TO WHOM DO WE APPEAR? This is a question of interest. The type (Lev 9:23) shows that the appearing is to “all the people.” Their typical priest so appeared and so blessed “all the people” for whom the sin offerings (plural) had been made. Israel being the type of the world as the house of Aaron (type of Levi) had before been used as a type of the household of faith, from which the “little flock” of priests are selected: So our…
“As it was appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment, so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him, shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.” Heb 9:27-28. Perhaps no other text of scripture has ever been more widely misapplied than the above; it is generally supposed to refer to mankind in general, and to mean that there comes a judgment to them after death….
What will be raised up, in the resurrection? The body says someone. Not so I answer, it is the BEING that God promises to raise up. It once existed, and lost existence and is to be raised up to existence or being again. Men, can resurrect a body from the tomb (that is, bring a body out of a tomb to the surface); but only God’s power can resurrect or bring to existence again a being who has died. We see then that resurrection means the restoring of being. Now, “with what…
The death and resurrection of a human body as a thing distinct and separate from the intelligent being, is never mentioned in the Scriptures. We never read that Abraham’s body died, nor that Jesus’ body died, nor that any one’s body died. Being signifies existence, and there can be no being or existence without both life and body. Withdraw life and the being or existence ceases, for life is but a power or principle, the same in the lower animals as in man; the difference in qualities between man and the brute, consisting not in…
Now let us notice the likeness of men to angels, which will abolish marriage after the Millennium. Marriage is proper in this age. It is of divine arrangement. It is the method by which it pleased God to create a race–by creating one pair with whom he lodged the powers of procreation, to “multiply and to fill the earth.”–Gen. 1:28. Angels are most probably without sex—neither male nor female as we use those terms, though like God generally referred to…
Let us once again return to our scripture in question and find the true significance of our Lord’s meaning to our subject text, viz., Luke 20:34-36. First as any good bible student would do, we should thoroughly read the context to find out exactly why the Lord made this statement and to what or to whom (as well as to when) it is applicable. The Sadducees with whom our Lord held this conversation were disbelievers in a resurrection. They held…
“Jesus answered and said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.” Luke 20:34-36 This text has been used by many to claim that not only are angels Immortal, but likewise so shall all…
Is it true that the Greek word anastasis always means a resurrection to spiritual life? Answer: Our English word resurrection signifies to raise up again and it does not indicate whether the body or thing raised has any life. For instance, Lazarus was raised by our Lord after having died, but not soon after he returned to the grave as all men do. His was not a resurrection in the fullest since of the word, but rather a resuscitation. He was raised (awoken from the…
Paul in 1 Cor 15 has given us the clearest and most explicit account of the resurrection to be found anywhere in scripture. He commences with Jesus and His resurrection and shows that we have many and reliable witnesses “that Christ died for our sins, and that he was buried and was raised the third day, (after his death,) and etc. He thus proves Christ’s resurrection as evidence of the power of God to raise the dead in general, for remember this was the general proclamation of…
Question: Please give me your explanation of the text, “He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His spirit that dwelleth in you.” Does it refer to the resurrection of the saints at the coming of Christ referred to in 1 Cor 15? If so, how shall we harmonize this statement with the one there made, viz.: “It is sown a natural body; raised a spiritual body.” “It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.” Now, if…