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Therefore the number 3.5 has the symbolic meaning of what is between heaven and Earth. In other words, the number 3.5 is related to the work interrupting cooperation between heaven and Earth in God’s work. That’s the Satan’s work.

Jesus began his work at thirty years of age and worked for three years. Then he was resurrected three days after his death. ‘The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit’ are three (Matt. 28:19). ‘The Spirit, the water and the blood’ are three (1John 5:8). These are examples of the usage of the number three used to describe God’s Providence in the Bible.

On the other hand, many servants of God on earth, for example, Moses, David, and Solomon worked for God for forty years. Moses was on Mount Horeb 40 days to receive God’s Ten Commandments. That means the number four is related to God’s work in this world.

God indicated the perfect number as seven which is three plus four, which means the cooperation between Heaven and Earth will complete God’s work. Therefore, Revelations mentioned the number seven several times, such as seven

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seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls. Seven was also used as the number of days for creation of God.

God indicates Satan’s disturbance as the number 3.5. It is also called ‘three and a half years’ or ‘three and a half days’, or ‘a time, times, and half a time.’ If a time is counted as one year, then ‘a time, times and half a time’ would add up to three and a half years.

Daniel heard the angel saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed” (Dan. 12:7). Daniel also prophesied that Satan will try to change ‘the set times and the laws’ (Dan. 7:25).

During the time, who will work for God? It is only the Olive Trees when Satan will work for a time, times, and half a time (Rev. 11:3-4). The Olive Trees, as witnesses of Jesus, are not Moses, Eliza and even Jesus.

Christianity has never known about a time, times, and half a time. Recently, I have defined the time as a period for the first phase of the spiritual war between God and Satan. Therefore, when the time comes, the war between God and Satan will begin. God and Satan will lead the war. During

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