Daniel 10:1-12:13
“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... 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.”
King James Version
Daniel's final vision: a time of trouble unmatched in history, the deliverance of God's people, and the resurrection of the dead to everlasting life or contempt.
Fulfillment References
John 5:28-29 Matthew 24:21 Revelation 20:12-15 Daniel 12:2
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalDaniel foresees the resurrection consummated by Jesus, who is the resurrection and the life (John 11:25); the redeemed awake to everlasting life.
JewishA foundational Jewish resurrection text — 'many that sleep... shall awake' — read of the vindication of Israel and the righteous at the end.
CatholicAn explicit Old Testament witness to bodily resurrection and final judgment, fulfilled in Christ at the last day.
ProtestantA clear OT prophecy of the resurrection of the just and unjust, pointing to the general resurrection at Christ's return.
OrthodoxResurrection unto everlasting life or contempt, fulfilled in the universal resurrection at the Parousia.
DispensationalIsrael delivered after the 'time of trouble' (the tribulation), with OT and tribulation saints raised at Christ's return.
AcademicWidely regarded as the clearest explicit resurrection text in the Hebrew Bible, dated by critical scholars to the Maccabean crisis.
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