Posts with the tag: resurrection
What Does It Mean That the “SEA” Gave Up the Dead?
Let’s read the passage in question with focus on verse 13: 11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were […]
What Does It Mean to Be “Baptized for the Dead”?
Let’s read the verse in question: Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 1 Corinthians 15:29 The topic is the resurrection of the dead, which some believers in Corinth doubted due to […]
What is the “Better Resurrection” Noted in Hebrews 11:35?
The Hall of Faith chapter of the Bible makes a statement that some have found puzzling: Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. Hebrews 11:35 The contrast in this verse is between: Women […]
What Will the Believer’s GLORIFIED BODY Be Like?
Since spiritually-regenerated believers are “co-heirs in Christ” (Romans 8:17) — that is, joint participants — we are going to receive the same kind of resurrection body he did. This is why John said, “we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him” (1 John 3:2). And Paul stressed that our current lowly bodies will […]
Is CHRIST’S BODY After Resurrection PHYSICAL or SPIRITUAL (or Both)?
Jehovah’s (false) Witnesses make the claim that Christ’s body after his resurrection is spiritual in nature, not physical. In other words, they argue that the risen Lord is a spirit creature only, which they base on a myopic reading of 1 Peter 3:18 and Paul’s statement “I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh […]
Did Moses & Elijah really appear to Christ on the Mount?
The “transfiguration” refers to the occasion where Jesus took Peter, James and John up a high mountain whereupon the Lord was gloriously transfigured before them. Moses and Elijah then appeared and talked to Christ. Let’s read the passage: Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them […]
Was Samuel Raised from the Dead to Speak to Saul?
Samuel was the last of the judges and the first of the major prophets (1 Samuel 3:19-21). After Samuel died, ungodly King Saul was desperate for counsel and so went to a medium to get word from the dead prophet, which was a wicked act strictly forbidden by the LORD (Deuteronomy 18:10-13). The question […]
RESURRECTIONS: Firstfruits, Harvest & Gleanings
The “resurrection of the dead” is one of the six basic doctrines of Christianity (Hebrews 6:1-2), but most believers are ignorant on the topic.