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.12  Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

More on dates
    Clovis opened the door to the Roman church in 508. In 533, Emperor Justinian appointed the Bishop of Rome as "head of all the holy churches," but Rome was weak and the new pope was powerless. In 538, the Ostrogoths who had been surrounding the city gave up (attacked by malaria more than military power). Then the bishop, as the new pope, initiated a force that dominated Europe and surrounding areas for more than a thousand years. On the defeat of the Ostrogoths, see Thomas Hodgkin, Italy and Her Invaders, 2d ed., Clarendon Press, 1885-1899, 4:250.
    Why was the defeat of this kingdom so significant? With the rise of this church to horn (nation-like) status, three of the beast's ten horns or nations were uprooted. The completion of the annihilation of those three nations would then mark the full rise of the new horn (called the "little horn" because it grew from littleness). da0708.
    The traditional date for Clovis' baptism is 496 although 508 is apparently more accurate. Political conversions to Christianity tended to come in several stages, acceptance, announcement, and baptism. Constantine reached the first stage in 312 but was not baptized until on his death bed in 337. Thus an earlier stage for Clovis may have been in 496. See Edward James, The Franks, 1988, p. 123.
....On 538 The following quotation does not mention the specific year but provides confirming information:
   "The weakness of the East Gothic [Ostrogoth] position in Italy now [after the death of Gothic leader, Theodoric] showed itself. The long wars of Justinian's reign (535-555) recovered Italy for the Empire, and the Gothic name died out on Italian soil. . . . The East gothic kingdom was destroyed before Goths and Italians had at all mingled together. . . . the Goths were now again if not a wandering people, yet an armed host, no longer the protectors but the enemies of the Roman people of Italy. The East Gothic dominion and the East Gothic name wholly passed. . . . From the soil of Italy the nation passed away almost without a trace. . . ." (Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 12, 1911, pp. 274, 275)

The final two points in time
   When beginning with the 1290 and considering the change in calendars (to shift the year beginnings to mid-winter), the 1335 days and the 2300 days end at the same time — in 1843-'44. Then " Blessed [or "happy"] is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days." The people living then would have the joy of understanding the solution to the puzzle which God withheld from Daniel. 1335 is 45 more than 1290. Since the 1290 ended in 1798, adding 45 brings us to 1843. This was the first date set by Millerite Adventists for the coming of Christ. It was certainly a time of joy. When Jesus didn't come, those searching discovered a calculation error and set a new date of Oct. 22, 1844 which has since been thoroughly confirmed in history and Scripture as the end of the 2300 day-years. The ending time may be seen as either 1843 or 1844 as you can see from the chart below.
   Simply consider the "end of the wonders" after which the prophet would speak through his book (12:13) to be 1798. Also consider that the time of the end (11:35, 40; 12:4) is a period without a designated length (Matt. 24:36) and that it follows the end of the time — the 1260 days of oppression or the "wonders" re1305b. Around that time, Bible societies sprung up as people turned to the Scriptures. This renewal experience may be called the second-advent awakening. The Scripture study climaxed in the discovery of the beginning of the judgment in 1844.
   As we have noted elsewhere, the awakening message had two parts: (1) The special time would mark the beginning of judgment re1407d.
   In chapter 12, Daniel was concerned about the shattering period of 3½ times (1260 day-years). During that time the horn power would wear out the saints of the Most High. (7:25). The prophet was probably still wondering when his people could go back to Jerusalem and realizing that 2300 years was a terribly long time. His chapter 11 shows the historical picture of this time of persecution and beyond, ending with Christ's coming at the end of the time of the end. Then the persecuting "king" would come to his end as he sets up his tabernacle between the seas [peoples of earth] and the holy mountain [heaven] da1145. Thus two important time points are given in chapter 12.
The first is 1798, the end of the Medieval persecution (the wonders). The "time of the end" began at the end of the wonders and continues until Jesus comes.
The second is 1844, the beginning of the preadvent judgment — the last date announced in prophecy. After that we look for Jesus to return when no one knows the day or the hour mt2436.