Daniel Saw the Time, Ezekiel Saw the Gate

 

Daniel Saw the Time, Ezekiel Saw the Gate

People talk about “the end times” like it’s a spooky riddle, but Daniel was shown the full timeline. Not just symbols and beasts, but actual dates. Not dates for the return of Yeshua—that wasn’t given to Daniel—but the starting point of the final countdown was.

God didn’t leave His people guessing. He just said to seal it up until the time was right. That “right time” is now.

Daniel saw what we now call “the last days,” and the moment the countdown would begin. But to figure it out, we have to go back to where it started.

In Daniel chapter 9, the angel Gabriel shows up and tells him something wild: “Seventy ‘sevens’ are decreed for your people.” That word “sevens” isn’t weeks. It’s the Hebrew word shavu’im, which means “sets of seven”—seven years. So this was 70 x 7 years: 490 years total.

Then he gives the starting point. The countdown begins the moment a king gives the command to rebuild Jerusalem.

That happened in 457 BC, when King Artaxerxes gave the decree in Ezra 7. That date’s rock solid in history.

From there, the angel says it would be:

• 7 “sevens” (49 years) to rebuild the city

• 62 “sevens” (434 years) until Messiah shows up

• and then in the final 7 years, Messiah would be “cut off” halfway through.

Do the math:

• 7 + 62 = 69 “sevens” = 483 years

• 457 BC + 483 years brings us to 27 AD, when Yeshua began His ministry.

• Halfway through that last “seven” (3½ years in), He was crucified—31 AD.

• Then 3½ years later, in 34 AD, Stephen was stoned and the gospel turned to the Gentiles.

So that 490-year prophecy pointed straight to Messiah’s death and the end of Israel’s national probation.

But now comes the big one.

In Daniel 8, the angel says something strange:
“Unto 2,300 evenings and mornings, then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”

That’s not two parts of a day—that phrase ‘erev boker’ means 2,300 days. And in prophetic terms, 1 day = 1 year. (God said so Himself in Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6.)

So:
2,300 years.

This one doesn’t start from a different date—it starts from the same decree as the first one: 457 BC.

Count it forward:
457 BC + 2,300 years = 1844 AD.

That’s the year Daniel was told to seal up. Why? Because this prophecy wasn’t about the temple on earth. That was already destroyed. This was about the Heavenly Sanctuary. And the “cleansing” isn’t about washing walls. It’s Day of Atonement language. Judgment language. As in, the books are opened, names are examined, the final phase begins in heaven before the return of Yeshua.

That means:
The final phase of heaven’s judgment began in 1844.

That’s not the Second Coming. That’s the beginning of the last chapter before it.

Now look closer at the end of the book.

In Daniel 12, he’s told three more time markers:

• 1,260 years

• 1,290 years

• 1,335 years

All of them are wrapped around the same warning: the breaking of the daily offering (tamid) and the rise of the abomination of desolation.

The 1,260 years show up all over Scripture (Revelation 11, 12, and 13) as a time when a corrupt religious power ruled the world. That started in 538 AD, when the Roman Church took full civil power, and ended in 1798 AD, when Napoleon’s general arrested the pope and broke that power.

Then you’ve got the 1,290. Go ahead 1,290 years from 508 AD (when the Roman Church’s religious dominance really began), and you also land in 1798.

But the last one—the 1,335 years—is where it gets powerful.

Start that one from 508 AD too… and you land in 1843/1844.

All the prophetic clocks line up.
They all hit the 1800s. That’s the time Daniel was told would be sealed until “the time of the end.”

In other words, the end-time phase began then. That’s not fear-talk. That’s Scripture.

Now the final question everyone wants to ask: So when is Yeshua coming back?

Let’s be clear: we don’t set a date. Yeshua said no man knows the day or the hour (Matthew 24:36). But Daniel was told when the final countdown would begin. And once it starts, the signs would begin to roll out fast.

And they have.

Daniel 12 says that in the time of the end:

• “Many shall run to and fro”

• “Knowledge shall increase”

• “The wicked will not understand”

• “But the wise shall understand”

Travel exploded. Knowledge exploded. AI, microchips, satellites, genetic tampering, hybridization, deep space—none of that existed before the 1800s. The explosion of knowledge didn’t come slowly. It came right on time.

Daniel was told he’d rest in the grave, but that he’d rise up again when it was all over—and when the 1,335 days were done. So you better believe resurrection is near.

So here’s where it all lands:

• The final countdown started in 1844.

• The time of judgment began then, not later.

• Yeshua’s return doesn’t need more prophetic time to be fulfilled. Everything has already been unlocked.

• All that remains now is for the final sealing and the return of the King.

We are not waiting for a last-days prophecy to start. We’re already in it. And the wise will understand.

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Daniel saw the time. Ezekiel saw the gate. John sees it all in Revelation

Now John in Revelation pulls back the curtain even further, showing us the heavenly courtroom in session, the King returning, and the river of life flowing from His throne.

The book of Revelation isn’t just wild visions and strange symbols. It’s the continuation of Daniel’s prophecy—played out in the heavenly sanctuary and the final moments of earth’s history. It picks up where Daniel left off, shining a spotlight on the same judgment hour Daniel saw begin in 1844.

John sees the Ancient of Days seated on His throne (Revelation 4), surrounded by the heavenly hosts. He watches as the books are opened and the scroll sealed with seven seals is unlocked—each seal a step closer to the King’s coming. This is the courtroom Daniel spoke of in chapter 7: thrones are set, judgment begins, and the court moves forward.

Then John sees the Lamb—Yeshua—standing as though slain but alive, worthy to open the scroll and break its seals (Revelation 5). This Lamb is the Judge, the Redeemer, the King. His sacrifice and resurrection are the foundation of the judgment.

As the seals open, the earth begins to shake, plagues fall, and the final battle between good and evil intensifies. But Revelation also shows us a vision of hope:

A new temple—the New Jerusalem—descends from heaven, radiant and perfect.

And flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb is a pure, crystal river.

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month.” — Revelation 22:1-2

Does that sound familiar?

It’s the same river Ezekiel saw flowing from under the temple—bringing life, healing, and restoration wherever it goes. Starting small, it grows into a flood of eternal life. The trees along its banks bear fruit year-round, and their leaves heal the nations. This isn’t just about a future city; it’s God’s presence fully restored on earth.

The throne Ezekiel saw returning in glory is the very throne John describes—the throne of God and the Lamb. Together, their visions paint a perfect picture of the final restoration.

God’s glory reenters the temple through the Eastern Gate, just as Ezekiel said. The books are open and judgment is underway, just as Daniel showed us. The King will stand on the Mount of Olives, splitting the mountain, entering Jerusalem through that sealed gate—and then establish His eternal kingdom.

The signs Daniel warned about—the rise of corrupt powers, the abomination of desolation, the explosion of knowledge and travel—are all clear today. But John’s Revelation points beyond the judgment to the hope after the storm.

We’re not just waiting for judgment; we’re waiting for restoration—the day when the river of life flows freely, when death and sorrow are gone, and God’s people dwell with Him forever.

Read Daniel’s timelines, Ezekiel’s gate and throne, and John’s river and city, and you see one unified story. It’s a story of God’s faithfulness, the certainty of judgment, and the glorious hope of redemption.

The King is coming. His throne is ready. The river of life is flowing toward us.

Watch the signs. Trust the timing. Prepare your heart. Because soon, the sealed gate will open—and the King will come to reign.

AMEN AND AMEN

Shalom Shalom

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Scripture References

• Daniel 8:14 — 2,300 evenings and mornings; sanctuary cleansed

• Daniel 9:24 — Seventy ‘sevens’ decreed for your people

• Daniel 12:4 — Many run to and fro; knowledge increases

• Daniel 12:7 — 1,260, 1,290, and 1,335 days/years

• Daniel 7:10 — Court seated; books opened

• Ezekiel 43:2,4 — Glory enters temple by east gate

• Ezekiel 44:2 — Eastern Gate remains shut; YHWH entered

• Ezekiel 43:7 — Place of God’s throne

• Ezekiel 47:1-12 — River flowing from temple; life and healing

• Ezra 7 — Artaxerxes’ decree to rebuild Jerusalem (457 BC)

• Matthew 24:36 — No one knows day or hour

• Numbers 14:34 & Ezekiel 4:6 — Day-year principle

• Psalm 24:7 — “Lift up your heads, O gates…”

• Revelation 4 — Throne room vision

• Revelation 5 — Lamb opens scroll

• Revelation 11-13 — 1,260 days of judgment power

• Revelation 22:1-2 — River of life from throne; healing leaves

• Zechariah 14:4 — Messiah stands on Mount of Olives; mountain splits

 

 

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