The End Times

¹ “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people — everyone whose name is found written in the book — will be delivered.

² And many who sleep in the dust of the earth^* will awake, some to everlasting^* life, but others to shame^* and everlasting^* contempt.³ Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens,^* and those who lead many to righteousness^* will shine like the stars forever and ever.

⁴ But you, Daniel, shut up^* these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge^* will increase.”

⁵ Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there,^* one on this bank of the river^* and one on the opposite^* bank.^{* 6} One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river,^* “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”

⁷ And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river,^* raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time,^* and times,^* and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered,^* all these things will be completed.”

⁸ I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

⁹ “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. ¹⁰ Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.

¹¹ And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination^* of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days. ¹² Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.

¹³ But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”