Daniel 12:4

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“But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, and knowledge will increase.”

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  • Dan 12:9 : 9 He said,“Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end.
  • Dan 8:26 : 26 The vision of the evenings and mornings that was told to you is correct. But you should seal up the vision, for it refers to a time many days from now.”
  • Dan 8:17 : 17 So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. Then he said to me,“Understand, son of man, that the vision pertains to the time of the end.”
  • Rev 22:10 : 10 Then he said to me,“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.
  • Rev 10:4 : 4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but just then I heard a voice from heaven say,“Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down.”
  • Isa 8:16 : 16 Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.
  • Isa 29:18-19 : 18 At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness. 19 The downtrodden will again rejoice in the LORD; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Dan 11:33 : 33 These who are wise among the people will teach the masses. However, they will fall by the sword and by the flame, and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time.
  • Dan 12:13 : 13 But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted.”
  • Matt 24:14 : 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
  • Rom 10:18 : 18 But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
  • Zech 14:6-9 : 6 On that day there will be no light– the sources of light in the heavens will congeal. 7 It will happen in one day(a day known to the LORD); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light. 8 Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it will happen both in summer and in winter. 9 The LORD will then be king over all the earth. In that day the LORD will be seen as one with a single name. 10 All the land will change and become like the rift valley from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be raised up and will stay in its own place from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate and on to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
  • Dan 11:40 : 40 “At the time of the end the king of the south will attack him. Then the king of the north will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. He will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river.
  • Dan 10:1 : 1 An Angel Appears to Daniel In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel(who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.
  • Isa 30:26 : 26 The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the LORD binds up his people’s fractured bones and heals their severe wound.
  • Isa 32:3 : 3 Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.
  • Isa 11:9 : 9 They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain. For there will be universal submission to the LORD’s sovereignty, just as the waters completely cover the sea.
  • Rev 14:6-7 : 6 Three Angels and Three Messages Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth– to every nation, tribe, language, and people. 7 He declared in a loud voice:“Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”

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  • Dan 12:5-13
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    5I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.

    6One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river,“When will the end of these wondrous events occur?”

    7Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky and made an oath by the one who lives forever:“It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”

    8I heard, but I did not understand. So I said,“Sir, what will happen after these things?”

    9He said,“Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end.

    10Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.

    11From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, there are 1,290 days.

    12Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days.

    13But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted.”

  • Dan 8:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26The vision of the evenings and mornings that was told to you is correct. But you should seal up the vision, for it refers to a time many days from now.”

    27I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and again carried out the king’s business. But I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain it.

  • Dan 12:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1“At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation’s beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape.

    2Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake– some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.

    3But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever.

  • Isa 29:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say,“Read this,” he responds,“I can’t, because it is sealed.”

    12Or when they hand the scroll to one who can’t read and say,“Read this,” he says,“I can’t read.”

  • Rev 22:10
    70%

    10Then he said to me,“Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

  • Dan 11:35
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    35Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.

  • Dan 7:28
    70%

    28“This is the conclusion of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and the color drained from my face. But I kept the matter to myself.”

  • Dan 2:28
    69%

    28However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed are as follows.

  • Dan 2:18-21
    4 verses
    69%

    18He asked them to pray for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he and his friends would not be destroyed along with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

    19Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,

    20saying,“Let the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him.

    21He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;

  • Dan 10:14
    69%

    14Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”

  • Dan 8:19
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    19Then he said,“I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision pertains to the appointed time of the end.

  • Dan 11:32-33
    2 verses
    69%

    32Then with smooth words he will defile those who have rejected the covenant. But the people who are loyal to their God will act valiantly.

    33These who are wise among the people will teach the masses. However, they will fall by the sword and by the flame, and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time.

  • Dan 1:17
    68%

    17Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom– and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.

  • Ezek 28:3
    68%

    3Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.

  • Matt 24:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

    15The Abomination of Desolation“So when you see the abomination of desolation– spoken about by Daniel the prophet– standing in the holy place”(let the reader understand),

  • Dan 5:12
    68%

    12Thus there was found in this man Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar, an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and skill to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve difficult problems. Now summon Daniel, and he will disclose the interpretation.”

  • Dan 10:7
    67%

    7Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. On the contrary, they were overcome with fright and ran away to hide.

  • Hab 2:14
    67%

    14For recognition of the LORD’s sovereign majesty will fill the earth just as the waters fill up the sea.

  • Dan 9:22
    67%

    22He spoke with me, instructing me as follows:“Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you.

  • Dan 2:30
    67%

    30As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom than any other living person, but so that the king may understand the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind.

  • Isa 8:16
    67%

    16Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.

  • Dan 8:23
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    23Toward the end of their rule, when rebellious acts are complete, a rash and deceitful king will arise.

  • Dan 7:2
    66%

    2Daniel explained:“I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.

  • Dan 11:40
    66%

    40“At the time of the end the king of the south will attack him. Then the king of the north will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. He will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river.

  • Prov 24:4
    66%

    4by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.

  • Dan 4:22
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    22it is you, O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth.

  • Dan 10:1
    66%

    1An Angel Appears to Daniel In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel(who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.

  • Hab 2:3
    66%

    3For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass– it will not arrive late.

  • Dan 6:17
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    17Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening to the den. The king sealed it with his signet ring and with those of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel.

  • Amos 8:12
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    12People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a message from the LORD, but they will not find any.

  • Mark 13:14
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    14The Abomination of Desolation“But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be”(let the reader understand),“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

  • Ezek 12:27
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    27“Take note, son of man, the house of Israel is saying,‘The vision that he sees is for distant days; he is prophesying about the far future.’

  • Dan 9:24
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    24“Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.