Mr Baldy wrote:Hi Shorty -
I've been tracking your thread. I respectfully have one request.
Can you please plainly show how you think Daniel 12:11-12 fits in to your End Time Theory?
Please identify how you believe time extends beyond the final 3.5 years which is given in Scripture. I have noticed where you believe portions of Daniel have dual meanings - I get that. But what I don't get is how you are justifying this extra time. Very honestly, it's just not adding up.
Thanks Bro!
Hi Mr. B.
Welcome to the Tabernacles thread. Very sorry it took so long. Thank you for the kind request.
Now, to answer your concerns i will list the texts where the Times are plainly recorded...and see what is
Actually Plainly said in them.
Example #1......Dan 7:25 - NASB
He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.
Example #2......Dan 12:7 KJV
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Example #3......Revelation 11:2-3 - NASB
2) Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months. 3) And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Example #4.....Revelation 12:12-17 - NASB (
this one you listed Mr B. only says "a short time" rather than 3.5 years,but i included it because it is speaking of the 3.5 years in view)
12) For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.”
Example # 5.....Rev 12
13) And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14) But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
Example # 6....Rev 12
Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Example # 7.....Revelation 13:5 - NASB
There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him.
You listed these for me to read Mr. B., so you know what they say, but Please Carefully re-read them to see if
Even One Of Them says something like the following.....
There
shall beThus and Thus Number of Days Until the END?
Any of YOUR examples Plainly Say ANYTHING Even Close to that?
No, not even One of them does!
Now let's look at a couple of My Examples.....
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the
time of the end13 But go thou thy way
till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the
end of the days.11 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.
Now, I am fully aware that when Jesus spoke of the Great Tribulation he referes us to the book of Daniel. He obviously is refering to the Great Time of Trouble in Daniel 12.
So, what does Jesus Actually say about "
Those Days".
First, he only refers us to Daniel the prophet's words.
Second, he Never says exactly HOW LONG or HOW MANY Days the Great Tribulation such has never been before, Lasts.
Since Jesus Never gives a Time Length, we are Clearly instructed to Watch For the Abomination of Desolation as a
TIME MARKER for the Beginning of "Those Days" of Great Tribulation.Now, at this juncture i think you would agree with Every Word i have said, Right?
You might say, "well, i mostly agree except i beleive that such and such days have Already been fulfilled that are at the end of Daniel 12".
Ok, i know you beleive that, and so does Keith i think, but let me digress breifly regarding that opinion and ask the following question.When, pray tell did Daniel Rise from the Dead in the Resurection and Receive his Eternal Reward at the END of the 1,335 DAYS?As far as i am aware, Daniel is Very Dead Still. Is that not Correct?
Ok, time to move on and you can think about that later.
Now i will re-post a short exchange we had from your other thread.....
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shorttribber wrote:
Jesus called the Great Trib..." Those Days" when referring to that {Great Tribulation} Whole Period Of Time.
Mr B. said
Here is what Jesus said Shorty -
Matthew 24:21 - NASB
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
Jesus never identifies the amount of time the Great Tribulation lasts - so lets be clear about that. He simply says "there will be a great tribulation" - and He mentions this after He mentions the AOD in Matthew 24:15.
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On these points, we agree, as i have also said above in my comments.
But, i do want to emphasize TWO Very Important Words that he Does Say regarding "
Those Days".
Math 24
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:).........
..........19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in
those days!......
..........21 For
then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except
those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake
those days shall be shortened.
29 Immediately after the tribulation of
those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mark 13
14 But when ye shall
see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:.....
.....17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in
those days!.........
19 For in
those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
20 And except that the Lord had shortened
those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened
the days.
...............24 But
in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Now, Mr. B., are we not in agreement that Jesus VERY CLEARLY indentifies The Great Tribulation by calling them Only, "THOSE DAYS"?
The Only place in scripture to find the TOTAL Time Length of the Great Tribulation is in the book of Daniel!
I have shown from above that
ALL the references in Revelation DO NOT Mention a time DURATION UNTIL The END, Or End of Days!
They ONLY Clearly Indicate the TIME the Saints Endure Persecution by the LOSER, again, they Do Not mention the END of "THOSE DAYS" That Daniel spoke of!
Where then, According to Jesus' OWN Words, do we find the TOTAL DURATION of "Those Days"?
From Daniel 12 Mr. B., and there are TWO Places that Give us a Very Clearly and Plainly Stated TIME or TIMES Until THE END of DAYS!And those two Passages ARE........
Daniel
11 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.12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
13 But go thou thy way
till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot
at the end of the days.
The Wisest men have changed their Counsels and Resolves upon second thoughts, much more upon experience, and approaching evils not at first discovered. Rev. Herbert Croft, 1675
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Find seven years of tribulation plainly stated in the Bible.