Daniels 70 Weeks Chapter 12
Daniels 70 weeks Chapter 12
The Great Tribulation
By what authority do we call this period the Great Tribulation period? By the authority of the Lord Jesus, because He used the same language in speaking of the Great Tribulation that Daniel uses here. He said that this would be a brief period, a time of trouble, and that there would never be a time like it before or afterward. This is the time the Lord Jesus called the Great Tribulation period. He knew what He was talking about, and we will accept what He said (see Matt. 24:15–26).
“At that time” identifies the time frame as the time of the end (Dan. 11:35, 40; 12:4) and the latter days (Dan. 10:14). This is now the end of the vision given to Daniel, and it ends with the Great Tribulation period
“Michael” is identified for us here. He is the only angel given the title of archangel (see Jude 9). His name means “who is like unto God?” He is the one who is going to cast Satan out of heaven (see Rev. 12:7–9). He is the one who protects the nation Israel and stands in her behalf, as Daniel makes clear here. His strategy is outlined by John in Revelation 12:14–16.
And there shall be a time of trouble.” This is the Great Tribulation period as our Lord so labeled it in Matthew 24:21.
The Resurrection Of Old Testament Saints And Sinners
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life.” The remnant of Israel living in the Great Tribulation period will be preserved, and that great company of Gentiles who are to be saved during that time also will be preserved
Those of the Old Testament who died belonging to the remnant and the Gentiles saved during the Old Testament will be raised to everlasting life at the end of the Great Tribulation.
The Old Testament saints are not raised at the Rapture of the church. Scripture clearly states that at the Rapture those “… which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him”
Only, “… the dead in Christ shall rise first”
We are in Christ by the baptism of the Holy Spirit which began on the Day of Pentecost and will end at the Rapture. This particular body of believers is called the church.
When the church is raptured out of the world, the Old Testament saints will not yet be raised. Why?
Because the time to enter the Kingdom is at the end of the Great Tribulation period when Christ comes to establish His Kingdom on the earth. Then the Old Testament saints will be raised. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will all be raised to enter the Kingdom on this earth at that time.
Some to shame and everlasting contempt” refers to the lost of the Old Testament who are raised for the Great White Throne judgment at the end of the Millennium
The Five Judgments
Judgement Number One
After the Grecian games were all over the runners, wrestlers, and successful contestants assembled before the “Bema,” or Judges’ stand, which was an elevated seat on which the Umpire sat, and the winners received a “corruptible crown” of “laurel leaves.” Some had no reward, they had lost the “Victor’s Crown.” But while there was no reward there was no punishment, they were not cast out.
Judgement Number Two
The Crowning Day
Judgement Number Three
While the Church is being judged at the Judgment Seat of Christ in the air, the Jews will be judged under Antichrist on the earth. The Jews are an “earthly” people; and as all the promises to them are “earthly,” it follows that their Judgment must be of an “earthly” character. The basis of their Judgment is their “rejection of the Godhead.” In the days of Samuel they rejected God the Father. 1 Sam. 8:7. In the days of Christ they rejected God the Son. Luke 23:18. In the days of Stephen they rejected God the Holy Spirit. Acts 7:51, 54–60. For their sin they have been scattered among the nations until the “Times of the Gentiles” are fulfilled. When the “Times of the Gentiles” are about to end the Jews will be gathered back to the Holy Land “unconverted,” and caused to “pass under the rod.”Ez. 20:34–38. They will be cast into God’s “Melting Pot” (Ez. 22:19–22), and pass through an experience spoken of by Jeremiah and Daniel as the “TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE.” Jer. 30:4–7. Dan. 12:1. Christ calls it “The Great Tribulation,” and He and Zechariah the Prophet associate it with the “Return of the Lord.” Matt. 24:21–31. Zech. 14:1–11. The human agent the Lord will use will be Antichrist, the awfulness of whose rule will be supplemented by the pouring out of the “Vials of God’s wrath” upon the earth. Rev. 15:1, 5–8–16:1–21.
The result of these terrible Judgments will be that the Jews will call in their misery upon the Lord. Zech. 12:10. Then Christ will come back to the Mt. of Olives (Zech. 14:4) and the Jews will look upon Him whom they “pierced” (Zech. 12:10), and a nation, the Jewish Nation, shall be “born (converted) in a day.” Isa. 66:8. This will complete the Judgment of the Jews.
Judgement Number Four
No Resurection.
2. Living Nations Judged.
3. On the Earth. Joel 3:2.
4. No Books Mentioned.
5. Three Classes Named. “Sheep,” “Goats,” “Brethren.”
6. Time—Before the Millennium.
1. A Resurrection.
2. Dead Judged.
3. Heaven and Earth Gone.
4. Books Opened.
5. One Class Named. “The Dead.”
6. Time—After the Millennium.
Judgement Number 5
The remnant in that day will be God’s witness in the world, and they are going to “turn many to righteousness.” That righteousness is Christ, the only righteousness which is acceptable to God. Our righteousness is as filthy rags
in His sight—not in our sight; we think we are pretty good. We pat each other on the back and tell each other how wonderful we are, while all we produce is a bunch of dirty laundry, my friend. God is not accepting our works; He is accepting the righteousness of Christ, and that is provided only by faith.
Sealing The Prophecy Till The Time Of The End
These prophecies were to be sealed until “the time of the end.” This does not mean the end of time but refers to that definite period of time which in the Book of Daniel is the Seventieth Week. In view of the fact that we are in the interval immediately preceding this period, it is difficult to know just how much we understand. Since so many good men differ today on the interpretation of prophecy, it would seem to indicate that there is much that we do not understand. All of this will be opened up when we reach this particular period. This is the reason we need to keep our eyes upon one thing—“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ
“Many shall run to and fro.” I personally believe that this refers to running up and down the Bible in study of prophecy—many shall search it through and through
Knowledge shall be increased.” I believe this means knowledge of prophecy. It is true that knowledge has increased in every field today, but this refers primarily to the study of prophecy.
These verses return us to the vision which Daniel had seen at the beginning of chapter 10.
“The man clothed in linen” has been previously identified as the postincarnate Christ. Two others join Him here—one stands on one bank of the Tigris River and the other on the opposite bank. One asks how long these events will take, and the postincarnate Christ swears that it will be three and one half years, which is the last half of Daniel’s Seventieth Week.
“To scatter the power of the holy people” is a strange phrase. It may mean that the rebellion of Israel will have finally been broken by the end of the Great Tribulation period and that there will have been a great turning to God at that time.
Though Daniel was a witness to this scene, he did not understand what he saw and heard. Daniel was puzzled and wanted to know how all of these things he had just witnessed would work out.
Daniel is reminded again that these things would take place in the time of the end and are temporarily sealed
The Abomination Of Desolation
Many shall be purified” refers to those who have come to Christ, “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy …
The importance of this verse cannot be overemphasized as the Lord Jesus referred to it in Matthew 24:15—“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (Whoso readeth, let him understand).” This is the signal to the remnant that the Great Tribulation has begun.
For 1,290 days the idol of the Beast remains in the temple. Actually, this is thirty days beyond the three and one half years. The last half of the Great Tribulation is 1,260 days, and for some unexplained reason the image of Antichrist will be permitted to remain 30 days after Antichrist himself has been cast into the lake of fire.
Another series of days is given to us here with no other explanation than “blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh” to them. No one has the interpretation of this—it is sealed until the time of the end. I think sometimes we try to know more than is actually given to us.
Daniel is told (as the Lord Jesus told Simon Peter) that he would die. He would not live to see the return of Christ, but he would be raised from the dead to enter the Millennium.
“In thy lot” means that Daniel will be raised with the Old Testament saints at the beginning of the Millennium.
“At the end of the days” brings us to the abundant entrance into Christ’s kingdom. My friend, that is the future that is before us right now, a future that says Jesus is coming to this earth to establish His Kingdom. This is the hope we should keep before us in these days.