_Michael … the great prince_ i.e. the patron-angel of Israel (Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:21). _stand up_ as champion and defender (Daniel 11:1; cf. Daniel 10:13). Hitherto the power of the -prince" of Greece has been unchecked: now Michael interposes, for his people's final deliverance. _standeth for... [ Continue Reading ]
Daniel 12:1-3. There should be no break here: Daniel 12:1-4 forms the concluding part of the angel's revelation to Daniel; and what is described in Daniel 12:1 forms the immediate sequel of the fall of Antiochus. The overthrow of the world-power is pictured by the author as accompanied by a season o... [ Continue Reading ]
( 2) Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4. The revelation given to Daniel. This consists of a survey of the history from the beginning of the Persian period down to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, followed by a description of the Messianic age, to begin afterwards. The description is brief and general in it... [ Continue Reading ]
The resurrection. The doctrine of a future life is not fully developed in the O.T.; it is _nascent_; and the stages in its growth are clearly distinguishable. The idea of a resurrection appears first, though in a national, not in an individual sense, in Hosea 6:2: it appears next, also in a national... [ Continue Reading ]
Those who in the time of trial had by example and precept preserved many in righteousness and faith, will then receive their reward. _they that be wise_ The words do not mean the -wise" generally, but those mentioned in Daniel 11:33; Daniel 11:35 (the word being the same which is there used), men li... [ Continue Reading ]
The closing injunction to Daniel. _shut up_, &c. The injunction is similar to that in Daniel 8:26. UNTIL _the time of the end_ i.e. (Daniel 8:17) the time of Antiochus" persecution, regarded from the standpoint of Daniel himself. The words are meant to explain why the visions in the book, though c... [ Continue Reading ]
_other two_ i.e. (as we should now say) _two others_, in addition, viz. to the glorious being, whom Daniel saw (Daniel 10:5-6), and who had been speaking to him since (Daniel 10:11-14; Daniel 10:19; Daniel 10:20 to Daniel 12:4). _river_(twice)] Heb. _yě"ôr_, an Egyptian word, elsewhere in the O.T. t... [ Continue Reading ]
_And one_ i.e. one of the angels just mentioned, whom Daniel hears speaking (cf. Daniel 8:13). _the man clothed in linen_ The glorious figure described more fully in Daniel 10:5-6. _upon_ ABOVE, i.e. hovering in the air, above the stream; cf. Daniel 8:16. THE _wonders_ or _extraordinary things_, v... [ Continue Reading ]
The answer to the inquiry, given with solemn emphasis, and overheard by Daniel. _upon_ ABOVE, as Daniel 12:6. AND _he_ LIFTED _up_, &c. The lifting up of the (right) hand implied an appeal to heaven, and is frequently mentioned as a gesture accompanying an oath: Genesis 14:22; and (with another He... [ Continue Reading ]
_O my lord_ Daniel 10:16. _what_shall be _the_ CLOSING STAGE _of these_things?] i.e. what will be the closing stage of the -wonders," or extraordinary sufferings, of Daniel 12:6, which may serve as a sign that the actual -end" is not far off? -End" here is in the Heb. אחרית, a different word from -... [ Continue Reading ]
The answer was far from explicit, so that Daniel did not understand it: he accordingly asked for more definite particulars.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO, _Daniel_, &c. i.e. do not inquire further: _for the words are_ SHUT UP _and sealed_(Daniel 12:4) _till the time of the end:_if Daniel does not understand them, it does not signify; they are not intended for him, but for readers in a distant future, viz. in the age of Antiochus Epiphanes, when t... [ Continue Reading ]
The -time of the end" characterized: it will be an age of trial and probation, in which many will come out purified and ennobled, while others will only have their wickedness confirmed. _Many shall_ CLEANSE THEMSELVES, _and_ MAKE THEMSELVES WHITE, _and_ BE REFINED] by their sufferings, and their co... [ Continue Reading ]
The duration of the persecution defined. that _the_ CONTINUAL (burnt-offering) _shall be taken away_ as Daniel 11:31; cf. Daniel 8:11. _and the abomination that_ APPALLETH _set up_ also as Daniel 11:31 (cf. Daniel 8:13; Daniel 9:27): see the notes on these passages. _a thousand two hundred and nin... [ Continue Reading ]
HAPPY is _he that waiteth, and_ ATTAINETH _to_ A _thousand three hundred_and _five and thirty days_ Happy is he who waits (cf. Isaiah 30:18, -happy are all they that _wait_for him," Isaiah 64:4), not giving up his trust in Jehovah, for 45 days (1½ month) beyond the 1290 days mentioned in Daniel 12:... [ Continue Reading ]
After indicating (Daniel 12:11) the duration of the persecution, the angel turns to Daniel; and the book closes with a word of consolation addressed to him personally. He is to await the -end" in the grave, from which, in the resurrection spoken of in Daniel 12:2, he will arise to take his appointed... [ Continue Reading ]