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    20. Ford’s Principle Of Multiple Fulfillments

    The Adventist Church teaches that the little horn of Daniel 8 represents Rome, not Antiochus Epiphanes. How does Ford now characterize this interpretation?QSEW 18.2

    According to Ford, “To says that the little horn of chapter eight is Rome turns the symbolism upside down.” However, he explains that the prophecy does apply to Rome “in broad outline.” He holds that prophecies may have multiple fulfillments, a concept he calls the “apotelesmatic principle.” He considers this principle to be the “key” to what he calls “our sanctuary problems” (Ford, pages 389, 391, 485).QSEW 18.3

    Using this key, Ford maintains that “every era of revival of the truths symbolized in the sanctuary may claim to be a fulfillment of Daniel 8:14.” He applies Daniel 8:14 to (a) Antiochus Epiphanes, (b) the cross, (c) the Adventist movement, (d) the last judgment, and (e) “every revival of true godliness,” but he does not apply it to the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary in 1844 (Ford, pages 486, 344, 356, 624, 648).QSEW 18.4

    Basic to Ford’s “apotelesmatic principle” is the concept that prophecy always had direct relevance for the people first addressed (Ford, Page 392). However, Daniel was instructed that certain portions, at least, of his book did not have relevance for his day. Not until the “time of the end” was the book of Daniel to be unsealed (Daniel 12:4). At that time (after 1798) many would run to and fro in the book of Daniel, and knowledge of the prophecies of Daniel would be increased.QSEW 18.5

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