“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.”
At that time Michael, the great prince, will stand up on behalf of your people; and there will be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations came into being until that time; but at that time your people will be delivered, every one found written in the book—prophesying the final eschatological intervention by Israel's angelic guardian Michael, introducing a climactic period of unprecedented suffering for God's people, followed by deliverance of the righteous remnant whose names are recorded in God's book. The mention of the book suggests divine predestination and foreknowledge of the righteous. Deliverance accompanies but follows the period of anguish.
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