11. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination that maketh desolate set up
the sacrifice of swine and pollution of the holy place B.C. 168 to 141
there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
In B.C. 168, these sacrifices were ordered to be made DAILY, in every village and town throughout Palestine. The desecration of the temple area lasted until May 4th B.C. 141. Every moment of this time was part of one great abomination. Counting each prophetic day as made up of 49 ordinary days, the 1290 days bring us to May 24th A.D. 33—THE DAY OF PENTECOST—“THAT GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY OF THE LORD”—when the Holy Spirit was revealed to the Jews, and about 3000 souls were converted.
12. Blessed is he that waiteth
the Gentiles
and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
the Gentiles did wait for six years, while the disciples were busy, “PREACHING THE WORD TO NONE, BUT UNTO THE JEWS ONLY.” Acts XI. 19.—If now we make the calculation for 1335 days, we shall find, that the prophecy brings us direct to June 7th A.D. 39—on which day, the Holy Spirit was revealed to the GENTILES.
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.
Thus the heavenly visitor announced the fact of a resurrection day, but gave no intimation whatever as to when that day would come. In this respect also the teachings of Daniel are in perfect accord with those of the New Testament. “Of that day and hour knoweth no man; no, not the angels of Heaven.” Matt. XXIV. 36.