansed by the Messiah, and this will take place between verses 8 and 9, and it will take place in heaven.
In Chapter 8, there are nine verses that Daniel records or uses the term “vision”. However, as mentioned above, they can have two different meanings. Of the nine times the word “vision” is found in Chapter 8, six are translated in Hebrew as chazon. The remaining three are translated in Hebrew as mareh, and all three references to the mareh vision are found only in the interpretation sequence verses; meaning the mareh vision is within the chazon.
Verses where Chazon is found
Daniel 8:1: A vision appeared to me.
Daniel 8:2: I saw in the vision.
Daniel 8:13: How long will the vision be?
Daniel 8:15: had seen the vision.
Daniel 8:17: The vision refers to the time of the end.
Daniel 8:26: Therefore seal up the vision, for it refers to many days
in the future.
Verses where Mareh is found
Daniel 8:16: Make this man understand the vision.
Daniel 8:26: The vision of the evenings and mornings.
Daniel 8:27: Astonished at the vision, but no one understood it.
The interpretation of the 2300-evening-and-morning prophecy has commonly been approached using the year-for-a-day principle, transforming this prophetic time period into 2300 years. One prevalent interpretation identifies the start of this prophecy with the decree issued by Artaxerxes in 457 BC—the same decree marking the beginning of the seventy-weeks-of-years prophecy detailed in Daniel Chapter 9. However, alternative perspectives exist, such as dividing the 2300 days into two to arrive at 1150 days. Some scholars have sought to correlate this shortened timeframe with historical events occurring during the post-Alexander era. These varying interpretations highlight the complexity and ongoing scholarly debate surrounding prophetic timelines within Daniel’s prophecies.
The unique phrase “evenings and mornings” associated with the 2300-days prophecy clearly refers to the daily sacrificial rituals. In the daily Temple service, an animal was sacrificed at 9 AM and again at 3 PM—timings remarkably mirrored by the Messiah’s crucifixion at the third hour (9 AM) and His death at the ninth hour (3 PM). Thus, this prophecy symbolizes the Messiah cleansing the Sanctuary (the mareh vision) within the final week of Daniel’s seventy-weeks-of-years prophecy.
Through His sacrificial death as the true Passover Lamb, the Messiah fully accomplished the purpose of the daily sacrifices, symbolically causing the earthly Sanctuary system to be “cast down,” as indicated in the latter half of verse 11. Following His resurrection, He ascended into heaven after forty days, where His sacrifice was fully accepted by His Father, completing the heavenly cleansing of the Sanctuary. With Christ’s earthly mission complete, the symbolic significance of the daily sacrifices was fulfilled, and a new chapter in God’s redemptive plan began. This 2300 evening and morning vision speaks directly to the Messiah’s cleansing of the Sanctuary during the set-aside final week of the prophecy.
The Mareh calculation
In Chapter 8 of Daniel, we encounter one of the most intriguing yet challenging prophecies—the vision of the 2300 days. Many readers recognize and accept that Jesus, as the Messiah, fulfilled numerous prophecies and ceremonial requirements outlined in the Tanakh. However, many struggle to connect these fulfillments with Daniel’s mysterious 2300-day prophecy.
Contained within the broader Chazon vision is the seventy-weeks-of-years prophecy of Daniel Chapter 9, which gives context and clarity to the Mareh vision. The initial sixty-nine weeks, or 483 years, outline the careful restoration of Jerusalem and its sacred elements following their devastation by the Babylonians. Every aspect of the Sanctuary, including the altars, furnishings, and ceremonial rituals, would be meticulously restored by God’s people. Remarkably, this restoration would occur in the exact reverse order from how these elements had originally been destroyed or removed.
Yet, one significant piece would remain conspicuously absent: the Ark of the Covenant. Its absence carries profound meaning, for the Ark symbolized the presence and authority of God. The Ark would remain physically absent, highlighting a vital truth: its restoration could not be achieved by human effort alone. It required the Messiah Himself to fulfill this crucial part of the prophecy during the final, seventieth week. Although the physical Temple and its rituals continued for a short period afterward, their divine importance had ended.
The prophetic emphasis is on Christ’s complete fulfillment of the sacrificial system, marking the end of the earthly Sanctuary’s significance. This spiritual approach provides clarity, helping us to understand that Daniel’s visions consistently reveal deeper divine truths and God’s ultimate plan of redemption fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
On the very first day of the final week of Daniel’s seventy-weeks-of-years prophecy, the Messiah was baptized by John in the Jordan River, officially marking the beginning of His ministry. All the significant events mentioned in Daniel 9:24–27 were specifically designated for this final seven-year segment. According to Scripture, however, the Messiah would be “cut off in the midst of the week” (Daniel 9:26–27). Yet, even with this apparent interruption to His earthly ministry, Jesus would completely fulfill His divine mission, exactly as God had planned from the beginning.
His sacrificial death on the cross would fully accomplish the purposes outlined in Daniel 9:24.
In His infinite wisdom, God arranged this seven-year period (the final week of the seventy-weeks prophecy) so precisely that Jesus’ ministry would span four Passover Feasts. This would symbolize the fulfillment of the first four Spring Festivals. This final seven-year segment was precisely 2,520 days (7 years at 360 days per year). However, God’s perfect timing placed the first Passover exactly half a year into Jesus’ ministry, which meant that the seventh Passover would occur exactly half a year before the final day of the seven-year period. Only God could orchestrate such meticulous timing!
Counting precisely, the period from Jesus’ baptism (day one of the seventieth week) until the seventh Passover would be exactly 2,340 days (6½ years × 360 days). By the end of this seventh Passover, the Sanctuary would be cleansed, fully completing the symbolism of the sacrificial system. Thus, neither the daily sacrifices nor the annual Day of Atonement would be necessary any longer. Only one final element needs to be considered in fully understanding the 2300 evenings and mornings prophecy: the forty days.
The significance of the forty days is deeply rooted in biblical tradition, often symbolizing a period of purification, testing, and spiritual preparation. Immediately following Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan River, He withdrew into the wilderness, where He fasted for forty days and forty nights. During this time, He faced intense spiritual trials and was tempted by the devil. Although Jesus was sinless and incapable of sinning, His observance of this forty-day period reflected His full obedience and adherence to the divine laws outlined in Leviticus. These initial forty days marked an essential period of spiritual cleansing and preparation, establishing Jesus’ readiness to fully embrace His role as the High Priest, the true Temple, and the ultimate sacrificial Lamb. His purity and holiness were fully confirmed, perfectly aligning Him with the divine purpose laid out by God.
This forty-day period holds further significance when we examine the timing of Daniel’s prophecy. By subtracting these forty days of purification from the previously calculated period of 2,340 days (spanning from His baptism to the seventh Passover), we arrive precisely at 2,300 days.
This remarkable precision underscores God’s meticulous fulfillment of prophecy and emphasizes His divine orchestration of each event within His plan of salvation.
Within the final week of Daniel’s seventy-weeks prophecy, every condition set by the Father for Jesus was perfectly arranged. Even though the Messiah was prophesied to be “cut off in the midst of the week,” Jesus fully accomplished His mission exactly as God had intended. Just before surrendering His Spirit on the cross, He declared, “It is finished,” affirming that His divine purpose had been fulfilled. Thus, despite being “cut off,” Jesus completed all six requirements listed in Daniel 9:24. The mareh vision specifically represents the appearance and mission of the Messiah, His act of cleansing the Sanctuary, and the culmination of His redemptive work. Through His sacrificial death and resurrection, Jesus fulfilled God’s ultimate plan for redemption and reconciliation, securing salvation for all humanity.
Hebrews 9:23–25 tells us that Jesus would offer His sacrifice and cleanse the heavenly sanctuary in the presence of God:
23It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.25Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enter into the holy place every year with blood of others; therefore, it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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I apologize for not responding to your post sooner. Tornadic winds in our area destroyed internet connections for many ppl, & ours was only restored today. I cannot agree with your construction here as the Hebrew words “chazon” and “mareh” do not have a time element in there definition. CHason (H2377) is just vision or visions; a sight, dream, revelation, or oracle. Mareh (H4758) is defined as appearance, vision, sight, or form; especially goodly appearance, or beautiful to look upon. The little horn of vs. 9 comes out of the broken he-goat of vs. 8. The he-goat of vs. 8 was clearly Alexander’s empire which at his death was broken into four smaller empires & the little horn from the Seleucid branch was Antiochus Epiphanes. Vs. 14 states that the holy place (Jerusalem & the temple) was to be declared right was to restore Jerusalem and the temple to the daily sacrifices and Mosaic worship on earth. This is not restoration of the Mosaic covenant and sacrifices in heaven. The 2300 days was the time limit until the restoration of the correct worship and correct sacrifices at the temple which happened after the Maccabean revolt. This does not reach to the last week of Dan. 9:26-27. The last half of the last week of Dan. 9:27 is the last 3-1/2 years during which the wars with Rome did destroy the temple and put an end to the Mosaic covenant sacrifices. The temple sacrifices were not restored after the destruction in AD 70.
I believe your construction is an artifice to support a conclusion you have embraced, and it is false.
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Hey just stumbled across this site and glanced through your section on Daniel and the End Times. Very good to see something written out like that. From what I saw, it is the same conclusion I have come to from much study. I will continue reading and looking here, looks like some great stuff.
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Gina, recently noted your comments and understanding of the Scriptures. I am attempting to unpack Daniel… now at chapter 11 and would like to ask if you might be interested in walking down a very new path / interpretation with me. Just about everything “out there” has a focus on AE and the Ptolemy period / folks- I completely disagree and would like to take a few verses at a time for you to consider and comment / challenge. This might be quite interesting for you and you certainly could end at any time if this does not seem to capture your attention / interest. If you have an initial interest, please send me an email at kincadect@hotmail.com and I will send you a few verses say from 11:5 to 11:8 or so. This would give you a very clear understanding of my thoughts.
Thank you very much in advance, Charlie
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