Daniel 12:5

"But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.”"

Key Reflection

In Daniel 12:5, God instructs the prophet Daniel to "shut up the words and seal the book" until the time of the end, indicating that certain revelations are meant to remain hidden for a specific period. This instruction reflects a broader theme in Daniel where divine knowledge is often withheld from the people until its appointed time, underscoring the idea that not all truth is revealed immediately but reserved for later fulfillment and understanding. The second part of the verse, "Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased," suggests an era characterized by heightened activity and a surge in learning and discovery, which may correspond to periods of intense intellectual or historical change leading up to significant events prophesied in Daniel's vision.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Then I Daniel looked -My attention was attracted in a new direction. Hitherto, it would seem, it had been fixed on the angel, and on what he was saying. The angel now informed him that he had closed his communication, and Daniel was now attracted by a new heavenly vision. And, behold, there stood other two -Two other angels. The connection requires us to understand this of angels, though they are not expressly called so. The one on this side of the bank of the river -Margin, as in Hebrew, “lip.” The word is used to denote the bank of the river from its resemblance to a lip. The river referred to here is the Hiddekel or Tigris, the notes atDaniel 10:4.

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