Daniel 12

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Daniel’s Place in the Exile and the Prophetic Book

But we were going to wrap up Daniel going to the last book, Daniel chapter 12, and finish this book. But I want to talk about a little bit what we have learned so far. I think the most popular is Daniel's story about the lion's den.

So I think most people who have any relationship with church, with the Bible or anything like that, they're most familiar with Daniel and the lion's den. Daniel is also associated with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Daniel and these guys were part of the exile into Babylon. And what we've read and discovered in Daniel is that Daniel was sought after when the wise men, the magicians, the soothsayers, whoever they had there, whatever they called them, when they couldn't interpret dreams, when they couldn't interpret writings on the wall, rumor had it that there was this guy that was part of the Jewish people, part of the exile, that I think the conversation was that, well, their perspective was that he had the spirit of the gods.

He was somehow in touch with, and I guess that was their perception coming from their religion, their pagan religious background. And somehow they knew that there was this guy who had some kind of connection and they would call for Daniel to be able to interpret dreams.

And I guess it gave God, well, it spoke, God used Daniel for his glory and to use Daniel in that time to speak to the king, to show that he served the one and only true God. And God also used Daniel, excuse me, as a prophet for his people at that time and for the future.

We know Daniel to be a prophetic book. We see that Jesus mentions Daniel, says, go back and look at Daniel if you want to understand this prophecy, understand what I'm talking about. Daniel writes to them at that time while they're in exile, he says, and I'm paraphrasing, of course, you recall the prophecy of the 70 years that we will be in exile, the end is coming up.

We're getting ready to go back. That prophecy is about to be fulfilled and we're going to see it in our lifetime. And then he goes right into the 70 weeks of years and the Messiah to come. And so I feel like we've learned so much from Daniel and looking at the book, looking at who he is.

And here's a couple of things that stood out to me specifically as we've studied Daniel. And I want to give Dan a chance to talk about some of the things that I may have missed, some of the things that stand out to him in the book of Daniel.

But the connection that I made between Daniel's relationship with the wise men, the Magi there in Babylon, and how I saw a connection, and I believe there's a connection there with this group. It probably wasn't those people.

They probably, the guys that were present in Daniel's time, I'm sure they passed away, but it was that clan, that group that was in Babylon. We know that the wise men that come to see Jesus were from the East and Daniel was prophesying about these future events, the Messiah to come.

And he was, was he put in charge or he was like the head wise man, or he had some kind of relationship with that group once he prophesied.

He made them all look dumb. They gave him a little special place, kind of, they made him a little bit more special than the rest.

Right. Well, and I saw that, I saw a connection since he had that relationship with the wise men and this prophecy that Daniel gives, I'm sure was passed down and that information, um, they probably had their libraries and parchment and whatever they wrote on and kept track of these things.

Um, and I thought that was a very interesting connection. Um, we, the other things that kind of stood out to me when it comes to Daniel is, um, coming from a different end times background. Um, when I look at Daniel, read Daniel and see what he's doing, the most consistent thing, the most logical, the thing, the way to look at Daniel, that makes most sense is to, um, look, look at the timestamps, the timeframes that he gives, um, look at the consistency, the language.

And you see that Daniel does give specific, um, understanding. I mean, he does give the fulfillment. He does talk about, um, he gives the prophecy, which is, which is, um, he uses unique language of beast horns, you use that type of language, which we see, you know, seeing it in the new Testament, but he uses that figurative, um, creative language.

And then he gives a fulfillment and, and, you know, tells us who fulfills these prophecies and who's the beast and who's the horns and, um, who who's the head of the statue and who's the, the rest of the body of the statue.

Um, so Daniel's not unclear about that, which was pretty neat. Um, and then you have the last part of the prophecies, which of course, the reason it's prophecy is because it hasn't happened yet. But if he speaking of this, this future event, but I don't ever see a gap.

I don't see any reason why we shouldn't, you know, track with, with Daniel's historical progression of, you know, here, this beast and this beast. And then he says, is this King, and this is going to be this King and, um, this nation and this nation.

And then you just follow the progression and what comes next, the fulfillment of the latter part of those prophecies becomes Rome and the Kings that rise out of Rome and the, the, the one that rises up, you know, out of the middle, um, just following that progression is consistent.

Um, and so it, it makes more sense and all kind of comes together. And instead of trying to, um, piece it together like a puzzle and make things fit where they don't really fit, um, and using other texts to make things fit that don't really fit.

But all those things stood out to me were really interesting and helped me to understand, uh, Daniel a whole lot better and we to understand eschatology a whole lot better. So I'm thankful for the time that we spent in Daniel.

So Dan, anything that I missed that we can review as far as what we've learned in Daniel or anything that,.

Nebuchadnezzar, the Sovereignty of God, and Romans 8:28

That stand out stood out to you when we looked at Daniel? Oh yeah. I thought it was really, really interesting that, uh, Nebuchadnezzar was kind of the, I don't know, almost like a, like a pivot point, um, where you got to see the sovereignty of God and all of human history, like in him.

Um, you saw, uh, before him, you saw, uh, the Babylonians taking over, you know, bringing people into exile, trying to domineer them. Um, and then God being in control through simple obedience of his people through the, uh, the four Hebrew boys eating, uh, vegetables and water instead of the Kings, no forbidden food.

Uh, right after that, you see a prophecy of, um, of the statue where he says, Nebuchadnezzar is the head of head of gold. And then he goes on down to lesser pressure, less precious metals than that. And he's like, oh, I'm, I'm the head, I'm gold.

I'm, I'm top dog. I'm pretty cool. Um, he then, uh, no makes everybody worship him. Daniel's like, I ain't going to do that. Uh, throws them in the lines, then lines don't eat them. So even his punishment couldn't work.

He pops out of there. Um, and through a series of events ends up, you know, being very, very arrogant about what he's done, what he's doing. Uh, at which point God says, I'm going to turn you into a werewolf, basically, you know, feathers do on the ground.

And he's out there eating grass like a wild. He has absolutely no control over his mind or his body or anything. Um, and then from there on, you see the rest of the prophecies playing out of the nation of Greece, the, uh, the Medo-Persians, the Romans, and all of this culminating in the coming of Christ to take a care of sin, to put sin down, to put sin away.

And it's amazing how you get to see in the detail of Nebuchadnezzar in his life, how God worked throughout history. He worked through the faithfulness of his people and he worked through, you know, guiding the heart of the Kings, like no water in a pipe.

He directed it wherever he wanted to go, wherever he wanted it to go so that all of the events of world history meet his end. So you see Romans 8, 28 in there where, um, all things work together for good to those who are called according to his purpose.

I just thought it was really, really neat that you got to see the big scale, the small scale, and so much just detail about future events that.

All just came true. It's, uh, fantastic. Right. I find it surprising that the, the story of the, the werewolf King doesn't get more attention than it does. Yeah. And, um, oh yeah. Do you have the book close by in the days of these Kings?

What? This book? Yeah, that one. Yeah. Show us how thick it is. Well, Mr. J Rogers. That's right. I don't want, um, I don't have it yet. Um, I hope to get it one day soon. Um, but he has some, um, resources and kind of cliff notes on his website.

And so he was with us on a pastor's panel podcast. And so I'm thankful that he joined us then. And I'm thankful for the material that he he's provided on his website and the books that he's written. So I want to give a shout out to the J Rogers.

Um, his, his website is for F O R E for runner .com. And you can check out his books as resources. Uh, you can see that book online. And if you scroll down, um, down the page, um, of course he has it for sale on this, on his website, but then you can, you can see X excerpts.

And then he also reads those excerpts on YouTube and you can listen to it. So he has, uh, not only spent time doing good research, writing good material, but he's also taking the time to, to make it read a bit readily available.

And so I appreciate his work and his heart, um, from, from what I know of and what I see, uh, what he's doing. So he he's been helpful to me and I think he's been helpful to Dan. So I wanted to give him a shout out because we've, we've used his resources, um, in, in this study.

So without any further ado, let's, let's jump in to Daniel chapter 12 and we will finish up this book hopefully tonight. Um, let me read verse one, Daniel 12 verse one. Now at that time, Michael, the great Prince who stands guard over the sons of your people will arise and there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time.

And at that time, your people, everyone who was found written in the book will be rescued. I want to let you go ahead and jump in there. That's a good place to stop. There's a lot there. Yeah. Um,.

Michael, the Great Prince, and the Time of Distress

If you just look at the very first three words, it says at that time, one of the things, when it gives you a time reference in a book, you want to look at, uh, what time is that time, you know, follow the bouncing ball of pronouns or however it flows throughout the text.

So that way you don't say that time and okay. And you insert whatever you want to from your brain into the text. So if you back up just one verse before in chapter 11, it says, and he shall pitch his palatial tents between the sea and the glorious mountain that he shall come to his end with none to help him.

And last week was the last week, week before maybe it was last week. Yeah. It was last week. Sure. It's not pretend it was. Um, uh, we talked about how that was Julius Caesar, um, how he was assassinated.

Um, at the time of his end, he came to his end, he was assassinated. No one helped him. It was his people. Uh, the ones that he trusted the most that assassinated him right after Julius Caesar, we see Caesar Augustus, uh, Caesar Augustus comes on the scene.

And we all know, uh, from, from the, from Luke's account that Caesar Augustus was Caesar. He was emperor at the time when Jesus came onto the scene when Jesus was born. Um, probably not on December 25th, but that's a whole other podcast.

He, uh, let's see. This is at that time. So at the time where we're switching between the one who was assassinated, the one who came to his end, uh, with no one to help him. And the next guy at that time, uh, shall arise, Michael, the great Prince was charged of your people.

Uh, Michael was the, was it Michael's at Archangel who was in, uh, we saw earlier, he was fighting against the, uh, the Prince of believe it's Persia. He's trying to get to Daniel to tell him, you know, what was going on, what was coming next, but he couldn't because he had to fight for an extra few weeks against the, uh, the, the demon of Persia who was behind the scenes, no working evil and stuff into that nation.

So Michael, who up until that time had been God's, uh, angelic watchful eye over the situation, obviously God can do what he wants, but he delights in using means he used Michael, the Archangel to kind of watch over things for a bit, you know, take care of this and that, even though God was directing everything the whole time.

So at that time, Michael will arise. Can we pause right there for a second? Sure. Because I.

Think it's, I think it would be good for us to talk about the spiritual realm. I know, I don't feel like there's a whole lot mentioned about what's going on in the spiritual realm. We know that there is one.

We know that there's a lot going on, the powers and principalities of the air. Um, and God does things in that spiritual realm to show his glory, to show his might. Um, and we, we get a little bit of information about what's going on in the spiritual realm.

Um, even here in Daniel, um, we know that Michael's there. And then as you talk about, he's, he's fighting with an angel who is, or maybe a fallen angel, a demon who is over another nation. And, and so that kind of helps us that little bit of information of understanding what's going on in the spiritual realm.

And the reason I wanted to bring it up is because it's, it's a conversation that I don't think it's spoken of very much in Sunday school, in our churches. People may not have much of an idea of what we're talking about, but, but what little information that we do have, I think helps us out to understand a little bit about what's going on in the spiritual realm.

Um, and, um, it also helps us when we go back, go to move forward to revelation. And I think it's revelation chapter 20, where we're talking about Satan being unable to deceive the nations. Right. And, and that that's got to be going on in the, in the spiritual, in the spiritual realm and, and angels, fallen angels, demons are probably involved in that.

So making that connection, drawing that out, talking about that for a second, um, helps us make that connection in revelation. So we're not, we're not clueless and we don't, um, take that part out of context or push in, um, an idea that we may have from another eschatological point of view.

So any last thoughts to help make that a little more clear or anything else that we need to.

Add to that conversation about the spiritual realm? Uh, no, but maybe, uh, if you think about it, like, like, uh, it, it, it's good. It's good to remember that we don't live in, in just a physical world.

We live in a spiritual world as well. We don't see the spiritual realm, but we understand that it's here. We understand that it, it, it's real present. Uh, we know that God, uh, works in it all the time, but it's, it's almost like we think of it as something else, something other, something over there.

Right. It'd be more helpful to remember or to think of it. Like, you know, when I put my arm out to gesture, I may be hitting angelic beings in a different realm. No, that makes sense. No, if that's even how it works, um, you know, got to wrap your mind around a realm that you haven't seen yet.

Right. Um, but the, we are so intertwined, but here's the point behind it. We're so intertwined with the spiritual world around us that it's not helpful to think of it as something other and out there, but as something that we are surrounded by, engulfed in without realizing it.

Uh, think of, uh, uh, Balaam's donkey. He was walking down the road and he stopped and Balaam whipped him, you know, why aren't you moving? And, uh, the donkey is like, why are you hitting me? And then he looked up and he saw that there was a, there was an angel there, no guarding the way.

Stop. Don't go. Um, so it's important for us to think of things that way. So in the spiritual realm, the oval office very well, very, very well may have angelic beings fallen or otherwise there. Um, our churches, I doubt, um, I don't necessarily think during, um, worship when God is present that they're active, but man, they're, they're fighting.

They're, they're losing a battle that they don't want to lose. Um, so they'll take whatever shot they can take. Um, it's important for us to think of things like that. So that way, when we see the world around us, we see the things that are going on.

Um, we, we realize that what we're battling again, well, we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, but angels and powers and darknesses and places that in high places. Um, so when we see, uh, the attack on, on people's jobs through different mandates and vaccine mandates and mask mandates, uh, where they say you must comply or you will lose your job.

Um, see things like that. We know that we are not actually wrestling against flesh and blood. It's not the governor or president or whoever, um, putting something forward, but there is something deeper at work there where they want somewhere, something behind the scenes, something evil behind the scenes wants to destroy or stop or fight against what God is doing.

Now they're going to fail. Um, obviously God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. He is going to protect his own and all these things where we look like we're being beaten down and persecuted and will famine or death or sort or any of these things separate us from the love of Christ.

No, in all these things, all those things, we're more than conquerors through him who loved us. So while it's important to remember that they are all around us, Christ is in control. He is still ruling and he will do what he is going to do.

So I think that kind of, I don't know, it's always helpful to have a really good grasp of the world around you when you're reading things that describe the world around you.

Right, right. And the Bible does speak of us having guardian angels, correct? Sure. And so sometimes we can think about, do what? At least Peter. Yeah. Yeah. Well, and we can think about how integral we are to the gospel proclamation, but just like you were saying, you know, God, God is using us as, as means for, for this stuff, but, but not just us as means for this stuff.

God, God is using, you know, his servants in the spiritual realm to, to guard, to protect, to fight against those, the enemies that would attack. And, and he even says that, you know, the scripture that you quoted, he even says that that's, that's where our fight is.

That's who we fight against. It's not the flesh. It's not against one another. Um, so the, the gospel proclamation, the, the forward movement of the kingdom, uh, it's going along, it's going on in that spiritual realm, just as much as it's going on here in the physical realm where we are.

Right. Okay. Yep. Yeah. So where are we at, Michael?

Where are we at, Michael? Yeah. So Michael stands up, Michael stands up, I believe to, um, it says for, uh, the great prince who has charge of your people. Um, he stands up, he arises and that, that language of arise is almost like he's sitting down waiting for his time and then he stands up, it's time to act.

He's going to do something and he stands up for, or on behalf of his people. Um, and it's interesting, you know, we talked about, you know, our struggle is not against flesh and blood and all these things we're more than conquerors, famine and death won't separate us from the love of Christ.

Michael stands up to act on behalf of the people who has charge over and there shall be a time of trouble as has never been seen, uh, since there was a nation until that time, Michael stands up to act when he acts, it is terrible.

It's horrible. Uh, reading the account of this time period is, uh, it's disturbing to hear the, the anguish that these folks went through the, um, twistedness of mind when the Romans finally broke in and, and to see people, um, eating children and, and thinking that they were going to somehow find justice through the Romans who came in when they had murdered their own children for food.

Um, ridiculous, um, evil, wicked, a time of trouble that hadn't been seen before and won't be seen again. It is a time of.

Great tribulation. So this was, this was the judgment against Israel. And I think that's, I think that's important to point out that you were talking about guardian angels. We're talking about Michael who's, you know, archangel, he's, he's on God's side.

He's on our side, but yet here Michael arises and what happens, that's when the judgment comes. Right. And what's really.

Interesting is the next, um, the next verse, it says, but at that time, your people shall be delivered. So what he's talking about, he's telling, um, he's hearing that Michael's going to arise. He's going to arise on behalf of the people, your people.

And what's going to happen is there's going to be a horrible, terrible tribulation, a time that has never been seen. And at that time is going to be the deliverance of your people. And then he describes his people, everyone whose name is found, uh, or shall be found written in the book.

Uh, that book is also found in book of revelation, the book of life where the books are open. Those who are found written in there have eternal life. Um, so it also is, it also describes who Daniel's people really are.

Um, there are a lot of folks who read this as there's coming a positive thing for the Jewish nation, um, that there's going to be a time of tribulation, but that the time of tribulation is going to be a deliverance for the Jewish nation.

But what it says is that Daniel's people are going to be delivered. And in this event, who was it that was being destroyed? It was the Jewish nation. When we think about, you know, AD 70 and the destruction of the temple and the surrounding of Jerusalem, uh, by the armies, and then they go in and they, um, destroy.

Um, there was, uh, the, the people, Daniel's people were delivered. These people were not, but Daniel's people were everyone whose name was found written in the book of life. Believers, those who trusted in God were God-fearing people who were true Jews, as Paul writes in Romans four and nine and 10 and 11.

I mean, God's true Jews, uh, everyone found in, in the book. Um, it was something else I was going to say, and it escapes me now. Well, let me make this connection while you're, you're thinking about that thought.

Maybe it was the connection I was trying to make.

It could be, it could be. Um, I think this is a very simple, um, good connection to make that because it has to be simple because I'm making it in my mind. So for those of you who may be opposed, if you're pre-millennial dispensationalist, you're rapturist, if you're opposed to this partial preterism, you're opposed to post-millennialism.

If you're, um, now considering, um, these thoughts, if you're on, on the, um, the edge or, or thinking about coming over to, to this side of things, um, what's this connection? If you've been tracking along with us, um, going through Daniel and, and we kind of hinted at some of the, as we, as we talk about some of the things that we learned in Daniel, um, Daniel says in the, in the days of these kings, which is the, the name of, uh, J. Rogers book, but in the days of these kings, um, that's when God will send his kingdom that will last forever.

That's when he will establish his kingdom. Uh, that's when the Messiahs will come to, and that's what Daniel tells us Messiah is going to come. Um, that's when it's going to happen as he's going to establish, it's going to be forever in the days of what kings Dan and I've talked about that.

Um, if you follow that, consistent logical progression through Daniel, the days of these Kings is going to be the, the, the Roman empire, the Kings, uh, of Rome and Daniel talked about, um, or Dan talked about in Daniel 11, 44 and 45, we see, um, Julius Caesar and then Caesar Augustus.

And so this is, this is the time of Jesus. Jesus is the appointed long awaited prophet, fulfilling, uh, prophetic, fulfilling Messiah that comes who establishes God's kingdom forever. This is the establishment of it, the fulfillment of Daniel.

And then you have here in, in Daniel 12 verse one, what we're looking at, um, Daniel says, according to this prophecy that at, at that time, now at that time, that's what we're looking at that timeframe.

What time days of these Kings, the Roman Kings, Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus, when Jesus comes, that's our timeframe. This will happen. And there will be a time of distress, such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time.

Where do we see that? We see that in our Matthew chapter four, um, verses that we've been looking at in the pastor's panel, Matthew 24 verse 21, for then there will be a great tribulations such as not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be.

This comes directly from Daniel. So when we, we can't single out Matthew chapter 24 and read it apart from the rest of scripture apart from Daniel. So if you go backwards with it and make those connections, if you're, you know, like I said, opposed to partial preterism, if you're on the border, if you're thinking about things, if you're considering these things, just follow this logical, simple connection and go backwards.

When, when is this? If this has happened, when is it? This time that there's going to be a time of distress or great tribulation that has never occurred. Go back to Daniel, Daniel chapter 12, verse one, there's going to be a time that, uh, the distress that's never been.

When is that time? Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus, the Roman empire. Daniel says in the days of those Kings, the clay and the iron, that, that empire, the Jews and the Romans together. And if, and if you see those connections and put them together, it makes sense that these prophecies were fulfilled in the days of Jesus.

And it, we're not looking for a great tribulation to happen after a rapture of it. And so I, I hope that connection, um, I know it's, I try to make it as simple as I could. Um, I tried to explain it the best I could.

So I hope it was simple. I hope you followed along, you saw the consistency in Daniel and reading Matthew in light of Daniel. So I hope that was encouraging and I hope that helps you to see kind of where we're coming from with the partial preterist position.

Go ahead, Dan. Yeah, I didn't remember what I was going to.

Say. Okay. But, but, uh, uh, but if we do look back a couple chapters, uh, in Daniel 9 24, we see that same language of your people. Uh, it says 70 weeks are decreed about your people. Now, if we look over here, um, in chapter 12, he's talking about your people, your people being the ones who were delivered, the ones whose name shall be found written in the book.

Those who are true believers, those who have their, their hope in God in the, at that time coming Christ, we know that he came in the person of Jesus. And what are those 70 weeks? Those 70 weeks are, um, to finish the transgression, uh, to put an end to sin and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness and to seal both vision and profit and to anoint a most Holy place.

Um, so what are we looking at there? Um, it's decreed about your people and your Holy city that sin would be done away with, that an end would be put to sin, that iniquity would be atoned for everlasting righteousness will be brought in.

It was that time where the great, there was great tribulation put upon those who did not believe, but there was also great deliverance for those who did. So it was at this time that the fullness of that, that event that took place in over a span of, you know, 40 ish years in history, which was a part of one act of God in punishing wickedness and saving to himself a people, um, a people who would be, uh, Holy and set apart people who would be delivered from the clutches of sin and death.

And that's really what, what all this is getting at that the entire book it's coming to this point is a big crescendo. Now, what is the purpose of the Babylonian, uh, captivity? What is the purpose of them living under the rule of the Babylonians at that point?

Because at the end, the final analysis of it all, Christ is going to have his people paid for their sins forgiven and his enemies will be put down and put under his feet. It's the whole thrust of really the Bible, but especially, um, the book of.

Daniel and his people who are written in the book will be rescued. He will rescue his people. Yep. All right. First two, how many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake or, and many, and many of those who are sleeping in the dust of the ground will awake those to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting content.

Verse three, and those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven. And those who lead the many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. Good stuff. Yeah.

Resurrection, Deliverance, and Those Written in the Book

See, now this is where I think a lot of people will get confused. Um, I think this is why, uh, some people they'll, they'll read this and say, those who are wise shall be like, oh, well, I missed, uh, first two.

Uh, and many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake some neverlasting life and some shame and everlasting contempt. They say, see, this is the general resident resurrection at the end of time.

They're not entirely wrong, but I don't think it's jumping us ahead in time. I don't think that there's a gap of, you know, however many thousand years in between verse one and two is, is he's trying to anticipate a question being asked.

No. And think of it in this way. Um, we're saying that there is a big judgment coming upon unbelieving Jews, the unbelieving Israel, those who are Israelites in name only. And that big judgment comes and you have to ask yourself, does this generation that's undergoing this, the one who, who is actually going to see the Romans, who is going to be eating their children, who's going to be facing starvation and pain and pestilence and bitter water and all of that, does that generation have to bear the weight of all of the wrath for the entire nation, for the whole history of that people?

Now, how is it fair to that generation that they have to endure the wrath of God alone, but not those people before? I mean, you read the book of Kings and it's just hideous watching the Kings of Israel and the way that they acted.

Are those Kings now off the hook? And the answer is no. And in the same way, did all those who died beforehand, did they miss out on the deliverance? No, they didn't miss out on the deliverance either.

I think that's what he's getting at. He's trying to anticipate at this time, these people who are here are going to have great pain and tribulation and Daniel, your people are going to be delivered. They're going to finally find their deliverance.

And what of those who are dead already? Well, those who are wise in verse three, shall shine like the brightness of the sky above. And those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Those who are already passed on are not being left out. Likewise, those who had already passed on to Israel wickedly are not going to be left behind when it comes to their judgment either. Those who are being delivered now are being delivered with the saints as a whole.

Those who are being judged now in this time period are being judged with those who deserve judgment throughout the entire history of the nation. And it really, it extends on into the future because he talks about in verse three, and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

He expects this righteousness to continue trickling on down from generation to generation to generation, because it is one promise of God of salvation given to them. All the way back in the garden, really.

But then again, through Abraham and Moses, given to David, passed on through the prophets, through Daniel and Isaiah, when they're all talking about the promise of deliverance to God from their sin. This is all expected to go on and on after the time of deliverance in 70 AD.

When the great tribulation is over, more people are going to come to righteousness. It also leads you to believe that those who do not turn from their sin to righteousness will also be found worthy of judgment as those who did undergo wrath in 70 AD.

Yeah. And I like what Jay Rogers says here. Speaking of those who lead others to Christ, lead others to faith, they will share in the glory of their salvation. Right. His exact quote is, will share in the glory of those they have helped to heaven.