The Last Days and the Day of the LORD*
A time of trouble is coming to the earth in the last days that has never been seen before. The LORD said to Daniel: "...and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. 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." (Dan. 12:1-4). "Knowledge" written in the Hebrew pictographic letters daleth, ayin and tav can have the meaning "Behold the door to the cross". Jesus is the door to knowledge. Daniel also mentioned above the re...