“At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.” (Daniel 12:1-4)
This time of great trouble is sometimes identified with the "great tribulation" predicted by Jesus, as recorded in the Bible's books of Matthew, chapter 24, verse 21, and Mark, chapter 13, verse 19.
Another word for the awakening of multitudes "who sleep in the dust of the earth" is resurrection. Jesus speaks of both resurrection and judgment in the Bible's books of Matthew, chapter 25, verse 46, and John, chapter 5, verses 28 and 29.
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