Let me explain...
I believe it is a foregone Biblical conclusion that the
sacrificed ceasing is the power of salvation in the testimony of the saints. Because the Bible states that when the Two Witnesses' 1260 days are finished, the
testimony of the true witnesses is finished. It does not mean that they can no longer talk, but that the
power of the Spirit given them per previous verse to testify unto salvation is
over or ended. But by whom?
Dan 12:7
(7) And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when
he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall
be finished.
The Two Witnesses no longer have such Spirit or power there anymore. The power they had of sacrifice (Romans 12:1; Hebrews 13:15; Philippians 2:17, 4:18, etc.) and offering
has ceased in the church. Scripture says these are no longer witnesses (unto salvation) there but killed. There is no more testimony as
all these saints (true witnesses) are killed in the streets of that city.
Revelation 11:3
- "And I will give POWER unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth."
Revelation 11:7
- "And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them."
Thus when the 1260 symbolic days are finished, clearly the two Witnesses who were given POWER of God to bring the testimony of salvation, no longer have that power. Sacrifice and offering have ceased
because all Israel that God has chosen to seal,
has been sealed. All 144,000 of them!! THis has nothing to do with the physical city of Jersualem but the building of New Testament Congregation is finished.
Now after 1,260 days, the 1,290 come with Abomination of Desolation:
Dan 12:9-13
(9) And he said, Go thy way, Daniel:
for the words are closed up and
sealed till the time of the end.
(10) Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly:
and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
(11) And from the
time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and
the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
(12)
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
(13) But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
There is no disharmony in that verse. It literally reads from the time of the continual [
sacrifice] (which is Christ) is taken away, to the giving of the desolating, [are] days a thousand, two hundred, and ninety. I believe that this is understood to mean from point A to Point B to point C. In other words, from the sacrifice taken away, A: 1260, to the abomination of desolation, is B: 1290, and to the blessed faithful and patient saints who wait for the end is C: 1335 days.
Daniel 12:11
- "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days."
From the time of A to B is 1290 and Blessed are those who wait for C. And "C" being the return of the Lord and consummation. I believe it illustrates there is a time period between 1260 when it begins and 1290 when it falls. From the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate setup. Thus the period the two witnesses are killed and remain in thte street of the city for 3 and half day which is symbolical of sleep/Death on the streets before the fall of the congregation when they are to come out. They come out at 1290 and wait for the 1335. I believe it is a very logical progression,
spiritual lengths of time rather than literal.
Daniel 12:12
- "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days."
Clearly, the period of 1,260 symbolic days is the whole New Testament period when the two witnesses have power to testimony (unto salvation). After the 1260, their testimony is finished. They lay dead in the streets of Great City (church) for 30 days so that at 1290, God's congregation officially falls into desolation. Thus understood, the times intimate that the overthrow of the Church by antichrist, and the delivery of the saints, will be accomplished by two successive interpositions, 1260 is the time of testimony, after 1260 the end of testimony, and 1290 being the fall when they are to come out and wait.
Yes, there is only one time of Abomination of Desolation. However, that did not occur in 70AD. It comes
after the 1,260 days of Testimony which will stand on the 1,290th day. Obviously in the future to our time!