time that the antichrist begins to reign until his power is broken. No tice carefully the reply of the “man clothed in linen.” He said “that it shall be for a time, times and a half; and when he shall have accom plished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished” (vv. 6-7). Time, in the Word of God, is one year. Times, plural, two years, mak ing the period referred to three and one half years, or 1260 days. TheSe three and a half years are the period of tribulation. Antichrist will make a covenant for seven years, and break it after three and one-half years. During the time of the broken cov enant, three and one-half years, the worst trouble the world has ever known will be poured out upon it. “And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, 0 my Lord,, what shall be the end of these things ? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wick edly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall un derstand” (vv. 8-10). TWO OTHER TIME PROPHECIES “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh deso late set up, there shall be a thou sand two hundred and ninety days” (v. 11). Here you find there are 30 days added to the 1260. The 1260 days cover the period that shall run its course between the setting up of the “abomination of desolation” and the return of the Son of God in glory. The 30 extra days must cover the time when the sanctuary is cleansed, the earth is purified, and all things are made ready for the millennial reign of Christ. When Christ returns, in His glory, He shall gather before Him all the nations, and separate them one from
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and fro, and knowledge shall be in creased.” (v. 4.) Is it not strange that Daniel was instructed to seal the prophecy, “even to the time of the end” ? But the angel gave him two indications when the time of the end would be — “Many shall run to and fro,” and “knowledge shall be increased.” I assure you, knowledge is going to increase yet more and more. When “that wicked one,” the antichrist comes, many will accept his claims and receive the mark of the beast in.their forehead, and on their right hand. “Then I Daniel looked, and be hold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river” (v. 3 ). Daniel heard a conversation between these mysterious beings. He heard one of them ask: “How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?” This question evidently refers to the terrible happenings from the
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