| Geneva Study Bible Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and {n} five and thirty days. (n) In this number he adds a month and a half to the former number, signifying that it is not in man to appoint the time of Christ's coming, but that they are blessed that patiently wait for his appearing. Scofield Reference Notes [1] thousand three hundred and five and thirty days Three periods of "days" date from the "abomination" (i.e. the blasphemous assumption of deity by the Beast, Dan 12:11 Mt 24:15 2Th 2:4. (1) Twelve hundred and sixty days to the destruction of the Beast Dan 7:25 12:7 Rev 13:5 19:19,20. This is also the duration of the great tribulation See Scofield Note: "Dan 12:4". (2) Dating from the same event is a period of 1290 days, and addition of thirty days Dan 12:11. (3) Again forty-five days are added, and with them the promise of Dan 12:12. No account is directly given of that which occupies the interval of seventy-five days between the end of the tribulation and the full blessing of verse 12. It is suggested that the explanation may be found in the prophetic descriptions of the events following the battle of Armageddon. Rev 16:14 19:21. The Beast is destroyed, and Gentile world-dominion ended, by the smiting of the "Stone cut out without hands" at the end of the 1260 days, but the scene is, Song to speak, filled with the debris of the image which the "wind" must carry away before full blessing comes in Dan 2:35. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 12:5-13 One of the angels asking how long it should be to the end of these wonders, a solemn reply is made, that it would be for a time, times, and a half, the period mentioned ch. 7:25, and in the Revelation. It signifies 1260 prophetic days or years, beginning from the time when the power of the holy people should be scattered. The imposture of Mohammed, and the papal usurpation, began about the same time; and these were a twofold attack upon the church of God. But all will end well at last. All opposing rule, principality, and power, shall be put down, and holiness and love will triumph, and be in honour, to eternity. The end, this end, shall come. What an amazing prophecy is this, of so many varied events, and extending through so many successive ages, even to the general resurrection! Daniel must comfort himself with the pleasing prospect of his own happiness in death, in judgment, and to eternity. It is good for us all to think much of going away from this world. That must be our way; but it is our comfort that we shall not go till God calls us to another world, and till he has done with us in this world; till he says, Go thou thy way, thou hast done thy work, therefore now, go thy way, and leave it to others to take thy place. It was a comfort to Daniel, and is a comfort to all the saints, that whatever their lot is in the days of their lives, they shall have a happy lot in the end of the days. And it ought to be the great care and concern of every one of us to secure this. Then we may well be content with our present lot, and welcome the will of God. Believers are happy at all times; they rest in God by faith now, and a rest is reserved for them in heaven at last. | 
