Daniel - "Seal the Book"

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What do folks here make of the following verses from the book of Daniel? (these are from the KJV):

Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Daniel 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
 
It refers to the final revelation of God to man, which was to come at the “end time.” The end time began with the Incarnation when Christ, God’s final word to man, was revealed to man, first to Mary, then to Elizabeth and Zacharia, and to all Israel and then the world. This is what Revelation 22:10 refers to (the companion verse to these verses in Daniel) which declares the words are not to be sealed any longer. Why? Because “the time was near” when Christ, the final Word of God to man, was going to be revealed to all mankind in and through Christ’s Church.
 
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It refers to the final revelation of God to man, which was to come at the “end time.” The end time began with the Incarnation when Christ, God’s final word to man, was revealed to man, first to Mary, then to Elizabeth and Zacharia, and to all Israel and then the world. This is what Revelation 22:10 refers to (the companion verse to these verses in Daniel) which declares the words are not to be sealed any longer. Why? Because “the time was near” when Christ, the final Word of God to man, was going to be revealed to all mankind in and through Christ’s Church.
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So then was all prophecy in the book of Revelation fulfilled by around 95 AD when John returned from Patmos, at the end of Domitians reign, with the book of Revelation, since 22:10 is near the end of the book?

If the beginning of the “time of the end” began with Jesus Incarnation, when was/is the end of the “time of the end”?
Are you saying that the “time of the end” is the entire Christian Era?
 
Hi,

Ill let you know later on. Im studying the book of Danile now but we are only on chapter 9.👍
 
ALLFORHIM said:
Hi,

Ill let you know later on. Im studying the book of Danile now but we are only on chapter 9.👍
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Can I beg you to include an absolutely free book on Dan-Rev in your consideration? This is written by a 79 year old every-day saint named Ellis Skolfield. Ellis was raised in the scriptures on his mother’s knee as they were missionaries in the Phillippines when he was born and growing. He eventually attended Columbia Bible College (1952) where he studied eschatology and Biblical archeaology. He was a fire and brimstone dispensationalist until he decided to shore up the foundations of his eschatology and found they were much more than wanting.

He subsequently (after having been in the world as a successful businessman for a time) studied scripture - with scripture - and as a result has understood the role of Islam in Bible prophecy for nearly 30 years. The book - The False Prophet - is an easy read and absolutely free - without even a login. The 2 part PDF is available here:
ellisskolfield.com/pdf/TFPChapters1-9.pdf
ellisskolfield.com/pdf/TFPChapters10-17.pdf

(Links removed since neither are really Islamic)
 
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An another question. Why does Daniel 12:4 say knowledge will increase in the RSV and KJV but in the NAB it translates that evil will increase?
 
JohnWilliams said:
Can I beg you to include an absolutely free book on Dan-Rev in your consideration? This is written by a 79 year old every-day saint named Ellis Skolfield. Ellis was raised in the scriptures on his mother’s knee as they were missionaries in the Phillippines when he was born and growing. He eventually attended Columbia Bible College (1952) where he studied eschatology and Biblical archeaology. He was a fire and brimstone dispensationalist until he decided to shore up the foundations of his eschatology and found they were much more than wanting.

He subsequently (after having been in the world as a successful businessman for a time) studied scripture - with scripture - and as a result has understood the role of Islam in Bible prophecy for nearly 30 years. The book - The False Prophet - is an easy read and absolutely free - without even a login. The 2 part PDF is available here:
ellisskolfield.com/pdf/TFPChapters1-9.pdf
ellisskolfield.com/pdf/TFPChapters10-17.pdf

(Links removed since neither are really Islamic)
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Prostelitizing for non-Catholics faiths is against forum rules. This is a Catholic forum.
 
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An another question. Why does Daniel 12:4 say knowledge will increase in the RSV and KJV but in the NAB it translates that evil will increase?
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And Knowledge shall increase: this is the clear literal translation of the traditional Hebrew text, the ancient versons present a wide variety of possiblities. A slight change in the text yields the reading “evil shall increase”. So, in short the difference is based on a misspelling of a word or two. This is possible because a reader would read the text to copiers, who would write down what is being said. When two words had similiar sounds due to a slight difference in spelling, the copier simply wrote down the wrong word.

Source: A Handbook on the Book of Daniel by Rene Peter-Contesse and John Ellington.
 
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