# Daniel 12 📖: The Time of the End
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
[[#Verse 01.]] “At that time Michael,
the great prince who watches over your people,
will arise.
There will be a time of distress
unlike any other from the nation’s beginning
up to that time.
But at that time your own people,
all those whose names are found written in the book,
will escape.
[[#Verse 02.]] Many of those who sleep
in the dusty ground will awake—
some to everlasting life,
and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
[[#Verse 03.]] But the wise will shine
like the brightness of the heavenly expanse.
And those bringing many to righteousness
will be like the stars forever and ever.
[[#Verse 04.]] “But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, and knowledge will increase.”
[[#Verse 05.]] I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.
[[#Verse 06.]] One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, “When will the end of these wondrous events occur?”
[[#Verse 07.]] Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky and made an oath by the one who lives forever: “It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”
[[#Verse 08.]] I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, “Sir, what will happen after these things?”
[[#Verse 09.]] He said, “Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end.
[[#Verse 10.]] Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.
[[#Verse 11.]] From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, there are 1,290 days.
[[#Verse 12.]] Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days.
[[#Verse 13.]] But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted.”
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. Michael, the great prince who protects God's people, arises in a time of unparalleled distress (12:1).
2. Jesus echoes this time of distress in Matthew 24:21.
3. Those whose names are written in the book will be delivered (12:1), an idea also found in Revelation 20:12.
4. Daniel 12:2 is the clearest statement in the Old Testament of a bodily resurrection to everlasting life or everlasting shame.
5. Jesus says the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom (Matthew 13:43), echoing 12:3.
6. Daniel was told to seal up the book until the time of the end (12:4). John is told the opposite in Revelation 22:10.
7. The man in linen raised both hands to heaven and swore an oath (12:7), similar to the angel in Revelation 10:5-6.
8. "A time, times, and half a time" (12:7) also appears in 7:25 and Revelation 12:14.
9. The numbers 1,290 days and 1,335 days (12:11-12) are given with no further explanation.
10. The book ends with a personal promise that Daniel will rest and rise to his inheritance at the end of the days (12:13).
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the firstfruits of the resurrection Daniel foresaw. Many who sleep in the dust will awake, some to everlasting life (12:2), and Jesus said all who are in the tombs will hear His voice and come out (John 5:28-29).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. Daniel 12:2 is one of the clearest Old Testament promises of resurrection. How does that hope change the way you face death?
2. The wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness like the stars (12:3). Who is God calling you to point toward Him?
3. God told Daniel to go his way and rest, for he would rise to receive his inheritance (12:13). How can you live faithfully today without knowing every detail of the future?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 1: Everyone whose name is written in the book will be delivered.
- 📖 verse 2: Many who sleep in the dust will awake, some to everlasting life.
- 📖 verse 3: Those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[John 05#Verse 28.|John 5:28-29]] - All in the tombs will hear His voice.
- 🔗 [[Matthew 13#Verse 43.|Matthew 13:43]] - The righteous will shine like the sun.
- 🔗 [[Matthew 24#Verse 21.|Matthew 24:21]] - A time of great suffering.
- 🔗 [[Revelation 10#Verse 05.|Revelation 10:5-7]] - The angel raises his hand and swears.
- 🔗 [[1 Corinthians 15#Verse 20.|1 Corinthians 15:20-22]] - Christ, the firstfruits of the resurrection.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Daniel 12 - SOAP|Death Is Not The End]]
## 📂 Internal Notes