Daniel 12Much of the language of this chapter prefigures NT prophecies, but it is important to realize the context of its message. Daniel still wants to know what is going to happen to his people. He basically learns that things are going to get worse before they start getting better. There will be a sort of resurrection – a spiritual revival, but it will produce both good and bad souls. The temple will be made desolate, then restored. Daniel will see none of these things. He will die, but someday he will be literally resurrected, and stand in his allotted place at the end of the days. He is told to go his way.
LORD, some of our future is hidden from us, and most of it we cannot change. We choose to trust you, and go our way. Our hope is in you, not in our ability to understand or do anything.
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