Event Title
When Is the End? A Re-Investigation of “the Time of the End” in the Book of Daniel
Location
Room N335
Start Date
7-2-2020 11:00 AM
End Date
7-2-2020 11:30 AM
Description
This exegesis paper will seek to re-investigate the term “the Time of the end at appears” (‘et kets) in the book of Daniel. The questions that this paper will try to answer are as follow: (1) Does the term refers to a specific time or to a general idea of a time of the end? (2) Does the term all refer to the same thing? (3) What exactly does the term refer to? The methodology is done by giving the context of each of the five verses to ground the term in its narrative in Daniel with a special focus on the syntactical and morphological analysis that looks closer at the use of the preposition in the term “the Time of the end.” This yields three interesting points: (1) The certainty of “the time of the end”, (2) the Apotelesmaticity of “the time of the end,” and (3) the Fulfillment of “the time of the end.”
The conclusion is that the expression “the time of the end” refers to the end of all prophetic time in the Seventh-day Adventist’s interpretation. The implication of this is profound: we are no longer waiting for a specific time to come. We are not looking forward to the beginning of “the time of the end” for which we can still prepare once we see the events tied to this time period unfolding. The time of the end is now!
When Is the End? A Re-Investigation of “the Time of the End” in the Book of Daniel
Room N335
This exegesis paper will seek to re-investigate the term “the Time of the end at appears” (‘et kets) in the book of Daniel. The questions that this paper will try to answer are as follow: (1) Does the term refers to a specific time or to a general idea of a time of the end? (2) Does the term all refer to the same thing? (3) What exactly does the term refer to? The methodology is done by giving the context of each of the five verses to ground the term in its narrative in Daniel with a special focus on the syntactical and morphological analysis that looks closer at the use of the preposition in the term “the Time of the end.” This yields three interesting points: (1) The certainty of “the time of the end”, (2) the Apotelesmaticity of “the time of the end,” and (3) the Fulfillment of “the time of the end.”
The conclusion is that the expression “the time of the end” refers to the end of all prophetic time in the Seventh-day Adventist’s interpretation. The implication of this is profound: we are no longer waiting for a specific time to come. We are not looking forward to the beginning of “the time of the end” for which we can still prepare once we see the events tied to this time period unfolding. The time of the end is now!