- Why do you think the 1260 days in V.6 are different from the 3½ times in V.14? If you think they are the same, how do you arrive at 7 years?
- Why does the angel say that John sees the actual Beast which will come out of the pit (Rev 17:8) when he really saw the Dragon?
hemut, this is a issue that when I start explainig it, I always get some resistance from others, mainly because they have the 1260 days, the time, times, half times, the forty two months, and the 3 1/2 days (Revelation 11:11) in the wrong place on the 7 years timeline.
This goes back to what we were talking about there being a number of way to interpret bible prophecy. And me saying there are million wrong interpretations possible, but only one right interpretation possible.
btw, that does not mean that my interpretation is automatically right either, just because I say it.
To the specific issue.
The 1260 days, "days" is the smallest unit of measure, so is the most precise. So on a 7 year timeline of 2520 days, 1260 days is precisely the mid point of the 7 years. Midpoint is different from saying middle part, or midst of the 7 years, which is more broad.
First half
1260 days, Revelation 11:3, Revelation 12:6
(in the) Second half
3 1/2 days, Revelation 11:11
42 months, Revelation 11:2, Revelation 13:5
time, times, half time, Revelation 12:14, Daniel 7:25, Daniel 12:7
To get the 7 years in Revelation 12:
1260 days + unspecified earth time passes as the war in heaven takes place* + the time, times, half times** = the 7 years
*Michael and His angels battle with Satan and his angels. Satan and his angels cast down to earth.
** leaving him with a time, times, half time which we really don't know in terms of exact days or weeks. We have a rough notion that it a 3 1/2 time period. But is an error to say 3 1/2 years, as is commonly done.
Okay, I will say what is commonly done - people start doing conversions, like making a cake, so many pints to a quart, so many quarts to a gallon. It is a natural tendency to do. Especially to them who first start studying Revelation. And that is fine also in most circumstances when converting months to days, and months to year. But in the unique case of Revelation, the timeframes are not "exact" equals of each other.
The 1260 days is exactly half of the 7 years, 2520 days.
The 42 months is a little less, than 1260 days.
The time, times, half times is a little less less, than 1260 days.
On my second chart, I have all the timeframes in Revelation and Daniel noted. I show why the the 42 months is actually 1256.5 days, and not 1260 days. I would suggest look at this chart closely.