Daniel 12 - Michael Stands Up. - RSV

1. Michael Will Stand up and There Will Be a Time of Great Distress.

Daniel 12:1 "At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of ____________, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time; but at that time your people shall be ________________, every one whose name shall be found ____________ in the book.

The reference to those written in the book suggests judgment.

2. Resurection for Those Who Sleep in the Dust.

Daniel 12:2-3 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. [3] And those who are wise shall shine like the __________________ of the ________________; and those who turn many to _______________________, like the stars for ever and ever.

Daniel 12:4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and ________________ shall ______________."

There are two possible outcomes for those who sleep. What are they?

1) _________________________________________________________

2) _________________________________________________________

3. Daniel Hears a Prediction about Time.

Daniel 12:5-7 Then I Daniel looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream. [6] And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, "How long shall it be till the end of these ____________?" [7] The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, __________ his right hand and his left hand toward __________; and I heard him swear by him who lives for ever that it would be for a time, two times, and half a time; and that when the __________________ of the power of the holy __________ comes to an end all these __________ would be _____________________.

Daniel 12:8-12 I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, "O my lord, what shall be the issue of these things?" [9] He said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. [10] Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be ____________; but the wicked shall do ______________; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand. [11] And from the time that the ________________ burnt ______________ is taken away, and the abomination that makes ______________ is set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and __________ days. [12] ____________ is he who waits and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.

Daniel 12:13 But go your way till the end; and you shall rest, and shall _________ in your allotted _________ at the end of the days."

Again we see a time, times and a half a time. You will recall that a time is a Jewish year containing 360 days. A time and times and a half a time is three and a half years. 360 + 360 + 360 + 180 days = 1, 260 days. With a day representing a year in prophecy, this is a 1, 260 year prophecy.

The regular sacrifice represents Christ's all sufficient death in our behalf. At the beginning ofthe 1, 260 years someone would interfer with that truth or assurance.

The 1, 290 days and the 1, 335 days point to a time after the books of judgment have been opened suggesting the blessing to be allowed to witness the finishing God's plan for the salvation of humanity and the better understanding of that plan.

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