Daniel 12

Shining like the stars forever

 Chapter 12:1
 “Time of trouble” – a
reference to the test
that is to come before
the world that is
described in
Revelation 13

 Michael will deliver

those that are in the
“book of life”
 Verse 2
 Some to everlasting
life and some to
everlasting death –
the resurrection
and judgment
 Verse 3
 Will shine like the stars forever
 Daniel 12:4-9

 Daniel talks with the men that were

seen by John with an “open book”
(Rev. 10) – here they tell him to “seal”
the book for it is for the “time of the
end”
 When would Daniel be understood?

About 1800 (1798-1844)

Answer will be in Revelation 10!
 Daniel 12:10

 Chiasm – the wise will read Daniel and

understand it and “purify themselves”
 Wicked might read, but won’t
understand it and will continue to do
wickedly
 1290 days

“From the time that the daily is taken

away and the abomination is set up”
508 AD – the year that Clovis, king of
the Franks, accepted Catholicism
508 + 1290 = 1798

Dan. 8:12, 11:31 “forces” would be

gathered to attack the “tamid”
 "With the conversion of Clovis, there was at least
one barbarian leader with whom the Bishop of
Rome could negotiate as with a faithful son of the
Church. It is from the orthodox Gregory of Tours
that most of our knowledge of Clovis and his
successors is derived. In Gregory's famous History
of the Franks, the cruel and unscrupulous king
appears as God's chosen instrument for the
extension of the Catholic faith. Certainly Clovis
quickly learned to combine his own interests with
those of the Church, and the alliance between the
pope and the Frankish kings was destined to have
a great influence upon the history of western
Europe." (James Harvey Robinson, History of
Western Europe, pp. 35, 36.)
 The Armies of Christianity
 These lusty barbarians were not oppressed by any
deep sense of sin and the consequent need of
redemption. They required rather to be ruled and
defended. The saints, with their particular
assignments, may well have meant more to the
People than Christ, the universal Redeemer. St.
Anthony took care of their pigs, St. Saturninus
took care of their sheep, St. Gall looked after the
hens, and St. Medardus protected their vines from
frost. ...St. Genevieve cured fever, and St. Blaise
sore throats.. St. Aimable prevented
nightmares."(Roland Bainton "Christendom"
p.149)
 1335 days
 508 + 1335 = 1843
 This was to the end of the time period
before the heavenly sanctuary ministry
would be understood
 It is a blessing to understand this
message
 Daniel 12:13
 Daniel had done his work – he could go and
rest now until the resurrection!