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 place, beside the other saints.

But thou, go thou to the end] i.e. depart to await the end. (As in Daniel 12:9, there is nothing in the Heb. corresponding to -thy way.")

and thou shalt rest(in the grave, Isaiah 57:2), and stand up to thy lot to thy appointed portion or place: -lot" being used in a figurative sense, as in Judges 1:3; Psalms 125:3, and in the N.T. Acts 26:18; Colossians 1:12 (in both which passages -inheritance" is properly -lot" [κλῆρος]").

at the end of the days the extreme end of the present period, i.e., reckoned from Daniel's standpoint, the period ending with the fall of Antiochus, when the resurrection of Daniel 12:2 will take place, and the age of never-ending blessedness (Daniel 12:3) will begin.

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