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Would you let us have those dozen or so references? Please?
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Would you let us have those dozen or so references? Please?The Matthew 27:52-53 resurrected saints of the "First resurrection" are an absolutely riveting subject to study in scripture. They are mentioned in more places than you would think. As of last count, I believe I had located at least a couple dozen texts which spoke about them and their activities in those NT days - until they left the planet.
Also, do you believe the 144,000 in Revelation 7 and 14 are one and the same group?
Copy @3 ResurrectionsI think those in Matthew 27:52-53 are the 144,000 and they are called redeemed from the earth in Revelation 14:3. After Jesus arose in John 20:17, Jesus tells Mary not to touch him because he had not yet ascended to the Father. I’m speculating here but I think the 144,000 followed the Lamb withersoever he went which was to the Father.
You are correct in that the Bible doesn’t clearly point out what eventually happened to those in Matthew 27:52-53 but it is appointed unto men once to die so I don’t think they died a second time.
@3 Resurrections I know we agree on the 144,000 but differ on what happens after they were resurrected. If you want to chime in here with your view that would be fine with me, it’s always good to get more than one perspective.
Do we have statements in the New Testament as to Christ standing on Mount Zion/visiting the temple after His resurrection? Or is this an inference you are making after comparing scripture with scripture?Without a doubt, the 144,000 of Revelation 7 and Revelation 14 are one and the same group. Jewish children of faith only, raised from graves around Jerusalem that were opened by the earthquake at Christ's crucifixion, and who came from those various tribes listed (Dan and Ephraim excepted).
The 144,000 First-fruits are also in Revelation 14:14 as the "dried harvest", which the one like the newly-crowned Son of Man sitting on a cloud harvested with a sickle by Himself (no angelic assistants with this First resurrection). This crowned Son of Man "reaped the earth" (tes ges - the land of Israel...which "sickle" harvested the bodies of those 144,000 out of the ground that were "redeemed from the earth").
Those 144,000 Matthew 27:52-53 Firstfruits actually went into the city of Jerusalem and stood on Mount Zion (the actual Temple site) along with Christ - literally. We know that bodily, the newly-resurrected Christ was in Jerusalem that day visiting the disciples that evening (Luke 24:33-36). And we are told that the 144,000 "followed the Lamb wherever He went", so I have no doubt that Christ and the 144,000 resurrected Mathew 27 saints actually went into the Temple location and literally stood there assembled together at that time. In a city crammed with perhaps a couple million Passover celebrants, 144,000 resurrected individuals would truly have been "seen by many".
I don't think that would be unfair. How long did Noah have to wait for his resurrection, assuming he rose on the day of firsfruits 7 days after our Passover Lamb died for us?
Why would anyone else have to wait less time "just because"? How about the first will be last and the last first?
I think God may work things as He pleases and I don't have any problem at all with the notion that those who were bodily resurrected just after Christ rose are bodily in heaven already.
Those who are not bodily in heaven are still in Christ, who IS bodily in heaven. Being "in Christ's bosom" (the way Lazarus was in Abraham's bosom) is enough for me. I wouldn't be jealous of those who are already bodily in heaven, especially because I know that my turn is coming.
Would you let us have those dozen or so references? Please?
"and coming out of the tomb after His resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many."Matthew 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Looking at this passage a bit closer there appears to be some things defying logic. Verse 53 indicates they came out of their graves after His resurrection, yet His resurrection doesn't even involve any of these verses. How does one explain that? Verse 54 has the centurion watching Jesus as He died, not as He arose. It would be days later when He rises, and it would be when He is in His tomb. This is a bizarre passage, meaning some of it. And why isn't it also recorded in any of the parallel accounts?
If you mean the theme of this particular thread, it does not matter. I started the thread, and my job is done. The theme is dealt with. I was showing that the New Testament does not teach the concept of a "spiritual resurrection" because each and every verse in the N.T that talks about the resurrection is unambiguously talking about the resurrection of the body.Sure, can do. But maybe I'd better put them in a post dedicated to that theme so as not to derail the theme of this particular post.
Obviously, if you want to start a new thread about it, I don't mind. But I also don't mind if you post that here. It's up to you.Sure, can do. But maybe I'd better put them in a post dedicated to that theme so as not to derail the theme of this particular post.
"and coming out of the tomb after His resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many."
Matthew wrote his gospel quite a few years later. I would think he would have known by the time he wrote his gospel. I don't see why he would need to have mentioned Christ's resurrection in the same place he mentioned those who rose after the Lord's resurrection.
Makes me think of something Josephus wrote about the A.D 66-70 period:Without a doubt, the 144,000 of Revelation 7 and Revelation 14 are one and the same group. Jewish children of faith only, raised from graves around Jerusalem that were opened by the earthquake at Christ's crucifixion, and who came from those various tribes listed (Dan and Ephraim excepted).
The 144,000 First-fruits are also in Revelation 14:14 as the "dried harvest", which the one like the newly-crowned Son of Man sitting on a cloud harvested with a sickle by Himself (no angelic assistants with this First resurrection). This crowned Son of Man "reaped the earth" (tes ges - the land of Israel...which "sickle" harvested the bodies of those 144,000 out of the ground that were "redeemed from the earth").
Those 144,000 Matthew 27:52-53 Firstfruits actually went into the city of Jerusalem and stood on Mount Zion (the actual Temple site) along with Christ - literally. We know that bodily, the newly-resurrected Christ was in Jerusalem that day visiting the disciples that evening (Luke 24:33-36). And we are told that the 144,000 "followed the Lamb wherever He went", so I have no doubt that Christ and the 144,000 resurrected Mathew 27 saints actually went into the Temple location and literally stood there assembled together at that time. In a city crammed with perhaps a couple million Passover celebrants, 144,000 resurrected individuals would truly have been "seen by many".
Ever heard of a "Markan Sandwich"? I noticed them long ago and I've found them all over biblical scripture: @DavidPT I laughed when I heard that scholars have been patting themselves on the backs because they discovered it in Mark's gospel. Prophets, Psalms, Proverbs.. the books of the prophets are full of Markan Sandwiches, i.e talking about a subject, interrupting the main subject with another subject, then returning to the first subject. I have a strong suspicion that Luke 21:20-24 is another Markan Sandwich.Matthew 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
I guess it could mean that everything I have underlined involves that particular day, and what I don't have underlined is meaning days later because of what took place during what I have underlined. IOW, the events of that day only caused the graves to be opened at that time. Does that then mean no one bothered to close the graves back up from the time this happened until they arose days later? Apparently so.
While we’re waiting for 3R to make a new tread I’ll give a brief explanation of why I think the 144,000 went to heaven shortly after they were resurrected.Obviously, if you want to start a new thread about it, I don't mind. But I also don't mind if you post that here. It's up to you.
So you can go ahead. The subject has already moved on from the OP
You know Amil do not even accept most of what Revelation 20 is about, just that it is a place holder of words, but really no information at all.Too bad you're unable to be objective about this subject. If the first resurrection is bodily, that means it is already decided before one is even raised from the dead, as to whether they are saved or not. That means once they have part in the first resurrection they can never lose part in it, regardless that NOSAS is Biblical. Throw in Amil here and if assuming NOSAS, this indicates that those in Revelation 20:6 can be blessed and holy one minute, and that the 2nd death can have no power over them one minute, but the next minute, none of these things are any longer true. Which also means, though Revelation 20:6 indicates that everyone that has part in the first resurrection, they reign with Christ a thousand years, obviously meaning until the thousand years expire, but what if one falls away during the thousand years then dies before the thousand years even expires? How does even that not contradict the text?
There is only one way Amil can possibly be Biblical. And that is--OSAS is Biblical and NOSAS is not. I 100% disagree that NOSAS is not Biblical. OSAS means no one can lose their salvation. NOSAS means some can lose their salvation which obviously also means many can't lose their salvation. OSAS denies NOSAS. NOSAS only denies OSAS in some cases not all cases, therefore NOSAS is the more reasonable position of the two, and not only that, it is the only position of the two that actually agrees with the Bible. And since you are of the NOSAS camp rather than the OSAS camp, I will never understand how you can think two opposing views, Amil's version of the first resurrection and NOSAS are somehow compatable?
Premil's version of the first resurrection is not affected by OSAS nor NOSAS. It doesn't matter which of those two positions is the correct one and which one is the incorrect one, one's salvation would already be determined before one is even resurrected. Which means that anyone who doesn't remain saved until their dying breath, these never have part in the first resurrection nor ever did since the first resurrection is meaning after they have died, not before they died.
Of course it does the way Revelation 20:4-6 puts it. We have not even physically died nor have been physically ressurected.Nothing that I can see. Does the second death have power over you, right now David? I guarantee that it has no power over me right now. If you agree that it doesn't have any power over us right now, then it's your belief that the second death can not have power over someone one minute but then have power over them the next minute. How is that any different than what you're saying about how I interpret Revelation 20:6?
Just as it's 100% clear in the New Testament that spiritual regeneration is through the spiritual birth (γεννάω gennáō) from above by the Spirit and is the prerequisite for the resurrection of the body with (synegeírō) Christ’s resurrection, so it's also 100% clear that without exception every passage and verse in the New Testament that talks about the Resurrection is unambiguously talking about the resurrection of the body [σῶμα sōma] from the dead.
That is an enormous amount of work. You are a driven man.This post and be viewed & downloaded in PDF, EPUB, Microsoft Word or Open Office Document format HERE (click)
Agnosmillennialist signing on.
"Agnosmillennialism" =
(i) I don't know whether or not Revelation 20's thousand years is a literal thousand years that follows the return of Christ.
(ii) I don't know whether or not Revelation 20's thousand years is a literal thousand years that precedes the return of Christ.
(iii) I don't know whether or not Revelation 20's thousand years is symbolic for the entire Age that precedes the return of Christ.
This post was very, very hard work, because I had to compile a complete and comprehensive list of each and every New Testament passage and verse that talks about the resurrection. As you will see when I provide the list below, it's very long.
THE GREEK WORDS FOUND IN THE VERSES LISTED ON THIS PAGE:
Noun: ἀνάστασις anástasis (“The Resurrection”)
A standing up again, i.e. (literally) a resurrection from death (individual, genitive case or by implication, (its author)), or (figuratively) a (moral) recovery (of spiritual truth):--raised to life again, resurrection, rise from the dead, that should rise, rising again.
Noun: ἔγερσις égersis:
a resurgence (from death):--resurrection.
Verb: ἐγείρω egeírō: *
To waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence):--awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.
Verb: ἀνίστημι anístēmi: *
To stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive):--arise, lift up, raise up (again), rise (again), stand up(-right).
* The verbs are sometimes employed for normal use, for example as in "Rise up! Let's go!", but the nouns are always talking about the resurrection from the dead.
συνεγείρω (synegeírō): Risen with Christ
The Greek word egeírō (ἐγείρω) is one of the the verbs found in the New Testament, very often used in reference to the bodily rising again from death. When syn appears prefixed to egeírō (synegeírō), it shows that the resurrection of the individual believer in Christ is something which occurs with Christ's resurrection. It's the same prefix we get with words like synthesis and synchronize.
FIRST UP: JESUS AND PAUL'S TEACHINGS ON THE RESURRECTION:
Jesus:
John 6:39, 40 & 44 ἀνίστημι anístēmi:
"And this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during; and I will [ἀνίστημι anístēmi] raise him up in the last day."
John 11:23-25 ἀνίστημι anístēmi, ἀνάστασις anástasis:
“Jesus said to her, Your brother shall [anístēmi] rise again. Martha said to Him, I know that he shall [ἀνίστημι anístēmi] in the [ἀνάστασις anástasis] resurrection at the last day.
Jesus said to her, I am the [ἀνάστασις anástasis] Resurrection and the Life! He who believes in Me, though he die, yet he shall live.”
Paul’s teaching on the resurrection:
Paul's doctrine regarding the Resurrection from the dead
(1 Corinthians 15:4; 12-23, 35-36, 42-45, 50-57):
The following words related to the resurrection appear in the passage to follow:-
ἀνάστασις anástasis
ἐγείρω egeírō
ἀπαρχή aparchḗ (first-fruits)
κοιμάω koimáō (sleep in death)
ζωοποιέω zōopoiéō (vitalize, re-vitalize,give life, quicken)
ἔπειτα épeita (afterward)
παρουσία parousía (appearance of Christ at his return)
σῶμα sōma (the body)
"..and that He was buried, and that He rose again [ἐγείρω egeírō] the third day according to the Scriptures;..
"But if Christ is proclaimed, that He was [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no [ἀνάστασις anástasis] resurrection of the dead?
But if there is no [ἀνάστασις anástasis] resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised.
And if Christ has not been [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised, then our proclamation is worthless, and your faith is also worthless.
And we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified of God that He [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised Christ; whom He did not [ἐγείρω egeírō] raise if the dead are not [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised.
For if the dead are not [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised, then Christ is not [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised.
And if Christ is not [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised, your faith is foolish; you are yet in your sins.
Then also those that [κοιμάω koimáō] fell asleep in Christ were lost. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
But now Christ has [ἐγείρω egeírō] risen from the dead, and has become the [ἀπαρχή aparchḗ] firstfruit of those who [κοιμάω koimáō] slept.
For since death is through man, the [ἀνάστασις anástasis] resurrection of the dead also is through a Man.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be [ζωοποιέω zōopoiéō] made alive.
But each in his own order: Christ the [ἀπαρχή aparchḗ ] first-fruit, and [ἔπειτα épeita] afterward they who are Christ's at His [παρουσία parousía] coming.
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead [ἐγείρω egeírō] rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.
But someone will say, How are the dead raised up, and with what [σῶμα sōma] body do they come?
Foolish one! What you sow is not [ζωοποιέω zōopoiéō] made alive unless it dies.
So also the [ἀνάστασις anástasis] resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised in incorruption; it is sown in dishonor, it is [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised in power; it is sown a natural [σῶμα sōma] body, it is raised a spiritual [σῶμα sōma] body. There is a natural [σῶμα sōma] body, and there is a spiritual [σῶμα sōma] body. And so it is written, "The first man, Adam, was made a living soul," the last Adam was a life-giving Spirit.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
But when this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and when this mortal shall put on immortality, then will take place the word that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?"
And I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
Behold, I speak a mystery to you; we shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed; in a moment, in a glance of an eye, at the last trumpet. For a trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be [ἐγείρω egeírō] raised incorruptible, and we shall all be changed."
BELOW FOLLOWS ALL THE OTHER VERSES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT TALK ABOUT THE RESURRECTION
* Each verse is quoted in the table which appears under the text in the document for which the link is provided at the top and bottom of this post.
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Matthew 22:23; Matthew 22:30; Matthew 22:31; Mark 12:18; Mark 12:23; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:27; Luke 20:33; Luke 20:35-36; Matthew 22:28; Matthew 27:52-53; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 11:5; Luke 7:22; Luke 7:14; Matthew 17:9; Matthew 20:19; Matthew 9:25; Luke 8:54; Matthew 14:2; Matthew 16:21; Luke 9:22; Matthew 17:23; Matthew 26:32; Mark 14:28; Matthew 27:52-53; Matthew 27:63-64; Matthew 28:6-7; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:6; Luke 24:34; Mark 16:14; Mark 6:14, Mark 6:16; Luke 9:7; Luke 14:13-14; Luke 20:37; John 2:19-21; John 5:21; John 12:1, John 12:9; John 12:17; John 5:28-29; John 21:14; Acts 1:22; Acts 2:24; Acts 2:31-32; Acts 3:15; Acts 3:26; Acts 4:1-2; Acts 4:10; Acts 4:33; Acts 5:30; Acts 10:40; Acts 13:30; Acts 13:33-37; Acts 17:18, Acts 17:31-32; Acts 23:6-8; Acts 24:15; Acts 24:21; Acts 26:8; Romans 1:4; Romans 4:23-25; Romans 6:4-5; Romans 6:9; Romans 7:4; Romans 8:11; Romans 8:34; Romans 10:9; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Corinthians 4:14; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:20; Ephesians 2:5-6; Ephesians 5:14; Philippians 3:10-11; Colossians 2:12-13; Colossians 3:1 (Compare with Romans 6:5); 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-16; 2 Timothy 2:8; 2 Timothy 2:16-18; Hebrews 6:1-2; Hebrews 11:35; 1 Peter 1:3-5; 1 Peter 1:21; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 3:21; Revelation 20:4-6.
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The list above is comprehensive. Without exception each and every passage and verse in the New Testament which talks about the resurrection (rising again), is talking about the resurrection of the body (σῶμα sōma) from the dead, in the day that the body is raised a spiritual body.
Key verses:
John 2
19 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise [ἐγείρω egeírō] it up.
20 Then the Jews said, This temple was forty-six years building, and will you rear it up [ἐγείρω egeírō] in three days?
21 But He spoke of the temple of His body [σῶμα sōma].
The above, followed by the verses below, is the key if you want to know whose resurrection doctrine to believe.
Colossians 3
1 If then you were raised with [συνεγείρω synegeírō] Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of God.
2 Be mindful of things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For you died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ our Life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
1 Corinthians 15
20 But now Christ has risen [ἐγείρω egeírō] from the dead [νεκρός nekrós], and has become the firstfruit of those who slept.
21 For since death is through man, the resurrection [ἀνάστασις anástasis] of the dead also is through a Man.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 But each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit, and afterward they who are Christ's at His coming;
1 Thessalonians 4
15 For we say this to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall not go before those who are asleep.
16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the dead [νεκρός nekrós] in Christ shall rise [ἀνίστημι anístēmi] first [πρῶτον prōton].
17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. And so we shall ever be with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Spiritual regeneration (through spiritual birth from above by the Spirit), is the prerequisite for the resurrection of the body:
Just as new birth (γεννάω gennáō) from above relates to Spirit (πνεῦμα pneûma), every single passage and verse in the New Testament that talks about the Resurrection relates to the dead body [σῶμα sōma]:
"That which is gennáō (born) of the flesh is flesh; and that which is gennáō (born) of pneûma (the Spirit) is pneûma.” (John 3:6).
John 6:63 "It is the Spirit that makes alive [ζωοποιέω zōopoiéō] the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and are life."
1 Peter 1:3 says, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope (Greek: záō elpís) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."
A. The word translated into "begotten us again" in the above verse is anagennáō. It's a combination of the words gennáō (beget) and aná (again):
B. Living hope (záō elpís): The word záō means to live, and the word elpís means to anticipate:
Just as Adam became a living soul when God breathed life into Him, so those who are born of the Spirit from above are now spiritually alive, and live in the hope (anticipation) of their bodily resurrection from the dead, which comes by Christ's resurrection from the dead.
This is confirmed again by Paul in Titus 3:5: "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit".
The word "regeneration" in the above verse is a translation of the Greek word palingenesía [StrongsGreek G03824]. It's a combination of the words pálin (anew) and génesis (i.e generation).
Thayer's dictionary:
new birth, reproduction, renewal, recreation, regeneration.
The word is also found in Matthew 19:28:
“And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
Those who have been born of the Spirit from above are in Christ, who died in the flesh and was raised again from the dead, therefore those who are baptized by the Spirit of God into Christ (through new birth) have therefore also died with Christ and are raised with Christ (because they are now in Christ, and He in them):
"If you then be risen with [συνεγείρω synegeírō] Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is seated on the right hand of God." (Colossians 3:1).
"For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall also be in the likeness of his resurrection:" (Romans 6:5).
It's totally obvious that Jesus' resurrection is the first resurrection:
First (Greek) πρῶτον prōton:-
Acts 26:23
"That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first (πρῶτον prōton) that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles."
Revelation 20:6
"Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first (πρῶτον prōton) 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."
New Testament concepts regarding death and resurrection:
1. Adam's death, which came to all mankind.
2. Christ's Resurrection. He IS the Resurrection and the life. Those who are raised are raised with (synegeírō) Christ.
3. The second death.
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THE ONLY BIBLICAL, SOUND AND CORRECT CONCLUSION
Just as it's 100% clear in the New Testament that spiritual regeneration is through the spiritual birth (γεννάω gennáō) from above by the Spirit and is the prerequisite for the resurrection of the body with (synegeírō) Christ’s resurrection, so it's also 100% clear that every single passage and verse in the New Testament that talks about the Resurrection is talking about the resurrection of the body [σῶμα sōma] from the dead.
Therefore the term " spiritual 'resurrection' " does not apply to any passages or verses in the New Testament which talk about the resurrection.
.. unless Revelation 20:4-6 is the only exception in the entire New Testament.
If (IF) the resurrection mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6 is literal, then it either took place in the days following the death of Nero on June 9th, A.D 68, or it's still coming.
Or Revelation 20:4-6 is the only exception in the entire New Testament.
Agnosmillennialist signing off.
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How many besides John the Baptist lost their heads? So John the Baptist is still alive on earth today, or did he leave after 1000 years?Yes, it definitely was. I'm with you on this one. That was a "remnant of the dead" which came to life again at that time, and was called "the First Resurrection".
Matthew 27's resurrection at the Cross was the Last Day resurrection of all OT redeemed. They left Abraham's bosom and ascended to heaven with Christ on Sunday.Yes, I think the resurrection in Matthew 27:52-53 gets overlooked far too often.
To me the first resurrection in Revelation 20:5 is an event that encompassed both Christ and those in Matthew 27.
There definitely can’t be any future resurrection that’s called the first resurrection.
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