_A GLORIOUS DESTINY_ ‘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.’ Daniel 12:3 The words of Daniel are like the words of our Lord beforehand; and now that so much more of the Book of Daniel is read in o... [ Continue Reading ]
_TROUBLOUS TIMES TO CEASE_ ‘How long shall it be?… Blessed is he that waiteth.’ Daniel 12:6; Daniel 12:12 It is evident that in this chapter Daniel passes from the political resurrection of the Jews under the Maccabees to the literal resurrection, which will ensue on the final overthrow of Antich... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAN’S RELATION TO DIVINE MYSTERIES_ And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Daniel 12:8 We are shut in on every side by mysteries, and move... [ Continue Reading ]
_TROUBLOUS TIMES TO CEASE_ ‘How long shall it be?… Blessed is he that waiteth.’ Daniel 12:6; Daniel 12:12 It is evident that in this chapter Daniel passes from the political resurrection of the Jews under the Maccabees to the literal resurrection, which will ensue on the final overthrow of Antich... [ Continue Reading ]
_‘AT LAST IT RINGETH TO EVENSONG’_ ‘Go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.’ Daniel 12:13 God said one word to Daniel—the last word in this Book: ‘Go thou thy way till the end be: for _ thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of... [ Continue Reading ]