The Resurrection of the Dead, Part 2
The Psalms that speak of God delivering the righteous from Sheol certainly imply the resurrection from the dead (Psalm 16:9-11; Psalm 17:15; Psalm 49:15; Psalm 73:24). The testimony of the prophets is even clearer. Isaiah refers to a day when death will be swallowed up forever, when the Lord will wipe away tears from all faces, when the "dead shall live and their bodies shall rise" ISaiah 25:8-9; Isaiah 26:19). Through Hosea the Lord promises, "Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting?" (Hosea 13:14; 1 Corinthians 15:54-55). Daniel prophecies, "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). The resurrection is also proclaimed in the familiar words of Job 19:25-27: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!"
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