Prophetic period · AD 538–1798
The 1260 years
One span given seven different ways — a time, times and half a time; 42 months; 1260 days — always the same length.
See it
Three and a half years drawn as months, as days, as “time and times”. The repetition across both books is the tell that one period is meant.
The same measure
Because the day-for-a-year rule governs the surrounding prophecies, this span reads as years and closes with the power that held it being led captive.
What happens after
The wound, the recovery, and the worship crisis of Revelation 13 all sit on the far side of this period.
Read it for yourself
Every reference opens in the two-book reader with commentary, chain references and original-language notes.
Keep pulling the thread
Where this leads next
One power described five ways
The little horn
A power that comes up after the ten, speaks great words, wears out the saints, and holds a measured period of dominion.
Prophetic period · 457 BC – AD 1844
The 2300 years
The longest measured span in Scripture, sharing its starting decree with the 70 weeks and ending with a sanctuary cleansed.
Revelation 17–18 · the older story returning
Mystery Babylon
Revelation names a religious system with an ancient city's name, and every detail sends the reader back into earlier Scripture.