The two dates in chapter 12, the 1290 days and the 1335 days are meant to reveal the first and second coming of the Messiah. First, God will give us the formula for calculating His first coming based on two very specific events. There is only one time element to consider to arrive at this very specific number of days. Once we have the forumula for His first coming, we can use it for His second coming and they will also tie perfectely in with the Fall feasts - Thus, He will return and fulfill the final 3 Fall feasts. He is quite precise and once again, if we attempt to interpret the Book of Daniel and all its prophecies, including all of the time propheciess as they relate to the Messiah and not to some secular event, we will see why He has given them to us.....
Daniel 12:11-13
11And 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. 12Blessed is he that wait, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.13But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Almost all the time prophecies in the Book of Daniel have been interpreted by applying the year-for-a-day principle. This includes the seven "times" found in Chapter 4, the "time, times, and half a time" in Chapter 7, and even the "2300 evenings and mornings" prophecy in Chapter 8, despite Daniel clearly mentioning it refers to the "evenings and morning sacrifices." In this commentary, an alternative interpretation has been offered for each of these time elements based on the context found in the surrounding verses. These two time elements are also quite challenging to interpret, but they, too, ultimately point to the Messiah—His first and second coming upon the earth.
Verse 11 represents two separate timed events: the period between when the daily sacrifice was taken away and the setting up of the abomination of desolation. These two events are referenced in Chapter 9. The "abomination of desolation" signifies the crucifixion of the Messiah in the middle of the final week, which equates to 3.5 years of the last seven-year period. The "setting up" of the abomination of desolation begins on the first day of His ministry, marked by His baptism in the Jordan River.
Daniel’s seventy-weeks-of-years prophecy is given in years, with the last week representing seven years. Using 360 days for each prophetic year, the period from the first day of the seventieth week to His crucifixion is 3.5 years or 1,260 days (3.5 years x 360 days per year). However, an adjustment is necessary to account for the Jewish calendar's reconciliation of the solar and lunar calendars, ensuring the spring feast days occur in the spring. Over a nineteen-year cycle, the calendar is adjusted seven times in years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19, adding a 30 day adjustment to that year. During any three-year period within this cycle, there must be at least one 30-day adjustment. Thus, the 1,260-day span between the "set up of the abomination" and the crucifixion includes an additional 30 days, totaling 1,290 days. This adjustment is crucial because it aligns with the prophecy’s timeline and helps us understand the timing of His second coming.
God provided a formula for His first coming, which we can apply to understand the timing of His second coming and the fulfillment of the fall feast days. The second time prophecy of 1,335 days signifies the period from Passover to His second coming on the Feast of Trumpets.
This period includes a prophetic span of 1,260 days (3.5 years, using 360 days per year). As mentioned earlier, within a nineteen-year period, the Jewish calendar will be adjusted seven times (in years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19), however, within three of the seven adjustment periods there will be
two 30-day adjustments. These adjusting days will be applied within the 3.5-year period but fall outside of the seven feast-day periods from Passover to Tabernacles. Thus, from the Passover at the beginning of the final 3.5-year period to the Feast of Trumpets, the first of the fall festivals, there will be 1,320 days (3.5 years, plus two 30-day adjustments). This understanding helps us recognize the prophetic significance and precise timing of His return.
The end times, according to this interpretation, might unfold in alignment with significant dates in the Jewish calendar and their prophetic meanings. This period begins with Passover, marking the start of a final 3.5-year span. During these years, the Jewish people will preach the message of the Messiah for a period extending to 1,320 days, accounting for necessary adjustments in the Jewish calendar. This preaching period concludes with the Feast of Trumpets, signaling the beginning of the ten Days of Awe, a time of repentance and introspection. Ten days later, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, arrives, followed by the Feast of Tabernacles five days after that. Those who reach the 1,335th day, coinciding with the Feast of Tabernacles, will be blessed, signifying a time when believers will dwell with God forever.
Although the exact timing and duration of the tribulation are not detailed in Daniel, it is suggested that this period of divine reckoning could commence after the 3.5-year period of preaching, possibly coinciding with the ten Days of Awe. This interpretation offers a structured timeline, consequently, it might be offered that the end time may look something like this:
1. God will remove the blindness of the Jews, and they will realize the Messiah, Jesus, the One they have pierced, is their Messiah. They will mourn for 30 days in sackcloth.
2. For 3.5 years, they will go throughout the earth preaching God’s Word (Tanakh), His Ten Words and the Testimony of Jesus. (Matthew 24:14,
14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come).
3. The little horn will attack these messages and teachings, with all their power and might. Some will accept their teachings while others will continue to stay with the false teachings of the little horn.
4. At the end of the 3.5 years, on the Day of Trumpets, the Lord will come in the clouds of heaven. (However this would mean those who place their faith in the Lord would /may be taken away and would not witness His wrath that will be poured out).
5. This begins the period of God’s wrath–the ten days of Awe. Those who have kept the faith in the Messiah and obeyed His ten commandments will not experience His wrath.
6. Blessed are those who wait until the end of those days when, on Tabernacles, the 1335th day, we will be with our God forever.
Note: Different Jewish traditions and scholars may have various interpretations of how the prophetic timelines are affected by calendar adjustments. Generally, when looking at prophecies, the focus is more on the events and their alignment with important dates on the Jewish calendar rather than on the specific changes made to keep the lunar and solar cycles in sync. Prophecies connected to festivals and times are usually understood based on the fixed dates in the traditional calendar, not the occasional addition of a 13th month. While adding a 13th month ensures Jewish festivals stay in the right season, prophetic interpretations tend to emphasize the significance of fixed calendar dates in relation to prophecy, rather than the technical details of these calendar adjustments.
Isaiah 53:1-3, 1Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Isaiah 54:7-8, For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. In a surge of anger, I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you…The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
In Romans 11:27-32, 27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.28As concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the Fathers' sakes. 29For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 30For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. 32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
