John Trapp on Daniel 12:7

Ver. 7. And I heard the man] The Man Chriſt Jeſus.

When he h[illegible: 1 letter]ld up his right hand and his left hand] Aſſuring and aſſevering the matter with both hands earneſtly.

That it ſhall be for a time and times and an half.] i. e. For a time moſt certain with God, and by him determined; but to us uncertain and unknown. Broughton thinketh that this term of three years and an half ſheweth the term of Chriſts perſecution in the dayes of his fleſh, which was juſt ſo many years. But there is more in it then ſo. See Revel. 6.11. a parallel text; and ſuch (like glaſſes ſet one againſt another) do caſt a mutual light.

When he ſhall have accompliſhed to ſcatter the power] When the Church ſhall be at the greateſt under, when the number of the Elect ſhall be conſummated, and they ſorely afflicted by the Devil and his Agents, then ſhall Chriſt appear to their relief, as it were out of an engine. See 2 Theſſ. 2. 1 Tim. 4. Rev. 6.