Newton's Apocalypse Math Explained

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Interpreters say that these prophecies were the key to Newton's obsession.

[00:00:05]What does Newton think the time, times, and half a time represent? Well, he believes that a time is a year, times is 2 years, and then half a time represents half a year. Newton believed that the Book of Daniel was using a 360-day year, so you end up with 1,260 days. Newton also believed, according to the day for a year principle, that those days represent years.

[00:00:35]Armed with the critical figure [music] of 1,260 years until Armageddon, he could finally calculate when Revelation intended the [music] time frame for the apocalypse to begin.