so many years rather than the extra day that we have. The point is that in Revelation 13:5 we have a clue to how the reckoning in Scripture was done. "And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and pow er was given unto him to continue forty and two months." On the basis of the 12-month year that comes to three and a half years. In Revelation 11:3 we also read, "My witnesses... shall prophesy a thou sand two hundred and threescore days." This is 1,260 days. (We find this, too, in Revelation 12:6). To get three and a half years out of 1,260 days is to realize that the year is predicated not on 365 or 364 days, but rather on 360 which is the biblical year of reckoning. Every calendar man has used varies to some degree or another; how ever, by using comparative biblical passages we can see the manner of determination. Q. Bakersfield, Calif. "Are the rock musicals 'Godspell' and 'Jesus Christ, Superstar' part of the apos tasy Jesus said would come in the latter days?" A. Having not personally seen these productions we may not be the most qualified to answer your ques tion. We do believe that the whole area of license, liberty and extrem ism does give us a graphic picture concerning the nearness of Christ's return. This is a very definite moral sign. II Timothy 3:1-5 gives us a listing of those attitudes and char acteristics which will prevail be fore our Lord returns in glory. We see all around us those who are seeking sinful, worldly pleasure completely apart from God. Re member, too, that those who pro- Page 17
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