We have here a clarification that His people are going to be "delivered." "At that time your people shall be delivered"—at the time of the end. And it is going to be those people whose names are written in the Book of Life. Now this word "delivered" is very interesting because it can mean "slip away, escape." Some are going to "slip away," they are going to escape. Parallel this with Isaiah 26:20-21. What we are seeing here are indications of separation, of segregation of some of the people of God. Now, again (just as in Isaiah 26), it is tied in context to the resurrection in verse 2. But, it does not clarify how much these people have gone through before being delivered. There could be a time gap between verse 1 and 2, and some could be delivered at different times—though still in the context of the end time. Before we leave this, I want you to notice how similar the wording is to Jeremiah 30:4-7, Isaiah 26, Matthew 24:21—"a time that never was before."
Daniel 12, verse 2, speaking of the time that Michael stands up. He is talking about the end.
Now it conflates a great deal of time and the various resurrections, but obviously we get the idea that there are those who are in the dust who will rise out of the dust to new life.
And of course, I will not go to I Corinthians 15:51-52, which you probably all know. You know, the last trump, the dead in Christ shall rise, and we shall be changed. Also, I will not go to I Thessalonians 4:14-17 because this is very similar, what Paul says, that we who are alive and remain will meet Him in the air, but those who are dead, of course, will rise first.
But I do want to go to I Thessalonians 5, verses 9 and 10.
God here mentions two categories of people; those who rise to eternal life and those who rise to face shame. The opposite of glory is shame. Now go to Hosea 4:7. The prophet here is speaking about physical Israel but it has application to what we are talking about. I will be reading from the Amplified Version.
Daniel is referring to the time of persecution and trouble unlike any other, the Great Tribulation, immediately preceding Christ's return on the Feast of Trumpets. Next, Daniel mentions the first and third resurrections and the future brightness of the glorified saints here in Daniel 12:2-3
