Question 1

What specific event(s) start the day-count in Daniel 12:11?

Accepted Answer

Verse 11 ties the count to a clear “from the time” marker: the regular (continual) offering is taken away, and an “abomination that makes desolate” is set up. The text treats these as the crisis-defining actions that make the period measurable. It does not explain who removes the offering, where exactly the abomination is set up, or whether the two actions happen at the exact same moment. What is explicit is that the day total is counted from that crisis point, not from Daniel’s own time or from the beginning of the vision.

Question 2

How do the two numbers (1,290 and 1,335) relate to each other within the passage’s own logic?

Accepted Answer

The relationship is sequential: the passage first gives 1,290 days from the crisis start (v.11), then speaks of a person who “waits” and “comes to” 1,335 days (v.12). That second number is longer, so it assumes an additional stretch beyond the first total. The text does not say, “Then X happens at day 1,290,” but it does frame 1,335 as the farther finish line. In context, the movement is from a measurable period to the commendation of endurance through an extended period.

Question 3

What does the word “waits” contribute to the meaning of verse 12?

Accepted Answer

“Waits” signals that the important issue is not only knowing the time span but living through it until the later milestone. The verse calls “blessed” the person who keeps going and reaches 1,335 days. Because 1,335 exceeds 1,290, “waiting” implies continuing past what might feel like a natural endpoint. The text does not define the emotional tone of waiting (calm, anxious, etc.) or the precise actions involved, but it clearly highlights perseverance as the trait connected to the blessing at the later count.

Question 4

What is stated, and what is not stated, about what happens at day 1,290 and day 1,335?

Accepted Answer

What is stated: (1) the period begins when the regular offering is removed and the desolating sacrilege is set up; (2) from that time there are 1,290 days; (3) a blessing is pronounced on the one who waits and reaches 1,335 days. What is not stated: the passage does not describe a specific event occurring at day 1,290, nor does it specify what concrete change takes place at day 1,335. It also does not clarify whether the crisis ends, shifts, or is fully resolved at either number.

Question 5

In verse 11, are the removal of the offering and the setting up of the abomination one event or two? How does the text present them?

Accepted Answer

The verse presents them as paired components of the same crisis marker: the offering is removed, and the abomination is set up. The wording links both to the “from the time” starting point, which makes them jointly relevant for dating the period. However, the verse does not explicitly say they occur at the same hour or even on the same day, so readers reasonably ask whether one action triggers the other. Still, the passage’s practical effect is clear: these actions define the beginning of the counted days.

Question 6

How does calling someone “blessed” shape the purpose of these numbers?

Accepted Answer

Calling the one who reaches 1,335 days “blessed” pushes the passage beyond simple chronology. The numbers are not presented only as information; they are framed to spotlight the person who endures. The text does not spell out the form of the blessing—whether it means physical survival, public vindication, or favorable outcome after the crisis—but it does connect the blessing to arriving at the later day-count. This makes the second number function like a perseverance milestone rather than a mere calculation detail.

Question 7

How do Daniel 12:11–12 function as a concluding add-on within Daniel 10–12?

Accepted Answer

Within the final vision’s closing section, these verses act like a final concrete marker after broader descriptions of conflict and distress. Earlier in the chapter, the message is said to be “sealed” for later understanding, which fits why the verses give a simple start point plus day totals without full explanation. The effect is to place boundaries around the period of desecration and to end with emphasis on endurance. In other words, the passage closes the vision by combining a dateable crisis marker with a longer horizon that highlights waiting to the end.

Daniel 12:11-12

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