It would also follow that he would be present before the
end of the world or age.
[394]Jehovah caused the prophet Daniel to write the salient features of
events that would come to pass during the rule of the world powers that
would be in existence from the time of the empire of Persia until "the
time of the end". That which Daniel wrote was prophecy; that is to say,
guided by the divine power, he recorded long in advance the happenings
of certain events, which of itself shows that this prophecy could not be
understood until the events had transpired. Daniel wrote concerning
these events, but did not understand them. They are set forth in his
prophetic utterances recorded in the book of Daniel, chapters 7 to 12,
inclusive. Daniel himself said: "I heard, but I understood not: then
said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? And he said,
Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time
of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the
wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but
the wise shall understand." (Daniel 12:8-10) The Lord had caused Daniel
to record specifically what would happen when the time of the end should
begin. The "time of the end" means a specific period at the end of
gentile dominion. "And at _the time of the end_ shall the king of the
south push at him; and the king of the north shall come against him like
a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and
he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
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