Book 1 Endnotes
[i] The Mount of Olives is only mentioned explicitly twice in the OT, in the passage from Zechariah telling where Christ will come just prior to Armageddon, and a much earlier one, 2 Samuel 15:30-32. In this earlier passage, we are told that people used to worship God on the summit of the Mount of Olives. It is just possible that the end-times temple (or tabernacle) will be there, rather than on Mount Zion. Malachi 3:1 says Christ will suddenly come to his temple. It is true that that verse may apply to his first coming, since it refers to God’s messenger who will precede him, but the following verse describes his coming in terms of the Day of the Lord.
[ii] In the NIV, the term “son of man” appears 100 times, all but seven of them in Ezekiel where the term refers to him. In all but two of the references, the Hebrew word for man is “adam”, which is related to the word for “Adam”, the first man. “ben adam” actually occurs 156 times in the OT, usually just translated “men” . “ben ish” occurs 10 times, meaning “the son of a man”, and “ben enosh (or the Aramaic enash)” twice, in Psalm 144:3 and in Daniel 7:13.
[iii] There are eight periods of 3 1/2 years mentioned in Daniel and Revelation. These are:
[ii] In the NIV, the term “son of man” appears 100 times, all but seven of them in Ezekiel where the term refers to him. In all but two of the references, the Hebrew word for man is “adam”, which is related to the word for “Adam”, the first man. “ben adam” actually occurs 156 times in the OT, usually just translated “men” . “ben ish” occurs 10 times, meaning “the son of a man”, and “ben enosh (or the Aramaic enash)” twice, in Psalm 144:3 and in Daniel 7:13.
[iii] There are eight periods of 3 1/2 years mentioned in Daniel and Revelation. These are:
Verse |
Summary |
Duration |
Events |
Time of the Antichrist’s rule |
time, times, half a time |
temple desecrated wars against Jews |
|
Antichrist prohibits sacrifices |
“middle of one seven” |
Middle of a seven-year covenant |
|
Time of the Antichrist’s rule |
time, times, half a time |
persecution of Jews Wars of the Antichrist |
|
Jerusalem occupied by Gentiles |
42 months |
||
Two Witnesses |
1,260 days |
Preaching in Jerusalem |
|
Israel protected in desert |
1,260 days |
Israel in desert |
|
Israel protected in desert |
time, times, half a time |
Israel protected |
|
Antichrist exercises authority |
42 months |
Four more related periods are mentioned in Daniel. First is the period from the desolation until the sanctuary is reconstituted (8:14). This is given as 2,300 “evenings and mornings”. This is most likely 2,300 days, with the emphasis being on the evening and morning sacrifices (Exodus 29:38-39). It is quite likely this prophecy applies to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes. Its applicability to the end times is more uncertain. If it does, it stretches well into the Millennium.
The second additional period is the Seventieth Week (Daniel 9:27) in the middle of which the Antichrist breaks the covenant.
The third and fourth periods are mentioned together and briefly at the very end of Daniel. 1,290 days is given as the amount of time from the setting up of the desolation during which the distress (12:1) continues. It extends farther than the time, times, and half a time during which the power of the Jews will be broken (12:7). It is possible this extra month is the time of the last seven plagues.
Finally, 1,335 days is mentioned, possibly showing an additional month and a half. This last is very obscure, though possibly includes preparation for the gathering at Armageddon.
The second additional period is the Seventieth Week (Daniel 9:27) in the middle of which the Antichrist breaks the covenant.
The third and fourth periods are mentioned together and briefly at the very end of Daniel. 1,290 days is given as the amount of time from the setting up of the desolation during which the distress (12:1) continues. It extends farther than the time, times, and half a time during which the power of the Jews will be broken (12:7). It is possible this extra month is the time of the last seven plagues.
Finally, 1,335 days is mentioned, possibly showing an additional month and a half. This last is very obscure, though possibly includes preparation for the gathering at Armageddon.
