We're going to hold a study on when the blessed 1335 days mentioned in Daniel Ch 23 begins. I've read many views and opinions--and what I'm about to write is my own view and opinion based on Scripture. If you don't agree, fine. We can agree to disagree. I disagree with a lot of what I read on Five Does, but I respect John for allowing this to be an open forum. Okay, moving on. First we are going to take a look at Daniel Ch 12 Daniel Ch 12: 11 From the time the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. 12 How blessed will be anyone who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. 13 But you, go your way until the end comes. Then you will rest and rise for your reward, at the end of days." The first thing we need to look at is the regular burn offering. You have to understand Torah to be able to understand the regular burnt offering. The regular burnt offering is taken away and--and this is vital--the abomination that causes desolation is set up. Pay very close attention to that. There will be 1290 days. We may be looking at a literal regular burnt offering or a people. I'll explain later. Okay, why 1290 days? Why not 1260? 1260 days is mentioned four times in the Book of Revelation. Why do we read 1290 days in the Book of Daniel. I believe the answer falls on the Jewish leap year. In a Jewish Leap year, the year I follow, you add an extra month. I need to pause here and say many believe YESHUA MESSIAH will return to earth and destroy the wicked and establish HIS Millennial Kingdom in the year 2030. I, too, believe that. It's very interesting that 2030 holds a leap month on the Jewish calendar. Okay, now we look at the 1335 days. We read: Blessed will be anyone will be anyone who waits and arrives at the 1335 days. So this day is a blessed day. I believe this day is: Matthew Ch 24: 30 "Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, all the tribes of the Land will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with tremendous power and glory. 31 He will send out his angels with a great shofar;m and they will gather together his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. But before we get to that let's go back and look at Daniel Ch 12 and focus on the abomination of the desolation. That is the key to when the countdown of the 1335 days begins. Matthew Ch 24: 15 "So when you see the abomination that causes devastation spoken about through the prophet Dani'el standing in the Holy Place" (let the reader understand the allusion), 16 "that will be the time for those in Y'hudah to escape to the hills. 17 If someone is on the roof, he must not go down to gather his belongings from his house; 18 if someone is in the field, he must not turn back to get his coat. Here we see the Abomination of the desolation that is mentioned in Daniel Ch 12. YESHUA directly mentions Daniel's name. Now, let us look at Luke: Like Ch 17: 30 That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, if someone is on the roof with his belongings in his house, he must not go down to take them away. Similarly, if someone is in the field, he must not turn back -- You can clearly see the connection between Matthew Ch 24 and Luke Ch 17. But I need you pay careful attention to verse 17 in Luke Ch 17. That is how it will be on the day the SON of MAN is revealed (Revealed). Pay close attention to that word. So in Matthew Ch 24 we learn that when abomination of the desolation happens it will be a time for those in Y'hudah to escape. In Luke Ch 17 we learn that the YESHUA will be revealed on the day the escape has to happen. Revealed...pay close attention to that word. We're going to look at Revelation Ch 6 Revelation Ch 6: 15 Then the earth's kings, the rulers, the generals, the rich and the mighty - indeed, everyone, slave and free - hid himself in caves and among the rocks in the mountains, 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the One sitting on the throne and from the fury of the Lamb! 17 For the Great Day of their fury has come, and who can stand?" During the Sixth Seal G-D reveals HIMSELF as does YESHUA. YESHUA is the Face of G-D. The Great Day of THEIR 'FURY' has come. Pay close attention the word 'Fury. They wicked are running to the rocks and mountains...but those in Y'hudah must escape. They will be given a time to escape while the wicked are running. Please remember the mid-trib rapture takes place probably sometime time during the Sixth Seal. Are the Tribulation Saints the regular burnt offering mentioned in Daniel Ch 12? I offer this as suggestion, not a fact. Now we're going back to Luke Ch 17 Luke Ch 17: 26 "Also, at the time of the Son of Man, it will be just as it was at the time of Noach. 27 People ate and drank, and men and women married, right up until the day Noach entered the ark; then the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise, as it was in the time of Lot -- people ate and drank, bought and sold, planted and built; 29 but the day Lot left S'dom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed. When YESHUA is revealed it will be as in the days of Noach and Lot. What happened in the days of Noach? G-D's fury destroyed the earth. What happened in the days of Lot? Sodom and Gomorrah were judge but Lot was allowed to flee (that will be a time for those in Y'hudah to escape). The 1335 days begins sometime before the end of the Sixth Seal. The abomination of the desolation takes place before YESHUA is revealed. I say this because YESHUA teaches that when you will 'See'; the abomination that causes desolation. The abomination of the desolation has to be seen first afterward people will on on their rooftops or out in the fields. They escape or fell on the day the Son of Man is revealed (Luke Ch 17:30). What is the abomination of the desolation? We can study that at a later time. The 1335 ends with YESHUA coming to gather HIS chosen (this is not the pre-trib rapture but the post-trib in my opinion--the pre-trib rapture takes place before the great persecution starts). We have to understand that there will be people coming to Salvation during the great persecution--or what people call the great tribulation. They're going to be studying the Scriptures and need hope. The Scriptures pertain to the beginning, the middle and all the way to the end of YESHUA'S Millennial Kingdom. The Scriptures do not stop at the pre-trib rapture. Those left behind will be studying the scriptures very hard. This is my view and opinion of when the 1335 days start and end based on Scripture. The 1335 days will end when YESHUA comes to gather HIS chosen. That's the blessed 1335 day. Not all of the day counts pertain to the time period before the pre-trib rapture. It's vital we understand that. But to many who will be left behind and have to endure to the very end the 1335 days is very vital to them. G-D Bless. Shalom in YESHUA'S HOLY NAME. Paul F