2-19-06 Daniel 12:2

Daniel 12:2 (KJ21)
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:2 (NAS)
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:2 (NIVUS)
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:2 (NLT)
Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Millions of people are alive on the earth today, but millions of people have lived and died since the beginning of time. We all know that death is part of the life cycle. Many live their lives as though there is no future. They believe they are just going back to dust and, therefore, they live entirely for their own pleasure. These do not realize that those who have died are merely asleep and that the Lord God has stored them up, to be revealed again at some future date. Although their physical bodies are now powder and have returned to the dust of the earth, this is still not their final end.

Everyone will wake up again. Those who were dead will arouse and become active once more. The people who were believers in the Lord Jesus Christ will awake to everlasting life. Their continuous existence will be fresh and flowing. Adonai will revive them like the springtime and they will be lively and active forever.

Some, however, will not awake to this positive and happy future. They will experience reproach, scorn, shame and disgrace. They taunted and blasphemed the Lord during their lives and soon the Lord will taunt and blaspheme them. They have jeopardized their eternity by the choices they made. Adonai has averted His face from them, for He finds them repulsive and abhorrent. You are hidden and concealed in Christ, but these will forever be held in contempt.

Therefore, today choose to live your life to please Almighty God. Then you know you will have hope for a wonderful eternity.