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“And I (Daniel) heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And He said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end” (Daniel 12:8-9).
During his long life, Daniel received from the Lord many wonderful prophecies about what would happen in the future. Some of these events have already happened, so that critics have tried to say that Daniel wrote about them after they had happened, instead of as prophecy about the future. But Daniel wrote about them long before they happened.
However, when Daniel heard these prophesies, he did not understand it all, and asked the Lord about it. The only answer he got was that the words were “sealed until the time of the end.” Daniel had to be content with that. But now you and I, since we have the truth of the New Testament, can understand how everything will happen. The Lord has told us how what Daniel received fits into the whole picture, and everything is clear. It is wonderful to be living at this very time when the last pieces of God’s prophecy puzzle are fitting into place! The Apostle Paul could say in Acts 20:27, “I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.” We are living in the most wonderful time in this world’s history.
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