The Seventy-Five Day Interval
Dani’el 12: 11-12
The Millennium will not begin the day immediately following the last day of the Great Tribulation because there will be a seventy-five day interval. During this time, between the Great Tribulation and the start of the Messianic Kingdom, a number of events will occur. Dani’el describes this interval: From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days (Dani’el 12:1-12).
The Great Tribulation has often been described as having 1,260 days, which is the same as three-and-a-half years. Sometimes it refers to the first half of the Great Tribulation, from the signing of the seven-year covenant that the national leaders of Isra’el signs with the antichrist, to the takeover of the Tribulation Temple and the abomination that causes desolation (to see link click Dr – The Abomination That Causes Desolation). Other times it refers to the second half of the Great Tribulation, from the abomination that causes desolation to the Second Coming, during which time the antichrist will rule the world. The death of the antichrist and the end of the Great Tribulation will come 1,260 days after its midpoint.
However, in this Dani’el passage, two other figures are given. The first is 1,290 days, or an additional thirty days, during which time the abomination that causes desolation will remain in the Tribulation Temple before it is removed. The second figure is 1,335 days, which is 45 days beyond the 1,290-day period and 75 days beyond the 1,260-day period. A special blessing is pronounced on those who will make it to the 1,335th day. In other words, those who survive the seventy-five day interval will be blessed by entering the Messianic Kingdom. There will be many who will fail and die during this seventy-five day interval.421 Ten things will occur during these seventy-five days:
1. The abomination that causes desolation, or the physical Tribulation Temple itself will be destroyed (see Bx – The Tribulation Temple).
2. The antichrist and the false prophet will be thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur for a thousand years (Revelation 19:20),
3. Satan will be bound in the abyss for a thousand years to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years are ended (Revelation 20:1-3),
4. The sheep Gentiles will be separated from the goat Gentiles (Joel 3:1-3; Matthew 25:31-33).
5. The righteous of the TaNaKh will be resurrected (Isaiah 26:19 and Dani’el 12:2).
6. Tribulation martyrs will also be resurrected (Revelation 20:4).
7. In my opinion, all the Jews who are a part of the national regeneration of Isra’el at the end of the Great Tribulation (see the commentary on Revelation Ev – The Basis for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ) will receive their resurrection bodies (see the commentary on First Corinthians Dv – Our Resurrection Bodies). If the Jews were still in their natural bodies, the children born to them would have to make a decision to accept or reject Messiah by the time they reached one-hundred years old (see the commentary on Isaiah Kq – The Wolf and the Lamb Will Feed Together, and the Lion Will Eat Straw Like the Ox). Since the Messianic Kingdom is to be a time of everlasting joy and gladness (Isaiah 25:9, 35:2 and 10, 51:3, 52:8), having a Jewish son or daughter reject the Messiah could only bring despair and sadness, thus negating the biblical promise, which, in my opinion, is impossible.
8. The First Resurrection of believers will take place (Revelation 20:4 and 6 and First Corinthians 15:20-23, and First Thessalonians 4:13-18).
9. The marriage feast of the Lamb will be celebrated (Revelation 19:9; Matthew 22:1-14 and 25:1-13).
10. The renovation of the heavens and the earth (Isaiah 65:17).
Since it is impossible to determine their sequential order, these events will be dealt with thematically rather than chronologically.
Dear Heavenly Father, Praise You that all time is in Your hands. Everything will work out exactly at the time you say it will happen. Your wisdom is magnificent. You have every detail all figured out. Not only have You already won the battle (Revelation 19:11-21), but Yeshua is right now preparing the eternal home in heaven for Your children. Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me. In My Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am you may also be (John 14:1-3)! You will reign eternally and Your children will live with You forever in heaven in eternal peace and joy, praising Your great and holy Name! We love and worship You! In the holy name of Your Son and His power of resurrection. Amen
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