End-Time Antiochus
This whole vision is about an evening and morning sacrifice in the temple.
The temple, today, is God’s Church (Ephesians 2:20-21).
Notice, here the daily is taken away because of transgression.
So this is a different event than in Daniel 12:11,
where there is a “daily” taken away because of righteousness—to the place of safety.
Also, in Daniel 12 an end-time Antiochus violently shatters the power of the holy people.
But here in Daniel 8, he subtly comes to the temple with flatteries.
“Yea, he magnified himself even to [margin reads ‘against’] the prince of the host,
and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was 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 8:11-12).
There are several things to note here. Verse 11 is speaking in military terms. Someone, somewhere,
has the gall to take on Jesus Christ, our military Commander.
Only Satan could motivate a man to operate so boldly.
Verse 12 says an army was given to Satan “against the daily.” By him the “daily” was taken away.
Just as in Daniel 12:11, “sacrifice” is in italics and should be left out of the translation.
Anciently, the daily sacrifice was offered in the temple. Today, the temple is the Church—so,
again, the daily in prophecy refers to the sacrifice, or work, of the Church.
Daniel 8 is discussing transgression, truth being cast to the ground—a satanic host
practicing and prospering at destroying the daily—all from within the sanctuary, God’s own Church.
This is not the destruction to occur in the Tribulation. It’s going on within the Church before the Tribulation.
Inside the Church, a man is acting like God, magnifying himself even to the prince of the host,
casting truth to the ground. Satan is behind him.
This man took away the daily—the continual—the Work of God.
The daily was to stop, because of sin, for 2300 evening and morning sacrifices.
the sacrifices were offered twice a day anciently, the duration is actually 1150 days.