Daniel 12:1-7

The Time of the End

1 "At that time shall arise ¹Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And ²there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, ³everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.

2 And many of those who ⁴sleep in ⁵the dust of the earth shall ⁶awake, ⁷some to everlasting life, and ⁸some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3 ⁹And those who are wise ¹⁰shall shine like the brightness of the sky above;^[a] and ¹¹those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

4 But you, Daniel, ¹²shut up the words and ¹³seal the book, until ¹⁴the time of the end. ¹⁵Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."

5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on ¹⁶this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.

6 And someone said to ¹⁷the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream,^[b]¹⁸"How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?"

7 And I heard ¹⁹the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream; ²⁰he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and ²¹swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a ²²time, times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of ²³the power of ²⁴the holy people comes to an end all these things would be finished.

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Daniel 12:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DANIEL 12

This chapter begins with an account of a time of exceeding great trouble to the people of God, who are comforted with the consideration of Michael the great Prince being on their side, and with a promise of deliverance, with the resurrection of the dead, and the glorious state of wise and good men upon that, Da 12:1-3, and Daniel is ordered to shut up and seal the book of the prophecy, until a time when it should be better understood, Da 12:4, next follows a question put by an angel to Christ, and his answer to it, with respect to the time of the fulfilment of those wonderful events, Da 12:5-7. Daniel, not understanding what he heard, asks what would be the end of those things, Da 12:8 in answer to which he is bid to be content with what he knew; no alteration would be among men; things would be neither better nor worse with them, Da 12:9,10, a time is fixed for the accomplishment of all, Da 12:11,12, and it is promised him that he should have rest after death, and rise again, and have his lot and share with the blessed, Da 12:13.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

1. See Daniel 10:13
2. Jeremiah 30:7; Matthew 24:21; Mark 13:19; [Revelation 16:18]
3. Exodus 32:32, 33; [Ezekiel 13:9; Luke 10:20; Revelation 20:12]
4. [Psalms 17:15; John 11:11]
5. [Isaiah 26:19]; See Ezekiel 37:1-10
6. [Isaiah 26:19]; See Ezekiel 37:1-10
7. Matthew 25:46; John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15; Revelation 20:12, 13
8. Matthew 25:46; John 5:28, 29; Acts 24:15; Revelation 20:12, 13
9. Daniel 11:33
10. Matthew 13:43
11. [Malachi 2:6]
12. [ver. 9; Daniel 8:26]
13. Isaiah 8:16; Isaiah 29:11; Revelation 5:1; Revelation 10:4; Revelation 22:10
14. [ver. 13]; See Daniel 8:17
15. Amos 8:12
16. [Daniel 10:4]
17. Daniel 10:5; Ezekiel 9:2
18. Daniel 8:13
19. [See ver. 6 above]
20. See Genesis 14:22
21. [Revelation 10:6]
22. Daniel 7:25
23. [Daniel 8:24]
24. [Daniel 8:24]

Footnotes 2

[a]. Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6-8
[b]. Or who was upstream; also verse 7

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