Daniel 12:11 Meaning and Explanation
“And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.”
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Read Full Chapter →From the removal of the daily sacrifice and the setting up of the desolating abomination, there will be 1,290 days.
What Does Daniel 12:11 Mean?
The vision returns to a specific marker: the moment the 'daily sacrifice' is taken away and a desolating 'abomination' is set up in the holy place. From that point, the angel counts 1,290 days, giving the period of profanation a defined boundary.
The abomination represents the desecration of what is sacred, the worship of God interrupted and the holy ground defiled. Yet even this is measured and numbered, which is the comfort hidden in the count. Desolation is not endless; God assigns it a term. When the worship of God seems silenced and evil seems to occupy the sacred place, the faithful can hold to this: the days of profanation are counted in heaven, and a counted thing must one day come to its close.
Daniel 12:11 in the Original Language
shiqquts (שִׁקּוּץ), 'abomination' -- something detestable, especially an idolatrous defilement of what is holy.
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What does Daniel 12:11 mean?
From the removal of the daily sacrifice and the setting up of the desolating abomination, there will be 1,290 days.