THE THREE AND A HALF DAYS OF REVELATION 11
"And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies (the two witnesses). . . ."
Now the picture is starting to come into focus! These three and one half days where the witnesses are slain are not literal days, nor are they years. They are the last three and one half prophetic years of years found in Israel’s Week of Exile! From here, we can move on to discuss the symbolism found in this prophecy and how it relates to Israel and her history, but first let us recapitulate what we have learned thus far.
360 Day Calendar
360 / 12 months = 30 days
42 months = 42 x 30 = 1260
One year of years = 360 years
7 years of years = 2520 years
3 ½ years of years = 1260 years
365.25 Day Calendar
365.25 / 12 months = 30.44 days
42 months = 42 x 30.44 = 1278.5
One year of years = 365.25 years
7 years of years = 2557 years
3 ½ years of years = 1278.5 years
Now the picture is starting to come into focus! These three and one half days where the witnesses are slain are not literal days, nor are they years. They are the last three and one half prophetic years of years found in Israel’s Week of Exile! From here, we can move on to discuss the symbolism found in this prophecy and how it relates to Israel and her history, but first let us recapitulate what we have learned thus far.
- al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock were built in the Gentile Court
- The Beast that Rises from the Abyss is Islamic Imperialism or Jihad
- The Prophecy of the Two Witnesses is centered around the Exile
- In Prophecy, days are 360 days or 1 year, and years are 360 years
- There is a prophetic Week of Exile found in Daniel
- 42 months are either 1,260 years (lunar) or 1,278 ½ years (solar)
- Both 1,260 years and 1,278 ½ years are considered 3 and ½ days.
- Daniel gave his Week of Exile Prophecy in the year 553 BC.
- From 553 BC until 707 AD is 1,260 years.
- From 707 AD until 1967 AD is 1,260 years.
- In 688 AD the Construction of The Dome of the Rock began
- 42 months are 1,279 years from 688 AD until 1967 AD.
360 Day Calendar
360 / 12 months = 30 days
42 months = 42 x 30 = 1260
One year of years = 360 years
7 years of years = 2520 years
3 ½ years of years = 1260 years
365.25 Day Calendar
365.25 / 12 months = 30.44 days
42 months = 42 x 30.44 = 1278.5
One year of years = 365.25 years
7 years of years = 2557 years
3 ½ years of years = 1278.5 years
DIVINE ACURACY WITH NUMBERS
Before I go further, I want to show you that both 688 AD and 707 AD fit in the 1,260 year range. Remember, that even though we are using 360 years in each day of the prophetic week, that they are still solar years. It may be 360 years each, but they are solar calendar years of 365.25 days each. We never acted like the 1,260 years could actually be lunar years. Remember that actual lunar years are a fraction of solar years. Just like the prophecy about the Abomination of Desolation and the 1,290 lunar years, where we changed them to 1,271 solar years by using the .9856 multiplier, we can do that with the 1,260 years. Let us change the 1,260 years to solar years. 1,260 lunar years multiplied by .9856 equals 1,241 solar years. From 553 BC until 688 AD is 1,241 solar years. If we subtract 1,241 years from 1948 AD we come to the year 707 AD. There are 19 years in between 688 and 707 and 19 years in between 1948 and 1967. Amazing! There are also 19 years between the dates 572 when Nebuchadnezzar took Damascus until 553 when Daniel gave his prophecy concerning the Week of Exile. I know that it is sounding confusing and quite complex with all of these numbers and dates, solar years, lunar years, day/years, years of years, and so on and so on. It’s enough to give you a headache, but when all the pieces come together to form a picture, what a glorious picture it is!
This is one of the most incredible witnesses to the existence of the All Knowing, All Seeing Yahweh! He transends time and nothing escapes Him! It shows that the Word of God is infallible, perfect, foolproof, incontrovertable and unassailable! All of the numbers and dates match up so perfectly! It could not have been any more precise. God orchestrated it so well that all of the numbers are interchangeable between the solar and the lunar calendar and they all fit on an important and historical date within the timeline! Ther is absolutely no way that this is a coincidence and it could not have been orchestrated by the nation of Israel or any other nation that Israel would have been in cahoots with. There are several different nations over a span of 2500 years involved. The mathmatical precision and orchestration of this could only happen by God. This prophecy not only authenticates the New Testament, but it binds it like glue to the Old Testament! What a witness to the legitimacy of Christ as the Jewish Messiah!
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This is one of the most incredible witnesses to the existence of the All Knowing, All Seeing Yahweh! He transends time and nothing escapes Him! It shows that the Word of God is infallible, perfect, foolproof, incontrovertable and unassailable! All of the numbers and dates match up so perfectly! It could not have been any more precise. God orchestrated it so well that all of the numbers are interchangeable between the solar and the lunar calendar and they all fit on an important and historical date within the timeline! Ther is absolutely no way that this is a coincidence and it could not have been orchestrated by the nation of Israel or any other nation that Israel would have been in cahoots with. There are several different nations over a span of 2500 years involved. The mathmatical precision and orchestration of this could only happen by God. This prophecy not only authenticates the New Testament, but it binds it like glue to the Old Testament! What a witness to the legitimacy of Christ as the Jewish Messiah!
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