Unless those days were shortened

[icebear]

[Fable]

Its an idiomatic expression. It means something like 'if it were allowed to continue'. It has nothing to do with the duration of individual days.

I agree. I have always thought God already DID shorten the days by making the Tribulation/Great Tribulation a total of 7 years. He could have made it 100 years.

[Buzzardhut]

I agree. I have always thought God already DID shorten the days by making the Tribulation/Great Tribulation a total of 7 years. He could have made it 100 years.

Praise God the trib is not 100 years!

[MrMannn]

Have You considered Rev 8:12? My thought is that this would mean a sixteen hour day. This would happen if the earth's rotation was increased.

I disagree. I think this will be a horrific time when things that should not happen actually do. The stars have always been fixed in the sky. When a 3rd of them literally fall away, there can be no explanation outside of the supernatural. and that is what God is driving home here: supernatural judgment upon the earth.

In the sense of context, I think the literal interpretation applies best here.

[StarofDavid]

Its an idiomatic expression. It means something like 'if it were allowed to continue'. It has nothing to do with the duration of individual days.

This is how I comprehend it. I have never thought of it any other way.

[skypair]

Have You considered Rev 8:12? My thought is that this would mean a sixteen hour day. This would happen if the earth's rotation was increased.

Here's what I believe ... the days that are shortened in Mt 24:22 are the days that the abomination of desolation stands in the holy place. Dan 8:13-14 seems to speak specifically on this saying "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed."

Now the daily sacrifices were twice a day so that the time period comes out to 1150 days from "set-up" to "cleansing" leaving 110 days for Israel to cleanse the temple while AC arranges his armies around Jerusalem before Armageddon.

So it is for the "elect's" sake that the AoD ends, the worship of God is resumed on earth, and God doesn't come and destroy all flesh!

skypair

[Heffer Wolfe]

I recently came across an article that got scientists stumped: the acceleration of the expansion of the universe (due to dark matter) as opposed to decceleration. Be it as it may, time is also running faster in the same rate as the expansion (pulled?) eventually, and also literally, run out*. I was wondering if this theory is what also comes into play with the days being shortened? It would be the same hours, days, weeks, months and years but on an accelerated pace.

* I figure, if time runs out eventually then that would mean it also jump starts eternity.

[Rei]

I disagree. I think this will be a horrific time when things that should not happen actually do. The stars have always been fixed in the sky. When a 3rd of them literally fall away, there can be no explanation outside of the supernatural. and that is what God is driving home here: supernatural judgment upon the earth.

In the sense of context, I think the literal interpretation applies best here.

I like the way you think!

[HemiDave777]

The 1/3 of the stars that fall are the 1/3 of angels that followed Satan.

[Rei]

The 1/3 of the stars that fall are the 1/3 of angels that followed Satan.

There is more than one reference to falling stars in Revelation. What remains to be seen (and we won't see) is if these judgments are descriptions of a chain of cataclysmic natural events or entirely supernatural or both.

[clemson]

I think the odds of a Christian surviving is 1 in 1000. In the great tribulation if u dont have the mark you are dead and you can't get by with a ball cap. Unless you know survival skills, then you will die b/c as a Christian due to the fact than you can't buy. On top of that, your natural resources will be gone. I would interpret that passage as if the time wasn't shortened, then all of the trib saints would die. Remember there has to be original trib saints in the Millenium.

[DragonTiger]

I think the odds of a Christian surviving is 1 in 1000. In the great tribulation if u dont have the mark you are dead and you can't get by with a ball cap. Unless you know survival skills, then you will die b/c as a Christian due to the fact than you can't buy. On top of that, your natural resources will be gone. I would interpret that passage as if the time wasn't shortened, then all of the trib saints would die. Remember there has to be original trib saints in the Millenium.

That is kind of true...and chilly wow.....

Tribulation years no fun.....but a big challenge

[Mr. Duffee]

hundreds, if not thousands of years of outpouring of God's wrath would be justifiable based on the evil man has done, it is merciful that it will only last 7 years.

other than that i don't tend to think that time, day lenght or year length will be shortened in that way for that purpose.

its like grounding your child for a week and telling them that they are lucky you didn't ground them until they are thirty.

you won't celebrate 2 or4 birthdays a day so you can pronounce them "thirty years of age" by Friday.

at least, that is my thinking.

i think sometimes stuff like this gets 'overthought'

+1

The simplest explanation is sometimes the best.

[Buzzardhut]

The 1/3 of the stars that fall are the 1/3 of angels that followed Satan.

[clemson]

Bump for someone to read.