The End Times (Revelation 1:1–3)
1 UDB The angel also said to me, "After those things happen, the great angel Michael, who protects the Israelite people, will appear. Then there will be a time when there will be great troubles. The troubles will be greater than any troubles since any nation began. At that time, all of your people whose names have been written in the book will be saved. BSB BSB: “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
3 UDB Those who were wise will shine as brightly as the sky. Those who have shown to others the way to live righteously will shine forever like the stars. BSB BSB: Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
4 UDB But as for you, Daniel, close up the scroll in which you are writing and seal it until the time of the end. Before that happens, many people will travel here and there, learning more and more about many things." BSB BSB: But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
5 UDB When that angel finished speaking, I, Daniel, looked up, and suddenly I saw two other angels. One was standing on the side of the river where I was, and one was standing on the other side. BSB BSB: Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.
6 UDB One of them called to the other one who was wearing linen clothes and who was now standing further up the river, "How long will it be until the end of these amazing events?" BSB BSB: One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”
7 UDB The one wearing the linen clothes and standing further up the river raised his hands toward the sky and solemnly promised to the one who lives forever, "It will be three and a half years, and when God's holy people and their strength are no longer being shattered to pieces, then all these things are finished." BSB BSB: And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised 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, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
8 UDB I heard what he said, but I did not understand it. So I asked, "Sir, what will be the result when these things end?" BSB BSB: I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
9 UDB He replied, "Daniel, you must leave now. I cannot answer your question. The words are closed and sealed until the time of the end. BSB BSB: “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
10 UDB Many people will be made pure, and they will be refined, but the wicked people will continue to act wickedly. Only those who are wise will understand these things. BSB BSB: Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
11 UDB There will be 1,290 days from the time that people are prevented from offering sacrifices each day; that is, from the time that the enemy brings into the temple the abominable thing that will make it like a wilderness unacceptable to God. BSB BSB: And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
12 UDB God will be pleased with those who remain faithful until the end of 1,335 days. BSB BSB: Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
13 UDB So now I say to you, continue to faithfully trust God until your life on earth ends. You will die, but when everything ends, you will receive your reward from God." BSB BSB: But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”
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