John 12:24, “Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die,
it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”
Recently, my church family held our “Resurrection Sunday" meeting. In my vocabulary I no longer refer to it as “Easter.” This
message isn’t about addressing the differences between Easter and Christ’s Resurrection.
It’s about ‘The Resurrections.’ I
say the Resurrections [plural] is because there are more than one I’d like to
address. We’ll begin with the most obvious one.
The Resurrection
of Christ
Being
that Resurrection Sunday just passed, I believe that we should give praise and honor, credit and
glory to the One Who made our lives possible. It is because of His resurrection
that we have everlasting life. Jesus was not only resurrected by the Father,
but He also proclaimed Himself, “the
Resurrection.”As a matter of fact, everyday a Christian takes a breath should be thought of as a "Resurrection Day."
in John 11:25-26, “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the
life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he
live: 26 And whosoever
liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
In
John 11:25 Jesus not only
says that ‘He is the Resurrection,’ He also says He is “the life.” What an astounding statement! According to Jesus, He has
covered every base. He says that if we simply believe, even though we die, we’ll still live. That’s the resurrection part.
And,
if we believe and are alive when He comes, we will never die. That’s the “life” part. Seems to me,
the only thing that is up to us is whether we believe on Him for everlasting
life or not. Not
only did He raise others before His
death, was raised Himself, and will
raise others at His coming, He’ll also
keeps
alive those who are His elect who get’s saved during the LORD’s Wrath when
He comes at the Battle of Armageddon. This
resurrection will be complete just as His is. He now has a physical body of
flesh and bone. He breathes. He speaks. He hears. He eats. His body isn’t limited by
time and space. His body will never tire, hunger, cry, hurt, or die. I don’t even
think He can get dirty.
Without Him we’d
have no blessed hope, nothing to look forward to, no participation in Heavenly
things. There would be no relationship with the Father, no hope of ever seeing our
loved ones, no eternal life. Yes, Christ IS the Resurrection and the
Life.
Not only do we
know of Christ’s Resurrection,
but there is also…
The Intermediate
Resurrection
Those who died
‘In Christ’ before Christ’s visitation to Earth have a special place in
Resurrection history. Men like Adam, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses,
Elijah and all those who died in Christ have experienced an Intermediate
Resurrection. Intermediate is defined as, “coming between two
things in time, place, order, character, etc.” Resurrection is defined as, “the
revitalized or revival of something.”
These souls were
raised, but not their physical bodies. Their physical bodies are dust in the
ground. They are corrupt. They were mortal. But, their soul and spirit lives
on. We see evidence of this in the account of Jesus, Moses and Elijah on the
Mount of Transfiguration. We know that
Jesus transfigured Himself and spoke with Moses and Elijah supernaturally as
witnessed by three of His disciples.
Matthew 17:1-9, “And after
six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up
into an high mountain apart, 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine
as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias
talking with him. 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good
for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for
thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. 7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be
not afraid. 8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man,
save Jesus only. 9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged
them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again
from the dead.”
In this instance,
bodies were seen. These bodies are what I like to call intermediate bodies. These
bodies could be seen, but they were not flesh and bone, as we know our bodies
to be right now. Why? Because the first resurrection has not yet taken place. When Jesus arose,
He took captivity captive. That means that all of the dead saints of old were
taken to Heaven from Abraham’s Bosom to await the first resurrection. The first resurrection is known as ‘The
Day of the LORD,’ a.k.a. ‘the Rapture.’ It is the first physical resurrection.
The ones who Jesus took with Him from the underworld to Heaven when He arose
was an Intermediate Resurrection, however, Moses and Elijah got their intermediate bodies before Christ took captivity captive. Until the trumpet sounds, all those who
died or will die in Christ from the time when Abel entered into Abraham's Bosom and before the Rapture will possess an intermediate body in Heaven.
We’ve seen Christ’s Resurrection and the Intermediate Resurrection. Now
comes…
The Resurrection
of the Saints
In Matthew 27 we see the account of Jesus' death. As
we know, His death brings forth life, just like the corn of wheat. Here we see
that after He gave up the Ghost on the cross, six specific events took place three
days before His Own Resurrection.
First, the Veil in the Temple was rent from top to bottom, signifying the
end of the Mosaic Ceremonial Laws and the Aaronic/Levitical priesthood. Now, all believers and those who seek salvation in Christ can boldly come before God's Heavenly Throne. Before this event happened, a person wishing to come before God's Throne had to have a mediator in the person of a Aaronic priest with a blood sacrifice. The veil in the Temple was a symbolic barrier between man and God's Holiness. Only one person a year could enter into the Holy of Holies where the Ark of the Covenant rested behind the veil. This veil was woven from thick materials, thinker than most phone books today. It was torn from top to bottom by God Himself signifying a new era; an era that will allow man to approach God without the formalities of a blood sacrifice. Why? Because Jesus was the ultimate Blood Sacrifice and is our High Priest.
Next, the earth did quake. I’ve never been in an
earthquake, but I’m told it can be a frightening experience. Imagine the ground
that supports our feet trembling, shaking and moving. The sound of rumblings
and the rocks breaking up around us. Imagine us witnessing buildings being
moved from their foundations? God sure knows how to let people know He is present.
Third, we see that the rocks were rent. Rent means
tear. It takes a Mighty Hand to be able to tear a rock. The Power of God was
indeed present that day. Why is this an important to notice? I believe it is to
show how thorough God is. How can the graves be opened if the rocks weren’t
torn asunder?
Fourth, the graves were opened. Wow! That should shiver our timbers
right there! These graves were holes in the ground for most. Others were tombs for
those who could afford them. Either way, these graves were opened.
Fifth, many bodies of the saints which slept arose. Did all those
in their graves rise? No. Only those who had recently died that were believers.
If we take a moment to think about it, this should be a significant number of
people. Among three to four million Hebrews In Israel, the death rate over the
past three days before Christ’s death would still be great. Perhaps thousands
were raised that day. Why
were they chosen? Perhaps the answer
lies in the fact that those who buried them previously witnessed their dearly
departed’s testimony for Christ. All along the deceased were telling their
loved ones and friends about Jesus. Perhaps some believed and others did not.
To those like Doubting Thomas, who didn’t believe, can you imagine the looks on
their loved one’s faces when their deceased loved one came strolling through
the door and said, “Honey I’m home!
What’s for dinner, I’m starved?”
Sixth, and came out of the graves after His
resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
These saints walked out of their graves, breathing and full of life. They
weren’t zombies looking to feast on someone’s brains. They were the Walking
Living, not the Walking Dead. When it says, “after his resurrection,”
it’s not speaking of a chronological order of events. Rather, it’s talking
about after the same manner
of Christ’s resurrection.
Also,
the first things they did were to go into Jerusalem and appear unto many. I can
see it now: I’m
walking down the street minding my own business and who walks up to me but my
dear old friend Bernie. I say to him, “I
thought you were dead! I attended your funeral service two days ago. I sang a
special for your family. They gave me a $25 shekel check!” And, he would
say, “Yeah, I know! Crazy, huh? One
minute I’m lying in my grave and the next I see daylight. I find out later that
Jesus just died on the cross. Wow! Everything He said is coming true. What a
great Saviour. If I were you, I’d start believing on Him right now. Bye the
way, you can keep the check. You look like you could use it.”
These
six events preceded Christ’s resurrection. It is said that God often does
things in ‘sevens’ because it signifies perfection. Well, the seventh event was
His Own resurrection. Previous
to Christ’s death we can find several examples of people dying, which through
the power of God came to live again.
The
most recent account of a person who died and was buried in the Old Covenant was
Jesus’ friend Lazarus. Before that, the Ruler’s daughter was known to be dead
by family and friends. Jesus defined those who were saints that had just died,
as being “asleep.” He tried to tell everyone that He had the power to grant
life or death, but being conditioned to believe that death is a finality, they
laughed Him to scorn. The third instance was when Jesus came upon a widow woman
at the gate with her dead son being carried off to be buried.
The
Widow Woman’s Dead Son:
Luke 7:12, “Now when he
came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried
out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the
city was with her.”
Luke 7:15, ”And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he
delivered him to his mother.”
Matthew 9:24, “He said unto
them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they
laughed him to scorn.”
Mark 5:35, “While he yet
spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest
thou the Master any further?”
Mark 5:39, “And when he
was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is
not dead, but sleepeth.”
Luke 8:52, “And all wept,
and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.”
Lazarus:
John 11:14, “Then said
Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.”
John 11:42-44, “And I knew
that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast
sent me.” 43, “And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud
voice, Lazarus, come forth.” 44, “And he that was dead
came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about
with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.”
Jesus
did a lot of grave robbing before He could convince everyone that He was Who He
claimed to be. Those
who didn’t see His miracles first hand still wondered. It’s not like they had
You Tube back then. And even if they did, doubters would say what had happened
was Photo shopped. Those
in the Religious Establishment were concerned because they didn’t see Jesus as
they imagined Messiah would appear. Instead, they saw a lowly carpenter’s son.
To them, He was an insignificant speck. Who was He to overthrow their
control on the people? He had to be stopped. But they didn’t realize that He is
the Resurrection.
Not
only was there the Resurrection of
Christ, the Intermediate
Resurrection, the Resurrection
of the Saints, but there is also...
The
Resurrection of the Damned
We know that the
rich man who fared sumptuously and gave scraps from his table to Lazarus at
his gate saw Lazarus and Abraham after he was placed in hell. He saw their
essence. They were recognizable to him. How the three disciples were able to
recognize Moses and Elijah I’m not sure either, since both had been dead for
hundreds of years. Perhaps it was an awareness God gave them to be able to
perceive whose intermediate body it was. How the rich man
recognized Abraham, I can only speculate that it was the same for him. But, the
Bible says that he saw. So, he still
had his eyes. We know he still had his ears because he was able to hear Abraham
speak to him. Not only did he see and hear, he spoke. He also felt. He was tormented and thirsty. He
has a tongue. His body ‘felt things.’ This story was not a parable. These are factual events from the lives and deaths
of real
people who lived upon this earth.
Did the rich man
have an intermediate body? It’s possible. Was it a spiritual body? Perhaps. It
is also possible that it will be changed into a resurrected, physical,
glorified body at the Judgment. It won’t be a glorified saved body, but it will become an immortally lost body. Regardless, after
the Judgment, whatever his body is to be fashioned into, it will remain the same for all time. There is no
indication that it will ever be changed again. The only respite it will have
from his torments in the hell he knows now will be when he is summoned to the
Great White Throne. After he is sentenced, his body will burn. It won’t burn up. It will just continue to burn forever in a lifeless Hell.
Rev 20:12-13, "And I saw the dead, small and
great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was
opened, which is the book of life:
and the dead were judged
out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea
gave up the dead which were in
it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to
their works."
The
resurrection of the Damned precedes the second death. This is the abrupt ending
of having contact with anyone ever again. When it says, ‘the dead,’ it isn’t
speaking about someone being unconscious. There will be no sleep, no relief, no
comfort, no breaks, no hope and no one to rescue them. There
will be plenty of things to keep their attention however. They’ll be the worm
that dieth not. Demons will be attacking them, weeping, wailing, and gnashing
of teeth will be ongoing and never ending. There will be total darkness that will be felt. The most significant
thing they will experience will be the total separation from God’s presence. This
is the second death. What a terrible existence to be without God. Those
who died in their sins will rise together, as will the Pharisees of Jesus’ time
with those generations of the past, present and future. These and all those who
die without Christ will suffer the ever-expanding horrors of Hell.
We’ve
heard about Christ’s Resurrection,
the Intermediate Resurrection,
the Resurrection of the Saints,
the Resurrection of the Damned,
and now we’ll see a resurrection seldom spoken of in these terms…
The Resurrection of Anti-Christ
2Thessalonians 2: 3-11, “Let no man deceive you by any means: for
that day shall not come, except there
come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called
God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God,
shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you
these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed
in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until
he be taken out of the way. (Here the word 'let' means to hinder, not 'to allow.' The same usage of the word 'let' can be found in Romans 1:13.) 8 And then shall that Wicked (Satan) be revealed, whom the Lord
shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the
brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose
coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying
wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them
that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might
be saved. 11 And for this cause God
shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:" What
lie? The lie of the false resurrection of the beast (anti-Christ): Grammatically, the word
‘he’ in vs 7 needs an Antecedent to refer back to whom this Scripture is talking about.
All we would need to do is trace back to the last person mentioned. That person
would be the son of perdition, or anti-Christ.
Revelation 13:11-15, “And I beheld
another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and
he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth
all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth
and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he (the second beast) doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come
down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth
them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the
beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15 And he had
power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the
image of the beast should be killed.”
The
first beast is the son of perdition mentioned in 2Thessalonians 2. In 'Mob' terms, he will be ‘whacked.’ But,
the deception, the strong delusion God will send, is that of the False Resurrection
of anti-Christ. He will be wounded with a deadly wound. All will know that he
is dead. But, some how, some way, he’ll come back to life. At least that’s what
the public will believe. The
fact is, Satan himself will indwell the body of the first beast and control it
through his own manipulations. The former beast will have no will or thoughts
of his own. His soul is dead. He’s waiting in hell with the rich man of Lazarus
fame.
Not
only is there the Resurrection of
Christ, the Intermediate
Resurrection, the Resurrection
of the Saints, the Resurrection
of the Damned and the Resurrection
of Anti-Christ, there is the…
The
False Resurrection Taught By Fundamentalism
The
delusion that is taught today in the
world of Fundamental Christianity is that the Holy Spirit will be “taken out of
the way,” and with Him the saved. They also believe that the lost will be deceived into believing that aliens came to take the Raptured
away. Many have been conditioned to believe that aliens do exist from other
worlds. They believe that fiction is closer than fact. This delusion doesn’t
come from God. This comes from the pulpits of American Fundamental ‘Churches’
who are deceived by Satan’s media circus and their own false pet doctrines. This
will not happen because the Bible says nothing in 2Thessalonians 2:1-7 about the Holy Spirit’s involvement in
this passage of Scripture. As a matter of fact, the Holy Spirit isn’t even
mentioned in the first eleven verses of 2Thessalonians 2. The fact of
the matter is, the Holy Spirit is God, and He cannot be taken out of the way
from anywhere!
The
Holy Spirit is not the One who is described in 2Thess. 2:7, as we were
told. This reasoning may sound plausible, but it isn’t. We’ve reasoned for
years that if the Holy Spirit is taken out of the way, we as the saved, will
be taken with Him. We’ve assumed that this will be what happens at the
Rapture. This assumption has evolved into a pet doctrine. The reality of it is,
that the ‘he’ that’ll be taken out of the way is anti-Christ, the first
beast. The lie that believers will be taken out of the way with the Holy Spirit
is a Fundamental, Institutional ‘Church,' man-made concept that has no basis of fact in
Scripture. The actual lie believed as described in Scripture is the False
Resurrection of anti-Christ.
The
Resurrection That is to Come
Revelation
20:4-6, "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 were
finished. 5 But the rest
of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is
the first resurrection. 6 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." Since
we’re still living in our
mortal bodies, we are awaiting the Resurrection that is to come. It has several
names; the Day of Redemption, the Day of the LORD, the Rapture, the Blessed Hope.
1Thessalonians
4:13-18, “But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye
sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if
we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus
will God bring with him. 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we
which are alive and remain unto the
coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 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: 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 18 Wherefore
comfort one another with these words.”
Paul
here was addressing those who were missing their dead loved ones asleep in
Christ. Those asleep here are those who are like Moses and Elijah. They are up
in Heaven in their intermediate bodies waiting for Jesus to bring them down
into the clouds so that they might claim their new bodies out of the grave on
the Day of the LORD. They have been waiting the longest, so it stands to reason
they should be the ones who get their immortal bodies first. This is the
comfort Paul was speaking of. It wasn’t that we’d miss the Great Tribulation. It
is my belief that we, in all probability, will be among those who already have
an intermediate body before the rapture takes place. Not because Christ’s
coming isn’t just around the corner, but because there is a chain of events
that must take place before He could come. One of those events is WW-3. We are
now living in the what's known as the Beginning of Sorrows ~ Matthew 24:8.
Chronologically,
the next time period on God’s prophetic calendar is known as the Times of the
Gentiles. I believe that we are living in the beginning of the “times
of the gentiles” right now. In the Times of the Gentiles, wars will be
raging throughout the globe. These wars will culminate with WW-3. For the
northern nations to surround Jerusalem and attack, preventative measures have
to be taken by the aggressors. One of those measures will be to destroy Israel’s greatest ally. We
see in Ezekiel 37-39 a
trilogy. These chapters chronicle the events that will take place before and up
to the times of the gentiles. Chapter 37 is dedicated to showing the
restoration of Israel, also known as the Valley of Dry Bones. Chapter 38
tells of the enemies of Israel collaborating and assembling to destroy Israel. Chapter 39
speaks of God trampling on the armies of Gog and Magog, the Islamic
nations who occupy the land of Southern Russia to the north of Israel.
Five
sixths of these armies will be utterly destroyed by God. He will rain fire and
brimstone upon these armies somewhere in the hills surrounding Jerusalem. After
God does His work, the bodies will be marked and there will commence a mass
burial that will take seven years. Israel will even burn their weapons for fuel
for seven years. After
God strikes, there will arise anti-Christ, who will take credit for saving
Israel. He’ll become a Peacemaker along with his crony, the False Profit. This
will begin his time of ministry as the "savior of the people." He solves most of
the world’s dilemmas; food, housing, money, commerce, governments, etc will be
under his direction. The Corporations of this Earth (Merchants) will give him
absolute power to rule, and he’ll have the weapons to back it up.
He
will make a peace treaty with Israel and promise to build the Temple with the
help of his false ‘Church’ System. He will destroy the Roman ‘Church’ system
and will set up a New World Order ‘Church’ where all are commanded to worship
under one altar. That altar will be located in Jerusalem. He will appear in the
beginning of his reign to be the Messiah. As he builds the Temple, he
implements many social, food and welfare programs and will have the support of
all the people, except the very elect. When
the Temple’s construction is complete, and the dedication ceremony takes place,
he will commit the Abomination of Desolation. He will pull the Mercy Seat out
of the Holy of Holies and proclaim to be God. When the Jews refuse to worship
him, he orders all to be killed. This begins the Great Tribulation period. This
Great Tribulation will see many atrocities, none of which come from God. Immediately after
this Great Tribulation period, the Day of the LORD will come ~ Matthew 24:29 & Mark 13:24. This is when the dead in Christ
shall rise first, and those saints still on Earth will be changed and taken to
Heaven to be with the Lord forevermore.
This
brings me back to my original point of where we will probably be. Before the
gentiles march on Israel and surround Jerusalem, the Northern armies must take
a major precaution. They must get Israel’s number one ally out of the way.
Guess who that is? That’s right. More than likely, it’ll be us. Scripture
describes a nation west of Ethiopia, across the sea, that lies on many waters,
that is meted out, has a symbol as of wings, is politically powerful, where
most luxuries come from. This nation is commonly known as ‘The Political Babylon.’ There’s the ‘Original Babylon,’ of Nebuchadnezzar, ‘the Religious Babylon’ a.k.a. the
Vatican, and ‘the Political Babylon,’
Washington D.C being it’s capital city. An
assembly of great nations from the north will destroy her with the mighty
arrows of men. All of these arrows will be launched and none will return void.
Geographically, I believe the only nation that fits this description in the
latter days is the good old USA.
If
that’s the case, we might be spared having to go through the Great Tribulation
because we’ll all be vaporized in a nuclear attack and will immediately be in Heaven with intermediate bodies. Another alternative is that
we’ll survive WW-3 and we’ll either starve, be hunted down like dogs in the street,
tortured, beaten and finally be-headed for our testimony for Christ. It could
be that we will be around for the Great Tribulation period and that we’ll
be killed for refusing to take the mark of the beast and refuse to worship him.
Few will endure until the end, but we know that some will as the Lord promised.
Although this doesn’t sound appealing, it may very well happen to us or someone
we know.
The
good news is that immediately after the Tribulation of those days, the LORD
shall appear in the clouds. We’ll be front and center when the Lord takes us
down to get our new glorified bodies if we are one of those who are asleep in
Christ. Or, we’ll be looking up into heaven knowing that our redemption draweth
nigh if we are survivors of the Great Tribulation. We
do know that the Day of the LORD is not the Battle of Armageddon. That doesn’t
happen until after the Lord reigns down his Wrath upon the earth after
the Rapture ~Revelation 8:7. The Bible is clear in so many places pertaining to the order of
events that will occur. The reader may want to refer to Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21, Revelation 5-8, Acts 2, Joel, Daniel 9-12 and other Prophetic Books. Here are the chronological events in order as the Scriptures reveal.
1.
Beginning of Sorrows
2.
Times of the Gentiles (including WW-3)
3.
Abomination of Desolation
4.
Great Tribulation
5.
The Day of the LORD (Rapture, Judgment Seat of Christ, Marriage
Supper of the Lamb)
6.
The Day of the LORD’s Wrath (God’s Judgment upon the Earth)
7.
Return of Christ (Battle of Armageddon, 1,000 year Reign, Final
Battle with Satan’s armies, White Throne Judgment)
8.
New Heaven, New Earth and New Jerusalem created.
Whatever the outcome, we can be rest assured that we would be wise to heed what Scripture has to say about the end times and how they relate to the Resurrections. In
review, these are the Resurrections I have found:
The
Resurrection of Christ,
The
Intermediate Resurrection,
The
Resurrection of the Saints,
The
Resurrection of the Damned,
The
Resurrection of Anti-Christ,
The
False Resurrection Taught By
Fundamentalism, and
The
Resurrection That Is To Come.
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