We find several mentions in the book of Daniel,
and in Revelation as to how long the End Time Events will last.
Time, Times, Half a Time ( 3 1/2 years ) = Daniel 7:25, 12:7 and Revelation 12:14
1260 Days = Revelation 11:3 and 12:6
42 Months = Revelation 11:2 and 13:5
1290 Days = Daniel 12:11
1335 Days = Daniel 12:12
* There is also a "time" reference of 2,300 evenings and mornings
in Daniel 8:14, 26, but I don't see a clear connection to the End Times.
It looks to be literally normal days, since it references both days and nights ( 6 1/3 years ).
The time period covered, 2,300 days, figures to about 6 1/3 years.
Most theologians believe this prophecy was fulfilled before the birth of Christ,
during the reign of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV (Epiphanes).
Antiochus desecrated the temple in Jerusalem
and severely persecuted the Jews
from about September 171/170 BC to December 165/164 BC.
When Antiochus died,
the Jews purified and rededicated the temple, just as Daniel had predicted.
These events are commemorated in the celebration of Hanukkah.
Although, there are a few "theories" on it.
Seventh-day Adventists, interpret the period as 2,300 literal years.
Which they say "ended" in 1844 A.D.
In this view, 1844 marks the beginning of the "Investigative Judgment"
or the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary, rather than a physical temple on Earth.
* Sounds to me like something they MADE UP when Christ did not come back in 1844.
Making up alternate "meanings" has been done by every person or group
whose "prediction" failed to turn out as they had preached.
I've got a long post on this whole "DATE SETTING" issue.
With several examples of predictions that did not come to pass.
see:
or the video version,
Rapture When Setting Date
Saved by Grace,
Andrew Cross
"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some,
but exhorting one another,
and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:23-25
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