"The Time of the end" 

Verse 4 of Daniel 12 refers to the “time of the end” mentioned in Daniel 11:35.

Daniel 11:30-35 describes the period of Papal supremacy which lasted “even to the time of the end.”

As the Papal supremacy ended when the Papacy was abolished in 1798, "the time of the end" began in 1798.

 

Since 1798 the book of Daniel has been unsealed, and knowledge of the prophecies has increased. By the increase of knowledge a people will be prepared to stand in the latter days. 

 

The 1290 “days” began at the taking away of the “daily” which occurred BEFORE the time of the end. (compare Daniel 8:11-12, Daniel 11:31). 

 

As the “daily” was taken away BEFORE the time of the end (See Dan 11:31-35), the 1290 began BEFORE the time of the end. i.e. before 1798.

 

As the daily was taken away BEFORE the setting up of Papal Rome, the “abomination that maketh desolate” (Dan 11:31-35), the 1290 began BEFORE 538 when the Papal power was set up.

 

The “daily” that was taken away parallels the “withholder” that Paul spoke of in 2Thess 2.  

The “daily” was taken away to reveal the “abomination that maketh desolation.”

The “withholder” was “taken out of the way” to reveal the “man of sin.”

 

Paul spoke guardedly of a power existing in his day which had to be “TAKEN OUT OF THE WAY” in order to set up the “man of sin” who would sit as lord over God’s church. (read 2Thess 2).

By the MAN of sin we understand the reigning Pope is meant.

What power in Paul’s day withheld the rise of Papal Rome? Answer: Pagan Rome. 

Therefore, Pagan Rome was the “withholder” or the “daily” which had to be “taken away” in order to set up the man of sin.

 

“The withholding power in 2 Thessalonians 2:6 was the Roman Empire. I grant this, for all the ancient writers so speak of it.” John Henry Cardinal Newman (Roman Catholic) (1801-1890), Discussions, p 49.

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The “daily” was taken away “TO SET UP” the abomination of desolation - the Papacy (see Daniel 12:11 margin). 

As the 1290 days began with events to SET UP the Papacy, the 1290 “days” would apparently end with the ABOLISHING of the Papacy which occurred in 1798.

 

SETTING UP Papal Rome => 1290 ‘days’ => ABOLISHING the Papacy

 

In order to reach from before the Papacy was set up to its abolition in 1798 the 1290 “days” must here represent years, as they do in many other prophetic periods in Daniel.

See Eze 4:6; Num 14:34 and Christ in Matt 18:21,22 indirectly affirming the year = day for the time prophecies.

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By working backward 1290 years from 1798, when the Papacy was abolished, we see that the 1290 must have begun in 508 AD. (508 AD + 1290 years = 1798). 

 

In AD508 “arms” (armies, Clovis, King of the Franks) supporting the Papacy took away anti papal resistance to such an extent that the dominance of the Papacy was assured.

 

verse 12: The 1335 days

Another prophetic time period is given. The faithful would need to “wait” till the end of the 1335.  “Waiteth” indicates that the 1335 extended beyond the end of the 1290. 

 

Like the 1290 the “days” must symbolize years (Eze 4:6; Num 14:34 Matt 18:22). 

 

Beginning with the taking away of the daily in 508AD, the 1335 extended to the year 1843 / 44. In that very year the proclamation was given that “the hour of God’s judgment is come.” See on Revelation 14:7; Daniel 8:14.

 

The fact that the 1290 and 1335 both reach significant events if begun in 508AD helps confirm that 508AD is the correct date for the taking away of the daily.

 

Verse 12 "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days." 

Verse 13  But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. 

 

The blessing at the end of the 1335

The end of the 1335 would see a blessing.  

Jesus said to the early church, “blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.” (Matt 13:16-17).

 

As a revelation of a new truth was a blessing to the early church, so those who witnessed the end of the 1335 were also blessed with the revelation of a new truth. The message that the hour of God’s Judgment had come was first given in 1843-44 (Rev 14:7), and was a blessing to those who saw and proclaimed it (cf. Rev 14:13).

 

“Christ said, “Blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them” [Matt. 13:16, 17]. BLESSED are the eyes which saw the things that were seen in 1843 and 1844.”  E.G. White, Manuscript Release Vol. 21, p437.

 

The end of the prophetic periods

In answer to the question, “How long,” (verse 6) Jesus raised His hands, swore by Him that liveth forever and ever and gave three prophetic periods: 1260, 1290, 1335, and Daniel wrote them in his little book.

 

In Revelation 10 John was permitted to behold the end of these periods. He saw Christ with the little book of Daniel open in one hand, raising the other hand, and swearing by Him that liveth forever and ever that there should be “time no longer.” The parallels show that this refers to the end of the prophetic PERIODS given to Daniel.

 

The time prophecies ended in 1844. 

There are still some prophetic periods to be fulfilled but none give definite dates (eg the 1000 years of Revelation 20; the “one hour” and “one day” of Revelation 16, 17, 18). 

 

The day / year principle still exists. The “day” in which Babylon suffers a famine (Rev 18:8) is obviously symbolic.

The people of God will not have another message which specifies a definite date. 

 

verse 13: Rest and stand in thy lot.

Daniel died and rests in the grave. Today, in his open book, he stands in his lot, bearing his testimony which was opened to our understanding at the end of the days. The days are ended - i.e. the prophetic days are ENDED.

 

In Daniel 8, the DAILY was "taken away" (ruwm) meaning taken up, lifted or exalted by the little horn. Papal Rome exalted / lifted up or took upon itself the Paganism of ROME.  Hence Paganism hidden under the veil of professed Christianity continued in the Papal Worship.  In Daniel 2 we see the transition from ROME to Papal ROME in the legs of Iron representing Imperial ROME to the feet of Iron & Clay representing Papal Rome, a mixing of the Paganism of Imperial Rome with professed Biblical Christianity of Papal Rome.

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In Daniel 11, The DAILY was literally taken away (suwr) to establish Papal Rome. Arms or military forces helped establish Papal Rome on its throne thus finishing the transition from Pagan to Papal Rome.