![]() ![]() At this time he is given power over the whole world. At this time he attacks and overcomes Israel. At this time he is given power to speak great things claiming to be God. (5) Revelation 13:3-8 describes the rise of this final form of the beast, with his resurrection from a deadly wound (the language makes it clear he actually dies) followed by the whole world submitting to him and worshipping him. (4) Revelation 12:6,14 shows how God provides a place of refuge from the antichrist for Jewish believers during this identical time of 1260 days or 'a time and times and half a time. (3) In Revelation 11:2 this same period of domination of Israel is given as 42 months. Israel will be suffering for their own sin of trusting in and making covenant with the antichrist but when they repent Christ delivers them (2) Daniel 12:7 confirms that antichrists dominion over Israel is for ‘a time, times and half a time' (three and a half times) but it serves the purpose of breaking Israel’s pride and helping them to trust in the true Christ rather than in other powers. It is in the Great Tribulation that he shows his true colours with far greater persecutions. (In the first-half of the Tribulation the persecution against believers and Israel comes from the false one-world religion rather than the antichrist). ![]() ![]() It states that he is allowed three and a half years in this mode. (1) In Daniel 7:20,21,25, antichrist conquers Israel and gives them (along with all believers) Great Tribulation at the same time as when he starts speaking great things against God. The fact that all this action, involving these characters, takes place at Mid-Tribulation is confirmed by the fact that we see the same time-period again and again of Three and a half years = A Time, Times and half a Time = 42 months = 1260 days -all referring to the second half of the Tribulation ( Daniel 7:25, 12:7, Revelation 11:2, 12:6,14 13:5). They are introduced quickly one after another at the 7th Trumpet, and then some background information is revealed along with their involvement during the following three and a half years. These main characters in the events of the Second-Half of the Tribulation are: the Woman and the Man-child (12:1-5,13-17), Michael (12:7), the Dragon (12:7-17), the Beast (13:1-18) and the False Prophet (13:11-18). It is during this Mid-Tribulational Interval that a number of characters are introduced (in Revelation 12 and 13), because they are the key actors involved in the rapid changes at Mid-Tribulation, as they take centre stage for the Great Tribulation. Thus the total Mid-Tribulational Interval is 34 days long. We also saw in Revelation 11 that after the first-half of the Tribulation (after the 1260 days) there are another 4 days that must be completed, before the 7th Trumpet sounds (and the Abomination is set up). Therefore there is an period of 30 days from the Abomination of Desolation before antichrist gains world-domination for 1260 days. Both these periods end at the same time for Daniel 9:27 makes it clear that the Abomination only lasts as long as the antichrist, and we know that his dominion is cut short by the Return of Christ. However according to v7, it is only 1260 days as measured from when antichrist becomes world-dictator and systematically persecutes Israel (see also Dan 7:25, Rev 13:5): It shall be for a time, times, and half a time (1260 days) and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished. Thus he tells us that its length is 1290 days, as measured from the desecration of the Temple. From the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be 1290 days ( v11). Daniel 12 is a revelation of the Great Tribulation (see v1) which begins the day the antichrist takes over the Temple (Daniel 11:45) and ends with the resurrection of the just at the Second Coming (v2,3). When the 7th Trumpet sounds (Rev 11:15), a number of Mid-Tribulation events happen quickly together, as the world moves into the Great Tribulation (see also Matthew 24:15-22), setting the stage for the final 1260 days (the time of antichrist's dominion). The second half of the Tribulation is often called the Great Tribulation. It is divided into two halves of 1260 days (three and a half years or 42 months) with a short Mid-Tribulational Interval of 34 days. This time by their end, the nation of Israel will welcome Jesus Christ as their King and be saved when He returns the second time. It is a rerun of the 7 years of grace (AD 26-33) that were cancelled because Israel rejected their Messiah. It brings the Times of the Gentiles to completion. The Tribulation lasts 7 years being the 70th Week of Daniel (Daniel 9:24-27). Revelation 12-13 (Events of Mid-Tribulation) Pictures Of Salvation (Types and Shadows).The Gospel of John Commentary Chapters 1-11 (by chapter).Positional Truth - Who We Are In Christ. ![]()
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