0267. Daniel, a Man with a Future Blessing

Daniel, a Man with a Future Blessing

"But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days" (Dan_12:13).

There are many things said in Daniel’s prophecy concerning the end-times. There was to be a time of world trouble, such as there has never been since there was a nation. The coming of the antichrist and the horrors of his reign, and the utter desolation of Israel, are all clearly set forth.

Following these days of trouble, there was to immediately come the time of the resurrection of the dead, when "Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake:" when, "they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever."

It is at this latter time, at the end of the days, that Daniel is to stand in his lot.

The same eyes which beheld Moses and Elijah as they stood in their lot at the transfiguration of Christ, will behold Daniel as he stands in his lot at the end of the days.

The same eyes–yea, every eye will look upon the face of the man who served God and his generation faithfully, untiringly, graciously and fell on sleep.

It is not until then, when we see Daniel raised, glorified and standing with Christ, that we can fully answer the question, "Did it pay for Daniel to go all the way with God?"

"In the crimson blush of morning,

In the glitter of the noon,

In the midnight’s gloomy darkness,

Or the gleaming of the moon;

In the stillness of the twilight,

As it shimmers in the sky,

We are watching, we are waiting,

For the end that draweth nigh.

We shall see our Lord in splendor,

And amid a countless throng,

On the clouds to earth descending,

With a movement swift and strong,

And the angels round about Him,

In their dazzling white array,

While before Him sounds the summons

For the final judgment day.

He will welcome all His people,

He will diadem His own;

He will show to them His glory,

And will share with them His throne;

And for ever in His presence

They shall see Him face to face,

While they chant His matchless wisdom,

And extol His wondrous grace.

He is coming, surely coming,

For His promise cannot fail;

And the scoffers shall behold Him,

And before Him they shall quail!

He is coming, quickly coming!

But His coming we shall greet;

We have waited for His advent,

And have listened for His feet."

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR