Nobody has been resurrected other than Christ; the others of the elect are fallen asleep (1Thes. 4:13-18). But the dead will be raised. 1Corinthians 15:16-18 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also that have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. But, in fact, Christ, the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep, has been raised from the dead (1Cor. 15:20). David died and was buried and … Acts 2:29 … his tomb is with us to this day. John 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven but he that descended out of heaven, even the son of man who is in heaven. Thus, the extension of immortality together with the adoption as sons of God comes from the resurrection from the dead. The assertion that anyone has been resurrected with Christ and ascended into Heaven is a heresy from this text in John. Our gift is at the return of Messiah (1Cor. 15:12-26). Christ is risen from the dead as the first-fruits and then everyone in their own order. The elect rise at his coming (1Cor. 15:23). The sequence is well known (from Rev. 20:1-15). Revelation 20:6 shows that the elect are raised in the First Resurrection, and the second death has no power over them. They are thus immortal, but conditional to obedience. From their adoption they possess the Holy Spirit and they then are sons of God and loyal. It is thus developed from God’s will that they will not rebel and death and hell or sheol, the grave, are no more (Rev. 20:14). They become concepts that are no longer applicable. The rest of mankind receive immortality from the Second Resurrection when all people are judged and corrected. They will be saved by the teaching and activities of the elect in the sequence of the Second Resurrection, which lasts one hundred years (Isa. 65:20).
Posted on: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:37:00 +0000
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