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How long is the Tribulation period? -
05-14-08, 12:36 PM
I was asked in another thread how I knew the Tribulation was seven years long. Well I feel that I should answer this question to the best of my knowledge..
The Tribulation is generally thought to occur before the 2nd Coming off Jesus and the end of the world. It is theorized that each week represents 7 years, with the timetable beginning from the order by King Artaxerxes to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. After 7 plus 62 weeks, the prophecy says that the messiah will be "cut off", which is taken to correspond to the death of Christ. This is seen as creating a break of indeterminate length in the timeline, with one week remaining to be fulfilled.
This seven-year week may be further divided into two periods of 3.5 years each, from the two 3.5-year periods in Daniel's prophecy where the last seven years are divided into two 3.5-year periods, (Daniel 9:27)The time period for these beliefs is also based on other passages: in the book of Daniel, "time, times, and half a time," interpreted as "a year, two years, and half a year," and the book of Revelation, "a thousand two hundred and threescore days" and "forty and two months" (the prophetic month averaging 30 days, hence 1260/30 = 42 months or 3.5 years). The 1290 days of Daniel 12:11, (rather than the 1260 days of Revelation 11:3), is thought to be the result of either a simple intercalary leap month adjustment, or due to further calculations related to the prophecy.
There are four things listed in Daniel's vision referenced in Daniel 8:9-14, and a time table given for those four things:
1. "the daily sacrifice"
2. "the rebellion that causes desolation"
3. "the surrender of the sanctuary"
4. "the host that will be trampled underfoot"
The time table is "2,300 evenings and mornings."
There are 2,550 days in the seven year period allocated by Daniel 9:27 for the Tribulation, but only "2,300 evenings and mornings" referenced in Daniel 8:14, for daily sacrifice.
This 250 day gap, or 8 1/2 months is the time that will be required for the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, after the Antichrist confirms the "covenant."
We operate under the Gregorian calendar of 365 days per year with a leap day every four years. 365 days time 7 years, plus one leap day totals 2,556 days.
Daniel operated under the lunar calendar of 12 periods with 30 days, totaling 360 days per year, with a leap month every 7 years. 360 days time 7 years, plus one leap month totals 2,550 days.
We will not know the day or hour for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, because if for no other reason, we do not know when the leap month will be applied.
But I am open to another view if one would like to try and explain better then what I can??
Last edited by Atonement; 05-14-08 at 05:30 PM..
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