OUR FATHER WHO KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING

Daniel the prophet wrote of a vision that highlighted an enigmatic figure called "the man clothed in linen". 

In the book of Daniel chapter 10 verses 5 - 6, this man is described as follows;

I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist. His body was like topaz, his face like lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.

Later, Daniel  chapter  (14 x ) 12 verse 7, says this about Him;

The man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, lifted his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”

In this passage, the man was suspended above the waters of the great river Tigris and angelic figures who looked like men appeared on either side of the river. One of these figures asked the man in linen when the astonishing events in the vision would occur.

The sworn response was that they would occur for a period of a time, times and half a time which is interpreted as three and a half years.

The man in linen then said, "When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed.”

This sombre statement suggests that the kingdom of darkness will unrelentingly press against God's holy people until a point is reached where their power will break and they will be brought down but when this happens, God's plan will be completed.

The period called "the end of the days" will have arrived as well as the time when God's people will be allotted their inheritance. This is detailed in words spoken to Daniel as recorded in Daniel chapter 13 verse 13;

 “As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.”

Amen.