but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. 11. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away and the abomination that maketh desolate set up --the sacrifice of swine and pollution of the holy place B.C. 168 to 141-- there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. In B.C. 168, these sacrifices were ordered to be made DAILY, in every village and town throughout Palestine. The desecration of the temple area lasted until May 4th B.C. 141. Every moment of this time was part of one great abomination. Counting each prophetic day as made up of 49 ordinary days, the 1290 days bring us to May 24th A.D. 33--THE DAY OF PENTECOST--"THAT GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY OF THE LORD"--when the Holy Spirit was revealed to the Jews, and about 3000 souls were converted. 12. Blessed is he that waiteth --THE GENTILES-- and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. --the Gentiles did wait for six years, while the disciples were busy, "PREACHING THE WORD TO NONE, BUT UNTO THE JEWS ONLY." Acts XI. 19.--If now we make the calculation for 1335 days, we shall find, that the prophecy brings us direct to June 7th A.D. 39--on which day, the Holy Spirit was revealed to the GENTILES. 13. But go thou thy way till the end _be_: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. Thus the heavenly visitor announced the fact of a resurrection day, but gave no intimation whatever as to when that day would come. In this respect also the teachings of Daniel are in perfect accord with those of the New Testament. "Of that day and hour knoweth no man; no, not the angels of Heaven." Matt. XXIV. 36. NOTES. JEWISH INDEPENDENCE DAY. The era of the Seleucidæ among the Greeks and Eastern nations, sometimes called the "era of contracts," dated from the capture of Babylon by Seleucus Nicator, Oct. 1st B.C. 312. The complete subjugation of the city followed 6 months later, and therefore the Babylonians counted from the spring of B.C. 311. With this exception the former date has been generally regarded as the true epoch. The years run as below: YEARS OF THE SELEUCIDÆ. 1st year began Oct. B.C. 312 and ended Oct. B.C. 311 2nd " " " 311 " " 310 3rd " " " 310 " " 309 5th " " " 308 " " 307 10th " " " 303 " " 302 50th " " " 263 " " 262 100th " " " 213 " " 212 150th " " " 163 " " 162 170th " " " 143 " " 142 171st " " " 142 " " 141 and so on.