A
depiction of Lazarus raised from the dead.
Today,
reply is on two distinct uses of resurrection that appear within the
holy writings; entrance of the dead into eternal life through Jesus
Christ; and, that all who appear in the sacred presence for tribunals
of final judgment must be alive. Those who were returned to life from the dead
while on the earth neither completed their judgment, nor altered
their condition of mortality. In the same way, believers must
distinguish between Lazarus in the parable of the rich man and the
beggar, and Lazarus, brother to Mary and Martha, whom Jesus commanded
to come forth from his resting place alive, developing believers are
to exercise alertness, discernment, and vigilance to recognize and
respond to the many subtleties (i.e., barely visible differences;
hidden shifts in meaning and value) that appear within the course of
our speaking about judgment and resurrection. Many are sure that
only by answering in resurrection will mankind see the complete
fulfillment of divine cleansing, healing, exorcism, and the
perfection of human godliness. Distinctions must be acknowledged
between the first and second judgments that are completed through (1)
the first and second resurrections, (2) demonstrations where the dead
are made alive, (3) apprehending Jesus Christ through the death, the
resurrection and the judgment the Savior had to undergo, and (4)
sacred resurrection where the dead are enabled to appear within the
tribunals of divine judgment. These things are not provided to cause
confusion, or humble the living before divinity; rather, they are
shared to make the entire Creation aware of the difference between
dying a second time after being raised from death, and the
second death that will
complete divine judgment, end human mortality, and totally eliminate
the operations of sin. The fighter
in the “Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality
who uses the ID “Blue
Ridge” (Level 1 with 24 points, a member since January 05, 2019)
posted the following:
Jesus
Raised the Dead?
During
His earthly ministry, Jesus raised several people back to life.
Great, right? The problem is that each person that was brought back
to life had to die again. Horrible! Let me get this straight. I
thought resurrection meant BRAND NEW BODY NEVER TO DIE AGAIN. What do
you say? Why did Jesus raise people back to life knowing that they
were going to die again? Wow!! Dying TWICE in one life time must suck
big time. What do you say?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them
that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God,
and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither
had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;
and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the
rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were
finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is
he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second
death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ,
and shall reign with him a thousand years. (Revelation 20: 4-6,
King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Name “Resurrection Sunday” (04/23/2019);
Satisfying Creation and Law (01/22/2019); Judgment Perfects Divine
Revelation (12/18/2018); How Sinners Become Perfect (11/26/2018); The
Elimination of Sin (11/25/2018); Challenged To Explain Resurrection
(10/08/2018); Bereavement, Death and Suffering (11/10/2017); The
Place of Torment? (08/21/2017); The Administration Of Death
(07/11/2017)
“Blue
Ridge” in Christian belief, resurrection is a sacred process made
visible to mankind on the earth through divine revelation and
Incarnation that display otherwise invisible aspects of divine
fullness (i.e., Deity; the Godhead; the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit). Those raised from the dead by Jesus Christ while on the
earth were entered into his resurrection, and appear as new life,
rebirth, and new creation. The dead are returned to exist within
communities and relationships of love, of ministering the gospel, and
of service to the Savior. While they live they experience divine
joy, and are becoming mature/ripe for harvest (we say, Advent, the
Rapture, the Second Coming) when the Lord will receive those who are
his from the earth. In addition to inseparable aspects imparted from
the makeup of GOD (e.g., balance, completeness, dominion, faith,
holiness, personhood, utterance, wisdom, wrath against sin),
resurrection demonstrates the authority, prerogative and sovereignty
of divine will over existence, life, mortality, mechanical process
and natural law as well as forgiveness, immortality,
incorruptibility, and reconciliation. Resurrection as a divine
operation also is used to ensure that the dead will appear before
divinity in living tribunals for final judgment that are set apart
(sanctified) by impartiality, mercy, permanence for its renderings,
and righteousness. Consider again the following that uses language
from the Bible:
1.
Romans 6: 3-7, King James Version (KJV): 3 Know ye not, that so
many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his
death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death:
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we
have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be
also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our
old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be
destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is
dead is freed from sin.
2.
Romans 6: 8-13, KJV: 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe
that we shall also live with him: 9 Knowing that Christ being raised
from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth,
he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should
obey it in the lusts thereof. 13 Neither yield ye your members as
instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto
God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as
instruments of righteousness unto God.
3.
Philippians 3: 7-14, KJV: 7 But what things were gain to me, those
I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things
but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord:
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them
but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having
mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is
through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by
faith: 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection,
and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his
death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of
the dead. 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were
already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that
for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I
count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto
those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4. Luke 16: 22-31, KJV: 22 And
it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels
into Abraham’s bosom: the rich
man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his
bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me,
and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and
cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25 But Abraham
said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good
things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted,
and thou art tormented. 26 And beside all this, between us and you
there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from
hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come
from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that
thou wouldest send him to my father’s
house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them,
lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith
unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30
And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the
dead, they will repent. 31 And he said unto him, If they hear not
Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead.) Even so, I trust
this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
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