Daniel 12:2
Daniel 12 :2
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake; some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
— NIV
Context
The clearest Old Testament statement of bodily resurrection.
Daniel 12:2
The resurrection of the dead—the Hebrew Bible’s clearest affirmation of life after death.
Resurrection Hope
This verse provides the most explicit Old Testament teaching on bodily resurrection, distinguishing between those raised to life and those to judgment. This doctrine becomes central to Pharisaic Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.