^ @seekingthemindofChrist ,
Hi seeking,
Consider the similar language used between this Daniel 12:2 passage you've quoted, and that found in Isaiah 26:13-21 (I won't quote it here, for its length, but please do go read this passage); I'm often posting about these passages, and related ones, but here I'm just going to place a succinct commentary, below, that basically says what I'm often pointing out about these passages
(and a related passage not mentioned in his commentary: Romans 11:15, saying the same thing, about the same persons, "For if the casting away of them [Israel] be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them [Israel] be, but LIFE FROM THE DEAD?"--That is, likening this to a "resurrection," though not being a physical resurrection from being formerly physically dead, but rather, Israel coming up out of the graveyard of nations, where scattered--a number of passages speak to this matter, and liken it to a "resurrection"):
[quoting from commentary by Gaebelein]
"Isaiah 26:1
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
CHAPTER 26 Judah’s Glory Song
1. Praise for Jehovah’s faithfulness and mercies (Isaiah 26:1-6) 2. The experiences of waiting during the night (Isaiah 26:7-11) 3. The assurance of peace and deliverance (Isaiah 26:12-18) 4. Assurance of restoration and preservation (Isaiah 26:19-21) We call attention to verses 12-21. Annihilationists base upon these words the evil doctrine that the wicked are not raised, but destroyed. The fact, however, is that Isaiah 26:13 and Isaiah 26:14 do not teach a physical resurrection. The teaching is that the lordship of other nations over Israel is forever gone. No other lords will ever rise again to domineer over Israel.
Death and resurrection are often used in the Old Testament as symbols of Israel’s national death and national resurrection. See Hosea 6:2; Ezekiel 37:1-28; Daniel 12:2 and Isaiah 26:19 of the present chapter.
-- Isaiah 26 Gaebelein's Annotated Bible (biblehub.com)
[end quoting commentary by Gaebelein; bold mine; recall my comment adding Rom11:15[,25,26,27-29] (corresponding with both Isa27:9,12-13/Matt24:29-31 and Dan9:24) to this list of passages speaking to this matter: likening it to a "resurrection," including this Dan12:2 passage, and which is distinct from Dan12:13 which IS a physical/bodily resurrection]
I hope you will thoughtfully consider the various passages listed in this post, and ponder that these are speaking of Israel coming up out of the graveyard of nations, where scattered... and this is likening it to a "resurrection" (but isn't a physical / bodily resurrection from the dead).
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Please read carefully: Hosea 5:14-6:3... Daniel 12:1-4... Isaiah 26:13-21... Ezekiel 37:12-14,20-23... Romans 11:15[,25,26,27-29 and Isa27:9,12-13 (Matt24:29-31) / Dan9:24... all of these regarding "Israel's FUTURE"--likening this (in each main passage) to a "resurrection"]
Hi seeking,
Consider the similar language used between this Daniel 12:2 passage you've quoted, and that found in Isaiah 26:13-21 (I won't quote it here, for its length, but please do go read this passage); I'm often posting about these passages, and related ones, but here I'm just going to place a succinct commentary, below, that basically says what I'm often pointing out about these passages
(and a related passage not mentioned in his commentary: Romans 11:15, saying the same thing, about the same persons, "For if the casting away of them [Israel] be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them [Israel] be, but LIFE FROM THE DEAD?"--That is, likening this to a "resurrection," though not being a physical resurrection from being formerly physically dead, but rather, Israel coming up out of the graveyard of nations, where scattered--a number of passages speak to this matter, and liken it to a "resurrection"):[quoting from commentary by Gaebelein]
"Isaiah 26:1
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
CHAPTER 26 Judah’s Glory Song
1. Praise for Jehovah’s faithfulness and mercies (Isaiah 26:1-6) 2. The experiences of waiting during the night (Isaiah 26:7-11) 3. The assurance of peace and deliverance (Isaiah 26:12-18) 4. Assurance of restoration and preservation (Isaiah 26:19-21) We call attention to verses 12-21. Annihilationists base upon these words the evil doctrine that the wicked are not raised, but destroyed. The fact, however, is that Isaiah 26:13 and Isaiah 26:14 do not teach a physical resurrection. The teaching is that the lordship of other nations over Israel is forever gone. No other lords will ever rise again to domineer over Israel.
Death and resurrection are often used in the Old Testament as symbols of Israel’s national death and national resurrection. See Hosea 6:2; Ezekiel 37:1-28; Daniel 12:2 and Isaiah 26:19 of the present chapter.
-- Isaiah 26 Gaebelein's Annotated Bible (biblehub.com)
[end quoting commentary by Gaebelein; bold mine; recall my comment adding Rom11:15[,25,26,27-29] (corresponding with both Isa27:9,12-13/Matt24:29-31 and Dan9:24) to this list of passages speaking to this matter: likening it to a "resurrection," including this Dan12:2 passage, and which is distinct from Dan12:13 which IS a physical/bodily resurrection]
I hope you will thoughtfully consider the various passages listed in this post, and ponder that these are speaking of Israel coming up out of the graveyard of nations, where scattered... and this is likening it to a "resurrection" (but isn't a physical / bodily resurrection from the dead).
= )
Please read carefully: Hosea 5:14-6:3... Daniel 12:1-4... Isaiah 26:13-21... Ezekiel 37:12-14,20-23... Romans 11:15[,25,26,27-29 and Isa27:9,12-13 (Matt24:29-31) / Dan9:24... all of these regarding "Israel's FUTURE"--likening this (in each main passage) to a "resurrection"]
Although I do not deny that "life from the dead" at times, such as in Romans 11:15, is not meant to be understood in the sense of a literal bodily resurrection, such is definitely not the case in Daniel 12:2.
Again, here is the passage of scripture in question with its surrounding verses:
Daniel 12:1-3
"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."
After being told of the coming time of trouble or great tribulation, Daniel was told that "at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book." "Thy people" refers specifically to certain Jews, and those certain Jews are those who shall be found written in the book, or those Jews whose names will be found written in the Lamb's book of life. In other words, this is not referring to some sort of national "resurrection" amongst other nations, but, instead, it is referring to individuals amongst Daniel's people, the Jews, who will be raised up unto literal everlasting or eternal life. At the same time, those whose names shall not be found written in the Lamb's book of life shall awake or be resurrected unto everlasting contempt, and this perfectly coincides with the revelation that the Apostle John received.
Revelation 20:11-15
"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
Furthermore, Jesus spoke of this same distinction between those who will ultimately awake to either everlasting life or everlasting contempt when he said:
Matthew 25:46
"And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."
Similarly, Jesus said:
John 5:28-29
"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
The Apostle Paul also rightly understood these two distinct, yet literal, resurrections, and he wrote:
Acts 24:14-16
"But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men."
Finally, and as I have already mentioned before, Jesus rightly alluded to Daniel 12:3 in its proper context in the parable of the wheat and tares while he was speaking of the harvest at the end of the world. Again, his earthly kingdom reign will last for 1000 years, and then he will deliver the kingdom up to his Father. and "then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father"(Matthew 13:43).
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