Though much symbolism is used in Revelation to try to describe certain spiritual aspects of physical things that are hard to be understood by us, it is literal in that 7 men will be born on the earth, each endowed with an abundance of the Holy Energy of God (also known as the Golden Oil per Zech 4) and will perform all the deeds listed in both Daniel and Revelation.
Of these will be Michael, who is prophesied in both Daniel and Revelation to fight the Beast, both physically on the earth and, simultaneously, spiritually in Heaven.
The beginning of the proof I will offer is to show you that the Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9 and the 2300 days of Daniel 8 are true days and are not to be reinterpreted as anything else, i.e. the infamous ‘Year for Day’ false theory that caused the doom of the followers of John Miller back in the 1843 and then again in 1847 as well as the confusion that most now experience trying to understand these writings today.
It goes like this:
Take 70 weeks (490 days) per Dan 9
Add the times given us for the 5th, 6th and 7th angels (note that no times are given for the first 4 Angels, who are real men on the earth as are the rest. This is because their actions are accomplished within the 70 weeks) in Revelation being:
5 months (150 days using 30 day months which is how the Jews counted all the days of their months) per Rev 9:5 (5th Angel)
1 hr, 1 day, 1 month and 1 year (396 1/4 days) per Rev 9:15 (6th Angel)
1260 days = 3 1/2 times = 42 months (this is all the same time period and is clearly laid out as such in Rev 11:2 & 3, 12:6, 12:14 and 13:5.
Lastly we have the 3 and 1/2 days that the Two Prophets lay dead as the people party down.
Let’s recap:
490 days, which is broken into 3 parts being 7 weeks (49 days) 62 weeks (434 days) and 1 week (7 days)
150 days
396.25 days
1260 days
3.5 days
And you get 2299.75 days, which is the 2300 days of Daniels prophecy in ch 8.
To restate the entire sequence in the order it will occur:
1. Seven weeks (49 days), the first part of the 70 weeks.
2. The First Woe, 5 months (150 days)
3. 62 weeks (434 days), the second part or middle of the 70 weeks.
4. The Second Woe, Hour, day, month, year (396 1/4 days)
5. One Week (7 days), this being the last part of the 70 Weeks.
6. The Beast's rule, 42 months (1260 days)
7. Death and Resurrection of Witnesses (3 1/2 days)
Total: 2300 days to the Cleansing of the Temple. Forces of Good and Evil finally defined and the Beast revealed for what he is clearly for all to see.
30 days after the killing of the Witnesses, but Beast assaults the stronghold of the Holy People for the final time, causing Jesus' Return. At this time the First Resurrection occurs.
35 days after that, those of the First Resurrection will be tested one last time and those who pass will be allowed in the inner court, to stand before the face of God, while those who fail will be in charge of the outer court, serving them and the people of the earth for the next 1000 years under the reign of Jesus Christ. This is outlined in Ezekiel.
At the end of the 1000 years, Satan is released and the Universe is destroyed, which is the Second Death. After this, New Jerusalem descends to the New Earth and a time begins that is outside of our current grasp of understanding.
The key to this is the understanding that the ‘Messiah’ of Daniel 9 (a word that is used in the OT 38 times and interpreted as “Anointed One” in every case except in Daniel 9 and is even used to describe Cyrus the Persian in Isaiah 45:1) was never meant to be applied to Jesus. It is a reference to Michael who Daniel speaks again of in Dan 12:1. Once you understand this, the rest of it makes sense.
Of these will be Michael, who is prophesied in both Daniel and Revelation to fight the Beast, both physically on the earth and, simultaneously, spiritually in Heaven.
The beginning of the proof I will offer is to show you that the Seventy Weeks of Daniel 9 and the 2300 days of Daniel 8 are true days and are not to be reinterpreted as anything else, i.e. the infamous ‘Year for Day’ false theory that caused the doom of the followers of John Miller back in the 1843 and then again in 1847 as well as the confusion that most now experience trying to understand these writings today.
It goes like this:
Take 70 weeks (490 days) per Dan 9
Add the times given us for the 5th, 6th and 7th angels (note that no times are given for the first 4 Angels, who are real men on the earth as are the rest. This is because their actions are accomplished within the 70 weeks) in Revelation being:
5 months (150 days using 30 day months which is how the Jews counted all the days of their months) per Rev 9:5 (5th Angel)
1 hr, 1 day, 1 month and 1 year (396 1/4 days) per Rev 9:15 (6th Angel)
1260 days = 3 1/2 times = 42 months (this is all the same time period and is clearly laid out as such in Rev 11:2 & 3, 12:6, 12:14 and 13:5.
Lastly we have the 3 and 1/2 days that the Two Prophets lay dead as the people party down.
Let’s recap:
490 days, which is broken into 3 parts being 7 weeks (49 days) 62 weeks (434 days) and 1 week (7 days)
150 days
396.25 days
1260 days
3.5 days
And you get 2299.75 days, which is the 2300 days of Daniels prophecy in ch 8.
To restate the entire sequence in the order it will occur:
1. Seven weeks (49 days), the first part of the 70 weeks.
2. The First Woe, 5 months (150 days)
3. 62 weeks (434 days), the second part or middle of the 70 weeks.
4. The Second Woe, Hour, day, month, year (396 1/4 days)
5. One Week (7 days), this being the last part of the 70 Weeks.
6. The Beast's rule, 42 months (1260 days)
7. Death and Resurrection of Witnesses (3 1/2 days)
Total: 2300 days to the Cleansing of the Temple. Forces of Good and Evil finally defined and the Beast revealed for what he is clearly for all to see.
30 days after the killing of the Witnesses, but Beast assaults the stronghold of the Holy People for the final time, causing Jesus' Return. At this time the First Resurrection occurs.
35 days after that, those of the First Resurrection will be tested one last time and those who pass will be allowed in the inner court, to stand before the face of God, while those who fail will be in charge of the outer court, serving them and the people of the earth for the next 1000 years under the reign of Jesus Christ. This is outlined in Ezekiel.
At the end of the 1000 years, Satan is released and the Universe is destroyed, which is the Second Death. After this, New Jerusalem descends to the New Earth and a time begins that is outside of our current grasp of understanding.
The key to this is the understanding that the ‘Messiah’ of Daniel 9 (a word that is used in the OT 38 times and interpreted as “Anointed One” in every case except in Daniel 9 and is even used to describe Cyrus the Persian in Isaiah 45:1) was never meant to be applied to Jesus. It is a reference to Michael who Daniel speaks again of in Dan 12:1. Once you understand this, the rest of it makes sense.