Prophecy

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Holy Father, we want to understand your Word and to live in line with your Word. We want to be fully ready to stand before You at the end of this age. We thank you! In Jesus mighty, holy, name! Amen!

I'll always quote from the New American Standard Bible, 1995 edition, unless I mention otherwise. Sometimes I'll make comments in the middle of quotations in brackets [ ] or [[ ]] to make them more obvious.

We didn't quite finish Daniel chapter 12 in the last broadcast. I'll read verse 12, and we'll further discuss this verse, "How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,335 days!" What is the purpose of the extra forty-five days? (1,335 minus 1,290 equals 45.) These extra forty-five days will undoubtedly start at the end of Daniel's 70th week. God will apparently use these forty-five days to prepare the earth for the millennial kingdom. He will exalt and glorify the Christians who just went through the very difficult days of the second half of Daniel's 70th week, including resurrecting the martyrs (see Isa. 66:8; Rev. 15:2; 20:4). God will deal with the end-time remnant of the nations, who will be left alive to enter the millennial kingdom (see Dan. 7:12; Zech. 14:16-21; Rev. 15:4; and 20:3). He will cast the devil into the abyss, where he will be kept until the end of the millennium; then he will be loosed for a short season, before he is cast into the lake of fire (see Revelation chapter 20). (The evil angels and demons will surely be restrained along with the devil.) Revelation 20:3 mentions that the devil will not be able to deceive "the nations" until the thousand years are completed. That remnant of the nations, and their offspring, who do not rebel will end up having a place in God's eternal kingdom (see Revelation chapters 21, 22). Also, apparently that extra forty-five days will be used for extensive clean up after God destroys the multitudes gathered to Armageddon, etc. And there will be an extensive transformation and glorification of the earth at that time (see, for example, Isa. 11:6-9; 65:25; Zech. 14:8-21).

I'll read verse 13, the last verse of Daniel chapter 12, "But as for you [speaking to Daniel the prophet], go your way to the end [In the margin, the New American Standard Bible says that "the end" refers to the end of Daniel's life. I believe this is the idea.]; then you will enter into rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age." Daniel would "enter into rest" after he finished his work in this life. Then, when the time comes for the resurrection of the righteous dead (see verse 2), Daniel will "rise again

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