Dan 11:35 | JFB | STEP | 35. to try them —the design of affliction. Image from metals tried with fire. to purge —Even in the elect there are dregs which need to be purged out ( ). Hence they are allowed to fall for a time; not finally ( ). Image from wheat cleared of its chaff by the wind. make . . . white —image from cloth ( ). to . . . time of . . . end —God will not suffer His people to be persecuted without limitation ( ). The godly are to wait patiently for "the end" of "the time" of trial; "for it is (to last) yet for a time appointed" by God.

Daniel 11:35

35. to try them—the design of affliction. Image from metals tried with fire.

to purge—Even in the elect there are dregs which need to be purged out (1Pe 1:7). Hence they are allowed to fall for a time; not finally (2Ch 32:31; Lu 22:31). Image from wheat cleared of its chaff by the wind.

make . . . white—image from cloth (Re 7:9).

to . . . time of . . . end—God will not suffer His people to be persecuted without limitation (1Co 10:13). The godly are to wait patiently for "the end" of "the time" of trial; "for it is (to last) yet for a time appointed" by God.