The 1, 260 Days, 1,290 Days and the 1,335 Days
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days." Rev. 12:6
"And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days." Dan 12:11"Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days." Dan. 12:12
Now comes a special revelation, taught nowhere else in the Bible! After Antichrist sets up his "abomination of desolation" in the middle of that seven-year period (cf. Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15-22), "there will be 1,290 days" (Dan. 12:11). We know that the Lord will return 1,260 days later (Rev. 12:6; 13:5). Instead of twelve hundred and SIXTY days, however, we are told that there will be twelve hundred and NINETY days! Could the answer be that the Lord will set aside those THIRTY days to purge and purify the temple for His people to use during the kingdom age? Godly King Hezekiah postponed the Passover one month in order to cleanse the temple and to consecrate the priesthood because of the abominations committed by his father Ahaz (2 Chron. 29-30). "Likewise, Judas Maccabaeus and his army went to great lengths to cleanse the Jerusalem Temple of the abominations of Antiochus Epiphanes in 164 B.C."
But now, the last detail: "How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days!" (Dan. 12:12). Here is another FORTY-FIVE days! Before the kingdom can officially begin, all unbelievers must be removed. How awesome! When the 371 days of the Genesis Flood finally ended, only believers were alive! Indeed, as our Lord explained, "They [unbelievers] did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so shall the coming of the Son of Man be" (Matt. 24:39).
The very first to be removed from the world will be the Antichrist and his demonic team at Armageddon (Rev. 19:17-20:3). Then, the unbelieving leaders of all Gentile nations -"the goats" (Matt. 25:31-46; cf. Joel 3:1-3) - will be removed. Then, any Jews who are still "rebels" (Ezek. 20:33-38; Mal. 3:16) will be taken away. And finally, by the 1,335th day, any man "in the field" and any woman "grinding at the mill" who still rejects the Savior "will be taken [to judgment]" (Matt. 24:40-41; Luke 17:34-35) - the opposite of what will happen at the rapture of the Church seven years earlier! Thus, what the Lord Jesus Christ said will be finally accomplished: "the one who endures to the end [1,335 days after Antichrist's great blasphemy], he will be saved" (Matt. 24:13). Daniel had heard enough: "the wicked [especially Antichrist] will act wickedly," but, praise God, "those who have insight will understand" (Dan. 12:10). Darkness before the dawn! Antichrist, yes. But then the true Christ! The Father will give Him AN EVERLASTING DOMINION WHICH WILL NOT PASS AWAY!
Now comes a special revelation, taught nowhere else in the Bible! After Antichrist sets up his "abomination of desolation" in the middle of that seven-year period (cf. Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15-22), "there will be 1,290 days" (Dan. 12:11). We know that the Lord will return 1,260 days later (Rev. 12:6; 13:5). Instead of twelve hundred and SIXTY days, however, we are told that there will be twelve hundred and NINETY days! Could the answer be that the Lord will set aside those THIRTY days to purge and purify the temple for His people to use during the kingdom age? Godly King Hezekiah postponed the Passover one month in order to cleanse the temple and to consecrate the priesthood because of the abominations committed by his father Ahaz (2 Chron. 29-30). "Likewise, Judas Maccabaeus and his army went to great lengths to cleanse the Jerusalem Temple of the abominations of Antiochus Epiphanes in 164 B.C."
But now, the last detail: "How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days!" (Dan. 12:12). Here is another FORTY-FIVE days! Before the kingdom can officially begin, all unbelievers must be removed. How awesome! When the 371 days of the Genesis Flood finally ended, only believers were alive! Indeed, as our Lord explained, "They [unbelievers] did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so shall the coming of the Son of Man be" (Matt. 24:39).
The very first to be removed from the world will be the Antichrist and his demonic team at Armageddon (Rev. 19:17-20:3). Then, the unbelieving leaders of all Gentile nations -"the goats" (Matt. 25:31-46; cf. Joel 3:1-3) - will be removed. Then, any Jews who are still "rebels" (Ezek. 20:33-38; Mal. 3:16) will be taken away. And finally, by the 1,335th day, any man "in the field" and any woman "grinding at the mill" who still rejects the Savior "will be taken [to judgment]" (Matt. 24:40-41; Luke 17:34-35) - the opposite of what will happen at the rapture of the Church seven years earlier! Thus, what the Lord Jesus Christ said will be finally accomplished: "the one who endures to the end [1,335 days after Antichrist's great blasphemy], he will be saved" (Matt. 24:13). Daniel had heard enough: "the wicked [especially Antichrist] will act wickedly," but, praise God, "those who have insight will understand" (Dan. 12:10). Darkness before the dawn! Antichrist, yes. But then the true Christ! The Father will give Him AN EVERLASTING DOMINION WHICH WILL NOT PASS AWAY!
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