12:1 And 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.
[1] {thy people} That is, Daniel's people, the Jews. Cf. # da 9:15,16,20,24 10:14
12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame [and] everlasting contempt.
12:3 And 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.
12:4 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.
[2] {end} The "time of the end" in Daniel. The expression, or its equivalent, "in the end," occurs, # Da 8:17-19 9:26 11:35,40,45 12:4,6,9 Summary: (1) The time of the end in Daniel begins with the violation by "the prince that shall come" (i.e. "little horn," "man of sin," "Beast") of his covenant with the Jews for the restoration of the temple and sacrifice # Da 9:27 and his presentation of himself as God # Da 9:27 11:36-38 Mt 24:15 2Th 2:4 Re 13:4-6 and ends with his destruction by the appearing of the Lord in glory. # 2Th 2:8 Re 19:19,20 (2) The duration of the "time of the end" is three and one half years, coinciding with the last half of the seventieth week of Daniel. # Da 7:25 12:7 Re 13:5 (3) This "time of the end" is the "time of Jacob's trouble." # Jer 30:7 "a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation" # Da 12:1 "great tribulation such as was not from the beginning of the world. . . nor ever shall be" # Mt 24:21 The N.T., especially the Book of the Revelation, adds many details.
12:5 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.
12:6 And [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?
12:7 And 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.
12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what [shall be] the end of these [things]?
12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
12:10 Many 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.
12:11 And 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. 12:12 Blessed [is] he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
[1] {thousand three hundred and five and thirty days} Three periods of "days" date from the "abomination" (i.e. the blasphemous assumption of deity by the Beast, # Da 12:11 Mt 24:15 2Th 2:4 (1) Twelve hundred and sixty days to the destruction of the Beast # Da 7:25 12:7 Re 19:19,20 This is also the duration of the great tribulation ¯ See Note "Dan 12.4 (2) Dating from the same event is a period of 1290 days, and addition of thirty days. # Da 12:11 (3) Again forty-five days are added, and with them the promise of verse 12. No account is directly given of that which occupies the interval of seventy-five days between the end of the tribulation and the full blessing of verse 12. It is suggested that the explanation may be found in the prophetic descriptions of the events following the battle of Armageddon. # Re 16:14 19:21 The Beast is destroyed, and Gentile world-dominion ended, by the smiting of the "Stone cut out without hands" at the end of the 1260 days, but the scene is, so to speak, filled with the debris of the image which the "wind" must carry away before full blessing comes in # Da 2:35
12:13 But go thou thy way till the end [be]: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
