Ah, but the Scriptures of the Book of Revelation do state that the days the 2 witnesses of God witness in Jerusalem as 1260 days or 42 months. This is the first half of the tribulation.
2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
3And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Next, chapter 12 propehcies of the time Israel will flee from the great earthquake of Jerusalem and hide in the wildernss in a place prepared of God where the antichrist can not assay as God protects this fleeing remnent for 1260 days or 42 months. ADD the two time periods together and you have 2520 days or 84 months of 30 days or 7 years of the jewish calender days. Hence, there are 7 years of tribulation judgements over 7 years in the book of Revelation and the book of Daniel also substantiates this.
Revelation 12
1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
kindred,
You may find the following post interesting. It will challenge your understanding of how all of the prophecies fit. Please be aware that the entire article is an HYPOTHESIS, so don’t reject it out of hand. Take the time to read it. Recognize that the author DOES NOT CLAIM to be a prophet. He is a man of science and a student of prophecy. He is searching for a way of putting it all together, just like you.
http://unsealedprophecy.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/truth-update/
A downloadable MS Excel spreadsheet accompanies the article. If you download the spreadsheet, start your reading of it in the comment in cell C10.
Blessings.