The text of Revelation 12:11-12 does not say anyone sitting in the temple as what triggers the great tribulation. Instead, it and in Matthew 24:15 says the abomination of desolation "set up" - i.e. an image, an idol.
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.
keras, you are confusing the transgression of desolation act ( which comes first) with the abomination of desolation set up that comes later. Here's the timeline of events involving the end times arch villain.
Daniel 8
13Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”
14He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
We can divide Dan 8:13-14 into 4 parts: 1) the daily sacrifice is 'cut off', 2) the transgression (alternately translated 'rebellion that causes desolation'), 3) the sanctuary being trampled, and 4) the restoration of the sanctuary.
1) refers to the Locusts of the 5th Trumpet/ 1st Woe. This is the 'tail of the dragon'. Tails refer to false prophets (Isaiah 9:15) who throw stars to the ground (Revelation 12:4).
2) These 'locusts' are selling people into spiritual slavery (via the mark of the beast) to the Greeks (Joel 3:5), the end time Daniel 8 Little Horn who throws stars to the ground (Daniel 8:10). This is the 'transgression'/ 'rebellion'. This is when the red dragon has 7 heads, 10 horns, and 7 crowns (Revelation 12:3). This is the #7 king of Revelation 17:10 - because it has 7 crowns.
3) the sanctuary is trampled during the 1260 days of the 2 witnesses in Revelation 11:1-2 and the city is trampled for 1260 days. This is where the #8 king of Revelation 17:10, who is the Daniel 7 Little Horn, makes the 7 year covenant. When the 10 horns become 10 kings in Revelation 13:1, then we know that the Daniel 7 Little Horn has arrived. The 'red dragon' (the Daniel 8 Little Horn) gives his throne to the Daniel 7 Little Horn and the Dan 7 Little Horn makes the covenant.
4) When the Daniel 7 Little Horn, the #8 King of Rev 17:10, breaks the covenant and defiles the temple, there will be Daniel 9's 70 weeks to 'finish the transgression' and anoint a holy place - which 'restores the sanctuary' (Daniel 8:14.)
Add all these time frames up for the 4 phases, you get Daniel 8:14's 2300 days.
Here the locusts are 'cutting off the sacrifices':
Joel 1
4 What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten;
and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
6 For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
9 Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
This 'army' is taking a 'spoil' and selling people into spiritual slavery
Joel 3:5 For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. 6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
Revelation 18:11-13
11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,
12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble,
13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots,
and slaves, that is, human souls.
These are the 'many false prophets rising up' in Matthew 24:11, selling people into spiritual slavery to the Greeks - the Daniel 8 Little Horn.
