Daniel 12:9-10 – 9 He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
I said I was only going to do one end time prophecy at a time, but verse 10 actually has two prophecies in it. One is an end time prophecy and the other has been going on for 2000 years and is still happening in the last days.
Many will be purified, made spotless and refined…. Now this portion of scripture can only be referred to Jesus’ work on the cross and the victory He has shared with all those who make Him Lord.
What can wash away my sin? What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Thank you, Robert Lowry who wrote us such a blessing of a song in 1876.
1 John 1:7,9
7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Only the blood of Jesus makes us pure in God’s eyes and refined. All of us are sinners and are anything but pure or refined without Him.
So this prophecy is still going on today and as long as people are willing to accept the Lord, it will continue.
Now let’s look at the next half of the scripture.
……but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
We’re in the last days and look around you. Signs are happening left and right and there are people pointing it out to the wicked. They don’t see it. Most of them don’t want to see it. They don’t want to look towards the Light, because evil is more comfortable in the dark. Wisdom comes from the Lord.
I’ll be doing many posts on the scriptures on the evilness of man in the last days so I don’t want to repeat it here.
The last part of the scripture states – but those who are wise will understand.
Friends, we are blessed today to have many wonderful teachers who have dedicated their lives to understanding the second coming of Jesus. My favorites are Grant Jeffrey, Chuck Missler, Hal Lindsay, and Jack Van Impe. But there are others such as Jimmy DeYoung who appears on John Ankerberg’s show. Dr. Ed Hinson on the King is Coming.
You have to be careful and search the scriptures because some others will tend to either have an agenda or appear to get off base. All of the above have my endorsement and I encourage you to read their material and watch their shows. Their website links are in the right column of this website.
As always if you do not know the Lord and would like you to ask Him to be Lord of your life, please go to the upper right hand column and click on the “How to Accept Jesus as Savior” page.