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fundamental pillar of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the sanctuary
doctrine, “a key which unlocked the mystery of the disappointment of
1844" and which “opened to view a complete system of truth”.1
Intimately associated with an unraveling of the time prophecy of Daniel
8:14 was an understanding of the “daily” (hattamid) in 8:11-13.
Differing views of the “daily” have prevailed since the time of the
Reformers to the present alternating initially from Christ’s High
Priestly ministry to pagan Rome reverting to the current view, held by
most Adventist scholars, of Christ’s ministry in the heavenly sanctuary.
Following a brief historical overview of the interpretation of “the
daily”, a statement of the exegetical problems and issues of Daniel
8:9-14 will be presented with primary emphasis on verses 9-13. Both
internal exegetical evidence from 8:9-14 and external evidence from Dn.
9:23-27; 11:31 and 12:11 will be examined leading to a self-consistent
understanding of “the daily” which confirms the historical roots of
the foundational pillar of Seventh-day Adventism.
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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW |