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DANIEL 12
LESSON #15
THE TIME OF THE END

• MEMORY VERSE: REV. 2:26

• READ DAN 12:1-3
• “AT THAT TIME” = THIS REFERS TO THE TIME PERIOD SPOKEN OF PREVIOUSLY IN DAN 11. THEREFORE, ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURAL CONTEXT, THE TIME PERIOD IS THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
• THE ANGEL, MICHAEL, WILL BE PRESENT ON EARTH DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION TO DEFEAT SATAN.
• READ REV 12:7-12
• WHAT IS THE TIME OF TROUBLE SUCH AS NEVER WAS?
• THIS IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE TRIBULATION PERIOD. IN SCRIPTURE, THERE ARE MANY NAMES USED TO REFER TO THIS PERIOD OF TIME. FOR EXAMPLE:

• WHAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR THE TRIBULATION?
• WHAT IS GOD GOING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS WORLD BY PERMITTING A PERIOD OF TIME SO HORRENDOUS THAT 2/3 OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION WILL NOT SURVIVE IT?

PURPOSE:	SCRIPTURE:
1. GOD’S WRATH UPON THE PHYSICAL WORLD	REV 8:7
2. GOD’S WRATH UPON SINFUL MAN	ISA 26:21 2THE 2:11-12 REV 16:2
3. GOD’S WRATH UPON THE NATIONS	MAT 24:7 REV 19:15
4. GOD’S JUDGMENT ON THE JEWS	LUK 21:24 DAN 12:1 HOS 3:4,5 EZE 20:33-44 JER 30:7,11
5. TO REDEEM A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE	REV 7:9-17 ZEC 12:10-11 ZEC 13:1
6. TO SEPARATE THE GOOD FROM THE BAD	MAT 13:3-8, 24-30

• GOD PROMISES A DELIVERANCE FOR EVERYONE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK (1) (REV 20:12,15)
• THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD FOR BELIEVERS AND NON-BELIEVERS:
• WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT RESURRECTION FROM DAN 12?

THE FIRST RESUREECTION — FOR BELIEVERS ONLY
	PHASE 1:	JESUS’ RESURRECTION	1COR 15:20-25
	PHASE 2:	RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH: FOR DEAD AND LIVING BELIEVERS FROM THE DAY OF PENTECOST TO THE PRESENT DAY.	1THE 4:13-18
	PHASE 3:	OLD TESTAMENT BELIEVERS AND TRIBULATION MARTYRS	DAN 12:1-3
	PHASE 4:	MORTAL MILLENNIAL BELIEVERS GET A NEW BODY AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM.
THE SECOND RESURRECTION — FOR NON-BELIEVERS ONLY		AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT	REV 20:11-15

• EVIDENCE FOR THE VIEWPOINT THAT THE RAPTURE COMES BEFORE THE TRIBULATION PERIOD:
• WHAT IS THE PRE-TRIBULATION VIEWPOINT?
• IT IS THE BELIEF THAT CHRIST WILL RETURN IN THE CLOUDS TO RAPTURE (SNATCH AWAY) THE BODY OF BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST (1THE 4:13-18) PRIOR TO THE 7-YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.
• NOTICE THAT DAN 12:2 SAYS “MANY OF THEM THAT SLEEP IN THE DUST”.
• THE IMPLICATION IS THAT NOT ALL THOSE WHO ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE ARE PRESENT IN THIS PHASE. THEREFORE, PERHAPS WE CAN ASSUME IT IS BECAUSE THE CHURCH WAS RAPTURED IN PHASE 2 ABOVE, WHILE OLD TESTAMENT BELIEVERS ARE RESURRECTED IN PHASE 3.
• READ DAN 12:4-13 GOD’S LAST MESSAGE TO DANIEL
• DANIEL WAS NOT TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS PROPHECIES FOR THEY WERE TO BE SEALED UP UNTIL THE “TIME OF THE END”. (4)
• SEAL UP DOESN’T MEAN THAT THE UNDERSTANDING IS HIDDEN NEVER TO BE UNDERSTOOD. JESUS TOLD US TO UNDERSTAND THE BOOK OF DANIEL IN MAT 24:15. THEREFORE, THE SEALING MEANS THAT DANIEL WAS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE WRITING BECAUSE THE PROPHETIC EVENTS AND FULFILLMENT WOULD NOT HAPPEN FOR A LONG TIME.
• WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TIME OF THE END?
• THERE ARE SOME WHO BELIEVE IT REFERS TO THE WHOLE 7 YEARS OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
• OTHERS BELIEVE IT REFERS ONLY TO THE LAST 3 ½ YEARS OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD.
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN VS. 4 WHEN IT SAYS, “MANY WILL RUN TO AND FRO AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED? — 3 INTERPRETATIONS:
• SOME THEOLOGIANS BELIEVE IT REFERS TO AN INCREASE IN TRANSPORTATION; AN INCREASE IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE.
• SOME THEOLOGIANS BELIEVE IT REFERS TO A FAILURE OF WORLD SYSTEMS THAT WILL CAUSE MANY PEOPLE TO FLEE IN PANIC TRYING TO FIND OUT ANSWERS TO END TIME EVENTS.
• THEN THERE ARE SOME WHO CLAIM THAT IN ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, THERE IS A DEFINITE ARTICLE BEFORE KNOWLEDGE (THE KNOWLEDGE). WHENEVER THE BIBLE REFERS TO “THE KNOWLEDGE”, WHAT IS MEANT IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. THEREFORE, ONLY THOSE PEOPLE WHO SEEK GOD AND SEEK UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THESE EVENTS WILL HAVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE INCREASED.
• “TWO OTHERS” (5)
• WHO ARE THEY?
• THEY ARE ANGELS, MAYBE MICHAEL AND GABRIEL.
• WHO IS THE MAN CLOTHED IN LINEN? (6)
• IT IS A PRE-INCARNATION OF JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS SWEARING TO GOD THE FATHER. (REV 10)
• WHAT DOES VERSE 7 MEANS WHEN IT SAYS “TIME, TIMES, AND HALF A TIME”?
• THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LITTLE PROPHETIC PHRASES. IT MEANS 3 ½ YEARS OF THE END OF THE TRIBULATION WHEN HE (THE ANTI-CHRIST) SCATTERS THE POWER OF THE HOLY PEOPLE. (7)
• DANIEL AGAIN ASKS FOR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS TO BE THE VERY LAST THING THAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE END. HE IS TOLD THAT IT IS SEALED, (8-9) HOWEVER, THEN GOD GIVE HIM THE ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION IN VERSES 11-12.
• WHAT IS THE “TIME THAT THE DAILY SACRIFICE SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY”?
• THE TIME IS AT THE MID-POINT OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD OF 7 YEARS.
• “THE DAILY SACRIFICE”
• AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD, THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL CONFIRM A PEACE TREATY THAT WILL GIVE PROTECTION TO THE JEWS AND ENABLE THEM TO ESTABLISH TEMPLE WORSHIP AND ANIMAL SACRIFICE. HOWEVER, THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL BREAK THIS TREATY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIBULATION AND TAKE AWAY THE JEWISH RIGHT TO MAKE ANIMAL SACRIFICE IN THE TEMPLE.
• WHAT IS “THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESOLATE”?
• AT THE MID-POINT OF THE TRIBULAION, THE ANTI-CHRIST WILL SET UP HIS STATUE IN THE JEWISH TEMPLE FOR WORSHIP JUST AS ANTIOCHUS IV EPIPHANES SLAUGHTERED A HOG ON THE JEWISH ALTAR.
• IT WAS JESUS WHO TIED THESE TWO EVENTS TOGETHER; THE HOG ON THE ALTAR TO PREFIGURE THE ANTI-CHRIST’S IMAGE IN THE TEMPLE.
• READ MAT 24:15
• “THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION” REFERS TO THIS EVENT BY ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES AS WELL AS TO THE ANTI-CHRIST’S IMAGE IN THE TEMPLE.
• “THE ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DAYS” (11) = 3 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS.
• TO WHAT DOES THIS TIME PERIOD REFER?
• THIS TIME PERIOD BEGINS AT THE MID-POINT OF THE TRIBULATION CONTINUES THROUGH THE LAST 3YEARS AND 6 MONTHS OF THE TRIBULATION INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON AND THE EVENT OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST INTO THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM OF CHRIST.
• WHY IS THERE 1 MONTH PAST THE EVENT OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST?
• THE EXTRA 1 MONTH PROBABLY IS THE TIME SPENT CLEANING UP THIS EARTH AFTER THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
• “AND THE ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE DAYS” (12) = 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS, AND 15 DAYS.
• TO WHAT DOES THIS TIME PERIOD REFER?
• THIS TIME PERIOD ALSO BEGINS AT THE MID-POINT OF THE TRIBULATION, CONTINUES THROUGH THE 3 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS OF THE TRIBULATION INCLUDING THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON AND THE EVENT OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST INTO THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM OF CHRIST.
• IF THERE IS 3 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS LEFT OF THE TRIBULATION PLUS 30 DAYS TO CLEAN UP THE EARTH, THEN THERE WILL BE 45 DAYS AFTER THAT TO SET UP CHRIST’S KINGDOM.
• BLESSED IS THE PERSON WHO GETS TO THAT POINT BECAUSE THEN HE FINDS HIMSELF IN THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF JESUS CHRIST ON THIS EARTH FOR 1,000 YEARS.
• READ MAT 25:23
• APPLICATION:
• DANIEL DID NOT UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING GOD SHOWED HIM. HE ASKED HOW LONG, AND WAS TOLD TO WAIT.
• SOMETIMES WE ASK HOW LONG, LORD, AND HE TELLS US TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT.
• LIKE DANIEL WE ARE TO KNOW GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND IN CONTROL. OUR RESPONSE IS TO BE ONE OF OBEDIENCE, PATIENCE, AND LIVING ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT GOD GIVES US.
• SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL:
• THE PERSON OF DANIEL IS A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO US TODAY.
• DANIEL COULD LIVE THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES, YET GOD PROVIDED FOR HIM AND PROTECTED HIM.
• GOD USED DANIEL IN A MIGHTY WAY EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A SLAVE.
• DANIEL LIVED THROUGH TURBULENT POLITICAL CHANGES, BUT GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY GAVE DANIEL THE VICTORY.
• THE KEY TO DANIEL’S SUCCESS:
• FAITH IN A SOVEREIGN GOD.
• A DETERMINATION TO LIVE FOR GOD NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED.
• A PERSERVERANCE TO DO GOD’S WILL AND CARRY GOD’S MESSAGE TO A PEOPLE IN BONDAGE.
• WHAT GOD DID FOR DANIEL, GOD WILL DO FOR US TODAY!

 

DANIEL’S CONCEPT OF THE LAST DAYS DAN 8, 12
THE ANTICHRIST CONFIRMS A PEACE TREATY WITH THE   JEWS DAN 9:25				THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST				THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT
Worship in the Restored Temple			THE ANTICHRIST BREAKS THE TREATY				SATAN LOOSED FOR A LITTLE SEASON
3 ½ YEARS			3 ½ YEARS	30 DAYS	45 DAYS
SEVEN YEARS TRIBULATION				1000 YEARS MILLENNIAL KINGDOM			GOG MAGOG WAR	ETERNITY FUTURE
7 MONTHS 10 DAYS		2,300 DAYS = 6 YEARS 4 MONTHS 20 DAYS
DAN 8:14           MAT 24:22
			DAN 12:12 13335 DAYS = 3 YEARS 8 MONTHS 15 DAYS
			1290 DAYS = 3 YEARS 7 MONTHS DAN 12:11

TIMING OF NEW TESTAMENT BIBLICAL RESURRECTIONS

DAN 12

THE FIRST RESURRECTION		THE SECOND RESURRECTION
FOR BELIEVERS ONLY	THE TIMING	FOR NON-BELIEVERS ONLY
#1 RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST (1COR 15:20-25)	30 AD
#2 RESURRECTION OF BELIEVERS FROM THE DAY OF PENTECOST TO THE PRESENT DAY (1THE 4:13-18)	THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH
#3 RESURRECTION OF OLD TESTAMENT BELIEVERS AND TRIBULATION MARTYRS DAN 12:1-3	THE EVENT OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
#4 RESURRECTION OF MORTAL MILLENNIAL BELIEVERS	AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM
	AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT	ALL DEAD NON-BELIEVERS FROM ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY REV 20:11-15

THE END
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU LIVE FOR HIM!