Daniel chapter to verse 13, we will conclude with the amazing study of the prophetic word that God has given to Israel through the prophet Daniel. I would like you please to turn your Bible, to open your Bible and turn it to Daniel chapter 12, and please follow me as I'm reading from verse 4 to verse 13. And so we read in Daniel chapter 12, and verse 4, that the angel is speaking to Daniel, and he says unto him: "But thou O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. Then I Daniel looked, and behold, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river; and one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

And I heard that the man clothed in linen, and I heard that the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand, and his left hand unto heaven, and swear by him that liveth forever in heaven, that it shall be for a time, times and a half, and when he shall have accomplished, to scattered departs; and I heard that the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand, and his left hand unto heaven, and swear by him that liveth forever in heaven, that it shall be for a time, times and a half, and when he shall have accomplished, To scattered the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

And I heard, but I understood not. And I heard, but I understood not. Then said I, O my Lord, What shall be the end of these things? And he said, And he said, Go thy way, Daniel. For the worlds are closed up, and sealed, till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried, but the wicked shall do wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand. And from that time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

But go thou thy way till the end be, for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the day. And so, beloved brothers and sisters and dear friends, this portion of scripture, really, this is the last portion of scripture in the book of Daniel, that concludes with the whole amazing prophetic message that Daniel received throughout all this book that we studied together. It is so beautiful to see that this prophetic word, prophetic book of Daniel, gives us instructions, takes us all the way till the end of the days. That is the end of the days here on earth, in relationship to Daniel's people, the Jewish people, in relationship to the empires that will rise and ultimately will fall, in relationship to the Babylonian, and ultimately the coming of the Messiah.

And ultimately the coming of the Messiah, our Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah at his second coming. He came once to die, and to accomplish the work of redemption when he died on that shameful cross, and then beloved brothers and sisters, after he finished with the work of redemption, he will come again. He was risen, he was ascended to heaven, and he promised that he will come again, and he will ultimately restore Daniel's people, the Jewish people, the people of Israel, and establish an amazing messianic kingdom that will never end. And so beloved brothers and sisters, here we are in the last verses of Daniel chapter 12.

Just to remind you that in chapter 10, 11, and 12, this is the final vision that Daniel has seen. These last three chapters are really linked one with another. It is a continuation from the beginning of chapter 10 all the way to the end of chapter 12. And if you remember, beloved brothers and sisters, that in Daniel chapter 10, Daniel was so concerned, He wanted to understand the time in which his people will be returned back to God. And if you remember, he took this time in which he prayed for three weeks. Daniel 10, verse 2, he did not take any pleasant bread. He did not eat any flesh. He did not drink any wine.

Neither did he anoint himself for three weeks until finally, in his prayer and concern for the restoration of Israel, Israel, back to God, and back to their land, to the city of Jerusalem. Finally came that man, according to Daniel 10, verse 5, "I lifted up mine eyes, and I looked, and behold, a certain man, clothed in linen, whose loyons were girded with fine gold of upaz." And we began now to see that verse 7 of Daniel chapter 10, That man, which is an angel, he said, "I, Daniel, alone saw the vision." He said, "For the men that were with me did not see it." And then he began to give us an information about that man that came to give him the answer to his prayer concerning his people Israel and the restoration of the Jewish people.

In Daniel 10, verse 14, this man, this angel said, "I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people," this is Israel, "in the latter days. For yet the vision is for many days." And so the angel, who is called here a man in verse 5 of Daniel chapter 10, he is that man that gives to Daniel information concerning what will happen to the people of Israel, to the Jewish people until the latter end. And so, beloved brothers and sisters, we have covered Daniel 10, Daniel 11, when the prophetic word actually came to Daniel by that vision, to remind you that Daniel in chapter 10, he was carried by the Spirit to be there in that river of the Chidekel, according to Daniel chapter 10 and verse 4.

"In the four-and-twentieth day of the first month I was by the side of the great river which is Chidekel." He was by the river of Chidekel, and then he received all that information concerning the things that will happen in the history of the Jewish people for those many years, since the Middle Persians and the Grecians and the rise of the Roman Empire and ultimately to the revived Roman Empire at the latter end of these days of the nation of Israel, when there will be this Antichrist, the counterfeit Messiah, who will seek to take the place of Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, and he will place himself in the temple in the city of Jerusalem in the future day from our vantage point of time, and he will cause havoc among Daniel's people, the Jewish people, but God will preserve the people of Israel and will ultimately restore them.

And here we have that concluding information in these verses in Daniel chapter 12. And so in verses 1, 2, and 3, which we have already covered, we see an event that will lead to Israel's restoration and the establishment of the Messianic Kingdom, when the Messiah, Yeshua, Jesus, will return at his second coming. But now also we have the final message that was given to Daniel. This is Daniel 12 verses 4 to 13, which the very same man, who is the very same angel, who appeared in the form of a man, and he is now giving to Daniel instruction and final message concerning the future day. This is really the finality, the conclusion.

In fact, Daniel will not receive any more information after what he received here in Daniel chapter 12 and verses 4 to 13. Now notice this section is divided. First of all, verse 4, we have the angel instructs Daniel to shut up and seal the words of this book of prophecy that he received. After he told him in verses 1, 2, and 3, gave him information concerning events that will lead to Israel's restoration in the Messianic Kingdom, and we have learned of this wonderful how that there will be those that will be ultimately awakened. He spoke about the resurrection as we read in verse 2. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to everlasting shame and contempt.

We have covered this, so there will be that amazing resurrection, which will be divided between the first resurrection and the second resurrection, the resurrection to life and the resurrection to everlasting contempt, and that will be divided by the thousand years of the Messianic Kingdom. The first resurrection will be the first resurrection. The first resurrection will be in stages. Christ the Messiah rose already 2,000 years ago. He is the first fruit of them that will rise. And then the church saints will rise at the rapture of the church when the church age will come to an end. They will rise and will be caught up to meet the Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, in the air.

Not on earth here, but in the air to meet him to go to the Father's house. And then the next stages of the first resurrection will be when the Old Testament people of Israel throughout the ages of Israel, they will rise up. And then there will be the tribulation saints of Israel that they will rise up. And then the living who will survive the tribulation together with these Old Testament Israel and the tribulation saints Israel, they will rise up and enter into the Messianic Kingdom. Now, mind you, the context speaks about Daniel's people, the Jewish people, the people of Israel, but obviously there will be the resurrection with them.

Many of the Gentile saints that have died both in history as well in the tribulation period, they will also rise and enter into the Messianic Kingdom to enjoy the Kingdom of the Messiah for that thousand years with Israel. And enjoy this wonderful Messianic age. But beloved brothers and sisters, see now here what we receive, what Daniel received the information in these last and final verses of Daniel 12, verses 4 to 13. In verse 4, the men, the angel, instruct Daniel to shut up and seal the words of this book. And I'm reading verse 4. And I'm reading verse 4. But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end.

Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased. I want to mention a few points here, beloved brothers and sisters. Notice that in verse 4. First of all, the angel, the man, asked Daniel that Daniel will shut up and seal the words of this book. In other words, they are to be shut up. The Hebrew word is listom, to shut up, and lachtom is to seal. The book, the words of Daniel from the time that he wrote it were to be shut up and to be sealed for that time. Why? Because there is so much yet to come to inform God's people throughout the ages, from the days of Daniel, when he was praying for the restoration of Israel back to the land, after the 70 years of the captivity, the Babylonian galut, the Babylonian captivity.

So the angel asked him to shut it up, to seal it. Why? Because later on, beloved brothers and sisters, when Yohanan, John, the apostle, will be in the island of Patmos, he will receive additional information concerning the future days that will occur here in this world in connection with the nation of Israel specifically, but also in connection with the church, the assembly, the ecclesia. When we read in Revelation chapter 1, 2, and 3, we can see that the first, the book of Revelation is in relationship to the church age. From letters that the Lord wrote to Ephesus, the first one, and until the last one that he wrote to the Laodicean, which is the seventh church, you can see that it represents this 2,000 years or more of the church age.

And then from Revelation 4, 5 and onward, we read that the church really was taken out of here, had been raptured, and the remaining of the book of Revelation, specifically from chapter 6 all the way to chapter 19, including chapter 20, it is events that is related to the Jewish people, to the people of Israel and to the world when Israel on earth will experience a terrible tribulation and the world will be also judged by God. And ultimately, the second coming of the Messiah at the end of Revelation chapter 19, he will come and every eye shall see him. Israel will ultimately be restored. The church, of course, will come with the Lord at his second coming.

But the thought is that he will come to dwell here on earth with his own people to restore Israel and to establish this kingdom. And then there will be this messianic kingdom for a thousand years in Revelation chapter 20 and ultimately the eternal order in Revelation 21 and 22. So when the angel, the angel who appears, man telling to Daniel to shut up the word, to seal the book, even to the end or to the time of the end. In other words, there are many, many information that is yet to be given in the future day. Of course, he specifically has a reference to the whole history that will happen in Israel's history, ultimately to the first coming of the Messiah, his death, burial and resurrection.

And ultimately, the church was born and the book of Revelation will be given. In about 95 AD, it was John the apostle who was on the island of Patmos. And he received the information about the whole future day that is yet will come to pass in relationship to the last day. Now, it is very interesting that while in verse 4, the angel asked Daniel to shut up that book and to seal the words of the book. This is the book of Daniel. You can see how the apostle Yohanan received the information not to seal the words that he received in the book of Revelation. We read in Revelation chapter 22, and there we read in verse 8: "And I, John, saw these things, and I heard them, and when I heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel." You notice that the angels are ministering spirits who give information to God's people.

They are servants of God's people. Daniel was served to receive the information by the angel in his own days. Yohanan, that is John, he received, was served by the angel when he received the information concerning the history of Israel Israel and the world and even the history of the church. And so we read, "I fell down and I worshipped before the feet of the angel, which showed me these things." Revelation 22 and verse 8, but of course, John should not worship that angel because he was only an angel. So, notice what the angels say in verse 9, and he says unto me, "See thou do it not, don't worship me, don't fall down before me.

For I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren, the prophets, and of them which keep the saying of this book, worship God." In other words, I am only a servant. In other words, I am only a servant. You worship God. I am only coming to give you information concerning the revelation of Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, in relationship to the church, chapter 2 and 3, and to Israel and the world in chapter 4, 5 and all the way to the end of the book of Revelation. Of the book of Revelation. But then notice what the angels say to Yohanan John, the apostle in verse 10. He says unto me, "Seal not." "Seal not." "Al takhtom." "Seal not the saying of the prophecy of this book." "For the time is at hand." In other words, to John the apostle, the angel said to him, "Don't seal the book." But here, beloved brothers and sisters, in Daniel chapter 12 and verse 4, that man, that angel, saying to Daniel, he said to him, "Thou, Daniel, stom," shut up the word.

"Chathom," seal the book. "Up till when?" "Up to the time of the end." Notice, it takes him all the way. The information of the book of Daniel, and including now for us the book of Revelation, and especially for the Jewish people during the tribulation period, these books, specifically Daniel and Revelation, will be unfolding before them as they seek the mind of the Lord. When the persecution of the people of Israel will occur specifically by Satan, by the Antichrist, by the false prophet, against the Jewish people, the greatest opposition to the Jewish people, to the nation of Israel that have ever happened, and will ever happen.

It will be during the tribulation period. But God has a plan and a purpose and a blessing for Daniel's people, the people of Israel. He continued here, and he's saying now, and all of that, in verse 4. Why? Of course, we ask, why was Daniel to seal? Because there is much more revelation yet to be revealed. And Daniel, if you remember, he prayed for Israel's restoration. If you remember that, how Daniel longed for Israel's restoration, to remind you, beloved brothers and sisters, earlier in chapter 8, and we read in verse 17. It came to pass, he said in Daniel 8, and he said to him, "For at the time of the end shall the vision be." It's concerning the future of Israel's restoration.

In verse 19, and he said, "Behold, I will make thee known what shall be the last end of the indignation, for at the time appointed the end shall be." This is Daniel 8 and verse 19. In verse 26 of Daniel chapter 8, we read, "And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true, wherefore shut thou up the vision, for it shall be for many days." It still will happen in relationship to your people later on in the final days. Beloved brothers and sisters, we have to realize, as we're concluding here with these final words that Daniel gives us in this book, that the church was a mystery hidden in God, was not revealed to the prophets of all, to Daniel and others.

According to the book of Ephesians chapter 3, it was hidden in God. It was not revealed unto man. And it was only revealed to what is known as the New Testament, early apostles, disciples, like Shaul Paul, like Shimon Petos, and like those early apostles in the land of Israel, that received that revelation, the foundation of the assembly. They received the truth of the church age, in which you and I live in today. So as far as Daniel is concerned, he's looking all the way to the future there, in the history of Israel, all the way to the final restoration, which will be including the tribulation period.

So notice what we read in verse 4b. He continues, Daniel will no longer receive information. And therefore, Daniel, you shut up the words of this book. And we read that Daniel prophecy will be needed for the remnant of Israel, for the Jewish people during the tribulation period, beloved brothers and sisters. And you notice even what the Lord, Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah said in Matthew chapter 24, concerning this book of Daniel. Matthew chapter 24, Yeshua is speaking to his disciples. And he's saying to them, when ye, remember these are Jewish disciples, they were limited in their understanding. They didn't understand church truth yet. They became the foundation of the assembly.

But as far as they were concerned, they were thinking and praying and hoping and wishing for their nation Israel to be restored to God and to the Messiah. But Yeshua is saying to them, he said, when ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken, listen, spoken by Daniel the prophet. In other words, he is carrying them all the way from their days. They didn't know of the church age. And if you will, as you and I read this today, the Lord Jesus the Messiah carried them from their days, lifted them above the church age and placed them right in the middle of the tribulation period.

You see, this is so important to understand. Now, of course, they will not be there. They will die. They were the early martyrs that died for the sake of the gospel that would go to all over the nations of the world doing the church age. But as far as the Lord is seeking to explain to them that as if they will be the one that will be doing the tribulation. When ye, you apostles, you disciples, shall see the abomination of desolation spoken by Daniel the prophet stand in a holy place, whosoever read this, let him understand. In other words, he give them the information as if they will be there in the tribulation.

Of course, they will not because they did not know that 2000 years or more will pass and there will be this new company of Jews and Gentiles united in the body of Messiah in this age. But this age will come to an end and the church will be taken out of here and Israel will experience persecution, tribulation, the abomination of desolation spoken by Daniel the prophet will happen in the holy place in the temple in the tribulation period. Then he said, let them which be in Judea, flee into the mountains. Again, beloved brothers and sisters, Yeshua is speaking about the tribulation period and the people of Judea, the Jewish people will have to flee into the mountains.

Why? Why? Verse 21. For then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time. No, nor ever shall be. The greatest Jewish persecution will still come in the days of the future day in the tribulation period. That's why we need to pray for the Jewish people, to pray for Israel. The nation that suffers so much tribulation and trials are yet will experience a greater one which the prophets, Daniel and as well the apostles have informed us in the complete canon of the word of God. Now, what we learn here in Daniel chapter 12 and verse 4, in the second part of this verse, that many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased.

Now, what does that mean? That over the generation, as time is passing by, many shall run to and fro. The Hebrew word here is yeshotetu. The word yeshotetu, it's not that they will be traveling on airplane, go to and fro, trains and buses and all sort of traveling from one place to another. The thought here, beloved brothers and sisters, many will go, as it says, will run to and fro, run to and fro. Why? In order to know more of these events which will come in the future days of the terrible days of the revived Roman Empire and the tribulation period and the time of trouble.

Well, Sarat Yaakov. Sarat Yaakov. So the many, notice that, many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be increased. But in Jeremiah chapter 5 and verse 1, we read, run ye to and fro, through the streets of Jerusalem and see and know and seek in the broad place thereof. If ye can find a man, if there be any that executes judgment, that seeketh the truth and I will pardon it. In other words, the Lord said to Israel in days of all, in the days of Jeremiah, when Israel were carried captive by the Babylonians. He says, look around, you see, if there is anyone from Israel that is godly, that seek the mind of the Lord, I will pardon him.

But look at a condition that existed in Israel's day, which brought about the necessity for the disbursement of the Jewish people by the Babylonians. And so the thought here is running to and fro in a sense of seeking the mind of the Lord. In a sense, it's like we're doing now to run to and fro and pouring into the knowledge of the word of God in order to find out what will happen in a future day. Not because we want to have our heads more informed and more information, but our hearts need to be connected with it. We want to know the mind of the Lord and we want to do that which pleases him.

That's why today we know that there is a judgment coming in a future day and we need to preach the message of the gospel that many will come to know the Lord Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah today. But we seek information concerning the future day of God's plan for this world. Notice what Amos says in Amos chapter 8 and verse 12, Amos was speaking to the northern kingdom of Israel. And he said, they shall wander from sea to sea and from the north, even to the east and shall run to and fro to seek not as the word of the Lord and shall not find it. In other words, there will be those that will seek to know the word of the Lord when the word of the Lord will be scarce.

And beloved brothers and sisters, we live in a time where the word of the Lord is scarce here in this world in which we live in. Even these days of the church age and the day of the Lord, the sin, there is so much departure from the word of the Lord that those who are godly want to know the mind of the Lord. They need to pour over the word of God, asking God in the power of the spirit of God to reveal the information concerning the church age and concerning Israel's day and the final days of the kingdom and the establishment of the Messianic kingdom.

This is the desire that ought to be by those who love the Lord, including the eternal order. When there will be sin no more, the information is found in the word of God. And so many will run to and fro, the angel says to Daniel, and he says, but knowledge shall be increased. Knowledge shall be increased. There will be more and more information concerning the plan of God. Knowledge shall be increased as God's people will pour over God's word and they will receive more information. And this is very challenging for us all. Do we study the word of God? Do we read the word of God?

This is important. It is for our own benefit. It is for our own benefit. And if you are not a believer in the Lord Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah, do you realize that there is a day of judgment? Do you know Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah, is your Lord and Savior? If you don't, the scripture says, come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Believe on the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach and you shall be saved. This is so important. Let's be occupied with Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah, in the power of the Spirit of God as we're reading and learning from the word of God and seeking to live for him here in this world.

So now, beloved brothers and sisters, in verses 5 to 13 of Daniel chapter 12, we have the two final questions and the answers that is given by the angel. Again, that angel is that man of whom we already read in Daniel chapter 10 and verse 5, who came to Daniel, of whom we also read in verse 14. Verse 14, I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people. Remember this, it's in relationship to Daniel's people, the Jewish people in the latter days. This is as well Daniel 10 and verse 14 when the angel is speaking to Daniel. And so now notice that these two final questions are found in verses 5 to 13.

First of all is the question about the length of the time that all this will take place, specifically the length of the tribulation and more correctly, the length of the second part of the tribulation period. Notice that, and the reason for the persecution of Daniel's people. That is the first question that is mentioned here in verses 5 to 7 and the answer is given as well. And so in verse 5, then I Daniel looked and behold there stood other two. Now notice there was the one angel of whom we read in Daniel 10 and verse 5. Verse 5 to remind you that this man, this angel, he came to the great river, which is the Chidekel.

And he was there giving Daniel the information concerning the future day. Now we find out that there are other two angels that are coming there. And notice that it says here, and I Daniel looked, verse 5, and behold there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river and the other on that side of the bank of the river. Again, the bank of the river is the river of Chidekel. And the Chidekel river is where Daniel was. The Chidekel river is where that angel was. So this additional two angels came and the Chidekel river is that river where all of these were there.

Daniel was there. And then the two additional angels that came there. The Chidekel was one of the rivers that flowed from the region of the Garden of Eden. And it is very interesting. It's also known as the Tigris. It is said to have been the one that ran towards the east of Syria. The east of Syria, this is Ashur, and it breaches off from a mighty river that came out of the garden. This is the garden of Eden. And so now, beloved brothers and sisters, we find out what happened. These two angels came and they became like two witnesses. One was on the one side of the bank of the river of Chidekel.

The other one was on the other side of the bank of the river of Chidekel. And one of them, in verse 6 we read, He now asked, and notice that, He asked the man, this is the man that gave Daniel all that information, that angel. And so He asked him, and He said unto the man, closed in Ninen, verse 6 here, which was upon the river of the river. He says, "How long shall it be to the end of these words?" In Hebrew it says, "Ad matai ketz haplaot." Beloved brothers and sisters, this angel, asking that other angel, the man, He asked him, "How long time that will take place?

How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?" In other words, how long time shall the tribulation period will take place? We know it will be seven years, the whole tribulation period, which will be divided into two halves. The first half is the first three and a half. The second half is the second three and a half. And in the middle of the tribulation period, something will happen that is called the abomination of desolation. Now, He asked this question, "How long will that take place?" This wonders. He called the word wonders, in Hebrew the word is "plaot." It's not wonders in a sense of something wonderful.

It's wonders in a sense of all these terrible days that will occur during the second half of the tribulation. Specifically, what some would call it the great tribulation. Or the greater part of the whole tribulation. That will take place at the second half. And so notice the answer. In verse 7, we find out that this man provides the answer to the question. Notice what he does in verse 7. First of all, he held up his right and left hands to heaven. And I heard a man close in linen, verse 7, which was upon the waters of the river. And when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven.

In other words, he was making an oath kind of thing. He was swearing with double hand, lifting up his hand. Again, he is an angel appearing as a man, lifting up his hand. And now notice what he does. Again, in verse 7, he swore by him that liveth forever and ever. He swore by the living God. He's making an oath. He's making a promise. In Hebrew, the word Vayishavah. Vayishavah means he swore, he made an oath by him that liveth forever and ever. That one that liveth forever and ever is none else but God. The God of Israel. The God of Jehovah. The God who made covenant with his people Israel.

And he's the God that keeps promises. And when God made a promise, he will fulfill it to their letter, beloved brothers and sisters. And so there by that river. That is, as we have mentioned, the Chidekel river. The flowing from the Garden of Eden in days of old. From Iraq. Towards Assyria. And you can just see that there by that river where Daniel received all this information. He promised. And he says, here it is. Lifting up his hand. Swearing by him that liveth forever and ever. This is the eternal God of Israel. The eternal God of the universe. And he said that it will be for a time.

Times and half a time. In other words, what he's really saying that the length of the persecution of Daniel's people. That we read from Daniel 11 verse 36 all the way to Daniel chapter 12 and verse 4. This length of time, specifically the persecution by the Antichrist. Which will cause the Jewish people to flee into present day Jordan. Which is where we have the place where the Lord will preserve them. The place that is elsewhere called Dom, Ammon, and Moab. Which is present day Jordan. All these events that will take place from the time of the middle of the tribulation. When the abomination of desolation will occur. That's where the Lord Jesus the Messiah said in Matthew 24 verse 15 and 16.

When ye shall see therefore the abomination of desolation spoken by Daniel the prophet. Ye which are in Judea flee into the mountain. And that abomination of desolation will begin in the middle of the seven years. And it will take a time, times and half of a time. When all this will happen these three and a half years. And then it says at the end of verse 7. And he says when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people. All these things shall be finished. In other words beloved brothers and sisters what we learn is. That God want to bring his own earthly people Israel into their wits end.

Into a time when Israel will say. God be merciful to us. We have sinned. We have gone wrong. We repent. And we will turning to you. We accept you. And we accept the Lord Yeshua the Messiah. And so it will take specifically. The whole seven years. Are determined that tribulation period. Will be that which ultimately will purify Israel. And will judge the world. And will bring about the recognition of the Messiah by the people of Israel. It will take a time. This is one year. Times it's another two years. And half a time. Half of a year. Together three and a half years. And notice.

And when. He shall have accomplished. This is the one that live forever and ever. This is God. When God will accomplish. To scatter. The power of the holy people. That power of the holy people. Is the fact that Israel. Will have to come. To its end. Not trusting in their own power. Not trusting in their own military. Not trusting in their own self will. Not trusting in what they. Thoughts. And their view. And their works. But to trust in God. And to trust in the provision of God. Doesn't it remind us. What Shaul Paul said. When he wrote to the Romans. He said to them in Romans 10 verse 1.

Brethren my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel. Is that they might be saved. For I bear them record. That they have a zeal of God. But not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness. And going about to establish their own righteousness. Have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Mashiach. Messiah. For Christ. Is the end or the goal of the law. For righteousness to everyone that believe. In other words. When a Messiah came. Israel should have accepted him in his first coming. But God knew that they will not. He predicted that through Isaiah the prophet. And when Israel did not accept the Messiah.

He died. Was buried and rose. And his death. And resurrection. Was the benefit of all the nations of the world. For Israel and all the nations of the world. Whoever will believe on him. He will receive everlasting life. But now he's going to return. And he's specifically using the tribulation period. Which is called in Jeremiah 30. Tzarat Yaakov. Jacob's trouble. In order to refine and restore Israel. And establish here the kingdom that is promised. To the nation. And so it is so interesting. Beloved brothers and sisters. So. Three and a half years. Three and a half years. Specifically the second half of the tribulation. Will be that which will lead ultimately Israel.

Back to the Lord. After they will experience this terrible persecution. And then he says. Notice that. And that these things shall be finished. Be finished. Tichalena kol ele. All the tribulation will come to an end. After the second half. The second three and a half years of the seven. Will be fulfilled. And Israel will come to their wits end. And they shall look upon me. We read in the prophet Zechariah. They shall look upon me. Listen to this. Chapter 12 and verse 10. We read. And I will pour upon the house of David. And upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The spirit of grace and supplication. And they shall look upon me.

Whom they have pierced. And they shall mourn. For him is one that mourns for his only son. And be in bitterness for him. As one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. What a wonderful day. When Israel will come to acknowledge. The Messiah who was pierced. And who died. And who died. For their sin. And ultimately restoration. And for all of us. Beloved brothers and sisters. Now notice we read. In the next verses. Notice that. Now that the answer came. To the first question. In Daniel chapter 12. Verses 5 and 7. How long will it be? Well three and a half years. Of the second half of the tribulation.

That how long it will be. And if you will read. In other passages. This expression. A time. Time. Then half a time. It is mentioned also. In Daniel 7:25. And also. In book of Revelation. Chapter 12. And verse 14. These three and a half years. Are mentioned also. In a different way. 42 months. In Revelation 11:2. And Revelation 13:5. And it also mentioned. 1260 days. In Revelation chapter 12. And verse 6. 1260 days. Of 30 day months. The Hebrew calendar. It makes it exactly. Three and a half years. When God will bring to an end. Daniel's people's persecution. And ultimately. He will restore them. To himself. And now. Beloved brothers and sisters. In conclusion. In these final verses.

8 to 13. There is a question. That is asked. Actually. By Daniel himself. For additional. Explanation. Because even though. He heard all this. He still. Couldn't quite. Fathom. He heard it. But he didn't quite. Understand. So. In verse 8. Daniel 12. 8. And I heard. Daniel said. But I understood not. Then said I. Oh my Lord. What. Shall. Be. The end. Of these. Things. Daniel. Asking. What. Will. Bring. All this. To an end. What. Will. Bring. To Israel. Final. Restoration. Well. Really. Beloved. Brothers. And sisters. The answer. For that. He has already. Received. Earlier. In Daniel 2. And in Daniel 7. The answer. Will be. The coming. Of the Messiah. To remind.

You. That in Daniel. Chapter 2. When. Nebuchadnezzar. Saw. That dream. And Daniel. By the help. Of the spirit. Of God. Gave him. And information. About his dream. You remember. What. Daniel. Said. And really. This. Is the answer. Everything. Will come. To an end. When Yeshua. Going. To come. At his second. Coming. Where the Lord. Jesus. The Lord. Yeshua. Will come. Daniel. Chapter 2. And verse 44. In the last. Days. Of these kings. Shall the God. Of heaven. Set up a kingdom. Which. Notice that. Which shall never. Be destroyed. And the kingdom. Shall not. Be left. To other people. But it shall. Break. In pieces. And consume. All these kingdoms.

And it shall. Stand. Forever. Daniel. Daniel is now. Continuing. In verse 45. And he says. Because he received. Revelation. From the Lord. For as much. As thou. This is Nebuchadnezzar. Sawest. That the stone. This is the Messiah. HaEven. Even. HaPinad. The cornerstone. The stone. Which was cut. Out of the mountain. Without hand. And. That it. Break. In pieces. The iron. And the brass. And the clay. And the silver. And the gold. The great. God. Has made known. To the king. What shall. Come. To pass. Hereafter. And the dream. Is certain. And the interpretation. Thereof. Is sure. Here. Daniel. Doesn't get the answer. But he knew that.

Or he received that. Earlier. When he received. The ability. To interpret. Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Also. Beloved. Brothers. And sisters. In chapter. Seven. When Daniel. Saw. The vision. In verse. Thirteen. Of Daniel. Chapter. Seven. Daniel. Saw. Verse. Thirteen. In a night. Vision. And behold. One. Like. The sun. Of man. Cometh. With the clouds. Of heaven. This is the second. Coming. Of. The Messiah. Jesus. Who would come. At his second. Coming. In other words. Everything. Will end. At the second. Coming. Of the. Messiah. Yeshua. Jesus. Himself. In Revelation. John. Sees. Revelation. One. As he is there. By the island. Of Patmos. Revelation. One. We. We read. Of him.

He says. Behold. He cometh. With clouds. And every eye. Shall see him. And they also. Which pierce him. And all the kinders. Of the earth. Shall wail. Because of him. Even so. Amen. Amen. This is the coming. Of the Messiah. The second coming. Of the Messiah. Daniel. Is asking. This question. In verse. Eight. But then. Notice. The angel. Give. No answer. To Daniel. And notice. What he tells him. In verse. Nine. And he said. Go thy way. Daniel. In other words. To give you any. Additional information. Now. For the words. Are. Closed up. And sealed. Notice. Till. The time. Of the end. Daniel. You go.

Your way. You return. To what. You were doing. Until. Notice. Then. The words. Are now. Shut. Sealed. Closed. You're not going to receive. More information. In other words. In reality. The additional information. Will be given. Later on. During Israel's. History. And. Ultimate. At the first coming. Of the Messiah. When he will come. And die. And be buried. And rise again. These information. Will be given. Through the. Book. Of the revelation. Of Jesus. The Messiah. And so. Daniel. The book. Was. Was sealed. Until the times. Of the end. In other words. The people. That will benefit. From the. Writings. Of Daniel. Including. The book. Of Revelation.

Will be. The Jewish. People. Specifically. Those. Who will believe. In God. Remember. The church. Will be taken. To heaven. Before. The tribulation. Will begin. The false church. Will remain. Here on earth. And then. God. Will begin. To work. In the hearts. Of the people. Of Israel. Restore them. Back. Ultimately. Israel. Will be. Returning. Back. To the land. Many. Of the Jewish. People. Will begin. To ask questions. There will be. Actually believers. In Yeshua. The Messiah. During the tribulation. They are the saints. Of whom. We already read. Earlier. In other passages. The elect. The elect. One. Of Matthew. Chapter. 24. When the Lord. Says. For the elect's sake.

And so. For them. They will benefit. From the. Sealed. Book. That will not. Be any longer. Sealed. For them. During the. Tribulation. Many. Shall be. Purified. And made. White. And tried. But the wicked. Shall do. Wickedly. And none. Of the wicked. Shall understand. But the wise. Shall understand. In other words. The wise. Of Israel. They will. Understand. They will. Read. The prophecy. Of Daniel. In. The. Tribulation. Day. Specifically. Doing the. Middle. Of the tribulation. They will. Be purified. They will. Be made. White. They will. Be. Tried. And tested. They are. The wise. One. The wicked. They will. Continue. To do. Wickedly. The wise. Shall. Understand.

Again. We are. Going. Back. To. The word. Of the Lord. Yeshua. The Messiah. In. Matthew. Chapter. 24. Where. He said. To them. Very clearly. Beloved. Brothers. And sisters. Clearly. He said. Matthew. Chapter. 24. And. Verse. 15. When. You shall. See. The abomination. Of desolation. Spoken. By. Daniel. The prophet. Stand. In. The holy. Plain. Whosoever. Read. Read. What? Read. The book. Of. Daniel. Let him. Understand. The wise. Will. Understand. Of. The. Jewish. People. The people. Of. Israel. Doing. The tribulation. Peer. The godly. The one. That will. Understand. And. Then. We read. But. The wicked. Will. Continue. To do. Wickedly. We continue. Here. Beloved. Brothers. And. Sisters. In. These. Final.

Final. Verses. Of. Daniel. In. Verse. Eleven. And. Twelve. We hear something that is kind of a little bit unusual and we need the Lord to help us to understand it. Daniel hear from that angel who said to him in verse eleven.

and from the time that the daily sacrifice be taken away in other words from the middle of the tribulation let me just read to you Daniel chapter nine in verse twenty seven we read that about the antichrist the counterfeit messiah and he shall confirm and actually impose the covenant with the many for one week that one week in the book of Daniel is a week is a week of years for seven years for seven years he will confirm a covenant with the many in Israel for seven years when he will build for Israel for the Jewish people who want to have the temple and the Antichrist will assist Israel in building a temple for offer

sacrifices this is called the tribulation temple and he will make an agreement with them for seven years but notice in the midst of the week in the middle of the seven years he shall cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease and for the overspreading of abomination he shall make it desolate even until the consummation until the end and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate in other words the Antichrist will make an agreement with Israel for seven years but in the middle of the seven years he will break that covenant and what will he do he will cause that which is called here in Daniel 9 27 the abomination of desolation what is the

abomination of desolation the Lord Jesus the Messiah mentioned that in Matthew 24 verses 15 and 16 the abomination which will cause will bring about a desolation to have this abomination is where he this is the counterfeit Messiah will claim to be God and he will sit in the temple of God claiming that he is divine he will seek to take the place of our Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah who's supposed to receive the worship of man but the Antichrist the counterfeit Messiah he will want to take his place the Messiah's place this is exactly what Shaul Paul said to the Thessalonians in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 2 he said that he be not

shaken in mind and be troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us as that the day of Christ is at hand this has to do the day of the Messiah this has to do with the tribulation period let no man deceive you by any means that for that day shall not come except there shall come a fallen away first there will be apostasy and a man of sin this is the same Antichrist this is the willful king of Daniel 11 so that men of sin will be revealed the son of perdition verse 3 ends and then verse 4 of 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 who opposes and exalts himself above all

that is called God all that is worshipped so that he as God siteth in the temple of God showing himself that he is God beloved brothers and sisters this is exactly what will happen in the tribulation period in Revelation chapter 13 we also read of it beloved brothers and sisters of this terrible time in which the Antichrist will sit in that tribulation temple we read in Revelation chapter 13 and verse 11 and I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth and he had two horns like a lamb and he spake as a dragon and he exercises all the powers of the first beast before him and he causes the earth and them that

dwell therein to worship the first beast the first beast take the place of the Messiah and the second beast forcing people during the tribulation and then we read in verse 12 whose deadly wounds were healed and he does great wonders so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men and he deceivers them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast which had the wounded wounded by the sword and did live and he had power to give

life unto the image of the beast that the image of the beast should both speak and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed and so initially the antichrist the first beast of Revelation chapter 13 he will sit in the temple claiming to be God the second stage is that the second beast the false prophet will make an image like the beast situated in the temple and seeking others to worship that image of the first beast that is the abomination of desolation and so beloved brothers and sisters listen to this and I am going just about to close here in these verses we read specifically verse 11

and 12 we read in verse 11 and from the time that the daily sacrifice should be taken away this is in the middle of the tribulation after the first three and a half years and the abomination that make us desolation is set up that means that the image that the antichrist and then later on his image in these two stages will be set up in the temple in Jerusalem in the tribulation temple he said there shall be a 1290 days will pass by now it is a bit interesting because we learned already earlier the first half of the tribulation will be 1260 days according to Revelation chapter 11 verse 3 we also learn that the

second half of the tribulation according to Revelation chapter 12 and verse 6 will be the same length of time 1260 days so why does he tells us here that there will be 1290 days from the middle of the tribulation that tells us that the image will continue to be there in the temple in Jerusalem the tribulation temple 30 days beyond the end of the tribulation period now we don't know why does it give us these numbers but what we do learn that the second coming will be at the end of the seven years but still there will be these 30 days beyond the end of the tribulation before the kingdom will come there will be

these 30 days that will be there now why we have these additional 30 days we don't know but it may be to be used by judgment of the Lord against this world and whatever is needed to be done in order to judge this world during those days we read scripture that the Lord will come and judge this world but we see in these numbers that something will occur during the additional 30 days after the second coming of the Messiah but then even more interesting we read in verse 12 blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the 1,335 days now we have an additional beloved brothers and sisters an additional 45 days beyond the 1,290

days that means that there is 75 additional days there we have mentioned here in Daniel chapter 12 verse 11 and 12 which means that we go beyond the 1,260 days which is three and a half years of the second half of the tribulation now why these 75 days of interval why these 75 days of interval could be for many many many reasons restoration of the whole land cleansing of the land building of the city of Jerusalem but one thing for sure these days will be given in order to have the judgment of the Gentiles nation that will occur in that final judgment here on earth that we find in the book of Matthew chapter 25

verse 31 to the end this is the judgment of the Gentile nations I want to read just a few verses in Matthew chapter 25 we read in verse 31 when the son of man shall come in his glory and all his holy angels with him notice that he've come he will come then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory there will be a throne set here and he will sit upon the throne and before him shall be gathered all nations verse 32 tell them and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats and he shall set the sheep on his right side these are the

believers that will survive the tribulation period he will set them on the right side he calls them sheep but he will be those unbelievers who will survive the tribulation but the goats on the left in other words there will be sheep and goats believers and unbelievers of the whole nations of the world that will survive the tribulation not everyone will die some of them will survive but will survive to enter into this judgment of the nations then shall the king said unto them under his right come ye blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world and we can see in the next verses how these sheep they

will enter in because they believed in the God of Israel but also they have treated and protected and watched over the Jewish people during the tribulation but then the next verses we read about the second group that are really the one on the left which are the goats the unbelievers then he shall also verse 41 say unto them on the left and depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels now remember these are living people of the nations of the world that will survive the tribulation period remain alive but they will ultimately be a cast into this everlasting fire because they did not believe on him we read

at the end of these verses in verse 46 of Matthew 25 these shall go away into everlasting punishment by the righteous into life eternal in other words these 75 days of interval will be in order to also to bring the judgment of the nations where the king Messiah Yeshua will judge the nations the one of the ridership will enter into the messianic kingdom and one of the left the goats will be unbelievers who will not make it because of their disobedience and the rejection of Jesus the Messiah and so we read in verse 12 blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the 1335 days in other words the blessed one are the nations that

will survive tribulation and did believe in the God of Israel and did treat the Jewish people who called the brethren in Matthew 25 the Lord's brethren they treated them right and they will enter into the messianic kingdom but the remaining will be cast into the judgment into the everlasting fire and so beloved brothers and sisters in conclusion verse 13 the angel saying to Daniel but go thou thy way till the end be for thou shall rest you will die Daniel and then you will stand in thy lot at the end of the days in other word Daniel will rise just like David will rise just like Abraham Yitzchak and Yaakov will rise just like Moshe

will rise just like the apostle will rise and they will be the one that will enter into the messianic kingdom and everyone will receive his lot that was promised by God in the book of Numbers chapter 26 to every tribe and every family of the nation of Israel they will receive the whole land of the messianic kingdom go thy way till the end for thou shall rest and then you will stand in thy lot the Hebrew word is in your portion at the end of the day so Daniel in the future day will also rise and stand with his people Israel whom he was so concerned about and he will enjoy the blessing of the

messianic kingdom with the rest of the nation of Israel but also with the rest of the world population who will live here on earth doing the thousand years of the messianic kingdom well beloved brothers and sisters God bless you what a wonderful prophetic word we have in the book of Daniel may the Lord help us to understand that may the Lord bless his word may the Lord lead you and everyone to himself and may the Lord come soon and establish the promises that he promised to Israel into the rest of the world well until the next time God bless