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  Date / Time: 5/7/2009 3:40 AM UTC

  The Resurrection Hour of Salvation - It's High Time to Awake Out of Sleep
  

  Eschatology in Old Testament Bible prophecy is best and more easily understood in the light of New Testament commentary. This is certainly true of Romans 13:11-12. In this text Paul quotes from the Book of Daniel on the resurrection of the dead.
  
  Daniel uses apocalyptic imagery in his analogy of sleep for those desirous of resurrection. Terms such as "sleep," "dust of the earth," "awake" are accomodative terminology depicting the condition of those who are separated from God, whether physically dead or alive. 
  
  Were it not for certain clues in the context, the obvious meaning of the verses would remain obscure. However, both the Lord and Paul quote Daniel in their messages on raising the dead.
  
  For Christ, Daniel's prophecy is fulfilled at the end of the Jewish age, Matt. 13:39-43; Matt. 24:3. He sums it all up saying the last trumpet would sound  within his generation, Matt. 24:31-34.There is no doubt that Christ is alluding to the end times prophecies of one of God's most faithful servants.
  
  Paul, likewise cites Daniel 12. His first occurrence is in Acts 24:14. He testified under oath that there was about to be (mello) a resurrection of both the just and the unjust. These are Daniel's words descriptive of "some who rise to everlasting life" and "some to everlasting shame and contempt.
  
  His second reference is  Romans 13:11-12. The parallels to Daniel 12:2, cannot be missed. Both speak of awaking out of sleep. As Daniel's text connected the resurrection with the great tribulation and end of the age, Paul bears down more precisely on the time statements.  See full discussion on Daniel 12 and Romans 13:11-12
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