And while the book of daniel does have prophecies that apply to the time of the end, it is the book of revelation that reveals the mysteries more clearly for the time of the end for gods end time people. The resurrection of the dead at that time michael, the great prince, the protector of your people, shall arise. Ludlow, former professor of religion at brigham young university, speaks about the resurrection and atonement of jesus christ in this 1999 byu campus education week address. Many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, others to reproaches, to everlasting abhorrence. The book of daniel and the mystery of the resurrection machine. A resurrection for tortured jews 2 maccabees the bart. Daniel belongs to the latter group, a type of writing that in many respects sharply contrasts prophetic literature. Aimed at the general reader with an interest in world war ii and the u. Understand how the writings contained in the book of daniel were understood in the context of the historical period of the jews before jesus day.
Various forms of this concept can be found in christian, islamic, jewish. That is the contribution of daniel to the development of the idea of resurrection. I think the character voices sounded a little too similar. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh i shall see god, whom i shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. Daniel 12 revised standard version rsv the resurrection of the dead. Anyone interested in creating a more meaningful life through biblical wisdom. This study, promise of future resurrection, is about the beginning of daniel 12. In the hebrew bible, and in most recent protestant versions, the book of daniel is limited to its protocanonical portions. Daniel only picks up on resurrection imagery and, like ezekiel, applies that to corporate israel. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by daniel the prophet, stand in the holy. In the first question, a basic issue is whether michael is a prominent angel, or. Easter is about jesus resurrection want to perpare for conversations about jesus resurrection. And that is exactly what the book of revelation presents. Maybe youll get a chance to talk with your unbelieving friends or.
Did the prophet daniel foretell the general resurrection of the dead at the end of. It is also a timeline unto the general resurrection. But even so this promise is still made in the wider context of gods gift of life to the righteous, life that is. He belonged to the royal family of zedekiah and was taken, by order of nebuchadnezzar, in captivity along with other jewish children, to babylon in 605 b. The hebrew includes it among the ketubim writings, between ezra and esther, but only its protocanonical part chap. In addition, the captivating prophecy, imagery, and symbolism make the book of daniel one of the most read of. Chapters 10, 11 and 12 in the book of daniel make up daniels final vision, describing a series. Jobs hope of resurrection for i know that my redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. It constitutes a woeful misuse of this passage to cite it as a prooftext for soulsleeping between the event of ones death and the resurrection of his body.
Resurrection of the dead, or resurrection from the dead koine. The book of revelation reveals the steps that will occur prior to christs return to establish the kingdom of god on earth. The popular story book daniel a was composed in aramaic because by the third century b. In more mundane language, it is an account of the activities and visions of daniel, a noble jew exiled at babylon, its message being that just as the god of israel saved daniel and his friends from their enemies, so. The book of daniel is a 2ndcentury bc biblical apocalypse combining a prophecy of history with an eschatology a portrayal of end times cosmic in scope and political in focus. The michael problem, although complex, may be understood as basically twofold. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase. Daniel 12 and the resurrection part 1 daniel 12 delivered 08192012. The book of daniel is followed by the prophet hosea, the first of the prophets in the book of the twelve. But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by god. The book is the last of his major long fiction works published in his lifetime. The book of daniel and the mystery of the resurrection machine book. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
This is striking, since daniel was almost certainly the final book of the hebrew bible to be written. He calls him a son of the gods, which is an amazing insight for a pagan king. It is the raising up, regathering of israel, not bringing israel back into their physical territory in 1947. Aug 26, 2012 most christians look for the resurrection to happen at some future day. Daniels prophecies span four world empires that would rise and wane, and provide a gauge by which men could know when the messiah would appear. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book. Finding the magic books of belteshazzar, the man tells his story and the secret of a resurrection machine, an ancient technology that will literally open a portal to another dimension. The climax comes with the prophecy of the resurrection of the dead. Daniel snyders resurrection is a wonderfully speculative, entertainingly fictional take on a world exclusively ruled by the church at a time when people were losing faith and the philosophical questions of necessity and relevance propelled underground thinkers to take actionboth passively and in the extreme. This is the conclusion of daniel s prophesy of the end times, sharing how one day. The book of daniel is an excellent prediction of the coming of the messiah and the triumph of his messianic kingdom 2. Future or fulfilled just a few weeks ago, i introduced another new book. The first half of the book chapters 16 contains stories in the third person about the experiences of daniel and his. The book of revelation describes these final battles of the forces of satan.
So also, daniel speaks of the resurrection at the end of the tribulation. The book of daniel and the mystery of the resurrection. That said, the revelations and decode within are absolutely real and are the result of a chance encounter in 1989 followed by a neardeath experience in 1991. The author, daniel holloway, is an unknown quantum in the world of book writing, and so chose to present this book as a fiction. What about daniels prophecy of the general resurrection. Everything we know about daniel god is my judge comes from the book that bears his name. Christs statement, in this passage in johns gospel, is an allusion to daniels. Daniel 12 is pretty clear in discussing the timing of the resurrection, yet so many have missed it. When nebuchadnezzar looked into the flames in daniel 3. This book gives the reader many rewards and i strongly recommend it. The book of daniel, a book of the old testament found in the ketuvim writings, the third section of the jewish canon, but placed among the prophets in the christian canon. Daniel, a late biblical book, does explicitly mention a bodily resurrection. Daniel and a new doctrine of resurrection from the dead the. That the hebrew portions have a strong aramaic tinge would not suffice by itself to prove that it was translated from aramaic.
It should be noted that this passage not only teaches the doctrine of a general resurrection, which had already been incidentally revealed by daniel s contemporary, ezekiel ezekiel 37. He is teaching that in the events of ad 70, the true israel will arise from old israels carcass, as in a resurrection. After a terrible car accident that kills her husband, a woman has an out of body experience that seemingly leaves her with the power to heal. Daniel is a book of timelines unto the kingdom and coming of christ. But you, daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, until the time of the end. In addition, the captivating prophecy, imagery, and symbolism make the book of daniel one of the most read of hebrew scripture, our old testament of the bible. He overcame the grave, he defeated death, and he promises resurrection life to all who trust in him. Preston says at the outset of the book, if daniel 12 does not predict and prove a future, literal resurrection of human bodies, then all futurist views of. Resurrection in daniel 12 and its contribution to the. A resurrection for tortured jews 2 maccabees i have pointed out that the notion of resurrection first appears in jewish writings in the book of daniel, and i am arguing that this notion is intrinsically connected with the apocalyptic view of the world that developed at the time. Because of the barely disguised allusions biblical scholars have long held that the first relatively clear and certain reference to a doctrine of the resurrection of the dead occurs in daniel 12. The main concern was to discover the nature, scope, timing, and purpose of the resurrection in dan 12.
In both the greek version of the septuagint and the vulgate, the book of daniel is mentioned as the fourth of the major prophets, after ezekiel. Drawing on his experiences as a psychotherapist and pastor, dan gives a new vision to those who believe that perfect love casts out fear. Yea, the whole book of daniel is not about prophecy though it does marvelously contain it, not about babylon though it does contain it in several modes, not about nebuchadnezzar or kingdoms though it does contain them, not even about daniel or his three friends though they are part of it, but rather the whole book is about christ jesus, the very godlordmost high god throughout the. The book of daniel contains the crucial foundational passages concerning israel and the coming of the messiah, jesus christ. Nov 21, 2014 so the resurrection in daniel 12 does not associate the consummate resurrection with the ad 70 tribulation. For the next couple of weeks we are going to be looking at the subject of daniel and the resurrection. The first half of the book chapters 16 contains stories in the third person about the experiences of daniel and his friends under kings nebuchadrezzar ii, belshazzar, darius i, and. Daniel 12 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting. Daniel s prophecies span four world empires that would rise and wane, and provide a gauge by which men could know when the messiah would appear. Daniel 2, 7, 9, 12 the coming of messiah the prince. The ending felt like the author set it up so that there was potential for a sequel at some point.
Daniel and the resurrection part 2 daniel 12 youtube. Voskreseniye, first published in 1899, was the last novel written by leo tolstoy. The afterlife and resurrection are much more central themes in the christian books of the biblethe gospels, revelation, the letters of paul and others all take it as a given. So the resurrection in daniel 12 does not associate the consummate resurrection with the ad 70 tribulation. Like certain other young men he was later chosen by the king to be brought up and educated at court, where he was given the name of belteshazzar.
Daniels vision seems to describe the antichrist who will appear at the end of the. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake. Loves resurrection, a spiritual autobiography by dan held, is a beacon of hope for these troubling times. I often find myself talking about the historicity of the resurrection at family gettogethers around easter. It became evident that resurrection has a multifunctional purpose. Everyone will be raised from the dead, but not everyone will share the same destiny. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. The book of daniel further developed the hope of resurrection with both the righteous and unrighteous israelites being raised from the dead, after which will occur a judgment, with the righteous participating in an eternal messianic kingdom and the unrighteous being excluded. The book of daniel, also called the prophecy of daniel, a book of the old testament found in the ketuvim writings, the third section of the jewish canon, but placed among the prophets in the christian canon. In the book of daniel, the michael figure, although mentioned only three times, occupies a prominent position in history and at the eschaton as the heavenly guardian prince of israel. He did so believing the information would be more palatable for a larger, general audience in that format. But daniel is the first book to say, yo, youre coming back at the end. Chapter 7 spoke of the coming kingdom of heaven, but daniel 1012 does.
The book of daniel and the mystery of the resurrection machine ebook. Discover how the book of daniel figures into the life, story, and ministry of jesus and of his followers. The messiah in the book of daniel from the rock that smashes the feet of the image to the fourth person in the furnace, from the person approaching the ancient of days to the son of man, messiah, and the prince jesus is all over the old testament book of daniel. Resurrection in daniel 12 and its contribution to the theology of the.
Biblical scholars have long held that the first relatively clear and certain reference to a doctrine of the resurrection of the dead occurs in daniel 12. I still think that, but resurrection is nowhere near as strong as 1984. The single most significant event in the history of the human race took place on the first sunday after passover in about the year a. This study attempted to investigate the resurrection passages of dan 12. Antichrist, resurrection, and the last days daniel 11. Daniel 12 rsv the resurrection of the dead at bible gateway. As you study the book of daniel, remember that jesus spoke about an important topic in the book of daniel and counseled that we need to understand it. The most explicit reference to the resurrection in the old testament is daniel 12. In these chapters you will find one of the most dominant prophecies. Daniel petries lowkey drama of a woman who discovers that she has the power to heal is an affecting film with a brilliant performance by ellen burstyn. Instead, he saw them walking around, unharmed and unbound, and a fourth man walking with them. The michael figure in the book of daniel by lewis o. Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Sep 10, 2019 finding the magic books of belteshazzar, the man tells his story and the secret of a resurrection machine, an ancient technology that will literally open a portal to another dimension. There shall be a time of anguish, such as has never occurred since nations first came into existence. While the book of daniel is written as a fiction, the decode of every ancient scripture, including the bible, vedas, koran, etc, is an absolutely real and earth. Daniel 12 new revised standard version catholic edition nrsvce the resurrection of the dead. Navy, this book looks at the massive salvage effort that followed the attack on pearl harbor, beginning with the damage control efforts aboard the sinking and damaged ships in the harbor on 7 december 1941 and ending in march 1944 when salvage efforts on the uss utah were finally abandoned. And jesus promised his holy spirit to help us understand this book and to get us through what is coming, luke 11. Looking at what daniel says about the timing of the resurrection. In the septuagint, the vulgate, and many other ancient and modern translations of the bible, it comprises both its proto and its deuterocanonical parts, both of which have an equal right to be considered as inspired, and to be included in a treatment of the book of daniel. The book of daniel is an apocalypse, a literary genre in which a heavenly reality is revealed to a human recipient. When i first started this book i thought it was sort of 1984 except with a religious spin. The resurrection of daniel 12 so this is not speaking of a physical resurrection.
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