Why does Daniel 12:11 mention an extra 30 days after the 1,260 days?
Daniel 12:11's extra 30 days are not a mistake. God purposefully adds 30 days beyond the 1,260-day Tribulation, and verse 12 adds 45 more, totaling 75 extra days. This period teaches believers patience as they wait for the resurrection and the Kingdom.
Les explains that the 1,260 days are half of the seven-year Tribulation, since seven years times 360 equals 2,520 days, split into two 1,260-day halves or 42 months. In Daniel 12:11 an extra 30 days are added, and verse 12 adds another 45 days, bringing the total to 1,335 days—75 extra days after the Tribulation. This is not an error; God knows what He is doing. The extra days teach patience, because after seeing the great resurrection, believers may become impatient and want the Lord to hurry. Daniel is told to wait and be patient until the 1,335 days, and in verse 13 he is told to go his way and rest until the end.
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.
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What does the 1,290 days in Daniel 12:11 mean?
Daniel 12:11's 1,290 days from the taking away of the daily sacrifice and the setting up of the abomination of desolation is 30 days more than the tribulation will run.
What does Daniel 12:11 say about the 1,290 days and the tribulation?
Daniel 12:11 says that from the time the daily sacrifice is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there will be 1,290 days, which is 30 days more than the tribulation will run.
How many days are there from the taking away of the daily sacrifice to the end according to Daniel 12:11?
From the time the daily sacrifice is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days.
How many extra days are there between the end of the tribulation and the events of Daniel 12:13?
There are 75 extra days between the return of Christ at the end of the tribulation and the next verse, composed of an additional 30 days plus 45 days.