Daniel 12:1

The angel also said to me, “After those things happen, the great angel Michael, who protects the Israeli people, will appear. Then there will be a time when there will be great troubles/suffering. The troubles will be greater than any troubles/suffering since the nations began. At that time, all of your people whose names have been written in the book containing the names of those who have eternal life will be saved.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

In Context

2Many of those who have died [EUP] will become alive again. Some of them will live eternally with God, and some will be eternally shamed/disgraced in hell.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:32But now I ask you to please forgive them for having sinned. If you will not forgive them, then erase my name from the book in which you have written the names of your people.”

Psalms 69:28Erase their names [SYN] from the book containing the names of those who have eternal life; do not include them in the list of righteous people.

Isaiah 9:7His rule, and the peace that he brings/causes, will never end. He will rule [MTY] fairly and justly [DOU], like his ancestor King David did. This will happen because the Commander of the armies of angels greatly desires that it happen.

Isaiah 26:20But now, my people/fellow-citizens, go home and lock your doors! Hide for a short time, until Yahweh is no longer angry.

Jeremiah 30:7Terrible things will soon happen; that will be a terrible day! There has never been such a time. It will be a time when my Israeli people will experience great trouble, but finally they will be saved from their sufferings.”

Ezekiel 13:9I will strike/punish all you prophets who falsely say that you have seen visions and prophesy things that are lies. You will not have any place among my people, your names will not be listed in the records of the Israeli people, and you will never return to Israel. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.”

Matthew Henry on Daniel 12:1

After the prediction of the troubles of the Jews under Antiochus, prefiguring the troubles of the Christian church under the anti-christian power, we have here, I. Comforts, and very precious ones, prescribed as cordials for the support of God's people in those times of trouble; and they are such as may indifferently serve both for those former times of trouble under Antiochus and those latter which were prefigured by them, ver. 1-4 . II. A conference between Christ and an angel concerning the time of the… Read the whole commentary →

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