Resurrection of the Dead

The Scriptures say that all the dead shall be raised back to life when Jesus returns. Will everyone come to life in an instant? The Bible says there are two resurrections. Why does it say, 'Blessed are those of the first resurrection'?

 Theme Text‘‘For as all die in Adam, even so shall all be made alive in Christ.” (1Corinthians 15:22)

1) At the return of Christ, all the dead are to come back to life! But is such a thing really possible?
Many have always doubted this. That’s why the Apostle declared –
‘Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?’ (Acts 26:8)
Yes, Jesus’s ransom for Adam is to bring all of Adam back to life (Rom 5:12,18, 1Tim 2:6, 1Jn 2:2).
“For as in Adam ALL die, even so in Christ shall ALL be made alive.” 1Cor 15:22.

2) So will everybody come back to life in an instant?
No, the Bible declares the resurrection of the dead will occur in two phases.
I. The first will be the faithful followers of Jesus (the Elect) who are of ‘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.’ (Rev. 20:6)
II. Next will be the rest of mankind.
In Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits [the Elect Church]; afterwards they that are Christ’s [mankind]. 1Cor 15:22-23. Here the phrase ‘Christ the firstfruits’ includes Jesus (the Head) and his entire church (the Body of Christ) who are to be raised first. James 1:18 explains this –
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created’. The terms ‘firstfruits’ and ‘first resurrection’ suggest that there will also be ‘after-fruits’ and a ‘second resurrection.’

3) What’s the difference between the first and second resurrections?

  • For the Elect a heavenly reward is promised i.e. a change of nature from fleshly to spiritual.
  • The rest of mankind would be in perfect fleshly bodies as God’s original intent was to have an earthly creation (Genesis 1). The resurrection will restore Edenic perfection. Man will be restored to his earthly home and, under the reign of Christ and his Elect, will be granted the opportunity—by obedience to Christ—of living there forever.

Apostle Paul explains the two resurrections:
“All flesh is not the same flesh. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. As is the earthy, such are they also that are [resurrected to the] earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are [resurrected to the] heavenly.” 1Cor 15:39-48.

4) Will these two resurrections take place right after one another?
No, the first resurrection precedes much before the second, and therefore, those of the Elect are protected from the great distress that is to come upon the earth. Just as God protected Noah and his family while the rest of humanity suffered, so shall a chosen few be protected before the world is subjected to a time of great distress.
“Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.” Rev 7:3.
It is also clear that the chosen will not be judged on the Day of Judgment as the unrighteous will be.
The Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment (chastisement) on the Day of Judgment. 2 Peter 2:9.
While the rest of humanity is busy with its day to day business, Christ will return and gather his chosen as part of the first resurrection:
For the Lord will come down from heaven, with the voice of the archangel, and the dead in Christ will rise. We who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. 1Thess 4:15-17.
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. Luke 17:26-27, Matt 24:39-41.

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  1. எல்லாம் சரிதான். இரண்டாம் உயிர்த்தெழுதலில் உயிர்த்தெழுப்பப்படும் கணவன் மனைவி மீண்டும் இணைவார்களா? திருமணம் செய்யாமல் இறந்தவர்கள் உயிர்த்தெழுப்பப்ட்டபின் அவர்களுக்கு திருமணம் நடக்குமா? கணவன் இறந்த பிறகு மனைவி இரண்டாம் திருமணம் செய்திருந்தால் அவள் நிலைமை என்ன? இரண்டு கணவரில் எந்த கணவரிடம் செல்வாள்?

    • இயேசு பிரதியுத்தரமாக, "நீங்கள் வேதவாக்கியங்களையும், தேவனுடைய வல்லமையையும் அறியாததினாலல்லவா தப்பான எண்ணங்கொள்ளுகிறீர்கள்? மரித்தோர் உயிரோடே எழுந்திருக்கும்போது
      விவாகத்தில் கொள்வனையும் கொடுப்பனையும் இல்லை; அவர்கள் தேவதூதரைப்போலிருப்பார்கள்," என்றார். மாற்கு 12:18-25.

  2. SMRT ČOVJEKA – USKRS
    ================================

    1.
    kad čovjek umre – umre zato jer mu je Bog Otac JHVH
    oduzeo svoj DAH-DUH ŽIVOTA
    2.
    TIJELO čovječje se raspadne
    3.
    DUH čovjeka je ono što je vječno i čeka uskrs
    DUH čovjeka počinje egzistirati činom rođenja
    DUH čovjeka je čovječja osobnost, memorija, soft ware, inetelekt,…
    DUH čovjeka se počinje „puniti“ od rođenja
    4.
    DUH mrtvoga je u stanju spavanja – nesvjesnoti
    i čeka uskrs
    gdje je mjesto gdje su uspavani duhovi mrtvih –
    ne kaže se točno u Bibliji – ali su svi zajedno – i spašenici i ne-spašenici
    5.
    na PRVI uskrs svi dobri DUHOVI mrtvih
    bit će probuđeni i spojeni sa novim Neraspadljivim tijelom
    i sa tada živima dobrima – kojima će se tijela isto promijeniti
    u Neraspadljiva – biti UZNESENI na Nebo
    na 1.000 godina
    ———————————————
    za veliku većinu Neodabranih Nespašenika je ZATOR – većina će biti istrebljena,
    ubijena, smaknuta od G Yehošue i anđela,
    ALI – neće SVI biti ubijeni.

    NEKI će ostati na Zemlji živjeti i razmnožavati se u sljedećem 1.000 ljeću.

    TI preživjeli će na kraju T-ljeća biti zavedeni i krenut će na
    Kraljevski Nebeski Jeruzalem koji se spušta sa Neba sa svim spašenicima.

    TADA – Bog Jedini Otac JHVH – spaljuje – ubija SVE ZLE
    i nema više niti jednog zlog živog
    NAKON TOGA:
    6.
    na DRUGI uskrs za ZLE DUHOVE mrtvih
    bit će probuđeni i spojeni sa novim Neraspadljivim tijelom
    ići će na sud i na izvršenje kazne
    u vječnu muku u vječno ognjeno jezero vječne muke
    koje će TADA Bog Otac JHVH stvoriti daleko od oka svoga.
    7.
    dobrima će Bog Otac JHVH
    stvoriti Novu Zemlju na kojoj će svi dobri
    vječno biti u Raju

  3. POSTOJE 2 USKRSA
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    IVAN 5,29
    I izići će: koji su dobro činili – na USKRSNUĆE ŽIVOTA,
    a koji su radili zlo – na USKRSNUĆE OSUDE.

    =================================

    PRVI USKRS
    1. uskrs za SVE dobre umrle –
    KAD SIN G Yehoshua opet dođe drugi puta na Zemlju
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    1. Solunjanima 4,16
    Jer sam će Gospodin – na zapovijed, na glas arkanđelov,
    na zov trublje Božje – sići s neba.
    I NAJPRIJE ĆE USKRSNUTI MRTVI U KRISTU,
    ——————————————————————————

    – uskrsom se dobiva neraspadljivo tijelo
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    1. KORINĆANIMA 15,42
    Tako i uskrsnuće mrtvih: sije se u raspadljivosti, uskršava u NERASPADLJIVOSTI;
    —————————————————————————
    i
    transformacija SVIH tada živih dobrih u neraspadljiva tijela
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    1. KORINĆANIMA 15,52
    Odjednom, u tren oka, na posljednju trublju – jer zatrubit će – i mrtvi će uskrsnuti neraspadljivi I MI ĆEMO SE IZMIJENITI.
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    i
    UZNESENJE svih DOBRIH na nebo na 1.000 godina
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    1. Solunjanima 4,17
    a zatim ćemo MI ŽIVI, PREOSTALI, ZAJEDNO S NJIMA BITI PONESENI NA OBLACIMA U SUSRET GOSPODINU, U ZRAK. I tako ćemo uvijek biti s Gospodinom.

    ==================================

    DRUGI USKRS
    nakon tisuću godina
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    OTKRIVENJE 20,5
    DRUGI MRTVI NE OŽIVJEŠE DOK SE NE NAVRŠI TISUĆU GODINA.
    To je ono prvo uskrsnuće.
    ——————————————————————————

    2. uskrs za SVE zle
    – uskrsom se dobiva neraspadljivo tijelo
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    1. KORINĆANIMA 15,42
    Tako i uskrsnuće mrtvih: sije se u raspadljivosti, uskršava u NERASPADLJIVOSTI;
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    —————————————————————————–

    Samo u PRVOM uskrsu će SVI DOBRI biti uskrsnuti
    SAMO U PRVOM USKRSU!
    —————————————-
    OTKRIVENJE 20,6
    Blažen i svet onaj tko je dionik toga PRVOG USKRSNUĆA! Nad njim druga smrt nema vlasti: oni će biti svećenici Božji i Kristovi i s njime će kraljevati tisuću godina

  4. There is no rapture! The First Resurrection and Better Resurrection are the same in concept! Rev20:12-15 is resurrection of the dead to face white throne judgment but no flesh involved! There is resurrection which is
    considered by Aposte Paul as only elementary teachings!
    1Cor15:23-24 describes a TURN/ORDER of resurrection. Take note of the THEN, after a turn of resurrection!

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