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the discussion of the 2300 year trampling of the sanctuary and the host in
Daniel 8:13, it is evident that the phrase, “the sanctuary shall be put
right (nisdaq),” includes not only the cleansing (taher), as
implied in nisdaq, and the rectification (putting right) of the
sanctuary itself, but also the cleansing and putting right (rectification)
of God’s people, the temple of the Holy Spirit. Sadaq includes the
concept of cleansing (taher) of the sanctuary from confessed sins as
set forth in Leviticus 16, but the trampling of both the sanctuary and the
host (saba’) in Daniel 8:13 caused by “the daily and the
transgression which desolates” requires a “putting right” or
rectification of both God’s heavenly temple and the temple of the Holy
Spirit, His people (saba’ or host). The “putting right” or
rectification conveyed by sadaq transcends the cleansing described by
taher and effectively describes God’s intended action both with His
sanctuary and His people.
Just as Nehemiah cleansed the
priesthood of everything pagan (Neh. 13:30), he also cleansed the sanctuary
court rooms from the trampling caused by the pagan Ammonite official, Tobiah
(13:9). Likewise God will purify (taher) the sons of Levi (Mal. 3:3),
His royal priesthood today (1 Peter 2:9), that they may offer to Jehovah an
offering in righteousness (sedaqa). The promise and the power of the
gospel is to make His faithful people, who walk after the Spirit (Rom. 8:4),
righteous through the obedience of Christ (Rom. 5:19). Consequently, the
sanctuary shall be cleansed and “put right” at the time of the end (Dn.
8:17) following the continuous trampling associated with the 2300 “evening-morning”
time prophecy. The antitypical day of atonement and cleansing or “putting
right” of the heavenly sanctuary in Daniel 8:14 is intimately connected in
a parallel manner with the typical day of atonement and cleansing (taher)
of the earthly sanctuary in which both the people (Lev. 16:30) and the
sanctuary (Lev. 16:19) were cleansed which was followed by the feast of
tabernacles typifying the second coming of Christ and the heavenly Canaan.
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EXTERNAL EVIDENCE FROM DANIEL 9:23-27 |