Daniel 12:2

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. MANY OF THEM THAT SLEEP - translate as the Hebrew, 'many from among the sleepers [ miyªsheeneey (H3463)] ... these shall be unto everlasting life; but those (the rest of the sleepers who do not awake at this time) shall be unto shame' (Tregelles). Not the general resurrection, but that of those who share in the first resurrection; the rest of the dead being not to rise until the end of the thousand years (Revelation 20:3; Revelation 20:5: cf....

As to the translation of the first words, it is literally, _many who sleep in the earth of dust_, or _who are in earth and dust_; for the genitive is used as an epithet, though it may be read as if in opposition with the former word sleep, meaning those who are reduced to earth and dust. The angel seems here to mark a transition from the commencement of the preaching of the gospel, to the final day of the resurrection, without sufficient occasion for it. For why does he pass over the intermediate time during which many events might be the subject of prophecy? He unites these two subjects very fitly and properly, connecting the salvation of the Church with the final resurrection and with the second coming of Christ. Wheresoever we may look around us, we never meet with any source of salvation on earth. The angel announces the salvation of all the elect. They are most miserably oppressed o...

Verse Daniel 12:2. _MANY OF THEM THAT SLEEP IN THE DUST OF THE EARTH_] This prophecy has been referred to the future _restoration of the Jews_. It will be also true of the state of mankind at the general judgment....

AND MANY OF THEM - The natural and obvious meaning of the word “many” (רבים _rabı̂ym_) here is, that a large portion of the persons referred to would thus awake, but not all. So we should understand it if applied to other things, as in such expressions as these - “many of the people,” “many of the houses in a city,” “many of the trees in a forest,” “many of the rivers in a country,” etc. In the Scriptures, however, it is undeniable that the word is sometimes used to denote the whole considered as constituted of many, as in Romans 5:15, Romans 5:19. In these passages no one can well doubt that the word many is used to denote all, considered as composed of the “many” that make up the human race, or the “many” offences that man has committed. So if i

EXPOSITION DANIEL 12:1 THE LAST THINGS. DANIEL 12:1 AND AT THAT TIME SHALL MICHAEL STAND UP, THE GREAT PRINCE WHICH STANDSTH 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. The rendering of the Septuagint is "And unto that place shall come Michael the archangel, who standeth over (ἐπὶ) the children of thy people; that day shall be a day of affliction, such as was not from the day when they were [presumably the Jews as a nation] till that day, and in that day every people shall be exalted wh

AND MANY OF THEM THAT SLEEP IN THE DUST OF THE EARTH SHALL AWAKE,.... Which is not to be understood in a figurative and metaphorical, sense, as by R. Jeshuah the Jew, Porphyry the Heathen, and by some Christian writers; neither of the deliverance of the Jews from the troubles of Antiochus, or their present captivity; nor of the spiritual resurrection of them, or others, from their state of infidelity to a profession of the Gospel, which in some is real, in others only hypocritical; but, in a literal sense, of the resurrection of the dead at the last day, which, with respect to the righteous, will take place upon the personal appearance of Christ at first, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, for, as death is oftentimes compared to "sleep", in which the senses are bound up, and the body is in a state of inactivity; see...

CHAPTER 12 THE GREAT TRIBULATION AND ISRAEL'S DELIVERANCE “ And at that time.” What time? The time of the end, the time of trouble such as never was before; the same time to which our Lord refers in Matthew 24:21 . Michael, the great prince which standeth for the Jewish people, is now also mentioned again. He will stand up and take a leading part in the events of that time. From the book of Revelation we learn (chapter 12) that there will be war in heaven, that is where Satan has his dominion now as the prince of the power of the air. Michael, assisted by his angels, will cast out the great dragon, the devil and his angels. They will be forced down to the earth. Then when Satan and his angels are cast out the great tribulation will be instituted Rev 12:12. Michael will stand up in another sense and take a definite part in the deliverance of Daniel's people. It is not fully reve

DANIEL 12. follows immediately upon the preceding paragraph, and there should be no break between the two Chapter s. 1- 3 forms the ending of the revelation which the angel makes to Daniel, and describes the deliverance of Israel and the resurrection of the just. Daniel 12:1. at that time: at the overthrow of Antiochus. THE GREAT PRINCE: the guardian angel of Israel (_cf. Daniel 10:13; Daniel 10:21_). IN THE BOOK: _ i.e._ the book of life (_cf._ Psalms 69:28; Revelation 3:5 _et passim)._...

OF THEM. from among them. SLEEP, &C. An inspired revelation as to death. EARTH. ground. SHALL AWAKE. This is bodily resurrection. SOME. these (the former). EVERLASTING LIFE. John 5:28; John 5:29; Acts 24:15. SOME. those. The latter: i.e. the rest of the dead (Isaiah 26:19; Isaiah 26:21; Isaiah 27:6; Revelation 20:5;...

Daniel 12:1-3. There should be no break here: Daniel 12:1-4 forms the concluding part of the angel's revelation to Daniel; and what is described in Daniel 12:1 forms the immediate sequel of the fall of Antiochus. The overthrow of the world-power is pictured by the author as accompanied by a season of trial perhaps political convulsions out of which, however, the faithful among God's people are delivered; a resurrection of Israelites follows; and the age of bliss then begins for the righteous....