"Bringing the Many to Righteousness"

 "Those bringing the many to righteousness [will shine] like the stars, forever and ever." - DANIEL 12:3

WHAT a wonderful day it will be when the resurrection starts here on rarth during Christ's Thousand Year Reign!  All who have lost loved ones long to see them again. That is how Jehovah feels too. (Job 14:15)  Imgine What joyous reunions will take place earth wide. As we learned in the preceding article, "the righteous," whose names are written in the bookof life, will return to "a resurrection of life." (Acts 24:15; John 5:29)  Perhaps many of our loved ones will be among those restored to life early on in the earthly resurrection. Additiionally, "the unrighteous," such as those who did not have sufficient opportunity to knowjehovah or to serve him faithfully before they died, wiil be raised to "a resurrection of  judgment."

All these resurrected ones will need to be instrycted. (Isaiah 26:9; 61:11)So the greatest educational program in all human history will need to be implemented. (Read Isaiah 11:9, 10)  Why? For one thing, the unrighteous who are resurrected will need to learn about Jesus Christ, the Kingdom arrangement, the ransom, and the universal issue involving Jehovah's name and sovereignty. Even the righteous will need to be brought up-to-date with what Jehovah has progressivly revealed concerning his purpose for the earth.  Some of these faithful ones died long before Jehovah's word was compiled into the Bible canon. Both the unrighteous and the righteous will have a lot to learn.

In this article, we will consider the following questions: What will be involved in implementing this great educational program?  What impact will that program have on whether names ae written permanently in the book of life or not? The answers to these  questions should matter to us today. As we will see, some fascinating prophecies recorded in the books of Daniel and Revelation will help clarify our understanding of what will happen when the dead are resurrected. First, let us consider the exciting events foretold in the prophecy of DANIEL 12:1, 2.

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