What does it mean that the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end in Daniel 12:9?
Daniel 12:9 means God deliberately kept the prophetic truths closed and sealed, not revealing them until the time of the end. At that time, He would be ready for men to begin putting the prophetic record together. This shows God's sovereign prerogative to hold things secret until His chosen time.
Les explains that Daniel was told to go his way because the words were closed up and sealed till the time of the end. In other words, God is not going to reveal these prophetic truths until the end time, when He is ready for men to begin to put it all together. Les compares this to God's prerogative to hold things secret, as He did with Daniel and with the twelve, who did not understand the Scriptures that He should rise from the dead. He then reads verse 10, where many shall be purified, made white, and tried, but the wicked shall do wickedly, which he says we are seeing today.
And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
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Why were Daniel's prophetic words closed up and sealed until the end time?
God told Daniel to go his way because the prophetic words were closed up and sealed until the time of the end; these things were not for men to understand until they got close to the end time.