THE RESURRECTION WAS FOR OLD COVENANT ISRAEL
AND NOT THE CHURCH. IT HAPPENED IN 70 A.D. AT THE END OF THE OLD COVENANT AGE.
Daniel 12
“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall AWAKE, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 And those who are wise shall SHINE like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. 4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.”
5 Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream. 6 And someone said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream, “How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?” 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream; he raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven and swore by him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time, and that when the shattering of the power of the holy people comes to an end all these things would be finished. 8 I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, “O my lord, what shall be the outcome of these things?” 9 He said, “Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end. 10 Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be refined, but the wicked shall act wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but those who are wise shall understand.11 And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. 12 Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,335 days. 13 But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.”
***the Jews were the Holy People of God within the context of Daniel. The resurrection mentioned here takes place when the power of the holy people was shattered. Their covenant with God symbolized by The Temple was the power of the holy people. The destruction of Jerusalem took place in 70 A.D. as Jesus said it would happen within “this generation” 1st century was when that power came to an end.
John 5:25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and IS NOW HERE, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
***Jesus said an hour is coming and NOW IS HERE (1st century) and then speaks of the resurrection of the good and evil which parallels Daniel. Remember the timing of Daniel’s resurrection is when the power of the holy people was destroyed. Jesus here in John 5 is speaking about this resurrection and mentions in The Olivet discourse that the Temple would be destroyed. This symbolized the identity of the holy people’s covenant with God; the law, the sacrificial system, the priesthood, heaven and earth (another name for the temple as to where God in heaven would come down and meet earth in the Holy of Holies with His Shekinah glory.
***Notice how the following 3 passages FULFILL Daniel 12:3
Philippians 2:14
Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you SHINE as lights in the world, 16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. 17 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light SHINE before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 13:43
Then the righteous will SHINE like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Notice how Daniel 12:11 concerning the abomination that makes desolate is mentioned by Yeshua in Matthew 24:15-16 “So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
This was fulfilled as Yeshua said it would be in the first century generation, and specifically 70AD.
Matthew 24:34 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, 47-50
24 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. 27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”
***The Harvest would be at the end of the Old Covenant Age.
The Parable of the Weeds Explained
36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” 37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, 42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will SHINE like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
***Jesus says that The Harvest is THE END OF THE AGE. The AGE that the New Testament was written in was the Old/First Covenant Age/World a.k.a. “This age.” It was the age of the first covenant that was in its last days and being harvested.
The Parable of the Net
47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. 48 When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad. 49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous 50 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
***Notice Jesus mentions the end of the age again with the righteous and evil being judged like in Daniel’s resurrection. This judgment is upon the covenant people.
John 11:24-26
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
***The resurrection would occur on the last. The last day of what? The last day of the Old Covenant which was coming to an end in the first century "this generation" of Jesus. 70AD
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