Daniel 12.1-3; Psalm 16; Hebrews 10.11-14,(15-18),19-25; Mark 13.1-8

Daniel 12.1-3

The Book of Daniel was the last book in the Old Testament to be written (around 180 BC), during a period of severe tribulation –  probably when the Syrian king, Antiochus Epiphanes, desecrated the Temple in Jerusalem and provoked the Maccabean revolt. However, the events it describes are set much earlier, during the time of the Babylonian exile (sixth century BC). And these were certainly difficult times.