The prophet saith "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the 1335 days" (Daniel 12:12,13). The end of this period is a time of blessedness to the saints of the holy city, because like Daniel, they shall "stand in their lot in the end of the days." But so long as the fourth beast "prospers" this cannot be; for he treads down the holy city until the 42 months expire. From this it is manifest that the 42 months and 1335 days both terminate together. There will be no delay of the resurrection on account of the "practising" of the beast, because it will have to be destroyed out of the way by the Holy City. The prophet informs us, that all things showed to him are to be finished after a "time, times and half," or 1260 years; and among these wonders is the resurrection of many of the dead to everlasting life (Daniel 12:7,2). It appears from this that the 42 and 1335 both end together. If this be so, it follows that they begin 75 years apart; for the difference between them is 75 years. But to this it might be objected, if they end together, how can the 1260 of days or 1260 of years, have terminated at 1789? The answer is that the witnesses 1260 but not the "time, times, and a half," of the Holy City have a like beginning with the 1335. The 1335 years may be said therefore to begin and end with 1260; that is, it commences with the beginning of the 1260, and terminates with the 42 ending. Thus the 1260, and 42 may be shown by a rhombus, the two longitudinal parallel lines of which represent each 1260 years, but beginning one after the other, which is made to appear by the angles being less, or more, than a right angle. The 1335 years are indicated by the line which stretches from the lower angle on the left to the upper angle on the right, as it is seen in the following diagram.
(By Dr. John Thomas)
