What does Daniel 12:10 mean that many shall be purified but the wicked shall do wickedly?
Daniel 12:10 contrasts two groups during the end time: many are purified, made white, and tested, while the wicked continue doing wickedly. This occurs as God's sealed prophetic truths are opened at the time of the end, and it matches today's moral breakdown, nihilism, and disregard for absolutes.
Les teaches that Daniel was told the words were closed up and sealed until the time of the end, meaning God would not reveal these prophetic truths until the end time, when men begin to put it all together. Daniel 12:10 then describes many being purified, made white, and tried or tested, while the wicked keep doing wickedly. Les says we are seeing this today. He points to a secular speech from Georgetown University in Washington that decried society falling apart through the breakdown of the family, though the speaker hoped the pendulum was turning back. Les observes that the last 20–30 years show a complete destruction of society's fabric, absolute nihilism, and absolute disregard for absolutes.
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.