DCLM Daily Manna 2025: DCLM Daily Manna 18 December 2025: The Time of Jacob’s Trouble
Text: Daniel 12:5–13 (KJV)
hen I, Daniel, looked; and there stood two others, one on this riverbank and the other on that riverbank. 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?”
7 Then I 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 half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.
8 Although I heard, I did not understand. Then I said, “My lord, what shall be the end of these things?”
9 And he said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. 10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
11 “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. 12 Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.
13 “But you, go your way till the end; for you shall rest, and will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”
KEY VERSE: Daniel 12:9 (KJV)
“And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.”
This concluding chapter of Daniel unveils God’s final revelations concerning eschatological events and His dealings with the nation of Israel. The prophecy focuses on a period described across Scripture as “the time of Jacob’s trouble”—a season of unprecedented distress that will occur in the latter days.
Daniel records that “there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation” (Daniel 12:1). References to this same period appear in Daniel 7:25; Daniel 9:27; Revelation 11:2–3; Revelation 12:6,14; and Revelation 13:5.
Daniel was deeply troubled by the visions he received, especially the intense suffering that would befall his people. His sorrow reflects a heart burdened for the survival and ultimate redemption of Israel.
This concern stands as a lesson for believers today—to carry a burden for souls and for God’s prophetic purposes to be fulfilled.
These events will unfold after the rapture of the Church, during the reign of the Antichrist, particularly in the latter half of the Great Tribulation. While the affliction will affect the whole world, Israel will experience its most severe impact.
Yet, destruction will not be Israel’s end. Deliverance will come when the Messiah appears at His Second Advent to establish His millennial reign. At that time, Israel will mourn deeply for rejecting Him at His first coming.
This prophetic truth highlights the urgency of timely decision for Christ. We are presently in the Church Age, the dispensation of grace.
Those who are saved by faith in Christ and live righteously will be caught up in the rapture. Anyone who rejects salvation now has no assurance of surviving the horrors of the Great Tribulation or escaping eternal judgment.
Therefore, now is the acceptable time—to embrace salvation, live in holiness, and proclaim the gospel so others may escape the wrath to come.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Genuine believers will escape the great tribulation.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Daily Manna 18 December 2025
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