Second Coming · Sealed till the time of the end

Daniel 12:4-13

Daniel · ~535 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60%
“But 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. Then 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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 10 verses are below
More of Daniel 12 on this siteDaniel 12:1-3 · Daniel 12:2

Daniel is told to seal the prophecy until the time of the end, with the promise that he will rest and rise to his reward at the last day.

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12:4But 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.

12:5Then 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.

12:6And 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?

12:7And 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.

12:8And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?

12:9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

12:10Many 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.

12:11And 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.

12:12Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

12:13But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

Fulfillment References

Daniel 12:1-3 Revelation 22:10 Daniel 8:26 Matthew 24:14

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalDaniel is told to rest and rise at the end; the apostolic hope is resurrection and reward at the coming of the one Lord.
JewishThe sealing 'to the time of the end'; Jewish tradition reads the numbered days within Israel's history and ultimate redemption.
CatholicThe mystery of the last things kept sealed; the faithful persevere to receive their reward at the resurrection (v.13).
ProtestantOften cited (v.4) in discussions of the last days; the day-numbers are variously interpreted.
OrthodoxAn exhortation to faithful endurance until the end, when each stands in his lot at the resurrection.
DispensationalThe sealed prophecy reopened in the end-times; the 1,290 and 1,335 days are literal periods around the tribulation.
AcademicScholars connect the day-counts to the Antiochus IV crisis (167-164 BC) and the apocalyptic sealed-revelation motif.
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