Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 8:13

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 troden under foot?

By the first is meant a Holy Angel, by the other is meant Jesus Christ Palmoni, a numberer or revealer of secrets, a wonderful revealer, Isa. 9.6. of him the Angel asks this secret concerning the calamity of the Church how long it would last for Daniels sake and his People. For the Lord Christ is the Teacher of his people, the Wisdom of God and hath all this in his power by office, and as he stands in Relation to his Church, and for them.

The Lord knowes his suffering people are much concerned about the time of their Sufferings, because there is an appointed time for it, and the Lord doth sometime reveal it as we see here unto his considering ones, ver. 5. and praying Saints, chap. 9. they cry out in their agonies, how long O Lord! and its an addition to their sorrow that no man knoweth how long, Psal. 74.9. How long shall Antiochus continue his Tyrannical vexations against the People of God, and the worship of God. This is the treading down of the Sanctuary, and the host.

Marginal references: Or, the numberer of secrets. Or, the wonderful numberer.; Heb. Palmoni ▪; Or, making desolate.