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Besides there being a general consensus of opinion (see Biblehub.com/commentaries on Dan, 8:14, 8:26) that Daniel in his vision is previewing Antiochus Epiphanes’ persecution of the Jews, in the 2nd Cent. BC, which reportedly lasted 2300 days, could there not possibly be a double prophecy implication here, given the angel Gabriel’s repeated assertions that the vision pertains to the appointed time of the end? Dan, 8:17,19,26.
The following is C.C. Ryrie’s note, on Dan, 8:14, from his NASB Study Bible, 1978 edition:-
Antiochus’ persecution of the Jews would last for 2300 days, the period from 171 BC (when peaceful relations between Antiochus and the Jews came to an end) to Dec, 25, 165 BC (when Judas Maccabeus restored the Temple for its proper worship).
When all is said and done, the 165 BC restoration of the Temple, cannot in all honesty be construed as an end per se, even if it did indeed come after a 2300 day period. Nor, possibly, can the 70 AD destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple be The End, as it were, when in all probability there was no 2300 day exactment period involved. Almost 2000 years on from 70 AD, the, so called, appointed time of …The End is still being awaited by all and sundry.
