Daniel 11; 33—35, “Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered. Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely. Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.” This should seem familiar to New Testament readers, Matthew 24 is the same warning. When we follow the Creator’s instructions, we don’t consider these as dire warnings, we see them as signs to be watching for. Watching carefully for the things that signals that indicate when the Creator is ready to stop the evil in His creation reminds us that all things do happen at His appointed time.