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| The Resurrection |
| "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation" [John 5:20,21] The assurance of the resurrection of the dead is found in the resurrection of Jesus from the grave [1 Corinthians 15:1-58]. Therefore, the man of God stands without a doubt, knowing for a certainty that the resurrection shall be. However, many are in doubt or mistaken concerning the resurrection. Some say the resurrection is past; some say part is past and part is future; some say it shall be in various parts in the future; and, come say it is in a singular resurrection to come in the future. But, what does the Bible say? Again, I remind you it is the truth of God, and the final authority in determining any question of faith, doctrine and practice [2 Timothy 3:16,17]. Jesus said "all that are in the grave shall hear" his voice. There would be none within the grave which would not hear, and come forth. For all that hear shall come forth, whether they be among the just or the unjust. There is no distinction made as to those dead coming forth at different times; all come forth together. There is not a separate resurrection for the just, and another resurrection for the unjust. There is ONE resurrection of all. Hear the apostle Paul: "... there shall be A RESURRECTION OF BOTH THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED" [Acts 24:15]. Not "resurrections" in the plural, but "a resurrection" in the singular. ONE RESURRECTION! This one resurrection of all that are in the grave shall take place at the second coming of Christ. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the VOICE of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;" [1 Thessalonians 4:16]. The voice which all the dead shall hear, shall sound at the return of Christ, in the future. Nowhere in the Bible is there evidence of two resurrections of those in the grave. Nowhere in the Bible is there evidence of the resurrection of which Jesus speaks here, or which the apostles comforted the church concerning, having passed before our day. The resurrection of the dead is yet to come. Are you prepared for it? You can be! Obey your Lord out of a loving, faithful heart [John 14:1; Acts 3:17; Romans 10:10; Acts 22:16; Revelation 2:10]. |