Ellen White's Interpretation of Daniel 8 Is Problematic

William Miller's understanding of the sanctuary as earth and Seventh-day Adventist position that the sanctuary is the outer portion of God's temple in heaven are not what the audience would have understood. As a Jew living when the book of Daniel was published, the sanctuary is an obvious reference to God's temple on earth. So I can't rule out in principle that Ellen White picked up on a secondary meaning in Daniel 8, so I'm not willing to write her off simply because of this," he says.