11 Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the host; and it took away from him the continual [offering], and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
He even exalted himself as high as the captain of the host – in the spiritual world, this was the fight against the captain of the armies (WHO IS LIKE GOD), Michael, the Spirit of Christ, see Rev 12:7. In the natural world, Satan exalted himself as high as Christ, when the Bishop of Rome assumed control of the Church.
It is from this verse, that we get the expression “Spirit of the Antichrist.” His purpose is to exalt himself as high as the Spirit of Christ, as high as the Captain of the armies.
by him the daily sacrifices were taken away – this verse more literally says: “it removed the continual from Him.” The New American Standard gives a better translation of Dan 8:11:“It even magnified itself to be equal with the Commander of the host; and it removed the regular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down.”
However, the word translated “regular sacrifice,” is “tamid” in Hebrew and means “the continual sacrifice.” This word only appears 24 times in the Old Testament: 17 times in the Book of Numbers, twice in Neh 10:33, and five times in the Book of Daniel: Dan 8:11,Dan 8:12, Dan 8:13, Dan 11:31, and Dan 12:11. The best understanding of the meaning of tamid comes from its first usage in Numbers 4:7. This describes the “showbread” that is continually “before the LORD.”
What is quite special in Daniel is that there is no complimentary phrase for “tamid,” which is normally either a “bread” or “burnt offering.” Daniel simply says that the Antichrist shall remove the “continual (offering)” from Him” – from Christ! What is the continual sacrifice that is removed from Christ? It is of course, the sacrifice of His blood that allows the Church to baptize and wash away sin. How was this removed from the Church? As will be described in the next verse, the holy spirit will be taken away from the Church. Without the evidence of the Holy Spirit, the Church had no authority to remit sins through baptism, see John 20:22-23, and Rom 8:9. Therefore, Daniel wrote: “it removed the continual sacrifice from Him.”
and the place of His sanctuary was cast down – the Church of God was established through the baptism of the holy spirit. Before Jesus ascended, He literally said “you with the spirit will be baptized holy, not many days from now” (Acts 1:5). So Paul wrote: “for by one spirit we were all baptized into one body” (1 Cor 12:13). The evidence of receiving the holy spirit is the tongue emitting sound, and this remained the evidence until 180 AD, as Irenaeus explained. The baptism of the holy spirit, as evidenced by the tongue emitting sound, sanctified “the body of Christ,” the Church of God. When the spirit of truth was taken away, “the place of His sanctuary was cast down.”