The extra 75 days are the period in which God cleanses the earth of every trace of Gentile world rule and prepares the planet for Christ's earthly Kingdom.
Daniel 12:12 speaks of the 1,335th day, which Les calculates as 75 days beyond the tribulation's 1,260 days. He teaches that Christ, the stone cut out without hands in Daniel 2, crushes the final Gentile empire and that the 75 days are the time God uses to cleanse the earth of every trace of those empires. After this cleansing, the earth is ready for the Kingdom, the Old Testament and tribulation saints are raised, and Israel enters the land.
Daniel 12:11-13 — This passage contains the 1,290 and 1,335-day counts, the biblical basis for the extra 75 days.
Daniel 2:34-35 — It describes the stone that smites the Gentile empires and fills the earth, the event Les says the 75 days accomplish.
Isaiah 24:1 — It states that the Lord makes the earth empty and waste, matching the worldwide cleansing that Les assigns to the 75 days.
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. Verse 12 pronounces a blessing on the one who waits and comes to the 1,335th day. Verse 13 tells Daniel to go his way, for he will rest and stand in his lot at the end of the days. Daniel 2:34-35 describes a stone cut out without hands that smites the image of the Gentile kingdoms; the iron, clay, brass, silver, and gold are broken together and become like chaff from a summer threshingfloor, and the wind carries them away so that no place is found for them. Then the stone becomes a great mountain and fills the whole earth. Isaiah 24:1 declares that the Lord makes the earth empty and waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants abroad.
Les Feldick teaches that the extra 75 days are built into the closing verses of Daniel for a specific reason. Because the Old Testament and tribulation saints are raised 75 days into the Kingdom, there must be something God does in that interval. Les says Daniel chapter 2 provides the explanation. Nebuchadnezzar's dream pictures all the great Gentile empires of the world, the head of gold, the chest of silver, the belly of brass, and the final empire of iron and clay. At Christ's return, the stone cut out without hands smites the image, and everything connected with Gentile world rule becomes like the chaff of a summer threshingfloor, blown away so that no place is found for them. Les says the 75-day period will literally cleanse the planet of everything that has remained of those empires. Once the cleansing is complete, the earth is renovated like the Garden of Eden, the curse is lifted, Israel is saved in a day and begins to occupy the land promised to Abraham, and Christ rules from the Mount of Olives over His earthly Kingdom as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
Daniel 12:11 says 1,290 days run from the removal of the daily sacrifice and the setting up of the abomination. Daniel 12:12 says, 'Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.' Les explains that the tribulation is 1,260 days (three and a half years plus three and a half years), so the 1,290 is 30 days beyond the tribulation, and the 1,335 is an extra 75 days after the Second Coming. He points out that Daniel is told to wait to the 1,335th day, and at that point the resurrection of the Old Testament and tribulation saints takes place.
Les says Daniel 2 is his explanation for the extra 75 days. The great image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream represents all the Gentile empires of the world. The stone cut out without hands, the returning Christ, smites the image at its iron-and-clay feet. Then the gold, silver, brass, iron, and clay are broken to pieces together and become like the chaff of a summer threshingfloor, and the wind carries them away. Les says everything remaining of those empires will blow away like chaff, and the 75-day period will cleanse the planet of everything that has remained.
Les stresses that everyone is raised 'in their own order' — first the firstfruits, then the church, then the main harvest, and finally the gleanings, which he identifies as the Old Testament saints and the tribulation saints. He says Daniel 12:13 speaks plainly of Daniel resting and standing in his lot at the end of the days. Once this final resurrection is completed, all believers of all the ages are ready for the Kingdom.
Les teaches that after the tribulation has run its course, Christ returns to the Mount of Olives and sets up His glorious Kingdom on earth, not in heaven. The Lord smites the nations gathered against Jerusalem, and the earth will be suddenly renovated like a Garden of Eden. The curse will be lifted, Israel will be saved in a day and begin to occupy the land deeded to Abraham in Genesis 15, and Israel will be the top nation with all the world blessed through the covenant given to Abraham. Isaiah 24:1 describes the earth being made empty and waste beforehand, which fits the cleansing work Les assigns to the 75 days.
Why the 75 Days Exist and Daniel 2
Les introduces the 75-day gap by noting the Old Testament saints are raised 75 days into the Kingdom, so there must be a reason for the interval. He then brings in Daniel 2's image of the Gentile empires as the explanation.
The Stone Becomes a Mountain
The stone that smites the image is the returning Christ, and it becomes a great mountain filling the whole earth, showing the Kingdom is earthly.
Chaff Blown Away
Everything remaining of the Gentile empires will blow away like chaff, and the 75-day period will literally cleanse the planet of it all.
The 1,290, 1,335, and Resurrection Order
Les explains Daniel 12:11-13, connecting the 1,335 days to an extra 75 days after the Second Coming and to the resurrection of Old Testament and tribulation saints.
The Earthly Kingdom
Les places Christ's return on the Mount of Olives and shows the Old Testament promises of a glorious Kingdom on earth.
Tribulation's Final Battle
Les sets the scene: the Antichrist summons the world's armies against Israel, and Christ's appearing brings the deliverance.
Curse Lifted and Israel Exalted
After Christ sets up His Kingdom, the curse will be lifted and Israel will be the top nation, with all nations blessed through Abraham's covenant.
Earth Renovated Like Eden
The Lord smites the gathered nations, the earth is renovated like the Garden of Eden, Israel is saved in a day, and Isaiah 24:1 is quoted about the earth being emptied and wasted.
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.
Les explains this 1,290 days is 30 days beyond the 1,260-day tribulation.
Daniel 12:12: Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
This is the 1,335th day, 75 days after the Second Coming, and the end of the extra period.
Daniel 12:13: But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Les points here to the resurrection of Daniel and the Old Testament saints at the end of the days.
Daniel 2:34: Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
The stone cut without hands strikes the iron-and-clay feet of the image, representing Christ's overthrow of Gentile rule.
Daniel 2:35: Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
The four empires become like chaff blown away, and the stone becomes the mountain that fills the earth.
Isaiah 24:1: Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
The Lord empties the earth and wastes it, the state of the planet that the 75 days will cleanse.
Zechariah 14:4: And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
The passage Les references for Christ's return to the Mount of Olives to set up the Kingdom.
Daniel 12:11 says the 1,290 days begin when the daily sacrifice is taken away and the abomination is set up. Daniel 12:12 blesses the one who comes to the 1,335th day. Les explains the tribulation is 1,260 days, the 1,290 is 30 days more, and the 1,335 is an extra 75 days after the Second Coming.
No. Les teaches the resurrections are in order: first the firstfruits, then the church, then the main harvest, and finally the gleanings — the Old Testament saints and tribulation saints — who are raised at the 1,335th day, 75 days into the Kingdom.
No. Les places it after the seven-year tribulation has ended. Christ has already returned at the Second Coming, and the 1,335th day, 75 days later, is when the Old Testament and tribulation saints are resurrected.
Les teaches that the stone cut out without hands is the returning Christ. He strikes the image of the Gentile empires, and after the empires are crushed and blown away like chaff, the stone becomes a great mountain that fills the whole earth — the Kingdom of Christ.
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