I am still trying figure how it is that you mean the 2300 days/(years?) clock BEGAN ticking when God made the covenant with Noah.
The 2300 days in Daniel has absolutely nothing to do with Noah.
Approx. 523 BC.- KJV Daniel 8
[13] Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give BOTH the [temple] sanctuary and the host [army of Israel] to be trodden under foot?
[14] And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred [2300] Days; THEN [by Judas Maccabeus] shall the sanctuary be cleansed [restored].
Daniel 8:13-14 is related to Revelation 11:1-2.
Rev 11:1-2
(1) And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the
temple of God, and
the altar, and
them that worship therein.
(2) But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the
Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
This is not the measuring of a literal building, but the BODY OF CHRIST making up of host of True Elect. Anyone outside of Christ, is not Holy, Righteous, or Priests unto God, ie. the professed believers, and therefore cannot be measured part of the Temple. The court "outside" of the Temple's dimensions symbolize the place of those who externally or covenantally link themselvs with Christ (ie. professed themselves Christians) but who are not truly raised up in Christ. In other words, they have joined the external covenant Church, saying they are part of the Holy Temple, but they have not truly entered therein. This is a covenant relationship lesson for
@Spiritual Israelite too!
Now here is the lesson: This court is given to the Gentiles and the Holy City they will tread under foot for forty two months. The Holy City in this context symbolizes the
body of believers. It is the spiritual city or collective population made Holy by Christ abiding in the midst of them. The Gentiles are synonymous with the heathen, or those who are not true Jews
[7] and are opposed to God that they come against the body. Anyone who becomes a Christian is spoken of as having come into Holy Israel. For example, in Romans chapter eleven, Covenant Israel is 'symbolized' as an olive tree, and the Gentiles or heathen people as a wild olive tree (the unsaved nations). Those chosen of God are broken off from the Gentile tree, and are grafted into the Covenant tree, Israel (Romans 11:19). They have spiritually become Jews, and in God's sight a living part of the New Covenant with Israel. When we are risen in Christ, born from above of God, we are no longer considered Gentiles.
Eph 2:11-13
(11) Wherefore remember, that
ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called
Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
(12) That at that time
ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
(13) But n
ow in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Gentiles in this context is 'spiritually' synonymous with unbelievers - yes those who are outside the CHURCH, ie. the unsaved world. Spiritually we all were Gentiles before we are Christian, aliens (non citizens) and strangers apart from God's Covenant with Israel. But after we are born of the Son of God (the true Israel), spiritually we are no longer Gentiles, but Jews, and as such, sons of God and heirs according to the Covenant promises to Israel. That is the picture painted in Romans eleven of Gentiles leaving their natural tree and being grafted into Covenant Israel (Olive Tree). To deny this is to deny scripture, for unambiguously the branches symbolizing Gentiles move from the wild tree to the Covenant Israel tree. And in fact, God has always made it clear that He will define who Israel is, who the Jews are, and who the Gentiles are. Man's definitions or interpretations cannot circumvent Biblical declarations and definitions.
A Jew is spiritually a Gentile without Christ, and
a Gentile is spiritually a Jew with Christ. The body of Christ is spiritually the Israel of God and that is why Revelation chapter eleven speaks of the court of the Temple being given to the Gentiles and is not to be measured. It is to illustrate the heathen or unsaved of the nations of the world coming into the external congregation of God via the unfaithful (the Court), to trample the Holy City under foot. Because those of the court are professing Christians who depart from the faith and are given into the hands of the Gentiles because of their unrighteousness. This is done 'by God' as judgment for their spiritual fornication against their espoused Husband, Christ. For it is written, judgment must begin at the House of God (1st Peter 4:17). God will first judge the unfaithful house for their unrighteousness and unwillingness to receive the love of the truth of His Word, and then the wicked. The prophesy of the Apostasy (separating) from God spoken about in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 illustrates this judgement. God says that there is to be a great falling away or forsaking God by those who would not receive truth. These are those symbolized as being the court or those outside the true Temple, who the Gentiles will deceive that they fall away from the faith (1st Timothy 4:1). They are those who did not make their calling and election sure, and God tells us very clearly not only what He will do to them, but 'why' He will do it.
2Th 2:11-12
(11) And for this cause
God shall send them strong delusion, that
they should believe a lie:
(12) That
they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but
had pleasure in unrighteousness.
It was for this reason that God will send them strong delusion. When the man of sin takes a seat in the Holy Temple, God takes full responsibility for sending the people this delusion that they believe these false teachings and are damned and judged for their unrighteousness. These are those that attempt to build a house themselves, rather than let God be it's builder. It is people who only profess to be of God. It is not the people of the world who have no interest in God. They could care less about either the true Christ or a false Christ. In fact, they don't want any part of Him. But it's those of the Church who are going to be deceived by false teachers who come in Christ's name that many fall away from God. Their deceit and unfaithfulness is the reason that they cannot be measured. Jesus Himself warned us about the time of Great tribulation saying there would be such great deception going on that it would even deceive the very Elect if that were possible (Matthew 24:24), and that we should be not deceived. For those in Christ it is not possible to be deceived unto falling, because they are those truly inside the Holy Temple who keep the Word of God faithfully so that (of the Spirit) they know lies and deception when they hear it. Because they 'measure' it by the rule of faith, the rod of correction, and compare it against the true form, the true house of God. This is the evidence of our really knowing God, and of our true Salvation (1st John 2:3-5). Our true authority is '
Sola Scriptura,' the Word of God alone, and considered as a whole. After the judgment is finished, the sanctuary will be cleansed at the Second Coming.
This is what Daniel 8:13-14 referred to!