<p>2:21 <em>And I gave her time that she should repent, and she does not want to repent of her fornication</em>- Jezebel in the first century, and her equivalent in the last days, will be given &quot;time to repent of... fornication&quot;, but they will not take up the offer. This &quot;space&quot; is interpreted by John Thomas as the 1260-day period, which would appear reasonable.&nbsp;I have elsewhere applied this to the tribulation period.&nbsp;The inference is that the state of fornication exists within the churches <em>before</em> the tribulation begins, and that the tribulation of that period is designed to bring about repentance.</p><p>Thus they will be given a period to repent, the beginning of which will be at the time when the saints first realize that the Lord is about to return (cp. the virgins starting to go forth, Mt. 25:1).</p>