Randy Kluth
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This is to say then, that the resurrection of the OT saints is at that time also? Daniel? For instance?
That Jesus returns on the 1335 day?
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The first resurrection takes place at the 2nd Coming, on the last day of the age. Those persecuted by the Beast, and the dead saints from all ages, all get raised from the dead when Christ commands via a trumpet call. This trumpet call enlists the services of the angels, the archangel giving voice to his angels to gather the saints together, both dead and living---*all* saints.
Dan 12 is a summary of the book of Daniel, as Daniel is reflecting on the final account of the resurrection at the end of the age. He is told about two of the major events yet to take place for Israel: the desolations of Antiochus E. (11.21-45; 12.11) and the 3.5 year reign of terror by the Little Horn (7.8-9; 12.7).
These are two separate prophecies, and both were future for Daniel. And both were major prophecies in the book, setting up the Church for the tribulations of the present age when we will see opposition to the Kingdom of God (12.1). But the resurrection takes place at the end, and not before (12.1-3). This is the "first resurrection" the Apostle John referred to in Rev 20.
Antiochus 4 instigated his reign of terror for 1290 days, although the associated problems began before that period of time. The 1335 days has to do with a blessing that extends after Antiochus dies. One scholar (Payne) suggests that the extra days were required to bring the message to Israel from where Antiochus died.
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