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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Daniel 12:1-13
The fulfilment of the first events described in this prophecy is the guarantee that those announced for the time of the end will doubtless take place. The present time of grace is like a long parenthesis whose interruption to the course of prophecy will soon have lasted two thousand years. It gives to everyone the opportunity to be converted, so as to take shelter from the judgment to come.
Among Daniel’s people "everyone that shall be found written in the book" will be delivered (v. 1). Those who are called "wise" will be raised to everlasting life, the others to the horror of "everlasting contempt." Thus will be accomplished the "time appointed" for judgment; the fate of each individual will be positively determined and nothing on earth will stand in the way of the unfolding of the counsels of God. Prophecy, let us not forget, always has Israel in focus. Even the history of Gentile kingdoms is viewed in relation to the chosen people. However, God’s thoughts are invariably centred on the glory of Christ. This is why they are sealed and hidden from the wicked, whilst the wise are invited to understand them. And we shall understand them also in so far as we have the glory of the Lord Jesus at heart.
