Those who clung to sin were cut off forever from Israel. On that day God’s people were clearly identified as His and the record of their sins was removed. See Ezekiel 4:6 and Numbers 14:34.) We have already learned that the cleansing of the earthly sanctuary took place on the Day of Atonement in ancient Israel.
(Remember, in Bible prophecy there is a day-for-a-year principle. “He said to me, ‘For two thousand three hundred days then the sanctuary shall be cleansed’ ” (Daniel 8:14).Īnswer: Heaven’s reply was that the sanctuary in heaven would be cleansed after 2,300 prophetic days, which is 2,300 literal years. When asked how long God’s people and heavenly sanctuary would be trodden under foot, what was heaven’s reply? Daniel 8 informs us that this little horn power would also destroy many of God’s people (verses 10, 24, 25) and cast truth to the ground (verse 12). The little horn power persecuted and destroyed millions of God’s people.Ĥ. And Jesus is our true priest and mediator (1 Timothy 2:5). No one but God can forgive sins (Luke 5:21). It also destroyed the Jewish temple.Īnd papal Rome effectively caused the heavenly sanctuary to be “cast down” (verse 11) and “trampled underfoot” (verse 13) by seeking to replace the essential ministry of Jesus, our High Priest in heaven, with an earthly priesthood that claims to forgive sins. Only Rome stood up against Jesus, “the Prince of the host” (verse 11) and “the Prince of princes” (verse 25). No major power other than Rome fits this point.ĭ. Rome extended its power to the south (Egypt), the east (Macedonia), and the “Glorious Land” (Palestine) precisely as the prophecy predicted (verse 9). History is clear that no power following Greece and occupying Israel became “exceedingly great” other than Rome.Ĭ. Daniel chapter 8 says the Medo-Persians would become “great” (verse 4), the Grecians “very great” (verse 8), and the little horn power “exceedingly great” (verse 9). (Compare Daniel 8:25 with Daniel 2:34.)ī.
The little horn of Daniel 8 fits this pattern exactly: It follows Greece and is finally supernaturally destroyed -"broken without hand"- at Jesus' second coming. Daniel 7:24–27 also establishes the fact that Rome in its papal form will be succeeded by the kingdom of Christ. In harmony with the prophetic rule of "repeat and expand," Rome must be the power represented here because chapters 2 and 7 of Daniel point to Rome as the kingdom that follows Greece. Others, including most leaders of the Reformation, have believed that the little horn represents Rome in both its pagan and papal forms. Some have suggested that it represents Antiochus Epiphanes, a Seleucid king who ruled over Palestine in the second century before Christ and who disrupted the Jewish worship services. So the little horn of the last days is the papacy. The “little horn” of Daniel chapter 8 represents Rome in both its pagan & papal stages.
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