This involves the dead to awake and live again so that the righteous and the wicked can receive their appropriate retribution. Ultimately, God’s justice will prevail through resurrection. Additionally, 2 Maccabees 7:14 also refers to resurrection by stating “God’s promise that we shall be raised up by him; where are do you there can be no resurrection to new life”. Antiochus IV Epiphanes is a Greek King that rules Seleucids, he wants all Jewish people to become Greek and wants them to eat pork, not circumcise their babies and not follow the laws of Moses. 2 Maccabees 7 illustrates the persecution and torture of the Jewish people and because Antiochus IV Epiphanes persecuted the Jews they fought back and realized that righteous people were dying. This is when there was an eschatological shift (end times), people began to think if God is not going to bless them in this life that means he is going to have to do it some other time. Therefore, by Antiochus persecuting the Jews there is a shift in thinking among the Jewish people that when they die that is when God will reward
This involves the dead to awake and live again so that the righteous and the wicked can receive their appropriate retribution. Ultimately, God’s justice will prevail through resurrection. Additionally, 2 Maccabees 7:14 also refers to resurrection by stating “God’s promise that we shall be raised up by him; where are do you there can be no resurrection to new life”. Antiochus IV Epiphanes is a Greek King that rules Seleucids, he wants all Jewish people to become Greek and wants them to eat pork, not circumcise their babies and not follow the laws of Moses. 2 Maccabees 7 illustrates the persecution and torture of the Jewish people and because Antiochus IV Epiphanes persecuted the Jews they fought back and realized that righteous people were dying. This is when there was an eschatological shift (end times), people began to think if God is not going to bless them in this life that means he is going to have to do it some other time. Therefore, by Antiochus persecuting the Jews there is a shift in thinking among the Jewish people that when they die that is when God will reward