I don't put dates on a calendar for any of the following. But this is the framework of the 7 year timeline....................once the 7 years begin.
The two witnesses' 1260 days on the timeline is tied to the 1260 days in
Revelation 12:6 which takes place before the war in heaven. After the war in heaven is the time, times, half times.
Which would put the 1260 days in the first half of the 7 years.
And the time, times, half times in the second half of the 7 years.
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The 42 months of the Gentiles treading Jerusalem for 42 months is tied to the 42 months that the beast rules in
Revelation 13:5 without being impeded by the two witnesses who will be gone from the earth.
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The time, times, half times in
Daniel 12:7 is tied to
Revelation 12:14 when Satan will be cast down, having great wrath, who persecutes the remanent of the woman for the time, times, half times.
Which also the time, times, half times of
Daniel 7:25 is tied to that same period of
Daniel 12:7 and
Revelation 12:14.
why mangle the time line? the 1st time-frame mentioned is the 42 months... then the 1260 days (which is tied to the 2nd woe & 2 witnesses!
you are mangling the timeline because you have a locked-in, preconceived notion of how it is supposed to go down
the 6th Trumpet war has just occurred in Rev 9
Rev 10
5 And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven 6 and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay, 7
but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
now it transitions back in time
8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.” 9 So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” 10 And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter. 11
And I was told, “You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”
Rev 11
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
now it has 'caught back up to' where it was before - the 1260 days of the 2 witnesses, end of 2nd woe
you want to say that the 42 months happen after the 2nd woe/ 1260 days, after the 2 witnesses are gone, but who are the saints that are being warred on in Revelation 13?
5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.
why didn't the saints get removed/ told to come up here? they weren't holy enough to get 'whisked away' with the 2 witnesses?
and please don't say that they are 'tribulation saints' which is offensive on many levels
this is the way it should go:
start the 42 months
great tribulation (during the 7 seals) (during the seals & at the 5th seal, the elect that are killed are taken to heaven to protect them from the 'hour of tribulation'
5 months prior to the end of the 42 months (ie, 7 seals great tribulation is shortened by 5 months.
the elect (that were not killed) come out of the 'great tribulation' & are gathered at the day of the Lord/ start of 7 trumpets/ end 7 seals Revelation 7:13-14
6th Trumpet war starts at the end of the 42 months, this battle leads to the son of perdition/ Lucifer being crowned the messiah who will then confirm the Mosaic covenant on Yom Kippur. This event starts the 2 witnesses 1260 day period/ 2nd woe. Lucifer, the son of perdition, the false prophet will make a statue of his father, the beast during the initial 42 months.
the 'father' would be considered the Jewish messiah, because it is he who will destroy Rome, the harlot of Babylon (one of the prerequisites of being messiah). (in predictive programming terms it is basically Star Wars: Luke (leads the Rebellion/ apostasy) is Lucifer (son of perdition), Darth Vader (Dark Father) (1st in league with the Pope/ Emperor, then kills him so as to be the messiah who destroys Rome). Lucifer will 'honor his father' by making an image of his father as the Jewish messiah during the 1260 days/ 2nd woe. Then later, Lucifer will insist on being worshipped.
the beast from the sea/ mortally head wounded individual from the initial 42 months continues on as 'the beast'. The 'antichrist' dies at the 42 month marker. His kingdom doesn't die. that's why it is 'the beast & false prophet' that get thrown into the lake of fire at the end, it never says 'antichrist & false prophet'.