Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Daniel 12

Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

thy people

That is, Daniel's people, the Jews. Cf. Dan 9:15, 16, 20, 24; 10:14.

a time of trouble

Tribulation, (the great). Mat 24:21, 22. (Psa 2:5; Rev 7:14).

Dan 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

shall awake

Resurrection. Dan 12:2, 13; Hos 13:14. (Job 19:25; 1 Cor 15:52.)

Dan 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

the brightness of the firmament

Rewards. Mat 5:12. (Dan 12:3; 1 Cor 3:14.)

Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

the time of the end

The "time of the end" in Daniel. The expression, or its equivalent, "in the end," occurs, Dan 8:17-19; 9:26; 11:35, 40, 45; 12:4, 6, 9. Summary:

1. The time of the end in Daniel begins with the violation by "the prince that shall come" (i.e. "little horn," "man of sin," "Beast") of his covenant with the Jews for the restoration of the temple and sacrifice (Dan 9:27), and his presentation of himself as God (Dan 9:27; 11:36-38; Mat 24:15; 2Th 2:4; Rev 13:4-6), and ends with his destruction by the appearing of the Lord in glory (2Th 2:8; Rev 19:19, 20).
2. The duration of the "time of the end" is three and one half years, coinciding with the last half of the seventieth week of Daniel (Dan 7:25; 12:7; Rev 13:5).
3. This "time of the end" is the "time of Jacob's trouble" (Jer 30:7); "a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation" (Dan 12:1); "great tribulation such as was not from the beginning of the world…nor ever shall be" (Mat 24:21). The N.T., especially the Book of the Revelation, adds many details.

Dan 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

Many shall be purified

A prophecy describing the moral state of the world from Daniel's day to the time of the end. Cf. Mat 13:24-30, 36-43, 47-49.

Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

abomination

See Scofield Daniel 9:27, note.

that maketh desolate

The Beast. Eze 28:2-8. (Dan 7:8; Rev 19:20.)

Dan 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

thousand three hundred and five and thirty days

Three periods of "days" date from the "abomination" (i.e. the blasphemous assumption of deity by the Beast, Dan 12:11; Mat 24:15; 2Th 2:4):

1. Twelve hundred and sixty days to the destruction of the Beast (Dan 7:25; 12:7; Rev 13:5; 19:19, 20). This is also the duration of the great tribulation (Cf. Scofield Daniel 12:4, note).
2. Dating from the same event is a period of 1290 days, an addition of thirty days (Dan 12:11).
3. Again forty-five days are added, and with them the promise of Dan 12:12. No account is directly given of that which occupies the interval of seventy-five days between the end of the tribulation and the full blessing of Dan 12:12. It is suggested that the explanation may be found in the prophetic descriptions of the events following the battle of Armageddon (Scofield Rev 16:14; 19:21). The Beast is destroyed, and Gentile world-dominion ended, by the smiting of the "Stone cut out without hands" at the end of the 1260 days, but the scene is, so to speak, filled with the debris of the image which the "wind" must carry away before full blessing comes in (Dan 2:35).

Dan 12:13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

days

i.e. of the 1260, 1290, and 1335 days.