Daniel 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. BUT THOU, O DANIEL, SHUT UP THE WORDS, AND SEAL THE BOOK. John, on the contrary, is told (Revelation 22:10) not to seal his visions: because Daniel's prophecy refers to a distant time, and is therefore obscure for the immediate future, whereas John's was to be speedily fulfilled (Revelation 1:1; Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:6). Israel, to whom Daniel prophesied after the captivity, with premature zeal sought after signs of...

We have already explained “the time of the end” is a period previously fixed on by God, and settled by his own counsel. The following word refers to tracing out and running to and fro, but not necessarily in a bad sense, while it also signifies to investigate. Interpreters explain the angel’s meaning, as if many should be unworthy to receive this prophecy from Daniel; and hence it was to be closed up and only enigmatically delivered to a few, because scarcely one in a hundred would attend to what he had delivered. I think the Holy Spirit has a different intention here. The angel’s advice is this, There is no reason why this prophecy should cause despondency or dismay, because few should receive it. Although it should be universally despised and ridiculed, _nevertheless shut it up _like a precious treasure. Isaiah has a passage nearly similar, (Isaiah 8:16,) Close up nay law, seal the tes...

Verse Daniel 12:4. _SHUT UP THE WORDS, AND SEAL THE BOOK_] When a prophet received a prediction concerning what was at a considerable distance of time, he shut his book, did not communicate his revelation for some time after. This Daniel was commanded to do, Daniel 8:26. See also Isaiah 29:10; Revelation 22:10. Among the ancients, those were said to _seal_, who in the course of their reading stamped the places of which they were _yet doubtful_, in order to keep them in memory, that they might refer to then; again, as not yet fully understood. This custom _Salmasius_, in his book _De modo Usurarum_, p. 446, p...

BUT THOU, O DANIEL, SHUT UP THE WORDS - To wit, by sealing them up, or by closing the book, and writing no more in it. The meaning is, that all has been communicated which it was intended to communicate. The angel had no more to say, and the volume might be sealed up. AND SEAL THE BOOK - This would seem to have been not an unusual custom in closing a prophecy, either by affixing a seal to it that should be designed to confirm it as the prophet’s work - as we seal a deed, a will, or a contract; or to secure the volume, as we seal a letter. Compare the notes at Daniel 8:26; Isaiah 8:16. EVEN TO THE TIME OF THE END - That is, the period when all these things shall be accomplished. Then...

EXPOSITION DANIEL 12:1 THE LAST THINGS. DANIEL 12:1 AND AT THAT TIME SHALL MICHAEL STAND UP, THE GREAT PRINCE WHICH STANDSTH 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. The rendering of the Septuagint is "And unto that place shall come Michael the archangel, who standeth over (ἐπὶ) the children of thy people; that day shall be a day of affliction, such as was not from the day when they were [presumably the Jews as a nation] till that day, and in that day every people shall be exalted wh

BUT THOU, O DANIEL, SHUT UP THE WORDS,.... Of the book, in which he had wrote the visions and prophecies delivered to him: this he is bid to "shut up", to keep it from the common and profane people, who would only burlesque it; and to keep it to himself, as a peculiar treasure committed to his care; and though it was not kept from the saints and people of God, from their reading it, yet he was not to interpret and explain it to them; it was to remain a secret until the time of its accomplishment was come, or, however, near at hand; so that this denotes the obscurity of the prophecy, and the great difficulty of understanding it; it being like a book that is shut and sealed, as follows, see Revelation 5:1: AND SEAL THE BOOK, EVEN TO THE TIME OF THE END; till the time comes appointed for the fulfilment of it, which shows that it reached to times at a great distance; that t

END The "time of the end" in Daniel. The expression, or its equivalent, "in the end," occurs, (Daniel 8:17); (Daniel 9:26); (Daniel 11:35); (Daniel 11:40); (Daniel 11:45); (Daniel 12:4); (Daniel 12:6); (Daniel 12:9). Summary: (1) The time of the end in Daniel begins with the viol

CHAPTER 12 THE GREAT TRIBULATION AND ISRAEL'S DELIVERANCE “ And at that time.” What time? The time of the end, the time of trouble such as never was before; the same time to which our Lord refers in Matthew 24:21 . Michael, the great prince which standeth for the Jewish people, is now also mentioned again. He will stand up and take a leading part in the events of that time. From the book of Revelation we learn (chapter 12) that there will be war in heaven, that is where Satan has his dominion now as the prince of the power of the air. Michael, assisted by his angels, will cast out the great dragon, the devil and his angels. They will be forced down to the earth. Then when Satan and his angels are cast out the great tribulation will be instituted Rev 12:12. Michael will stand up in another sense and take a definite part in the deliverance of Daniel's people. It is not fully reve

DANIEL 12. follows immediately upon the preceding paragraph, and there should be no break between the two Chapter s. 1- 3 forms the ending of the revelation which the angel makes to Daniel, and describes the deliverance of Israel and the resurrection of the just. Daniel 12:1. at that time: at the overthrow of Antiochus. THE GREAT PRINCE: the guardian angel of Israel (_cf. Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:21_). IN THE BOOK: _ i.e._ the book of life (_cf._ Psalms 69:28; Revelation 3:5 _et passim)._...

SHUT. close up. EVEN TO. until. RUN TO AND FRO: or, apostatize. The Hebrew _shut_. to _rove, turn about, despise._ Hence, _to do despite_ (Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 28:24; Ezekiel 28:26). But if we spell _sut_ with (= S), instead of with (= Sh), the meaning is _to swerve, turnaside, apostatise,_ "those who turn aside", or revolters (Psalms 101:3.Hosea 5:2; Hosea 5:2); as in...