Grace gave us the Kingdom and escape. Resurrection of a King who showed the powers and principalities that He could not be overcome. Why is more emphasis by Christians seemingly put on the Cross than the Resurrection? Also, our bodies are moot. According to the Jews, the spirit goes to Sheol and we are later told new bodies await us in the Kingdom. So does resurrection apply directly to us, to flesh if it is no longer needed?
Solomon said in
Ecclesiastes 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
This verse speaks for itself. To put it short you don't remember anything while you are in the grave.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;
for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou goest.
If there is no work, no device, no knowledge, no wisdom, in the grave, why does the status quo say there are spirits that walk the earth? They have no knowledge of the Word of God. There are spirits that walk the earth, but they are not dead people. They are fallen angels. We will see an example of one later. In short, the dead don't know anything.
Job 14:10
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
What does Job mean by this statement, "Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." Let's take a look at this for a moment. Listen carefully to Peter. II Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Look at the statement Peter made, "
in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise". If the "heavens" shall pass away, going to the third heaven is a myth. Peter says it again. II Peter 3:12
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?. When Job said, "So man lieth down, and riseth not:
till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep,” he knew exactly what he was talking about.
Notice something else, "they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.” When will they awake? I Corinthians 15:51
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. At the last trump the dead or those asleep shall be raised
Now....if you didn't die righteously in the Lord, this is the next exit. Let's go into Revelation 20:
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 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. 14 And
death and hell were
cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
