When was the book of Daniel to be opened up?
The book of Daniel was to remain shut up and sealed until the time of the end. It would be opened up at that end-time period, not during earlier generations, because its end-time scenarios were beyond the comprehension of past scholars. That opening is now being witnessed in the present end-time era.
Les explains that the Lord addressed Daniel directly in verse 4, telling him to shut up the words and seal the book even to the time of the end. Daniel is a book of prophecy containing many end-time scenarios that most scholars and theologians down through history could not comprehend, so it remained a closed book. But Daniel was told it would be opened up at the time of the end, and Les says we are certainly witnessing that today. The next verse adds that many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased, which Les connects to the end time, including the explosion of technology.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
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When would the sealed book of Daniel be opened up, and is that happening now?
Daniel's book was to be opened up at the time of the end, and that opening is being witnessed today.