Daniel 12

The End Times// Revelation 1:1–3

¹“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.

• DAN 12:1[PROPHECY]At that time Michael shall stand up; there shall be a time of trouble such as never was; those who sleep in the dust shall awake → STILL TO COME
• DAN 12:1[NOTE]A TIME OF DISTRESS. Jesus echoed this when He spoke of the great tribulation, Matthew 24:21.

²And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. ³Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

• DAN 12:2[NOTE]MANY WHO SLEEP IN THE DUST. One of the clearest promises in the Old Testament of the dead rising, some to life and some to shame. Jesus said the same, John 5:28 to 29.
• DAN 12:3[NOTABLE]Helping others find God is the kind of greatness that lasts forever.

⁴But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

• DAN 12:4[NOTE]SEAL THE BOOK. Keep it safe until the end. Revelation 22:10 says the opposite: do not seal it, for the time is near.

⁵Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. ⁶One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”

⁷And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”

• DAN 12:7[PROPHECY]The end would come after a time, times, and half a time, when the power of the holy people is shattered → STILL TO COMEMEDIUM
• DAN 12:7[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 10:5-6

⁸I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

⁹“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. ¹⁰Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

¹¹And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days. ¹²Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

• DAN 12:11[PROPHECY]From the time the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation set up, there shall be 1,290 days; blessed is he who waits and comes to the 1,335 days → STILL TO COME
• DAN 12:11[DEMONIC]The abomination of desolation is set up as daily sacrifice ends
• DAN 12:11[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → MT 24:15

¹³But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”

• DAN 12:13[NOTE]YOU WILL REST. Daniel's story ends with a promise: you will arise to your inheritance. What a way to end a book.