(My Synopsis of Daniel
Chapter 12 takes a look at only those verses
That pertain to The
Time Of The END.
Scriptures are from the
Amplified Version and italicized.)
And at the time [of
the end] Michael shall arise,
The Great [angelic]
Prince who Defends
And has Charge of your [Daniel's] people.
And there shall be a
time of Trouble, Straitness and Distress,
Such as never was
since there was a Nation till that time.
But
at that time your people shall be Delivered,
Every
one whose name shall be found Written in the Book
[Of
God's plan for His own].
[From the content of
verse one, and the subsequent verses,
We know, certainly,
that Daniel is speaking of The Time Of The END.]
2 And many
of those who sleep in the dust of the Earth shall Awake,
Some
to Everlasting LIFE
And
some to Shame and Everlasting Contempt and Abhorrence.
3 And the
Teachers and those who are Wise
Shall
Shine like the Brightness of the Firmament;
And
those who turn many to Righteousness—
To
Uprightness and Right Standing with God [shall give forth light]
Like
the Stars for Ever and Ever. [Matt. 13:43.]
4 But you, O
Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book
Until
The Time Of The End.
[Then
many shall run to and from and search anxiously
[through
the Book],
And
knowledge [of God's purposes as revealed by His prophets]
Shall
be Increased and become Great. [Cf. Amos 8:12.]
[As The Great
Tribulation commences,
Many shall open their
Bibles as they see events transpiring
That are foretold in it.
Those who thought that
the Book of Revelation was just an Allegory
Will understand that it
is not,
And seek to understand
all that is occurring.
At the same time many
will understand
Before The Great Tribulation commences,
What is about to happen
and Warn God's people.]
5 Then I,
Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood Two Others,
The one on the brink
of the river on this side,
And the other on the
brink of the river on that side.
6 And one
said to the man clothed in linen,
How
long shall it be To The End of these Wonders?
7 And I heard
the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river,
When he held up his
right and his left hand toward the heavens
And
swore by Him Who lives for ever
That
it shall be for Time, Times, and a half
[Or three and one-half
years];
And
when they have made an End of Shattering and Crushing
The
Power of the Holy People, all these things shall be finished.
[When the power of
God's people has been Shattered and Crushed,
Christ Jesus will
appear in the clouds at The Battle of Armageddon,
Defeat the Antichrist
and the Worlds armies and put an End to “Time.” ]
8 And I
heard, but I did not understand.
Then I said, O my
lord, what shall be the Issue and Final End of these things?
9 And he,
[the angel,] said, Go your way, Daniel;
For the words are
Shut Up and Sealed till The Time Of The End.
10 Many
shall Purify themselves,
And
make themselves White, and be Tried, Smelted and Refined;
But the Wicked shall
do Wickedly.
And none of the
Wicked shall Understand,
But the Teachers and
those who are Wise shall Understand.
11
And from the time that the Continual Burnt Offering is taken away,
And
the Abomination that makes Desolate is set up,
There
shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. [Dan. 11:31.]
12 Blessed,
happy, fortunate, spiritually prosperous and to be envied
Is
he who waits Expectantly and Earnestly--
Who
Endures without Wavering beyond the Period of Tribulation--
And
comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days!
[It is this precision
of God
That makes me believe
that “Time” is also a precise measurement;
That God has allowed a
certain amount of “Time,” no more no less.
We know that the
Millennium is a thousand years,
A Time of Rest from the
Period of Sin that preceded it.
It is perfectly logical
that Six Thousand Years would precede it;
Just as God created the
World in Six Days and rested on the Seventh;
It is noteworthy that
there are those
Who are blessed, happy,
fortunate, spiritually prosperous and to be envied,
Who wait Expectantly
and Earnestly--
Who Endure without
Wavering beyond the period of the Tribulation.
In my mind this is
the”Woman” of Revelation 12
Who is protected by God
in the desert,
As they would be the
only saints still living.]
13 But you,
[Daniel who was now over ninety years of age],
Go your way until
the End, for you shall rest,
And shall stand
[fast] in your allotted place
At the End of the
Days. [Heb. 11:32-40.]
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