Bible Handbook

The 2300 Days of Daniel 8:14

• Daniel 9:20, 21. Gabriel appeared while Daniel was praying. Prophets and Kings, 556. BHB 45.4

• Daniel 9:22, 23. Came to give understanding. Daniel told to consider the vision. BHB 45.5

• Daniel 9:24. Gabriel begins where he left off in Daniel 8:26, and explains the 2300 days. Prophets and Kings, 556. BHB 45.6

• Daniel 9:25. The period begins with the command to restore and build Jerusalem. BHB 45.7

• Ezra 6:14. It took three kings to complete the decree. The Great Controversy, 326, 327. BHB 45.8

• Ezra 1:1-4. The first part given by Cyrus 536 B.C. Prophets and Kings, 558-578. BHB 45.9

• Ezra 6:1-12. The second part given by Darius, the Persian. Prophets and Kings, 578-609. BHB 45.10

• Ezra 7:11-27. Artaxerxes completed the decree in 457 B.C. It required 79 years to complete the decree. Prophets and Kings, 610-617. BHB 45.11

• Ezra 7:9. Nearly half of the year passed before the decree reached Jerusalem. It was 456 1-2 before the decree went into effect. The Great Controversy, 327, 398, 399. BHB 45.12

• Daniel 9:25. The 2300 days began when the decree went in to effect 456 B.C.; 70 weeks, or 490 years, were determined, or cut off for the Jews. The six definite things mentioned were all fulfilled by Christ within the 70 weeks. His death sealed the vision. He was anointed at His baptism, the heavenly sanctuary was anointed before Christ entered it with His blood to fulfill the type. Exodus 40:9-11. BHB 45.13

• Daniel 9:25. The 70 weeks were divided into seven, sixty-two, and one week. Prophets and Kings, 698-700. BHB 46.1

• Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6, margin. A day of prophetic time equals a year. BHB 46.2

• Genesis 29:27. Seven years equal a week of symbolic time. BHB 46.3

• Daniel 9:25. Seven weeks and 62 weeks, or 483 years, reached to Messiah. BHB 46.4

• Subtracting 456 years from 483, leaves 27 A.D., the date for the Messiah. The Great Controversy, 327, 328. BHB 46.5

• John 1:41, margin. The Hebrew word Messiah in English is anointed; the 483 years reached to the Anointed One. BHB 46.6

• Acts 10:38. Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost. BHB 46.7

• Luke 3:21, 22, margin. This anointing took place at the baptism of Christ, A.D. 27. The Desire of Ages, 111, 112. BHB 46.8

• Mark 1:9-15. Jesus, as He entered upon His ministry, announced that “the time was fulfilled.” The Great Controversy, 327. BHB 46.9

• Daniel 9:26, 27. In the midst of the 70th week, Messiah “was to be cut off,” and “cause the sacrifice to cease.” BHB 46.10

• Daniel 9:27. He was to confirm the covenant for one week, and yet be cut off in the midst of the week. The Desire of Ages, 233. BHB 46.11

• Hebrews 2:3. The Saviour taught the first part of the week, and His followers the last part. BHB 47.1

• Luke 24:47. According to Christ’s instruction, the disciples confined their labors to Jerusalem for 3 1-2 years after the crucifixion. The Great Controversy, 327. BHB 47.2

• Acts 8:1-4. After the rejection of the gospel and the stoning of Stephen, the disciples went everywhere preaching the word. This was A.D. 34, the end of the 70 weeks. The gospel was no longer confined to the Jews. Seventy weeks, or 490 years, taken from the 2300 days, leaves 1810 years. The 70 weeks ended A.D. 34; 1810 added to A.D. 34 brings us to the autumn of 1844. BHB 47.3

• Daniel 8:14. In the autumn of 1844, at the end of the 2300 days, the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary, or the investigative judgment, began in the heavenly sanctuary. The Great Controversy, 486. BHB 47.4