Dan 12:4 | KingComments | STEP | Daniel is ordered to keep secret what he has heard by concealing the words and to seal up the book. This means that the time of fulfilment of these things has not yet arrived. The fulfilment will take place in the end of time. Then many will go back and forth and examine what has been said here to Daniel. This will increase their knowledge and give them insight into the circumstances of the end time. This book will give them enormous support in the time of the end. For us, New Testament believers, the book is not sealed up. We live in the end time ( ; ). In addition, the Holy Spirit has come Who discloses what is to come ( ). Future things are explained to us in the book of Revelation. For us, the words about the future are not sealed up. From the book of Revelation we know that time is near ( ), while it will take a long time for Daniel and his people.

‏ Daniel 12:4

The Book Must Be Sealed Up

Daniel is ordered to keep secret what he has heard by concealing the words and to seal up the book. This means that the time of fulfilment of these things has not yet arrived. The fulfilment will take place in the end of time. Then many will go back and forth and examine what has been said here to Daniel. This will increase their knowledge and give them insight into the circumstances of the end time. This book will give them enormous support in the time of the end.

For us, New Testament believers, the book is not sealed up. We live in the end time (2Tim 3:1; 1Jn 2:18a). In addition, the Holy Spirit has come Who discloses what is to come (Jn 16:13). Future things are explained to us in the book of Revelation. For us, the words about the future are not sealed up. From the book of Revelation we know that time is near (Rev 22:10), while it will take a long time for Daniel and his people.