And he said, “Behold, I am going to inform you of what will occur at the final period of the indignation, because it pertains to the appointed time of the end.
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
- KJV And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
- BSB and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
- NKJV And he said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be.
- NLT Then he said, “I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time.
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Quick answer
Gabriel promises to reveal what will happen in the latter time of wrath, at the appointed end. God's judgments unfold on a fixed, foreordained schedule.
Overview
Gabriel announces he will disclose events of the latter time of the indignation, a period of God's wrath that runs to an appointed end. The emphasis on appointment underscores divine sovereignty over history's darkest seasons. For the faithful, this means even the era of wrath against God's enemies and the testing of His people is precisely measured by God.
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Cross-references · 12
- Hab 2:3For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.
- Dan 8:15–17When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; and behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
- Dan 11:27As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
- Rev 17:17For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
- Dan 11:35–36Some of those who are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.
- Rev 15:1I saw another great and marvelous sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them God’s wrath is finished.
- Rev 10:7but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.
- Dan 12:7–8I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have finished breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
- Rev 1:1This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
- Rev 11:18The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
- Dan 8:23In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
- Dan 9:26–27After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One shall be cut off, and shall have nothing: and the people of the prince who shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and its end shall be with a flood, and even to the end shall be war; desolations are determined.
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