Throughout the Bible, the references; time, times and an half (3 ½ years), a thousand two hundred and ninety days (3 ½ years), forty and two months (3 ½ years), and a thousand two hundred and threescore days (3 ½ years), are used to refer to a three and a half year time period, wherein the righteous (The 144,000/the saints of the Most High/the true teachers of the gospel of Christ) are persecuted and killed by the BEAST whose deadly wound was healed, the False Prophet and their followers.