Their bodies are left unburied for ‘three days and an half’ – a wonderful note of encouragement. A period of three and a half years has been used to symbolise the gospel age, but now we are talking about Satan’s little season at the very end being three and a half days. So it won’t be long. Once it comes to this final wretched terrible dismal last phase, it won’t last long. How long? We have no idea. It could be three years, ten years. Ten years may be too long for 2 Thessalonians and the rise of antichrist. The coming of Christ seems to be portrayed there as very short, but the symbolism is a very small period by comparison with the symbol of three and a half years.