Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar;
Daniel 12:4: But thou, O Daniel shut up the words and seal the book to the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
I felt like doing a study in Aramaic rather than Hebrew this morning, so I went to the book of Daniel. There are many interpretations of this verse and I will just share with you my take on it. I lay no claim to special insight or revelation, just a little practical application from the teachings of the sages which may very well be misapplied, but might well give you a different take on this passage.
Daniel is commanded to do two things. He is to “shut up” the words (devar). This is not “amar” but “devar” which is the Hebrew equivalent to rhema. The spiritual application of devar is a gateway or portal to the storehouse of God’s power (daleth, beth, resh). Daniel is commanded to “shut” these powerful words up. “Shut up” is “sethom.” This is to keep in protective custody. It has the idea of concealing vital information. The picture of keeping a witness in protective custody, not allowing him to speak or interact with anyone until it is time to give testimony.
Daniel is then told to seal the book up. The word seal is similar to “sethom” only it is “chethom.” This is a picture of putting a royal seal on a document. Only those with proper authority can break the seal. The word book is “sofar” which is a word for book, but is also used to express the recording of the verbal words of the God. Daniel was to put a seal on this words that could only be opened by those who had the proper authority.
So what is this special event when these words which are to be placed into protective custody are to be spoken again? And just when will the time come when someone with the right authority can unseal this message? It is the time of the end. “kes” which has the idea of reaching it’s limits, the end of time, when time reaches it’s limits.
Here is an interesting thought to consider. The sages teach that time is like a corkscrew that starts at a wide bottom and narrows as it gets to the top. This is why at the time of Noah men live to be hundreds of years old where today the life span is under 100. Time, as Einstein pointed out is relative. A 900 year old man during Noah’s time is like a 90 year old man today because that corkscrew of time gets narrower as you get closer to the top. The sages teach that a portals open as time journeys to the apex and these portals create some major event. A similar portal will open creating a similar event in history. One example is the abomination of desolation. This has occurred many times in history. It is a recurring event and viewed as a recurring portal. Only as the corkscrew of time narrows, these events get closer together until it reaches the point where the events are almost parallel to each other. Hence men running to and fro or from the starting point to the end point which is expressing the idea that the recurring time has come so close to the top of the corkscrew where all tangent point come together, that man will move from one portal to the other portal in one life time. Increase in wars and rumors of wars, increase in earthquakes, and natural disasters is a natural result of the corkscrew of time narrowing and a sign that time is about to reach it’s apex or the tip or the end.
When this happens, knowledge will increase. The word knowledge “yada” represents a knowledge of God. Hebrew Scriptures show that each generation builds upon the knowledge of God from the former generation with greater knowledge being added to the new generation. When humankind reaches that tip of the corkscrew or the end of time, they will have reached that level of knowledge of God where they can then hear the testimony which has been shut up or sethom. Whatever that may be.
Ok, masuga. Not much spiritual value, unless, of course we are at that tip of the corkscrew.
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