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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.
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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.
Daniel 12:11-12 KJV
(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.
(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.
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…
Jer 52:12-13
(12) Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
(13) And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire
(Read also verses 14 to 30 from your own Bible.)
(12) Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
(13) And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire
(Read also verses 14 to 30 from your own Bible.)
…during King Nebuchadnezzar’s 19th year as king of Babylon. Now, read the following verses:
Daniel 1:1-4 KJV
(1) In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
(2) And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
(3) And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;
(4) Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
(1) In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
(2) And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
(3) And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;
(4) Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
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:
(Daniel 2:1 KJV) And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
This means that chronologically, the besieging of Jerusalem in chapter 1 occurred during King Nebuchadnezzar’s 1st year.
19 less 1 equals 18. So, let’s subtract 18 years from 586 and 587 BC and we will arrive further backward in time to 604 and 605 BC. Now, let’s add 1290 years to these dates:
605 BC + 1290 years = 686 AD
604 BC + 1290 years = 687 AD
(No “year zero” in both of these computations)
604 BC + 1290 years = 687 AD
(No “year zero” in both of these computations)
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.
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