In prophecy a day is at times used to stand for one year. This can be noted at Ezekiel 4:6: “You must lie upon your right side in the second case, and you must carry the error of the house of Judah forty days. A day for a year, a day for a year, is what I have given you.”—See also Nu 14:34.
So Ezekiel was commanded to lie on his left side for 390 days, and on his right side for 40 days, a total of 430 days. Each day he lay on his side represented a year of the transgressions of the house Judah and the house of Israel.
Certain specific numbers of days given in connection with prophecies are: three and a half days (Re 11:9); 10 days (Re 2:10); 40 days (Eze 4:6); 390 days (Eze 4:5); 1,260 days (Re 11:3; 12:6); 1,290 days (Da 12:11); 1,335 days (Da 12:12).
The day-for-a-year principle the word 'day', when found in a prophetic passage, should be interpreted as representing a literal year. For example, the 1,260,1,290, and 1,335 days of Daniel and Revelation are read as 1,260, 1,290, and 1,335 years (Dan 7:25; 12:7,11,12; Rev 11:2,3; 11:6,14; 13:5). In short, prophetic 'days' represent literal years.
Its recorded in Acts 1:6-8, just before the master's ascension to heaven, “Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” The master responded, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.” From this we learn that the father had indeed:-
1. appointed a set time when the kingdom would be restored to Israel, but
2. the times and seasons relating to this was not for them to know, and
3. that the times and seasons were in the power of the father.
By this we understand that the father up until then was retaining the power and authority to accomplish the establishment of the Kingdom, and that this would happen after certain times and seasons had elapsed. Psa 102:13 refers to this as “the set time to favour Zion”.
Times and seasons describe periods of time, like months, seasons, and years. The master did not reveal the duration of these periods to the disciples before he ascended to heaven: but the father had previously revealed certain times to Daniel the prophet, which did relate to the return of the master to this earth and the kingdom that he will establish thereon.
Before we look at these, we'd like to establish a few related important scriptural principles. For instance 2Peter3:8 records “beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” So we see that scripture can refer to days as years, to make the context of say a parable more realistic.
The day-for-a-year principle the word 'day', when found in a prophetic passage, should be interpreted as representing a literal year. For example, the 1,260,1,290, and 1,335 days of Daniel and Revelation are read as 1,260, 1,290, and 1,335 years (Dan 7:25; 12:7,11,12; Rev 11:2,3; 11:6,14; 13:5). In short, prophetic 'days' represent literal years.
Its recorded in Acts 1:6-8, just before the master's ascension to heaven, “Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” The master responded, “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.” From this we learn that the father had indeed:-
1. appointed a set time when the kingdom would be restored to Israel, but
2. the times and seasons relating to this was not for them to know, and
3. that the times and seasons were in the power of the father.
By this we understand that the father up until then was retaining the power and authority to accomplish the establishment of the Kingdom, and that this would happen after certain times and seasons had elapsed. Psa 102:13 refers to this as “the set time to favour Zion”.
Times and seasons describe periods of time, like months, seasons, and years. The master did not reveal the duration of these periods to the disciples before he ascended to heaven: but the father had previously revealed certain times to Daniel the prophet, which did relate to the return of the master to this earth and the kingdom that he will establish thereon.
Before we look at these, we'd like to establish a few related important scriptural principles. For instance 2Peter3:8 records “beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” So we see that scripture can refer to days as years, to make the context of say a parable more realistic.
