The latter part of Daniel 11:40-45 has been declared to be unfulfilled prophecy. This warns us to be cautious in its application and not to be overly speculative. However we may have some clues which will help us in understanding this prophecy today better than we have in the past.

The sanctuary in both Old and New Testament of the scriptures is a very precious topic. In Psalm 77:13 we read “your way, O God, is in the sanctuary” (NKJV, if other translation is used will be indicated) And in Psalm 73:17 where the Psalmist gives expression to his frustrations, we read "until I went into the sanctuary of God then I understood their end.”