at the close of probation. However, the book of Hebrews makes
clear the fact that ministry of Christ is made valid only by His "sacrifice."
And all aspects of "sacrifice", "do not belong to the text" of
Dan. 8, 11 or 12!
"But Christ being come an high priest…by his own blood [sacrifice]…obtained
eternal redemption for us,…without shedding of blood [sacrifice] there is no
remission [of sin]…heavenly things [purged]…with better sacrifices."
Heb. 9:11,12,11, 22,23.
Attaching the concept of "sacrifice" to the
"daily" of Dan. 8-12, leads only "to darkness and confusion, obscuring the
true meaning of the timelines of Daniel 12.
When the word, "sacrifice" is removed, then the
corrected text reads: "daily taken away." The word,
"daily," in the book of Daniel, is consistently connected to the phrase
"taken away." Then the questions which remain are: What is taken away? How
is the "daily" taken away? How was the "daily taken away" in
the past in Dan. 8 and 11? And How will the "daily [be] taken
away" in the future in Dan. 12?
Prophetic Expositors Attempted to Define the "Daily."
For more than 2000 years, prophetic expositors have been trying to
define the "daily taken away." But these words were "closed up and
sealed" (Dan. 12:9), not to be opened until the "end" or "utmost
end" or "border edge" of time! Past expositions have rested on speculation
and conjecture. What did past expositors seem to see in the "daily" of Daniel
8-12?
The Jews believed the "daily" of the book of Daniel
referred to the daily ritual and sacrificial system, and that it was "taken
away" by the Babylonians, and later by the Romans, who destroyed their temple and
stopped their daily sacrifices.
Some early Christians believed that the "daily" had been Christ’s
ministry for three and a half years here on earth, but had been "taken away"
at the crucifixion.
Later, after the apostasy of the third and fourth centuries, some
Christians believed the "daily" referred to the true gospel which had
been "taken away" by corruption.
- European reformers continued to understand the "daily" to refer to Christ’s
priestly ministry, as presented in the Scriptures, the knowledge of which had been
"taken away" from the common people by Papal Rome.
