Dan. 8:8-14: - 8 Therefore the male goat grew very great; but when he became strong, the large horn was broken, and in place of it four notable ones came up toward the four winds of heaven. 9 And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious Land. 10 And it grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them. 11 He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down. 12 Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered.
13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, "How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?"
14 And he said to me, "For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed."
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The problem with a Futurist interpretation is that it collides with Historicist interpretations as time advances and the Futurist understandings become Historicist understandings.
The Dan. 8:8-14 prophetic word is now approaching its completion with still around 22 years to go before the completion of the full 2,300 years that the prophetic word covers in time. Any outworking of this prophecy from around 250-260 BC up and until the present time, is Historical so that it falls now into a Historicist understanding with respect to its interpretation, while the next 22 or so years are still Futurist in how we interpret what is still to happen as this prophecy draws to its conclusion.
This makes it difficult for some people to wrap their laughing matter around Biblically recorded prophecy. because the prophecy is trapped between the two Historical and Futuristically understanding/interpretational processes.
The KISS theological views can often be difficult to accommodate.
Shalom
The problem with this, is, it still is Antiochus Epiphanies as the little horn, and that was near 170, 160, not 100 years prior when Alexander's empire was split into 4 parts. One of the 4 horns had a little horn that disrupted the other 4 horns.
That is what Daniel 8 states. Chapter 11 is a repeat because Daniel really had issues handling this set of facts dumped on his plate. If you want the exact time table look at Daniel 12:7
"And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished."
Half of time was the first 500 years. Started with the downfall of empires and Satan behind the scenes feeding all false information. The Babylonians, Medes and Persians, then Greece, and on to Rome. Paul said that he was already at work, some 500 years, according to Daniel. Then the "times" are the church age, 2000 years, and finally the "time" of 1000 years, the iron rod rule of Christ. Then the end will come at the GWT. 3500 hundred years of human history.
Since we can know Christ was crucified in 30AD, the hard limit of the "times" is fast approaching. The "time" hard on those heels. What happened during the 500 or even 300 years before the Cross is really irrelevant some 1991 years after the Cross.
I suppose if one wanted to account for every day and week, they probably could make an attempt in this information age. Many could even argue for a margin of error give or take 4 years either way. Still not much of a difference. All I can really do is echo John:
"He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen."
