And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
That vision about the evening and morning sacrifices I showed you? It's completely true. But keep this vision to yourself for now, it's about things that won't happen for a really long time.
God's visions are always true, even when they're about the distant future.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Daniel, written during the Babylonian exile around the 6th century BC, the prophet Daniel receives a series of visions revealing God's sovereignty over world empires and future events. In Daniel 8, he experiences a vision of a ram and a goat symbolizing the Medo-Persian and Greek empires, with a specific reference to a period of 2,300 evenings and mornings that points to a time of purification for the temple. This verse commands Daniel to seal the vision because it foretells events that would occur far in the future, emphasizing its truth and the need for it to be preserved for later generations.
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