Prophecies Yet to be Fulfilled
11:36 to 12:13
At Dani’el 11:36, the prophecy shifts from Antiochus Epiphanes to the man he foreshadowed, the antichrist, the last world dictator. We have moved to the time of the end (11:35a). Both the TaNaKh and the B’rit Chadashah teach that a time of great tribulation will one day come upon the world, and our interpretation of Dani’el’s seventy weeks (to see link click Da – The Seventy Sevens) locates this period in the last “week” of his prophecy. This period is called the Great Tribulation which will be led by an unholy trinity composed of Satan, the antichrist, and the false prophet (see Be – The One World Government Stage). The event that will trigger the beginning of those seven years is the signing of a covenant between Isra’el and the antichrist (9:27). The reason for the covenant seems to be the guarantee of his protection for Isra’el while the Jews build their temple (see the commentary on Revelation Bx – The Tribulation Temple). The Great Tribulation will end with the return of Yeshua Messiah (see the commentary on Isaiah Kg – The Second Coming of Jesus Christ to Bozrah) and the confinement of Satan, the antichrist and the false prophet being thrown into the lake of fire (see Revelation Fa – The Beast was Captured, and with Him the False Prophet).
After these things come to pass, Dani’el ends his letter by prophesying about the future of Isra’el. During the Great Tribulation, Micha’el the archangel, Isra’el’s protector, will stand up. And even though two-thirds of the Israelites will die during the time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7), one-third of the righteous of the TaNaKh will be delivered after three days of pleading for Messiah’s return (Hosea 6:1-3). Those survivors and the righteous of the TaNaKh from every age will all be glorified at the same time (37:1-10). Their righteousness will shine like the brightness of the heavens. Then Dani’el will seal up the words of his scroll until the time of the Great Tribulation because those living then would need them at that time. The second half of the Tribulation would last exactly three-and-a-half years. God’s three main purposes during those years will be: (1) To bring wrath upon an unbelieving world and to make an end to wickedness (Isaiah 13:9 and 24:19-20); (2) to bring about a worldwide revival (see Revelation Dt – And They Sang a New Song Before the Throne); and lastly here in 12:7 (3), to break the power of the holy people, the stubborn Jewish nation.
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