What is the significance of the 1,290 and 1,335 days mentioned in Daniel 12:11-12?

In Daniel 12:9-10 we are told, “And he [Michael] said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”

The prophecies God had Daniel record for us were to be sealed until the end of this age—or at “the time of the end.” We are now very close to the time when these events will take place. Both the 1,290 and 1,335-day periods end with the Return of Christ. The beginnings of these periods mark significant events for those living at this time.

Daniel 12:12 states, “Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.” At the 1335-day mark, which is 45 days before the abomination of desolation, the organized efforts of God’s Work here on earth will almost certainly come to an end. Only those people of God who are doing that Work today—and holding fast (Rev. 3:11) to the full truth—will be protected.

Notice what Daniel 12:11 states: “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.” Although the daily sacrifices were put to an end in A.D. 70, and have not been in place since, this verse indicates that they will be reinstated and then stopped again in the near future.

Forty-five days later, at the 1,290 days, marks the time when the abomination of desolation is set up. At this signal, the Church will begin its flight to the place of protection (Matt. 24:15-20). Thirty days later, the Great Tribulation begins (Rev. 12:14). Jesus speaks of this time in Matthew 24:21-22and Mark 13:19-20. This period of “Jacob’s trouble” (Jer. 30:7; Dan. 12:1) will span 3½ years—“a time, times, and an half”—or 1,260 days (Dan. 12:7; Rev. 12:14).

The 1,290 days and the 1,335 days of Daniel 12:11-12 point to events preceding the tribulation. The Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord (which occurs during the final year of the tribulation) complete the remaining 1,260 days prior to the Return of Christ.

If you would like to learn more about these end-time events, please read What Is the “Abomination of Desolation”? and Promised Protection – Secret Rapture or Place of Safety?

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