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Daniel 12
The long war prophecy finally breaks open into its conclusion. Michael, the prince who stands for Daniel's people, rises during an unmatched time of trouble; those whose names are in the book are delivered, and the dead awake from the dust, some to everlasting life and some to lasting shame. The wise are promised they will shine like the stars. Daniel is then told to seal the book until the time of the end. Watch the closing scene by the river, where two figures question the man clothed in linen and he swears the answer: a time, times, and a half.
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“At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. At that time your people will be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.
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Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.
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But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.”
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Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on the river bank on this side, and the other on the river bank on that side.
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One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be to the end of these wonders?”
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I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it will be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have finished breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.
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I heard, but I didn’t understand. Then I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
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He said, “Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
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Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined, but the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
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“From the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there will be one thousand two hundred ninety days.
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Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.
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“But go your way until the end; for you will rest, and will stand in your inheritance at the end of the days.”
The numbers that don't resolve
Daniel hears the oath but admits in verse 8 that he does not understand, and asks what the outcome will be. Rather than a clear answer he is given more figures: 1,290 days from the cessation of the burnt offering, and a blessing on whoever reaches 1,335 days.
The book ends not with full disclosure but with a personal promise. Daniel is told to go his way and rest, and that he will stand in his inheritance at the end of the days, the only word of comfort offered to the man who has carried these visions and could not decode them.
Context layers
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- Matthew 5:6Key passage connected to Righteousness.
- Romans 3:21-26Key passage connected to Righteousness.
- Philippians 3:8-9Key passage connected to Righteousness.
- Proverbs 1:7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Psalms 111:10Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Luke 12:4-7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
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