Les Feldick Bible Study

Did Jesus put a time frame around the resurrection of the just and the unjust in John 5?

No. In John 5, Jesus spoke of a resurrection of the just and the unjust at the last day, but He did not divide them or put a time frame around either one. According to the teaching context, He simply stated that both would occur at the last day, leaving the timing unspecified.

Les explains that when Jesus spoke of resurrection in John chapter 5, He did not divide the resurrections. He said that at the last day there would be a resurrection of the just and the unjust, but He does not put a time frame around either one. By contrast, Daniel 12 speaks of a resurrection of only the believer element; none of the unbelievers are yet going to be resurrected according to Daniel 12. Verse 2 says many that sleep in the dust shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt, which seemingly brings the two resurrections into the same event, but from other Scriptures we know they are not the same. The believing Old Testament resurrection will be totally separate from the resurrection of the unbelievers.