Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam
4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end;
many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
Daniel 12:1-4 NKJV
I've been around for a long time, over 71 years.
About 50 years ago we heard preachers talking about this last verse.
They declared that when it talked about "many shall run to and fro"
that our means of travel would improve to such an extent that the world would seem to shrink
and rapid global travel would become commonplace.
Also that knowledge would rapidly increase exponentially as we neared the end.
They said we would see these things accelerate and that would be a sign of the end times. |
I think all this is saying is that people will scramble about looking for the answers to the visions Daniel saw, but they would not be revealed until the end. Hence, Daniel was told to seal the book until the time of the end, and John was told to not seal it since the time was at hand. Sealing something is keeping it from one's understanding.
Compare with:
Isaiah 29:11 KJV And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: