back to Daniel 11:40–45. The subject in Daniel 12:1c is “your people” qualified by the appositional phrase “everyone who is found written in the book.” Thus the “people” not only belong to God, but they are also recorded in God’s book. Many books are mentioned in the OT,17 but this one seems to be the “book of life” (Ps 69:28), also called “God’s book” (Exod 32:33).18 Only those whose names are written in this book will be delivered. In Daniel 12:1 there are three different themes (Michael stands