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2300 : 2300 - days
2300 - days : Dan. 8:14

"The Seventh Day Adventists understood that the two thousand and three hundred days referred to years which, on the basis of their interpretation, were to culminate in the year 1844 with the second coming of Christ." Ref-0005, p. 188. "About seven months after the Antichrist, the ‘Prince’ (i.e. of the Roman Empire) of Dan 9:27 has made the Covenant with the Jews he will begin to ‘practice’ in Jerusalem (Dan. 8:24). This we believe is the explanation of the two thousand three hundred days of Dan. 8:14 which has puzzled so many of the commentators. This two thousand three hundred days is the whole period during which the false messiah will practice in Jerusalem and have power over the ‘sanctuary’ two thousand three hundred days is seven years less seven months and ten days." Ref-0215, "The Career of the Antichrist" "For twenty-three hundred days, or about six and a half years, the temple was to be polluted, according to the same prophet Daniel. Then the sanctuary was to be cleansed and divine service re-instituted. And so it was. In 171 B.C. the abomination that made desolate was set up. In 165–4 B.C. the temple was purified and re-dedicated by command of Judas Maccabeus. The intervening 2300 days were the strenuous times of which we now proceed to take note." Ref-1126, p. 42. "Evening and morning together most naturally refer to one normal day, yielding 2,300 days. Antiochus' interruption of the Jewish sacrifices did not last 2,300 days, but approximately 1,080 days (1 Macc 1:54; 4:52–54)." -- Mark A. Hassler, The Identity of the Little Horn in Daniel 8: Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Rome, or the Antichrist?, Ref-0164, Volume 27 Number 1, Spring 2016, 33-44, p. 37. See 20160522181858.pdf "Ultimately, whether one favors 2,300 days or 1,150 days, “there is no historical epoch mentioned in the book of Maccabees or in Josephus regarding Antiochus IV which corresponds with either set of figures.”" -- Mark A. Hassler, The Identity of the Little Horn in Daniel 8: Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Rome, or the Antichrist?, Ref-0164, Volume 27 Number 1, Spring 2016, 33-44, p. 38. See 20160522181858.pdf "For three reasons the 2,300 evenings and mornings do not signal 2,300 sacrifices. (a) The comparable formula in Genesis 1 sets a precedent for how to interpret the evenings and mornings (“there was evening and there was morning”). According to Keil, “A Hebrew reader could not possibly understand the period of time 2300 evening-mornings of 2300 half days or 1150 whole days, because evening and morning at the creation constituted not the half but the whole day.” (b) Whenever the OT writers discuss the quotidian offerings, “morning” always precedes “evening” in the phraseology, and never the reverse. Schwantes recognizes this modality: “‘Burnt offerings morning and evening' becomes a stereotyped phrase which finds no exception in the biblical literature.” Hartman overlooks this point when he declares, “since the twenty-four-hour day began for the Jews in the evening, the evening sacrifices are mentioned before the morning sacrifices.” (c) Verse 14 reads “2,300 evenings and mornings” and not “2,300 evenings and 2,300 mornings.” The fact that the number appears only once establishes morning and evening as a unit. As Keil explains, “When the Hebrews wish to express separately day and night, . . . the number of both is expressed. They say, e.g. forty days and forty nights (Gen. 7:4, 12; Ex. 24:18; 1 Kings 19:8), and three days and three nights (Jonah 2:1; Matt. 12:40).”" -- Mark A. Hassler, The Identity of the Little Horn in Daniel 8: Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Rome, or the Antichrist?, Ref-0164, Volume 27 Number 1, Spring 2016, 33-44, p. 38. See 20160522181858.pdf "The 2,300 days, the 1,290 days, and the 1,335 days all begin at the middle of the seventieth seven." -- Mark A. Hassler, The Identity of the Little Horn in Daniel 8: Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Rome, or the Antichrist?, Ref-0164, Volume 27 Number 1, Spring 2016, 33-44, p. 43. See 20160522181858.pdf


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