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Daniel 12:1
“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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — An angel addresses Daniel, speaking of "your people" (Israel) at the eschatological crisis that follows the sealing of the prophetic scroll (12:4).
The words — The root עמד (ʿamd, "to stand / arise") appears twice in different tenses: הָעֹמֵד ("who stands," present) and יַעֲמֹד ("he will arise," future), marking Michael's ongoing guardianship and his coming action.
The thread — Jeremiah 30:7 pairs "Jacob's distress" with "he will be saved out of it"; Matthew 24:21 and Mark 13:19 echo the superlative of unprecedented tribulation.
Why it lands — Deliverance is not universal; it is restricted to "everyone whose name is found written in the book," which forces the reader to ask whether their name is there.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 30:7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
- Matthew 24:21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
- Mark 13:19 For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
- Revelation 16:17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”
- Luke 21:23 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
- Daniel 10:13 However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
- Daniel 10:21 But first I will tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth. Yet no one has the courage to support me against these, except Michael your prince.
- Revelation 12:7 Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
- Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
- Revelation 20:15 And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.