And at that time, at the end of the present world age, SHALL MICHAEL STAND UP, THE GREAT PRINCE WHICH STANDETH FOR THE CHILDREN OF THY PEOPLE, as the heavenly protector of Israel, Daniel 10:13; AND THERE SHALL BE A TIME OF TROUBLE, of tribulation and affliction for the believers, SUCH AS NEVER WAS S... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DELIVERANCE OF THE LORD'S PEOPLE... [ Continue Reading ]
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, literally, "many, a great multitude of those who sleep in the dust-land, shall awake," shall return to life in the final resurrection, SOME TO EVERLASTING LIFE AND SOME TO SHAME AND EVERLASTING CONTEMPT, this being the division at the... [ Continue Reading ]
And they that be wise, the true teachers of the people, SHALL SHINE AS THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT, in a wonderful glorification, AND THEY THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS, by instructing them in loyalty and faithfulness in the midst of the tribulations of the latter days, AS THE STARS FOREVER AN... [ Continue Reading ]
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, so that its contents, for the present, would not be revealed to men, EVEN TO THE TIME OF THE END, the present Messianic era; MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED, literally, "many shall search it through, and thus unders... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I, Daniel, looked, after the angel had finished his message, AND, BEHOLD, THERE STOOD OTHER TWO, two more angels besides the one who had spoken to him, THE ONE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BANK OF THE RIVER AND THE OTHER ON THAT SIDE OF THE BANK OF THE RIVER, on either side of the Tigris.... [ Continue Reading ]
A FINAL WORD OF CHEER... [ Continue Reading ]
And one, only one of these angels being introduced as speaking, SAID TO THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN, WHICH WAS UPON THE WATERS OF THE RIVER, occupying a position above the water, HOW LONG SHALL IT BE TO THE END OF THESE WONDERS? literally, "Till when the end of these marvelous things?" the end being th... [ Continue Reading ]
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, as though enthroned there or floating on the waters, WHEN HE HELD UP HIS RIGHT HAND AND HIS LEFT HAND UNTO HEAVEN, in the gesture of a most solemn oath, AND SWARE BY HIM THAT LIVETH FOREVER, by the one everlasting true God... [ Continue Reading ]
And I heard, but I understood not, he did not grasp the meaning of the angel's announcement; THEN SAID I, O MY LORD, WHAT SHALL BE THE END OF THESE THINGS? He wanted a more exact explanation and interpretation of the period to which reference was made and to the sequence of events in that era, for h... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel, the words being encouraging although in the nature of a refusal; FOR THE WORDS ARE CLOSED UP, altogether concealed, AND SEALED TILL THE TIME OF THE END, so that it would not be lost or mutilated throughout the times then coming and until the Messianic era.... [ Continue Reading ]
Many shall be purified and made white and tried, the time of tribulation bringing out their faithfulness to their Lord; BUT THE WICKED SHALL DO WICKEDLY, deliberately closing their eyes and minds to the lessons intended also for them; AND NONE OF THE WICKED SHALL UNDERSTAND, the eyes of their unders... [ Continue Reading ]
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, Cf. Daniel 11:31, AND THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE SET UP, in the idolatry introduced by Antiochus Epiphanes, the antitype of Antichrist, THERE SHALL BE A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DAYS, a period of time whose duration in... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days, evidently the end of the great trial intended to test the loyalty of the Lord's children.... [ Continue Reading ]
But go thou thy way till the end be, calmly awaiting death as a deliverance from all present affliction; FOR THOU SHALT REST, in the peace of the grave, AND STAND IN THY LOT AT THE END OF THE DAYS, in the possession of the inheritance of the saints in light, Colossians 1:12, whose enjoyment he will... [ Continue Reading ]