Daniel the prophet … whoso readeth,* let him understand.” In this we have the divine permission to read and understand the prophecies of Daniel.* These prophecies are intended, therefore,* to warn a people of the coming of Christ. True, it was once a sealed book, for the prophet was told to shut up the words, and seal the book “to the time of the end,” “for at the time of the end shall be the vision.” And again,* “The words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.” But the time of the end