Daniel 12
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About this chapter
AI-assisted, sourced"At that time shall Michael stand up," there will be "a time of trouble, such as never was," and Daniel's people will be delivered, "every one that shall be found written in the book." "Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." Daniel is told to seal the book "to the time of the end," and is promised that he "shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days." Daniel 12:1Daniel 12:2Daniel 12:4Daniel 12:9Daniel 12:13
Who, where, when, and the key verses
Who
Michael, "the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people"; the man clothed in linen and two others by the river; and Daniel. Daniel 12:1Daniel 12:5Daniel 12:6
Where
By the river, where the man clothed in linen stood "upon the waters of the river." Daniel 12:5Daniel 12:6Daniel 10:4
When
The words look to "the time of the end." Traditionally written by Daniel in the 500s BC. Many critical scholars date the book's final form to about 167-164 BC. Daniel 12:4Daniel 12:9Daniel overview
How it fits
It finishes the vision begun in chapter 10 and continued in chapter 11, and ends the book with Daniel told to "go thou thy way till the end be." Daniel 11:45Daniel 12:1Daniel 12:13Daniel overview
Key verses
- Verse 2
"Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." John 5:28-29 also speaks of all in the graves who "shall come forth," to "the resurrection of life" or "of damnation." Daniel 12:2John 5:28John 5:29
- Verse 3
"They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever." Daniel 12:3Matthew 13:43
- Verse 13
"Go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days." Daniel does not get every answer, but he is given a promise. Daniel 12:8Daniel 12:9Daniel 12:13
Takeaway
You may not understand every detail of what is to come, but every one "found written in the book" shall be delivered, and Daniel is told he will "stand in thy lot at the end of the days"; walk faithfully and wait. Daniel 12:1Daniel 12:8Daniel 12:12Daniel 12:13
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Deliverance and resurrection
1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. 2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
How long? Go thy way till the end
5Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. 6And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? 7And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. 8And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? 9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. 11And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. 13But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.