Daniel 12:13 But go you your way till the end be: for you shall rest, and stand in your lot at the end of the days. The opening words of the verse do not me much speak of the a end," as of what shall be "till the end." Till the end it will be said to each man separately and individually, "Go thy way." I. THE SOLEMNITY OF THIS MESSAGE. In turning your thought from "the end of all things," and fixing them on the separate and successive deaths of individual men, I lose much that is solemn and impressive in grandeur, but I gain in the solemnity and impressiveness of personal interest. Let us realise it. God shall one day speak thus to you and to me — "Go thou thy way." In the individuality and solitariness of our dying hour we see its solemnity. II. ITS CERTAINTY. The "end of all things" can be made the subject of doubt, and it influences but few. But we feel that if there is one thing surer than another, it is that "it is appointed for all men once to die." III. THE MEANING OF THIS MESSAGE. When we are called to "go our way," it is implied that this life is not the end of our being, that death does not put an end to our active existence. At death we only go away from time into eternity, from the world that is seen into the world that is not seen. At death we enter into an eternity of conscious and continued activity. The message that calls us away indicates the direction in which we are to go. "Thy way" — the way in which thou art walking. The way in which thou now art walking is now irrevocably, eternally, unalterably, "thy way" — the way which thou hast chosen, and in which thou must go on for ever. Onward and onward, at death, each shall go in his own way. Sinners and saints shall continue to go on in their respective ways. Perpetuity is implied in this going our own way, perpetual progression; and perhaps also is implied accelerating speed. Are we, then, now walking in the way in which we would wish to go on for ever? (W. Grant.) Parallel Verses KJV: But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. |
    |