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TAKEN FROM THUSIA SEVENTH CHURCH DANIEL STUDIES BY NYRON MEDINA DANIEL CHAPTER EIGHT PART FIVE

23. Does the little horn pollute the sanctuary? If so how, and how is it cleansed from the 
pollution? Is it from the pollution of the little horn that the sanctuary must be cleansed? 
Answer!

The answer to question number twenty-three. It is:
a. [23] Does the little horn pollute the sanctuary? If so how, and how is it cleansed 
from the pollution? Is it from the pollution of the little horn that the sanctuary 
must be cleansed?

1. A translation of Dan. 8:11-14.
[11] Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice 
was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. [12] And an host was given 
him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the 
ground; and it practised, and prospered. [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 sanctuary and the host 
to be trodden under foot. [14] And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred 
days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.


2. What is the sanctuary in Dan. 8:11-14?

a. The events take place in the time of the end: Dan. 8:17, 19,26. 
b. Thus this is the heavenly sanctuary: Heb. 8:1-6; Rev. 14:17.

3. The little horn (religious Roman phase) assaults and profanes (pollutes) the heavenly 
sanctuary: Dan. 8:11-13; Dan. 11:31. 
 4. What is the profanation/pollution? A physical assault on the sanctuary in heaven or a 
spiritual assault?

a. The use of the word “Halal” (root: HLL) for pollution/profanation. Ex. 20:25; Eze. 
20:9; Eze. 22:26; Ps. 55: 19,20; Ps. 89:30,31; Lev. 18:21; Ex. 31:14. 
b. Thus “Halal” (root: HLL) pollute/profane means to obscure the moral meaning of 
a thing by transgression of that which God requires, which he has outlined. This 
the Papacy does by obscuring the meaning of the heavenly ministration of Christ 
by pointing people to pagan teachings: Dan. 8:11,12; Dan. 7;25; Dan. 11:31; 2 
Thess. 2:3,4; Rev. 13:6.

5. Examples of pollution/profanation of a sanctuary: Eze. 5;5-11; Eze. 8:1-17; Eze. 23:37-39; 
Zeph. 3:1-4.

a. By obscuring the truth and exalting a modified form of these same errors the 
papacy profaned/polluted the sanctuary. 
b. Polluting the sanctuary is therefore men’s sins and traditions corrupting the 
science of salvation from in the minds of people, and in their testimony: Lev. 
21:10-12,21-23; Jer. 7:28,30; Jer. 32:33,34; 2 Chr. 36:14; Eze. 44:7; Mal. 2:11. 
c. There is no idea of the sanctuary being polluted/profaned by confessed sins of 
the penitent (in the Bible) flowing into it.

5. Is therefore the term “Cleanse the sanctuary” (Dan. 8:14) used to mean to stop transgression 
and restore the truth that is trampled?

a. The use of the phase “Cleanse the sanctuary”: Num. 29:7-11; Lev. 23:27-32; Lev. 
16:3,5,7-9,15,16,18-23, 29-31,33,34; Eze. 45:18-20. 
b. “Afflict your soul” in the texts means “Godly sorrow, confession and repentance 
in prayer”. See: (Ps. 35:13; Dan. 9:3,4; Jonah. 3:5,6,8,10; Lk. 10:13; Ezra. 8:21; 
Zeph. 3:13). 
c. Nowhere is the phase “Cleanse the sanctuary” used for restoring the truth or 
worship from profanity/pollution of evil men. 
d. The phase “Cleanse the sanctuary” is used to mean the blotting out or 
forgiveness of past sins repented of and forsaken. 
e. “Cleanse the sanctuary” in Dan. 8:14 is used synonymous with “Judgment” of the 
saints in Dan. 7:9,10,22, 26.

6. The question and answer of Dan. 8:13,14 should therefore be “Until when shall the Papacy 
pollute/profane the sanctuary by obscuring its meaning through its false system? Until 
2300 years, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed or see the forgiveness of past sins”. This 
tells us that the cleansing of the sanctuary is the key or sign as to when the Papal pollution 
ends, not that the cleansing is from Papal pollution. The restoring of full truth about the 
sanctuary ministry of Christ returns, when he actually begins this cleansing work in the 
heavenly sanctuary. See Dan. 7:26 (Rev. 10:7; Rev. 11:15,18,19) thus Dan. 8:11-15 speaks 
about the horn polluting the sanctuary, but Dan. 8:14 speaks about the final forgiveness 
that takes place in the heavenly sanctuary.

7. Thus it is the little horn (the Papal phase) that obscuringly pollute/profane the heavenly 
sanctuary. It (the sanctuary) is cleansed not from confessed sins, that has polluted it or 
from the Papal obscurity. It’s cleansing is forgiveness of sins to penitent Israel, but this 
event is the time the Papal obscurity/pollution/profanity comes to an end.

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