Daniel 12:4-13
“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... Go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.”
King James Version
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.
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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