What does Daniel 12:10 mean about the purified and the wicked?
Daniel 12:10 means that during the end time many will be purified, made white, and tried or tested, while the wicked shall continue doing wickedly. It contrasts the testing and cleansing of the purified with the stubborn wickedness of the wicked, a division that is evident today.
Daniel 12:10 follows the statement that the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end, meaning God will not reveal these prophetic truths until the end time when men are ready to put it all together. Verse 10 then says, “Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried, or tested, but the wicked shall do wickedly.” Les teaches that we are seeing this today. He notes a secular speech from Georgetown University in Washington decrying that society is falling apart because of the breakdown of the family, while trying to point to positive signs that the pendulum may be coming back. But Les observes that for the last 20–30 years there has been a complete destruction of the fabric of society, absolute nihilism, and 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.
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What does it mean that many shall be purified and made white but the wicked shall do wickedly?
Daniel 12:10 foretells that many shall be purified, made white, and tried, while the wicked shall do wickedly, which is exactly what we have seen happen.