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ASSUMPTION 9 the 1260-Day /3½ „Times‟ Period Began in 538 A.D 1 THIS IS A DOCUMENT IN PROGRESS! REVISIONS ARE BEING MADE ON A REGULAR BASIS!! Latest Revision, Monday, 19 May 2014 AN EXAMINATION OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST INTERPRETATION OF TWO TIME PROPHECIES IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL - THE 2300 DAYS OF DANIEL 8 AND THE 70 WEEKS OF DANIEL 9. ASSUMPTION 9 The 1260-day /3½ „times‟ period began in 538 A.D. and ended in 1798 A.D. The „time of the end‟ begins after this period. The 2300-days can only be fulfilled after the „time of the end‟ began in 1798 A.D. By FRANK BASTEN NOVEMBER, 1990 Copyright, 1990 Assumption 9 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Purpose of This Assumption ................................................................. 5 Abstract of Conclusions ............................................................................... 7 A Word about Sources used in this paper. ...................................................12 First Task: Defining what the term ŖTime of the Endŗ means. ....................13 William Millerřs explanation of the Ŗtime of the endŗ and the 1260-day prophetic period................................................................................... 15 What other SDA Writers say of ŖThe Time of the End.ŗ ............................ 37 James White: ....................................................................................... 37 J.N. Andrews ....................................................................................... 37 From Clifford Goldstein. ..................................................................... 37 From non SDA Writers. ............................................................................ 40 Is the ŖTime of the Endŗ a point or a period of time? ................................. 40 Conclusion ................................................................................................ 42 What event the 1260-days cover? .............................................................. 42 The 1260-year period is the time associated with the persecution of Godřs people by the Roman little horn power. ................................................ 44 Persecution of Christians by the Roman power. .................................. 45 Summary of finding from the SDA Meaning of the “Time of the End.” .............53 Establishing the Period for the “time, times and a dividing of times.” ..................54 When did France decree against the temporal powers of the Church in Italy? ...55 SDA Historicists’ Statements regarding the “3½ times” ........................................56 Froom’s Historical Survey of 3½ “times.” ..............................................................59 A Survey of Historicistsř views on the termini of the 1260-day period. 61 2. How did the Advent movement and then the SDA church adopt the 538 and 1798 AD paradigm for the 1260 year period? ................................ 67 3. Froomřs survey of the use of the term Ŗtimesŗ in select Protestant prophetic writings. ......................................................................... 68 A ŖTimeŗ originally understood to be a Ŗyearŗ ................................... 70 Second Task: Proving 1798 Ŕ The End of the Period. .................................73 How the 1260-day period was calculated? ................................................. 74 D. Four Ramifications of this Prophecy ..................................................... 74 D.1. Christ could not have come in the first century AD. ..................... 74 The statements concerning the coming of Christ are not to be taken literally. ......................................................................................................... 74 D.2.The end of History and the second coming could not occur before 1798. ............................................................................................. 75 D.3. 2300 days could only be fulfilled after 1798. ................................ 89 D.4. Conditionality is not a characteristic of apocalyptic prophecy. ..... 90 Apocalyptic prophecy is history in advance. ....................................... 90 E. The Circular Argument ......................................................................... 90 When did the Pope have temporal powers? ..........................................................93 When did France decree against the temporal powers of the Church in France? ..................................................................................................................................... 112 © Frank Basten 1990 Version Date: May 19, 2014 Assumption 9 3 Appendix for Events Related to 1798 AD .......................................................... 112 Was there a decree in 1793 and what was its substance?: .................................. 112 How many times was Rome and the popes invaded and controlled during the so- called 1260 years of papal “supremacy”? .................................................................. 116 The Orders from the Directory via Napoleon for General Berthier’s Invasion of Rome. .......................................................................................................................... 117 The Decree of Napoleon to annex the Papal States in 1809. ............................ 121 Bonaparte’s memoirs regarding his relatons with the Pope between 1796 and 1812 – The Pope Never Lost Temporal Control of the City of Rome. .................. 123 Froom’s comments on the events of 1798 from “Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers. ..................................................................................................................................... 128 How did Rome govern the City of Rome and the Papal States? ......... 161 ŗWas the City of Rome given to the Pope in the Donation of Pepin, or was it given at an earlier time? Define this. Does Ŗles États du Papeŗ include the City of Rome or was that a parcel of land considered separate from the others? ......................................................................................................... 162 For Further Study ............................................................................. 165 Dump ............................................................................................... 167 Froomřs historical material regarding the 1260 day period. ..................... 191 VATICAN CODE OF CANON LAW ............................................... 193 Extracts from J.B. Bury. The History of the Later Roman Empire..... 205 Third Task: Finding something credible in 538 A.D. Ŕ Start of the Period. 215 Froomřs sources for the 538-1798 paradigm. .................................... 216 538 A.D. Ŕ The Start of the Period. ......................................................... 332 John Dowling addresses Millerřs arguments regarding 538 A.D. ............. 334 Appendix For 538 AD ......................................................................................... 334 Check out Gordon's Pioneer Articles on this point. ............................ 334 Ellen White ....................................................................................... 334 J. White ............................................................................................. 334 Andrews ............................................................................................ 334 Smith ................................................................................................. 334 And more contemporary writers ........................................................ 334 “Millerism Opposed” ........................................................................................... 334 John Dowling, “An Exposition of the Prophecies, supposed by William Miller to Predict the Second Coming of Christ, 1843.” ........................................................... 336 Theodoric, The Ostrogothic Ruler in Rome ...................................................... 344 Belisarius ............................................................................................................... 345 Totila, the Ostrogothic Ruler ............................................................................... 347 When the Pope Gained Temporal Power. ......................................................... 347 The Problem with the activities of the horn, 321 AD and 538 AD ................... 359 The Primacy of the Pope from the Second Century. ......................................... 360 The Election of the Popes ................................................................................... 363 Froom’s Argument on The Legal Ratification of the Pre-Eminence of the Pope. ..................................................................................................................................... 364 Is the little horn of Dn7 the Emperor or The Pope? ......................................... 372 How many provinces were there in the Roman Empire after the 5th Century? . 375 © Frank Basten 1990 Version Date: May 19, 2014 Assumption 9 4 The Conclusion ......................................................................................... 376 Other Conclusions..................................................................................... 376 Bibliography ............................................................................................. 378 Tasks to do ................................................................................................ 384 © Frank Basten 1990 Version Date: May 19, 2014 Assumption 9 5 The Purpose of This Assumption Daniel 8 (v.17) says that the 2300-days relate to
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