Daniel 12
The grand finale: Michael arises, a time of distress unlike any before, and the dead are raised, some to everlasting life, others to shame. Those who are wise will shine like stars forever. Daniel is told to seal the book, the words are for the time of the end.
DanielChapter 12 of 1213 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: Daniel
If God speaks to you through Daniel 12, record what He said in Doxa and come back to it.
“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.
Michael, the great prince who protects your people — war in heaven
“Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.”
Read Revelation 12:7›And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Then 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.
But 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.”
Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.
One 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?”
And 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.”
I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
Many 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.
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
But 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.”
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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for Daniel 12
“How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.”
“Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice”
“Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.”
“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.”
“The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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