Historical Confirmation of Prophetic Periods
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
The time prophecies of 1260, 1290, and 1335 days are important for the interpretation of Daniel and Revelation. Historical Confirmation of Prophetic Periods provides the historical background for the beginning and ending dates of these prophecies and validates their historical accuracy.
Top Highlights
“As a matter of fact, none of the time prophecies in Daniel and Revelation has ever been fully understood prior to its fulfillment. Time prophecies were not given to predict events at a specific point in time. On the contrary, the method is: listen to the prophecy, be ready to understand, and after its fulfillment you will understand, and then you will know. This hermeneutical approach is recommended, and even predicted, by the biblical authors.” (Page 4)
“Rather, the abomination of desolation consists in the mixing of worldly and religious powers. When Clovis fought the battles of the Roman Church by destroying the Arian Visigoths in AD 507/508 (according to Gregory of Tours), the abomination was taking shape.” (Page 7)
“As Seventh-day Adventists, we believe that the papacy is the little-horn power of Daniel 7 and 8; that the 1,260 symbolic days are 1,260 literal years, during which the papacy ruled, first with increasing, and later, with ever diminishing, power. We also believe that the demise of the papacy, in 1798, is compared, in Revelation 13:3, to a ‘deadly wound’ that would heal; and that the ‘time, times, and half a time’ of Daniel 7:25 are linked with the same time period in Revelation 12:14 and the 1,260 days of Revelation 12:6 and the forty-two months of Revelation 13:5. Therefore, we believe that the year 1798 serves best as the terminus ad quem (ending date) for the three and a half times, or 1,260 prophetic days of Daniel 7:25 and Revelation 12:6.” (Page 3)
“Thus, in March 538 Rome was finally free from barbarian rule and power-for the first time since 476.” (Page 28)