When are believing Jews and lost Jews resurrected?
Believing Jews are resurrected first. Lost Jews are resurrected a thousand years later for the Great White Throne judgment. This distinguishes the two resurrections; Daniel's language of a general resurrection must be compared with Revelation and John chapter 5, which show the thousand-year separation.
Les teaches that Daniel, by inspiration, writes almost as if there will be a general resurrection, with the lost Jew resurrected at the same time as the saved Jew. However, Les says this must be compared with Revelation, and that is not going to be the case. Only the believing Jews are resurrected first, and 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 in the Old Testament economy, the wise were those who believed what God had instructed them to believe, because it was based on their faith.
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
See the restAnd many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
See the restAre 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.
Will unbelievers also be resurrected, and what happens to them?
Yes, unbelievers, often called the lost, will also be resurrected. Scripture implies from the Lord's own lips in John 5 that even the lost will one day be raised. They must then face the Judge, who is Christ Himself, at the Great White Throne.
What happens to the rest after the believing element are resurrected?
The remaining ones will go to shame and everlasting contempt at the resurrection. Scripture describes this contrast in verse 2: those saved by faith are raised to their position, while the rest face shame and everlasting contempt rather than glory.
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.
Does Daniel 12:2 teach one general resurrection of saved and lost together?
Daniel 12:2 reads almost as if there will be a general resurrection in which lost and saved Jews rise at the same time, but when compared with the book of Revelation that is not the case.