Fat Man and Little Boy
Were dancing in the sky
Which rolled up like a scroll
With lightning on the fly.
But “the seals” are veiled
By their fullness of detail.
Seal Six was dancing in the sky
Beginning in days gone by,
Then held in check!
Where we still seem to be,
At Revelation seven, verse 1 and 3.
Paraphrased And Condensed With
Suggested Interpretation
(Summation of the Matter) 1 “At that time” the angel [like a man in linen] continued, “the great prince Michael, who has the watch over your people, will stand up. And there will be a time of trouble (began with a pale horse ride?) such as there hasn’t been since there was a nation. Even to the time when your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name can be found written in the book. 2 (When?) Many of those who sleep in the dust of earth shall awaken, some to enduring life, and some to shame and of long duration contempt [deraon - aversion, abhorrence]. (Jn.5:28,29) 3 And those who are wise will shine like the radiance of the sky above, and those who turn many to righteousness [tsadeq or tsadoq - just or righteous, from tsedeq - rightness, righteousness, what is right], like the stars forever [olam - long duration, antiquity, futurity] and ever [ad - perpetuity, from adah - adorn, pass on, advance].
4 But you, Daniel, close the book and seal it, until the time of the end [qets, pronounced kates - end, course, farthest border, highest peak, limit]. Many shall run-to-and-fro [shuwt - about, go quickly] and knowledge shall increase [rabah - multiply].”
5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on one side of the stream and one on the other side of the stream. 6 And one of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, “Until when (for how long?) shall be the end [limit, fulfillment] of these wonders [pele - wonders, extraordinary, hard to be understood]?” 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream. He raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven. And he swore by he who lives forever that it would be for a time [moed - appointed time] times, and half a time. When the power [yad - hand, reach (influence?)] of the holy [qodesh - apartness, sacred] people is spent/finished and sundered, coming to an end, then all these things will be completed. (Rev.13:5-7!)
8 I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what will be the outcome of all this?” 9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified [barar - purified, selected, purged, polished] and made white [laban - brick, white] and be refined [tsaraph - smelted, refined, tested]. But the wicked shall act wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand [bin - discern] but those who are wise shall understand [bin - discern].
11 And (it is/will be) days 1,290, from the time is taken away [sur - turned aside, removed] (the) perpetual [tamid - (the) continual] and is set up [nathan - give, put, set] (the) abomination [shiqquts - detested thing, abomination] (of) desolation [shamem - (the) desolate, apalling, devoid, barren, ruination]. [[From the time the perpetual (sacrifices/of prayers?) is taken away/removed (Lk.19:41,44?) and the (including final) abomination that desolates is set up (the final desolation upon the human temple meant for God’s Spirit/Presence?) shall be 1,290 days - which is 3.5 hebrew years, plus 30 days. Between the taking away and the setting up.]]
12 Blessed (it is) [esher - happiness, blessedness] to wait [chakah - to wait, awaiting] and arrive/come to the day/days 1,335. 13 But go your way Daniel. You shall rest and shall arise into your allotted place at the end of days/completion.” (1,290 + 45days = day 1,335?)
What I get from the Book of Daniel, concerning prophecy for today, is - ignoring Rev.7:1,3 where the world has been for some time - but is hidden, veiled, sealed - pun intended - by “the seals” being described as their full and complete effects, from their first occassion to their very last. See? In this way, very last day conditions are portrayed at the beginning of the vision. Hiding much of the vision.
But.. we can’t ignore Rev.7:1,3! Because everything else rests on it. For (surely?) it will be interrupted in some way, means or fashion. A crises. A consolidating of power. Then (surely?) comes the much lauded seven year treaty - not that it’s ratified to last seven years (logically) but that it shall, alas, only last seven years. It is of course broken in the middle against Israel when their perpetual (sacrifices, and, or place of?) is taken away, turned aside, stopped.. Lk.19:41,44 - “Oh Jerusalem!” - and anything in an imperfect state - “Not one stone, Jerusalem, will be left in you upon another..” (Hello?)
And then 3.5 hebrew years of 360 days, plus 30 days (a hebrew leap year?) later -> shall be set up a final abomination (appalling and abhorrent thing - imperfection/straying is an abyss of potential, something) which desolates. And happy the one/those who wait, and come to, day/the days 1,335. Which is 45 days later?
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…There’ll be a lot of normalcy.. try to be in all ways prepared..?
The war is east and west.. gog and magog? ..”clay and iron won’t really cleave”.. the iron/bronze settled with the faith, but the faith has “fallen away” Dn.7:7,19, Rev.13:1.. As far as wickedness, the dove and vulture (the iron and the clay) ..be gathered as wheat, or gathered as tare (to armageddon).. “the field is the world” not just the churches.. we should be as (discreet?) watchmen on the walls.. if folks can see the truth of prophecy they will see the truth of Jesus.. who “will draw all” Jn.12:32. 1Cor.3:16.
Paraphrased with Interpretation
1 - “Also in the first year of Darius the Mede, I (arch angel) stood up to strengthen him. (I read in a commentary, “to consider the restoration of Israel and pass that on to his nephew Cyrus?”) 2 There will arise three more kings of Persia, then a fourth far richer and stronger who will stir up all against Greece. 3 Then (later) a mighty king of great dominion (vast conquest).. 4 But as soon as he has risen, his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds. (Alexander the Great of Greece who died young and his conquests went to four of his generals).
Wars and intrigues, wars and intrigues..
Between the two powers of north and south, Syria and Egypt, the Seleucids and Ptolomies, lies Israel. Then throw Greece into the mix.. the spiritual/psychological conquerer.
15 Then the king of the north makes war. (Antiochus the great? Whose daughter was Cleopatra, which Egypt was briefly given over to?)
21 And will come to stand up a vile person (Antiochus Epiphanies, great persecuter of Israel, an a.c. and type of the final a.c.. During the days of the Maccabees) ..he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 31 Forces from him shall appear and profane the temple and fortress. He shall take away the regular burnt offering. And they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate. (He sacrificed a pig to Jupiter on the altar of the temple.) 32 He shall seduce with flattery 33 but the wise among the people shall make many understand, though for some days they shall stumble by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder. 34 When they stumble, they shall receive a little help. And many shall join themselves to them with flattery. (I think here is where the pattern more visibly expands and repeats bringing us to the global fulfillment.) 35 And some of the wise shall stumble, so that they may be refined, purified, and made white, until the time of the end, for the appointed time awaits. 36 And the king [melek - king, royal] shall do as he wills. He will exalt himself and magnify himself above every god (man as highest power? And some supposedly evolved superior? lol) and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods. He shall prosper till the indignation is completed/spent for what is decreed/destined shall be done. 37 ..He will magnify himself above all gods. (Again, man as highest power. The stronG rise, aka, rule.) 38 He shall honor a god of strength ..a god his fathers didn’t know he shall honor with wealth and gifts. 39 He shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. (..? Plays two sides?) Those who acknowledge him he shall advance... make them rulers over many and the land he’ll divide for gain.
40 At the time of the end, the king of the south shall attack him, but the king of the north shall rush upon him like a whirlwind.. wars and battles.. 41 He will come into the glorious [tsbiy - beautiful, prominent] land 43 He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver ($$) and all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall march in his train. 44 But news from the east and the north shall alarm him, and he shall go out with great fury to destroy many to destruction. 45 And shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, with none to help him. (One prophecy? Or at least two?)
- North, south and east against him..
