Daniel 12:3

"Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."

Key Reflection

Daniel 12:3 speaks of a significant resurrection that occurs at the end times, distinguishing between two groups of people who have died. Those who die in faith will awake to receive eternal life, while those who do not heed the call of righteousness will awaken to face everlasting shame and contempt. This verse underscores the idea that the faithful will be revived for glory, whereas the unrighteous will experience judgment—a concept deeply rooted in the broader biblical narrative of justice and salvation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And they that be wise -This is the language which, in the Scriptures, is employed to denote the pious, or those who serve God and keep his commandments. See the book of Proverbs, passim. True religion is wisdom, and sin is folly, and they who live for God and for heaven are the truly wise. The meaning is, that they have chosen the path which true wisdom suggests as that in which man should walk, while all the ways of sin are ways of folly. The language used here is expressive of a general truth, applicable in itself to all the righteous at all times, and nothing can be inferred from the term employed as to what was designed by the angel.

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