My brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, the tribulation will be for exactly 1,260 days (Revelation 11:3, 12:6, Daniel 7:25).
The antichrist will make a covenant with the many peoples to do daily animal sacrifice for exactly 2,520 days (7 years).
2,520 days ÷ 30 days = 84 months
84 months ÷ 12 months = 7 years
And he doesn't have to wait until the temple is built to do it, as the second temple that was built over the first, in the same way that the temple about to be built, Ezekiel's temple, from Ezekiel chapters 40 - 48, will be built over the first, that still stands - daily sacrifice was started before the foundation of the temple was laid (Ezra 3:3-6).
Then scripture says that in the middle of the covenant he will break it, stopping the daily sacrifice (one week = 7 years [Genesis 29:27]):
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Daniel 9:27
So exactly 1,260 days after it begins, he will break it, stopping the daily sacrifice, and the image of the beast will be setup (1,260 days + 1,260 days = 2,520 days):
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand
Matthew 24:15
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: Mark 13:14
What Jesus was talking about is:
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. Daniel 12:11
- that is the "image" (Revelation 13:14,15) of the beast that will be placed at the northern inner court "gate" (Ezekiel 8:3,5, 40:35,36) of Ezekiel's temple (Ezekiel chapters 40 - 48) that is about to be built.
And scripture says if those days (Matthew 24:21, Mark 13:19) hadn't been shortened, "no flesh" (Matthew 24:22, Mark 13:20) would be saved. They were shortened from 2,300 days (Daniel 8:11-14,26) down to exactly 1,260 days.
Then in these scriptures:
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: Matthew 24:29
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. Mark 13:24,25
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Revelation 6:12,13
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: Acts 2:20
- it is talking about the 30 days, from 1,260 to 1,290 days after the beast breaks the covenant of daily sacrifice and sets up the image of the beast. The tribulation will be over during that time.
Scripture says,
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Matthew 24:36
and
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. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. Daniel 12:11,12
Between 1,290 days and 1,335 days, in that 45 day period, after the beast breaks the covenant and the image of the beast is setup at the northern inner court gate of the temple, Jesus will come back.
There is no rapture before, or at any time during, or in the 30 days after the tribulation, and stop believing the pastors who preach that there is, as they are not preaching the word of God when they say that. Show them where they are wrong.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Proverbs 27:17
Stand strong in the word of God.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Matthew 24:13
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Mark 13:13
Glory to God.