Daniel Chapter 12

VERSE 7 “Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.”

One of the two individuals asked the man clothed in linen, “How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?”

The answer was “a time, times, and half a time,” or 3 1/2 times. In other words, 1 time + 2 times + 1/2 time = 3 1/2 times.

A “time” being equal to 360 years, (the number of days in a lunar year) “half a time”, naturally 170 years.

1 time………360 yrs.

2 times……..720 yrs.

Half a time…170 yrs.

Thus 3 1/2 x 360 = 1,260 prophetic days, which are translated into 1,260 years, THE PERIOD OF PAPACY’S RULE from A.D. 539 to 1799 A.D.

“When he (or “it”, i.e., the Papacy) shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.” (KJV)

“…and as soon as they (Papacy) finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed.” (NASB)

“…and when they (Papacy) have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.” (ASV)

“Then, when the power of the one who shatters the holy people (Papacy) has been exhausted (at the end of the 1260 years), all these things will be finished.” (NET Bible)

From the time 539 A.D. when the *Abomination of Desolation was first SET UP to Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign and the “Time of the End” in 1799 A.D., 1260 years elapsed.

Rev 10:5, 6 refers to the same time period, the end of the 1,260 days/years:

“The angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised up his hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be delay no longer.”

These verses were a puzzle to the saints living back there. Jesus was saying, “Enough! Stop! This is the end of the long persecuting power over the holy people.” The saints living after the French Revolution saw that this verse was past tense and correctly related it to their day.

What the Pastor explained, in effect, is that at the time of the French Revolution—that is, at the end of the 1,260 days (years)—the back of Papacy was broken. The thought is that when “the power over the holy people” was scattered, “all these things” would be finished. As prophesied in Daniel 11, Napoleon was a chief character involved in that work. Never again in the future would Papacy have such an oppressive rule of enduring suffocation. However, there will be a future “hour” of power, as shown by other Scriptures.

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*The Abomination of Desolation SET UP, See Daniel Chapter 11, Part 4

We move on to Verse 8 in our next post.