The 1290 and 1335 Days of Daniel

Nice day to all,

This topic was already posted in this site years ago but it's here again as a support for the series of posts about the Olivet Prophecy. Also, there are some additions and revisions made to the original post. Please bear with the poor English of the author.


1. The 1290 Days
Biblically and historically, the taking away of the DAILY (sacrifice) and the setting up of the desolating sacrilege both occurred more than once. Which particular events are meant in Dan 12:11?

Dan 12:11 belongs to the long and final vision of Daniel which started in chapter 10. Included in this vision is the prophecy about the abolition of a DAILY (offering) and about the setting up of an abomination that makes desolate in Dan 11:29-32. The person who caused these two events was Antiochus Epiphanes. According to the Apocryphal book 1 Maccabees which is one of the sources of historical data (not doctrinal) regarding these matters, the desecration of the Sanctuary, the abolition of the DAILY, and the setting up of the abomination that makes desolate occurred from 143rd to 145th year of the kingdom of the Greeks. (See 1 Macc 1:20-54 and note verses 20, 29, 45 and 54.) Historians put these three events caused by Antiochus Epiphanes from 170/169 BC to 168/167 BC. These three particular events by Antiochus Epiphanes can be calculated to have happened in less than three years. Even if we place the taking away of the DAILY at the time of the desecration of the Temple by him, the abolition of the DAILY and the setting up of the abomination that makes desolate stated in Dan 12:11 which have an interval of 1290 days couldn’t be what Antiochus Epiphanes had done.

1.1 The Setting Up of the Desolating Sacrilege
The Lord Yeshua, in his Olivet Discourse, mentioned about the setting up of an abomination that desolates which was spoken of by Daniel. See Matthew 24:15. As for me, this desolating sacrilege is the Dome of the Rock which was erected at the site of the Temple Mount between 685 – 691 AD. This could very well be the abomination that makes desolate meant in Daniel 12:11 and not the desolating sacrilege in Daniel 11:31.

Dome of the Rock - New World Encyclopedia

From the range of years the Dome of the Rock was erected, which year should we use in calculating the start of 1290 and 1335 days? Well, this thing is included in what we are going to find out.

1.2. The Taking Away of the DAILY
If we will subtract 1290 years from the range of years 685-691 AD, we will arrive at the range 606-600 BC. (No year “zero” between 1 BC and 1 AD). Now, the nearest well-known taking away of the DAILY from this range of years was the cessation of the DAILY due to the destruction of the Temple in 587 BC. However, some sources including the Jewish Encyclopedia say that this destruction of the Temple happened in 586 BC.

The Biblical account of the fall of Jerusalem during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah can be found in 2Chron 36:11-21, 2Kings 24:1-21, and Jer 52:1-30. During that time, the House of the Lord was burned by the Chaldeans. They also burned down all the great houses of Jerusalem. They carried to Babylon the vessels and the other things of the Temple and they took the people of Judah to Babylon. Judah went into exile out of its land. The offering of the DAILY had stopped at that time but even the longest interval from this year (587 or 586 BC) up to the range 685-691 AD falls short of more than 10 years. So, the cessation of the DAILY in any of these two years is not what is meant in Dan 12:11. But that is not the only time (Zedekiah’s time) that people from Judah and vessels from the Temple of God were brought to Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. The fall of Jerusalem at the time of Zedekiah took place during…


…during King Nebuchadnezzar’s 19th year as king of Babylon. Now, read the following verses:


The besieging of Jerusalem in this passage took place during the 3rd year of Jehoiakim king of Judah who preceded Jehoiachin and Zedekiah. Notice that some vessels from the House of God and some children of Israel were brought to Babylon. Of course, these were done by force and God allowed these things to happen. In the 1st verse of the 2nd chapter, it says:


This means that chronologically, the besieging of Jerusalem in chapter 1 occurred during King Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st year.



These resulting years are well within the range of years the Dome of the Rock was built (685-691 AD). But before we find out which date is the year that the DAILY was taken away (604 or 605 BC), there is something that must be addressed.

Question: In Dan 1:1 up to Dan 2:1, it is implied that King Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st year is the 3rd year of King Jehoiakim’s reign while in Jer 25:1, King Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st year is the 4th year of King Jehoiakim. Why the disagreement between these two passages?

Answer: It is said that the reign of King Jehoiakim in Dan 1:1 is according to Babylonian regnal reckoning.

continued below...

.,. continued from Post #1

2. The 1335 Days


The word “Blessed” in this verse has this definition:


Let’s add 1335 years to 605 and 604 BC:


What notable event(s) during those years had caused happiness (to the servants of God)?

In October 732 AD, a battle between Christian forces and Muslim forces took place between the cities of Tours and Poiters in France. This battle was called “The Battle of Tours.” It was the battle that halted the Muslim expansion to other parts of Western Europe after they had almost conquered all of Spain. It was the beginning of a long series of battles and wars between Christian and Muslim armies in France and in the Iberian Peninsula. These battles and wars ended in the fall of Muslim Kingdom of Granada in 1492 AD, clearing all of Western Europe of Islamic occupying forces.

Battle of Tours

Reconquista

All of these events are what the “War in Heaven” in Revelation 12 portrays, not just the Battle of Tours as some have supposed. When there was no longer any place for the Dragon and his angels in “heaven” (Western Europe) and when they were thrown down (occupying forces cleared) the War in Heaven ended.

Surely, the Battle of Tours which occurred in 732 AD and the subsequent battles and wars in liberating Western Europe from Islam had caused happiness to the servants of God. From 604 BC up to 732 AD are 1335 years.

We know now what year the 1290 day/year period started and ended – 604 BC and 687 AD respectively. 604 BC as the 1st year of Nebuchadnezzar is supported by VAT 4956. See Astronomical diary VAT 4956. 586 BC and not 587 BC is the year of the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of “Solomon’s” Temple.

3. Closed Words and Sealed Book

(Daniel 12:4 KJV) But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
(Daniel 12:9 KJV) And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

How could Daniel shut up the words and seal the book that will last until the time of the end? In verse 9, why would Daniel be told that the words are closed and sealed if he was the one who closed and sealed it? God and the Lord Yeshua are the real authors of the book of Daniel. Was there something in Daniel’s “person” that could have closed and sealed the words? Or, could it be that there was something that he did not write or was not allowed to?

As for me, the seal of the Book of Daniel is connected to the time of the End. It’s like a time lock device attached to the book. The riddle of the 1290 and 1335 days are also time based prophecies. Are they connected to the seal? Let’s go back now to the 1st year reign of Nebuchadnezzar.

At the start of the book (Dan 1:1), Daniel used the Babylonian regnal reckoning of Judah’s King Jehoiakim because he was there when he wrote the book. In counting the 1290 and 1335 days, we used the year 604 BC (Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st year) as the starting point of the count because that is what the occurrence of the setting up of the desolating sacrilege between 685-691 AD and of the occurrence of the Battle of Tours in 732 AD are telling implicitly. There are no verses or historical data supporting Nebuchadnezzar’s 19th year as the beginning point of the count. To the majority of the people of Judah, the taking away of the DAILY from them was apparently on the 19th year of Nebuchadnezzar. BUT to Daniel, the DAILY WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM (and from his companions) ON THE 1ST YEAR OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR! And the one who is talking to Daniel in his vision told him that:


Daniel was told that the words are closed and sealed. Also, it was said to him that he GO his WAY or WALK. This could be a hint that we should also go on his way or walk which could mean his way of reckoning the time of events in the vision and in his book just like the way he reckoned King Jehoiakim’s 3rd regnal year.

The absence of information on the correct reckoning of the time of events in the vision or in the book could be the seal itself or part of the seal. This seal which will last until the time of the end can be viewed in two ways:




The 2nd view presented above about the seal and how it will be removed from the book at the time of the end is what the writer of this article believes.

continued below...

... continued from Post #2

4. The Unsealing Mechanism

1) The Taking Away of the DAILY (Daniel’s reckoning):


2) The Setting Up of the Abomination that Makes Desolate (Dome of the Rock):



3) The Event that Causes Happiness (The “War in Heaven” of Revelation 12 which started in 732 AD at the Battle of Tours and ended at the fall of Muslim Kingdom of Granada in 1492 AD):



5. The Time of the End

It is understood from what is presented above that at the time when the Abomination that Desolates can be seen standing up (687 AD), it is already time of the End. The topic "Olivet P3: Fearful Things and Terrors (2nd SEWIC)” corroborates this thing. The time of the End is another great mystery of the Bible.

6. What about the 1260 Days of Revelation 12?

Some people say the 1260 (not 1290) days of Rev 12:6 started in 688 AD and ended in 1948. I agree with them. The nourishing of the “Woman” started in 688 AD and NOT in 687 AD in which the 1290 days/years ended. There’s a space of one year between the 1290 Days and the 1260 Days. Scripturally, this could be the appointed time for the fleeing when the desolating sacrilege can already be seen standing up or being set up.