How can the bodily resurrection mentioned in Daniel 12:2 be reconciled with modern science, which finds such an event physically impossible? What does the Bible say about the end times? What is the definition of Final Judgment?

2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

“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.”

12 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then.

2 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. 3 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.

Encouraging and challenging you to seek intimacy with God every day. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

What does Daniel 12:2 mean? An angel speaking to Daniel (Daniel 10:1, 18–21) continues to describe what will happen in the end times: the last moments of history before God's judgment. The prior verse (Daniel 12:1) mentioned ideas often discussed in …

1. How does the promise of resurrection in Daniel 12:2 influence your understanding of life after death? 2. In what ways does the concept of "everlasting life" motivate you to live out your faith daily? 3. How can the reality of "shame and everlasting contempt" impact your approach to sharing the gospel with others? 4.

Daniel 12:2 is by the copula וconnected with Daniel 12:1, and thereby designates the continuance of the thought of the second half of Daniel 12:1, i.e., the further representation of the deliverance of God's people, namely, of all those who are written in the book of life.

* [12:2] Many of those who sleep: Daniel does not envisage the universal resurrection as later developed. Two groups are distinguished, one that rises to eternal life, the other to reproach and disgrace. Then “those with insight” (11:33 – 35) are singled out for special honor.