“At that time shall Mikail1 stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your 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 your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book. 2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever. 4But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run back and forth, and knowledge shall be increased.”
5Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side. 6One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?”
7I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have made an end of breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8I heard, but I did not understand: then I said, “My lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?”
9He said, “Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. 10Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but those who are wise shall understand.
11“From the time that the continual burnt offering shall be taken away, and the abomination that causes desolation2 is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety days. 12Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.
13“But go your way until the end; for you shall rest, and shall stand in your inheritance, at the end of the days.”
- 12:1 Mikail, or Michael the archangel. ↩︎
- 12:11 abomination that causes desolation, This phrase is quoted by ‘ISA AL-MASIH in the Injil, Matthew 24:15 when giving a sermon about signs of his own return to this earth in the future. Matthew 24:14-16 says: “This Injil of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. When, therefore, you see the ‘abomination that causes desolation‘ which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” ↩︎