Trouble, Delivered, Awake

2025-06-24

And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: 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. (Daniel 12:1-2)

This is the order of the end times. First, there will be trouble. This would be the tribulation, which is the fifth seal. Then the people will be delivered; that is the gathering of the people. Then the dead shall awake. This is the pattern we see in both testaments. He has saved us from wrath. If this is the case, we look for the Lord’s coming with great anticipation.