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the last half of the seven-year period of Daniel 9:27 that culminates in
the second advent. These three and a half years will be a period of
terrible persecution of the people of Israel. The verb translated
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“shattering” has the idea of breaking something in pieces. The phrase
can be translated “when (they) finish shattering the hand (fig. for power)

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of the holy people.” When the persecution has run its course in God’s
time, and “all these things would be finished,” the time of the end will
be concluded.

Although Daniel heard the prophecy, he did not understand it. So he
rephrased the question asked by the angel in verse 6: “O my lord, what
shall be the outcome of these things?” Daniel was bewildered in his
effort to understand the revelations given concerning the consummation
of the time of the end.

THE ANGEL’S CONCLUDING EXPLANATION (12:9–13)

12:9–13 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and
sealed until the time of the end. Many shall purify themselves and
make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act
wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are

wise shall understand. And from the time that the regular burnt
offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set
up, there shall be 1,290 days. Blessed is he who waits and arrives at
the 1,335 days. But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and
shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.”

In response to his question, Daniel was told once again that the
revelation given to him was official and unchangeable and would remain

so until the time of the end. The primary purpose of the revelation was
to inform those who would live in that time. The confirming
interpretation of history and prophecy fulfilled would be necessary
before the final prophecies could be understood.

However, in partial answer to Daniel’s question, he was told that the
time of the end will result both in the purification of the saints and the
manifestation of the evil in the human heart. Likewise, understanding
the events of the end times will be possible for “the wise,” but “none of