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What God Revealed and What God Concealed
Daniel 12:5-135 Then I, Daniel, looked, and there before me stood two others, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank. 6 One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?"
7 The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, "It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed."
8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, "My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?"
9 He replied, "Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
11 "From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. 12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
13 "As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance."
A time, times, and half a time … 1290 days … 1335 days – these are words and concepts that do not come into our thinking process often enough. (To add to the figures, ‘a time, times and half a time’ is often reckoned as 1260 days, working on the Jewish year of 360 days, multiplied by 3 and a half.)
“I heard, but I did not understand’ (v8a) – these words of Daniel surely reflect a similar position that many Christians are in when it comes to eschatology, the theology of the end time. The angel’s reply is highly instructive, ‘Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.’ There seems to be a hint that as we approach understanding of God’s eschatological plans as His revelations are ‘unsealed’.
God’s words to us come both revealed and concealed. What is ‘revealed’ is plain and straightforward (e.g. ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself’). What is ‘concealed’ will require our mental energy and correlate that with the rest of related Scriptures, in the light of God’s prophetic words fulfilled. To understand what is ‘concealed’ requires effort.
The angel who spoke to Daniel gave us great hope in our effort to understand the concealed mysteries of God when he said, ‘ … but those who are wise shall understand’ (v10b). The wise are those who fear and honour God, who set their hearts to diligently study Holy Scripture. Come and join the ranks of the wise!
Dean & Vicar, St. Andrew Cathedral
I submit myself to the diligent study of Holy Scripture – not just reading the Bible devotionally, but studying the Word of God devotedly.
Prayer:
Dear Lord God, thank you for the Holy Word, the word of everlasting life. Help me to study the Bible with zeal and devotion, especially the prophetic parts of Holy Scripture, so that I may be counted not amongst the wicked who shall not understand, but with the wise who shall understand. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
All Lent Devotion materials are taken from 'Take Up Your Cross' - Daily Devotion for Lent 2009 by Bible Society of Singapore.
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