The 2300-Day Prophecy
 
1. The prophet Daniel asked, "Oh Lord, how long?" 
"How long until the promise be fulfilled?" 
"How long until the right o'ercome the wrong?" 
"And meek men rule, whose blood on earth was spilled?" 
"Unto two thousand and three hundred days;
Each day a year by the prophetic rules;
Then shall my people learn to walk my ways,
From sin depart, and ne'er again be fools." 
 
2. The start of this long prophecy was marked 
With Artaxerxes' final, full decree;
In four five seven Ezra was embarked,
The building of God's temple to o'ersee.
Then to the Jews four hundred ninety years,
Marked out for them in the prophetic word,
To make an end of sin and all its fears,
But woe! instead they crucified their Lord. 
 
3. But this God had foreseen, and prophesied,
That in the last sev'n years of Jewish time 
Messiah would be cut off in the midst,
Not for Himself, but for all of mankind.
The start of this last week of years began 
In A.D. twenty sev'n when Jesus went 
Down to the Jordan to fulfil God's plan,
From heav'n above the Spirit did anoint. 
 
4. In A.D. thirty one, the Saviour died;
Our sins did crucify the Prince of life.
We cannot blame the Jews for this foul deed,
For we, like them, are also sons of strife.
In A.D. thirty four was Stephen stoned;
The Jews no longer were the chosen race;
But faithful Jews and Gentiles made one church,
To bring the world the gospel of His grace. 
 
5. This left but eighteen hundred ten years more,
From A.D. thirty four when Stephen died,
Which reaches unto eighteen forty four,
The point at which the Judgment would preside.
And so it was, not one year more nor less;
In heaven's Holiest Place Christ entered in.
The church must now put on her heav'nly dress 
Of purity, and final end of sin. 
 
Text: based on Daniel 8:13,14; 9:24-27; 12:6,8