‘ The Time of the End

 

Daniel 12:1-13

 

April 11, 2024

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The Time of the End

 

“At that time shall arise, Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there 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, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.  And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.  And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.  But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”

Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream.  And someone said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, “How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?” And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream; he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end all these things would be finished.  I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?”  He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.  Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.  And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days.  Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days.  But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.”

 

Do you understand that the Jewish people are the chosen of God and that Michael the Archangel is their Prince?  No people on this earth have been blessed as they have, and because of God’s love for them, has allowed them to bless the rest of the world.  Then why are they hated so much by people who have no understanding of who they are, or what they have done to help the rest of the world?  The answer is the evil one who is controlling many of the governments of this world and wants to destroy all that God loves.  He knows his time is short, and I’m praying that Michael will be allowed to fight for God's chosen, as he did in the six-day war.

 

Did you get that it's going to get bad, I mean a lot of death and destruction on the last day, what is now happening is a cakewalk to what is coming?  Ponder on this verse: But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.  And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.  Your Messiah, so many have waited for, has come. He walked with His people and most rejected Him, but Daniel sees a time when He shall return.  Those who put their faith in Jesus will the Messiah will awake to everlasting life.  Today is the day of Salvation, for all people, and Jesus is the truth and the only way to the Father.

 

Jesus told a group of religious Jewish people that their father was the devil, and one of the men I admire from the 1600s, Blaise Pascal, “Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.”  Neither you nor I has ever met a person who was not religious about something, it may be golf, fishing, or being a Baptist, but I have seen too many who go by Baptist, and you can put any denomination name in there that father is the devil.  It all comes down to do you have a personal relationship with God’s Son.

For more understanding of Chapter 12, look at what Ray Stedman has posted.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice