Waiting

Daniel 12:12

Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

The setting is the Tribulation period. The beginning of the chapter says it is the most terrible time this world has ever seen. The Tribulation divides into two 3 1/2 year periods, each one, 1290 days long, and the second of the two being by far the worst.

The Tribulation ends with the coming of Jesus Christ to set up His kingdom. There is a gap of 45 days between His coming and the beginning of that kingdom; 45 days of preparation and I believe of judgment. When the preparation is finished it is a blessed event indeed. The promises of God to Israel are fulfilled in the 1000-year reign of Christ. So the Bible says, "Blessed is he that waiteth  …"

The word wait can be defined as trust. It has to do with being bound up together.

·       Blessed is he that is bound up with God

·       Blessed is he who is tightly tied to the Lord

·       Blessed is he who trusts God

The days will be difficult ones. It will require faith and patience to endure, trusting God through the Tribulation. But the end of those whose faith is in Christ is much to be preferred to that of those who trusted the lying words of Antichrist.

The account is during the Tribulation but the application is as valuable today as in any time. "Blessed is he that waiteth" upon the Lord.