Ford’s thesis, “Daniel 8 and the Latter Days,” focuses on the Seventh-day Adventist claim of occupying a unique position in the world about Daniel 8:14 and the 2,300-day prophecy, which finds its terminus in 1844. Ford asks the question “Does Daniel 8:14 have eschatological [Last Days] application?” Or is it merely about a past historic event? He reminds the reader that most of the scholarly exegetes in non-Adventist circles believe that the prophecy of Daniel 8:14 was fulfilled in Maccabean times. However, in the nineteenth century many interpreters came to believe that Daniel 8 was pertinent to their own times, and they interpreted Daniel 8:14 as referring to Rome rather than Antiochus (Syria). They used the year-day principle to interpret the 2,300 days as years, giving specific beginning and ending dates. However, Ford points out, many prominent Adventists have left the church over Adventism’s traditional interpretation of the verse, as given by Ellen G. White and certain of the pioneers. At the time of writing, Ford stated, little had been added to the church’s apologetics regards this version in over a century and responses have been stereotypical. [At a certain level, the church’s apologetics have remained the same officially in 2025, sixty-six years later. Among those who believe that Ellen G. White cannot be wrong, they do not see a need to defend their position.] Ford believed that, after close scrutiny of the church by Walter Martin and D. G. Barnhouse, one or two years prior to his embarking on the thesis, it was time for a closer examination of the evidence. So, his question was “Can it be scripturally demonstrated that the prophecy of Daniel 8:14 has particular application to the latter days rather than to merely local events in the times of Antiochus Epiphanes?” He applied the term “latter days” to the times that climax the Christian era prior to the second coming of Christ. In this thesis Ford focused on examining the significance of Daniel 8:13, 14 in the light of its historical context—not going into the inadequacies of the Antiochus Epiphanes interpretation or mustering arguments for the year-day principle, linked in with a discussion of the Day of Atonement in type and antitype. He was not delineating all that was meant by “then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.” Because of the fact that numerous commentators have seen a portrayal of the activities of Antiochus Epiphanes in the text, Ford wrote a chapter on the connection between Daniel 8 and Antiochus Epiphanes. Ford saw Antiochus Epiphanes as being the intended original interpretation, but since he believed the prophecy had recurring fulfillments (not arbitrary but scripturally stated), Antiochus Epiphanes was a prototype for a future global Antichrist in modern times as taught in scripture (for instance, 2 Thessalonians 2;3, 4).