12.3 - Discussion of Daniel 12, verse 3 and 4

>>> Verse 3: This verse begins to say that the wise leaders will shine with all the brightness of the sky. The question here is: Who is wise, who is intelligent?  We read in Proverbs 1 verse 7; “To have knowledge, you must first have reverence for the Lord.  Stupid people have no respect for wisdom and refuse to learn”. This means that, to be wise or to have knowledge, you must first fear the Lord. The same we read in Proverbs 9 verse 10: “To be wise you must first have reverence for the Lord. If you know the Holy One, you have understanding”. Also see Proverbs 15:33, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 112: 1….. ¡ What a consolation for simple people like us!...

Such “simple”,- wise -, people will “shine like stars lighting up the sky”, it says in Philippians2 verse 15: “… so that you may be innocent and pure as God's perfect children, who live in a world of corrupt and sinful people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky”.  Very similar words as the words used in this verse 3 of Daniel 12: “The wise leaders will shine with all the brightness of the sky” 

>>> Verse 4: It says in this verse: “close the book and put a seal on it until the end of the world”. In other words, it was hidden for Israel at that time, because it reached too far and it was to be hidden until the end comes …see verses 8 and 9. For us counts however Revelation 20 verse10, where it says: “And he said to me, do not keep the prophetic words of this book a secret, because the time is near when all this will happen”. We live in that time now: the end times. Therefore “many will study and the understanding will increase”.