Are believing and unbelieving Jews resurrected at the same time?
No. The believing Jews are resurrected first, and the lost Jews are not raised at that same time. The unbelieving Jews are resurrected a thousand years later for the Great White Throne, matching the comparison with John chapter 5. Daniel’s wording might sound like a general resurrection, but Revelation clarifies the separation.
Les explains that Daniel by inspiration writes almost as if it will be a general resurrection, where the lost Jew is resurrected at the same time as the saved Jew. But he says you have to compare this with Revelation, and that is not going to be the case. Only the believing Jews are resurrected first; then a thousand years later the lost Jews are resurrected for the Great White Throne, just like the comparison with John chapter 5. He also notes that the wise believed what God instructed them to believe, even in the Old Testament economy, because it was based on their faith, and God will always reward righteousness in the believer.
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.
More Questions
Does Daniel 12 teach that the saved and the lost are resurrected at the same time?
Daniel, writing by inspiration, describes what sounds like a general resurrection in which the lost Jew and the saved Jew are raised at the same time, but comparing Daniel with the Revelation shows that is not what happens.
What happens to the unbelieving dead after the resurrection of believers in Daniel 12:2?
In Daniel 12:2, after the believing element is resurrected, the rest will go to shame and everlasting contempt.