That's the point jesus was making last day of time is judgement day. That is the.literal intent of the author not a wooden literal day.
The GWT Judgment is not the last day of time literally nor figuratively. Jesus never said a "day" is coming. Jesus said hour, and "hour" is not symbolic of "day".
The last hour of judgment was the Cross, for all the redeemed. That was Jesus in direct obedience to God, for the direct disobedience of Adam. For the redeemed that was the only "hour" and "day" of judgment. The redeemed are not the dead, but have passed from death into life via the second birth.
There was only one resurrection for the OT redeemed. My point is that Daniel sees some redeemed at the GWT Judgment. But most don't give those in Sheol a second chance. While at the same time you all keep the OT in death for thousands of years with no life at all. The hour of resurrection started with Lazarus over 1994 years ago.
Now Jesus taught a last day resurrection, and He was talking about the Cross, because that is when a resurrection happened. John 6:40.
"And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day."
This is echoed again by Jesus and Martha when Lazarus was already dead. John 11:23-27
"Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world."
So was it a lie that Lazarus was resurrected? Because if that happened then the last day resurrection was at the Cross, and Lazarus was a few days ahead of schedule. What theology am I defending that merely points out there was a resurrection of Lazarus and the OT redeemed at the Cross? What theology is directly expressed in Scripture without first studying and reading God's Word?
The last day resurrection mentioned by Jesus with Martha, and His disciples, along with the hour of resurrection, does not have to be in conjunction with nor cemented into the same thought as any Judgment, much less the GWT Judgment.
Even the thrones set up in Revelation 20:4 do not imply a single throne, nor single point of judgment. Those thrones do imply a judgment was handed down, and the first resurrection was awarded.
The only people who need a judgment were those who never experienced the second birth while physically alive, including those beheaded. They were not saved, they were beheaded to avoid the mark. Chopping off their head was the only option, other than the mark.