And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. (Daniel 11:35)
Heb. mo‘ed, from the verb ya‘ad, “to appoint,”Mo‘ed, a common Hebrew word, was applied to Israel’s appointed meetings with God (Ex. 23:15; see on Lev. 23:2). The word was used both for the time of meeting (Hosea 12:9) and for the place of meeting (Ps. 74:8). In Dan. 11:35 the idea of time is intended. Even more important is the fact that it is an appointed time. “The time of the end” is an appointed time in God’s program of events.
Make them white.
At times God allows His children to suffer, even to the point of death, that their characters may be purified and made fit for heaven. Even Christ “learned ... obedience by the things which he suffered” (Heb. 5:8). Compare Rev. 6:11.
Time of the end.
Heb. ‘eth qeṣ. This expression occurs elsewhere in chs. 8:17; 11:40; 12:4, 9. In the context of ch. 11:35‘eth qeṣ seems to be definitely related to the 1260 years, as marking the end of that period. When these Scripture passages are compared with DA 234; 5T 9, 10; GC 356, it becomes clear that the year A.D. 1798 marked the beginning of the “time of the end.”