Daniel 8:13 Then heard I a certain holy one, speaking,--and another holy one said to that certain holy one who was speaking--How long shall the vision continue, even the removal of the sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation,, for both sanctuary and host to be given over to be trampled underfoot?
14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.The word qodesh can signify holy people, ground, place, city or thing (see Exod. 3:5; 22:31; 30:31; Josh. 5:15). The Lord cited a section of the verse and applied it to the destruction of the holy city, Jerusalem, in A.D. 70 (see Luke 21:24): "Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles".
John 2:19-21 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
Therefore the sanctuary is Jesus and the host is the body of Christ or the church see revelation 11
2300 evenings and mornings cleansing of the sanctuary refer to Jesus' death and resurrection it also refers to the body of Christ been made immortal after the second coming and judgement
I do not believe that the 2300 evenings and mornings refer to a day for a year prophecy since it does not say day or days but evenings and mornings these are the same words used about Jesus been in the grave
This is the usage throughout the entire first chapter of the Bible in fact, describing the first week of creation: “And there was evening and there was morning, one day” (Gen. 1:5). It is the same usage during the flood wherein we have “forty days and forty nights” (Gen. 7:4,12). And so also is the phrase “three days and three nights” used to simply refer to three days as in Jonah 1:17 or by Jesus in Matthew 12:40. And finally, in Matthew 4:2, we read that after Jesus “fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.” Jesus fasted for forty days, not twenty, and certainly not eighty.
2300 evenings and mornings are 3 and a half days
The sanctuary in Daniel 8 is the same sanctuary in Daniel 9
Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed Daniel 8:16
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, to cause to cease from sin offering, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
"to cause to cease from sin offering".
This was accomplished by the Lord individually at his first advent, when his offering superseded those under the Law. Concerning offerings for sins, for both priest and people, Christ offered "once, when he offered up himself" (Heb. 7:27), and that was "at the end of the age when he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself" (ch. 9:26). Christ's work as the sin offering was "sealed up" or completed by his resurrection (Rom. 1:4-5; 4:24- 25; Heb. 10:14, 18; 9:14-15).
and to cover iniquity
The Lord Jesus was the "Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" (Rev. 13:8). Through his death we are "reconciled", and through his life we are saved (Rom. 5:10; 2 Cor. 5:18).
The atoning work of Christ would not only cover sins, but also provide a justification for "the ages" (Heb. olahm, "everlasting"). Olahm refers to a concealed or hidden period, not necessarily to time without end. The Mosaic age is referred to in Exod. 27:21; 28:43, but justification was limited by the "blood of bulls and goats" (Heb. 9:13). Messiah, by his sacrifice and resurrection, was to introduce an age of "better righteousness" by which he would become the mediator of the New Covenant (v. 15).
to anoint the most Holy
The Most Holy is inside the sanctuary or temple
The next time we read of the sanctuary or temple been trampled underfoot is revelation 11
11:1 Then I was given a reed like a measuring rod. And the angel stood,[a] saying, “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there. 2 But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
first the holy city is the temple of God
Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there"—The True followers of Jesus Christ constitute the figurative "Temple of God" (2 Cor. 6:16); they are partakers of the Christ-Altar (Heb. 13:10; 1 Cor. 9:13); they are true Israelites, or "them that worship therein" (Eph. 2:14-15). And now they are measured off for tribulation, inasmuch as they are "partakers of Christ's sufferings" (1 Pet. 4:13; Heb. 12:6).
"But the court which is without the temple"—This describes the court of the Gentiles, so that the symbol relates to the alien (Eph. 4:17-18), but a special type of alien. To an uninitiated observer, the Court of the Gentiles would appear to be part of the Temple, and those assembled there would have the appearance of being true worshippers, or at least, genuine sympathisers. Therefore, whereas true saints constitute a separated priestly community (1 Pet. 2:9); the court of the Gentiles denotes those who claim to be "Christian" but who oppose the real teaching and practise of the Truth.
"Leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles"—The instruction leave out is from Greek ekbale, "cast out," with the suggestion of using force. Hence to excommunicate, to have no fellowship with. This instruction shows that there should be no true identification with those communities that appear to be part of the symbolic Temple, but which, in fact, deny some of the important principles of basic truth. A community might claim to be "Christian" and yet be numbered in the court of the Gentiles. The instruction of the Spirit in relation to such is to deny them fellowship
"And the holy city"—Spiritual Jerusalem, the true Church (Gal. 4:26), described in The Apocalypse as the Bride of Christ (Rev. 21:9-10)'.
"Shall they tread under foot forty and two months —For this length of time, Gentiles who claim to be part of the Temple, shall tread underfoot those who adhere to the Truth. Computed according to lunar months (30 days), as is normal in Scripture, this represents a period of 1260 days, the period of Christ's ministry.
