142 The Revelation of Jesus Christ back in unbelief, to await the time when the "blindness in part," which is their portion, shall be taken away. This will not come to pass "until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in" (Rom. 11 :25). Do not confuse the "times of the Gentiles" with the "ful ness of the Gentiles." The first has reference to the period of time, beginning with Nebuchadnezzar, which ends with the personal return of Christ to the earth; the second refers to the number that will comprise the church, which is the body of Christ. It will be during the reign of the Antichrist that the new temple will be built, and in that temple the Antichrist will either set up his image, or be there in person. "But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months" (11:12). You will notice that John was told to measure "the temple of God." Although it will be built by Jews who will still be in a state of unbelief, yet in the midst of the unbelieving multi tudes who will have received "the mark of the beast" there will be a believing reJl!.nant, who belong to the Lord. During this time the Beast and his followers will perse cute the Jews; for, when he sets up his image to be worshipped "in the holy place" of the temple, every orthodox Jew will know that he is Satan-inspired. To all devout Jews an idol is "an abomination." Such as these will break their covenant with the Antichrist. And persecution in its most bitter form will follow. Then their enemies will turn upon them and "the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months." Here we have our first reference in Revelation to the 1,260 days. Where have we found previous mention of this period? Let us turn to Dan. 9:27. There we read that "in the midst of the week he (the Antichrist) shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abomina tions he shall make it desolate, even unto the consumma tion .. ," The reference here is to the seventieth week of Daniel, and the forty-two months referred to represent the last half of the seven years for which the seventieth week stands. In those forty-two months the Antichrist will be doing his very worst;
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