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Hi @BilliardsBall
I like your reference to the resurrection that was to be accomplished by the messiah. The ancient Jews would have read into certain texts, the promise of the future resurrection that was accomplished by the Messiah at his death. Of all the accomplishments the Messiah is accredited with, the fact that he returned from death and accomplished the resurrection of mankind is one of the greatest evidence of his divinity for those who witnessed his resurrection and the resurrection of those who resurrected with him.
THE MESSIAH ACCOMPLISHES THE RESURRECTION IN CONCERT WITH GOD HIS FATHER
For examples from the Old Testament/Tanakh with some historical context
1) 1 Sam 2:6 of the Old Testament speaks of the resurrection which was accomplished by the Messiah, saying “The Lord puts to death and makes alive. He leads down into Hades and leads up [from hades].
Such old testament references were immersed in the context of early beliefs and tradition concerning the promised resurrection. For example, the Jews and Judaism that became known as Christianity or Messianic Judaism possessed a lot of literature that explained their interpretations and beliefs which both paralleled the Old Testament Text and placed it into context.
And God sent Michael the archangel, and he said to them, “Seth, man of God, do not labor, praying with this supplication about the tree from which the oil flows, to anoint your father Adam; it shall not come to be yours now (but at the end of times. 3 Then all flesh from Adam up to that great day shall be raised, such as shall be the holy people; then to them shall be given every joy of Paradise and God shall be in their midst 5 and there shall not be any more sinners before him, for the evil heart shall be removed from them, and they shall be given a heart that understands the good and worships God alone.) Life of Adam and Eve (Apocalypse) 13:2-6;
1 And God called Adam and said, “Adam, Adam.” And the body answered from the ground and said, “Here I am, Lord.” 2 And the Lord said to him, “I told you that you are dust and to dust you shall return. 3 Now I promise to you the resurrection; I shall raise you on the last day in the resurrection with every man of your seed.” Life of Adam and Eve (apocalypse) 41:1-3;
Old testament Job speaks of the resurrection accomplished by the Messiah in the following terms:
2) Job 14:13 “For if you promise [owe] me [that] in Hades to guard me till your anger has passed!
and appoint a time to remember me. 14 If a man should die, will [he] yet live having completed [the] days of his life?
The Promise of resurrection by the Messiah was not simply a religious tradition of Jobs age, but it was a religious belief from the earliest times that the Messiah would bring to pass the resurrection as he says to Adam : “ “And I said [to him], ‘You are earth, and into the earth once again you will go, out of which I took you. And I will not destroy you, but I will send you away to what I took you from. Then I can take you once again at my second coming. And I blessed all my creatures, visible and invisible. And Adam was in paradise 5 hours and a half.” 2nd Enoch 31:2-8, 32:1
The early Hellenistic prayers spoken in the Synagogues reflect the promise of resurrection of mankind from death which was accomplished by the Messiah Jesus. The text reassures us just as Job says : 49 And in time, having caused him to fall asleep for a while, you called (him) by an oath to a new birth; having dissolved the boundaries of death, you promised life by resurrection! 51 And not only this; but also those who poured forth from him, to become and innumerable multitude… Hellenistic Synagogal Prayers (Prayer #12) vs 12:46-51, 61-62 (AposCon 8.112.6-27);
The Judaism that accepted the Messiah and then became known as Christianity believed in this promise as well. Ignatius taught “who, moreover, really was raised from the dead when his Father raised him up, who–his Father, that is–in the same way will likewise also raise us up in Christ Jesus..” Ignatius to the Trallians 9:2;
3) Old Testament Job 19:25 testifies concerning the Messiah/redeemer : (M) I know that my redeemer[c] lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in] my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes. I, and not another.
This text from Job in the Masoretic bible of medieval ages is describing the same prior tradition of the Jewish Enochian literature of 300 b.c. that “ … those who have been destroyed in the desert, those who have been devoured by the wild beasts, and those who have been eaten by the fish of the sea. So that they all return and find hope in the day of the Elect One. For there is no one who perishes before the Lord of the Spirits, and no one who should perish.” And in the next verse, they bless the Messiah, the “Word of God”, Jesus, who accomplished this task as part of the Atonement. Thus the text continues : 7 And him, the First Word, they shall bless, extol, and glorify with wisdom 1st Enoch 61:5-7;
4) Old Testament Isaiah 25:8 Testifies of the Messiah that he swallows up power [of] death. The Sovereign Lord wipes away every tear from every face; he removes the people’s disgrace from all the earth. The mouth of the Lord has spoken. 9 In that day they will say, “Behold our God upon whom we hoped and he saves [heals] us. This is the Lord, we waited for him; we exulted and were glad our salvation.”
The Jewish Enochian literature provides more context as to why there is such gladness in the resurrection into Salvation. “as it is written, “After two days he will revive us, on the third day he will raise us and we shall live in his presence.” 3rd Enoch 28:10
5) Old Testament Isaiah 26:18-19 testifies of the Messiah / deliverer / redeemer thusly “…your deliverance [which] you have done upon the earth, we shall not fall. But all those dwelling upon the earth shall fall. The dead shall arise and the ones in the sepulchers shall be raised, and the ones in the earth shall be glass, for by you they are cured but the land of impious shall fall.
6) Famously, the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel 37:11 testifies of the Messiah/redeemer : Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost; we are perished.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Lord [of] Lord [vs] says: I open your tombs and I will lead you up out of them and into the land of Israel. . 13 And you, will know that I am the Lord, by my opening your graves [and] leading you up out of your graves O my people. 14 I will give you my Spirit and you will live, and I will put you into your own land and you will know that I the Lord have spoken and I did it, declares the Lord.’”
The Jewish literature describes and gives context to this Jewish-Christian belief underlying the Old testament literature “Then the heavenly one will give souls and breath and voice to the dead and bones fastened with all kinds of joinings....flesh and sinews and veins and skin about the flesh, and the former hairs. Bodies of humans, made solid in heavenly manner, breathing and set in motion, will be raised on a single day…. Then Uriel, the great angel, will break the gigantic bolts, of unyielding and unbreakable steel, of the gates of Hades, not forged of metal; he will throw them wide open and will lead all the mournful forms to judgment,.... Christ, imperishable himself, will come in glory on a cloud toward the imperishable one with the blameless angels. He will sit on the right of the Great One, judging at the tribunal the life of pious men and the way of impious men. Moses, the great friend of the Most High, also will come, having put on flesh. Great Abraham himself will come, Isaac and Jacob, Joshua, Daniel and Elijah, Habbakuk and Jonah, and those whom the Hebrews killed.” Sibylline Oracles vs 221-230 & 241-248;
7) Old Testament Daniel 12:1 relates of the resurrection that “… at that time your people—everyone found written in the book—will be delivered. 2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting scorn.
Other Judeo-Christian literature provides the context underlying such Old testament Statements :
For my son the Messiah shall be revealed with those who are with him, and those who remain shall rejoice thirty years (400, 1000, in different versions) . And after these years my son the Messiah shall die, and all who draw human breath. And the world shall be turned back to primeval silence for seven days, as it was at the first beginnings; so that no one shall be left. And after seven days the world, which is not yet awake, shall be roused, and that which is corruptible shall perish. And the earth shall give up those who are asleep in it; and the chambers shall give up the souls which have been committed to them. V1 p537-538 Fourth Book of Ezra 7:26 –
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Hi @BilliardsBall
I like your reference to the resurrection that was to be accomplished by the messiah. The ancient Jews would have read into certain texts, the promise of the future resurrection that was accomplished by the Messiah at his death. Of all the accomplishments the Messiah is accredited with, the fact that he returned from death and accomplished the resurrection of mankind is one of the greatest evidence of his divinity for those who witnessed his resurrection and the resurrection of those who resurrected with him.
THE MESSIAH ACCOMPLISHES THE RESURRECTION IN CONCERT WITH GOD HIS FATHER
For examples from the Old Testament/Tanakh with some historical context
1) 1 Sam 2:6 of the Old Testament speaks of the resurrection which was accomplished by the Messiah, saying “The Lord puts to death and makes alive. He leads down into Hades and leads up [from hades].
Such old testament references were immersed in the context of early beliefs and tradition concerning the promised resurrection. For example, the Jews and Judaism that became known as Christianity or Messianic Judaism possessed a lot of literature that explained their interpretations and beliefs which both paralleled the Old Testament Text and placed it into context.
And God sent Michael the archangel, and he said to them, “Seth, man of God, do not labor, praying with this supplication about the tree from which the oil flows, to anoint your father Adam; it shall not come to be yours now (but at the end of times. 3 Then all flesh from Adam up to that great day shall be raised, such as shall be the holy people; then to them shall be given every joy of Paradise and God shall be in their midst 5 and there shall not be any more sinners before him, for the evil heart shall be removed from them, and they shall be given a heart that understands the good and worships God alone.) Life of Adam and Eve (Apocalypse) 13:2-6;
1 And God called Adam and said, “Adam, Adam.” And the body answered from the ground and said, “Here I am, Lord.” 2 And the Lord said to him, “I told you that you are dust and to dust you shall return. 3 Now I promise to you the resurrection; I shall raise you on the last day in the resurrection with every man of your seed.” Life of Adam and Eve (apocalypse) 41:1-3;
Old testament Job speaks of the resurrection accomplished by the Messiah in the following terms:
2) Job 14:13 “For if you promise [owe] me [that] in Hades to guard me till your anger has passed!
and appoint a time to remember me. 14 If a man should die, will [he] yet live having completed [the] days of his life?
The Promise of resurrection by the Messiah was not simply a religious tradition of Jobs age, but it was a religious belief from the earliest times that the Messiah would bring to pass the resurrection as he says to Adam : “ “And I said [to him], ‘You are earth, and into the earth once again you will go, out of which I took you. And I will not destroy you, but I will send you away to what I took you from. Then I can take you once again at my second coming. And I blessed all my creatures, visible and invisible. And Adam was in paradise 5 hours and a half.” 2nd Enoch 31:2-8, 32:1
The early Hellenistic prayers spoken in the Synagogues reflect the promise of resurrection of mankind from death which was accomplished by the Messiah Jesus. The text reassures us just as Job says : 49 And in time, having caused him to fall asleep for a while, you called (him) by an oath to a new birth; having dissolved the boundaries of death, you promised life by resurrection! 51 And not only this; but also those who poured forth from him, to become and innumerable multitude… Hellenistic Synagogal Prayers (Prayer #12) vs 12:46-51, 61-62 (AposCon 8.112.6-27);
The Judaism that accepted the Messiah and then became known as Christianity believed in this promise as well. Ignatius taught “who, moreover, really was raised from the dead when his Father raised him up, who–his Father, that is–in the same way will likewise also raise us up in Christ Jesus..” Ignatius to the Trallians 9:2;
3) Old Testament Job 19:25 testifies concerning the Messiah/redeemer : (M) I know that my redeemer[c] lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. 26 And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in] my flesh I will see God; 27 I myself will see him with my own eyes. I, and not another.
This text from Job in the Masoretic bible of medieval ages is describing the same prior tradition of the Jewish Enochian literature of 300 b.c. that “ … those who have been destroyed in the desert, those who have been devoured by the wild beasts, and those who have been eaten by the fish of the sea. So that they all return and find hope in the day of the Elect One. For there is no one who perishes before the Lord of the Spirits, and no one who should perish.” And in the next verse, they bless the Messiah, the “Word of God”, Jesus, who accomplished this task as part of the Atonement. Thus the text continues : 7 And him, the First Word, they shall bless, extol, and glorify with wisdom 1st Enoch 61:5-7;
4) Old Testament Isaiah 25:8 Testifies of the Messiah that he swallows up power [of] death. The Sovereign Lord wipes away every tear from every face; he removes the people’s disgrace from all the earth. The mouth of the Lord has spoken. 9 In that day they will say, “Behold our God upon whom we hoped and he saves [heals] us. This is the Lord, we waited for him; we exulted and were glad our salvation.”
The Jewish Enochian literature provides more context as to why there is such gladness in the resurrection into Salvation. “as it is written, “After two days he will revive us, on the third day he will raise us and we shall live in his presence.” 3rd Enoch 28:10
5) Old Testament Isaiah 26:18-19 testifies of the Messiah / deliverer / redeemer thusly “…your deliverance [which] you have done upon the earth, we shall not fall. But all those dwelling upon the earth shall fall. The dead shall arise and the ones in the sepulchers shall be raised, and the ones in the earth shall be glass, for by you they are cured but the land of impious shall fall.
6) Famously, the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel 37:11 testifies of the Messiah/redeemer : Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost; we are perished.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Lord [of] Lord [vs] says: I open your tombs and I will lead you up out of them and into the land of Israel. . 13 And you, will know that I am the Lord, by my opening your graves [and] leading you up out of your graves O my people. 14 I will give you my Spirit and you will live, and I will put you into your own land and you will know that I the Lord have spoken and I did it, declares the Lord.’”
The Jewish literature describes and gives context to this Jewish-Christian belief underlying the Old testament literature “Then the heavenly one will give souls and breath and voice to the dead and bones fastened with all kinds of joinings....flesh and sinews and veins and skin about the flesh, and the former hairs. Bodies of humans, made solid in heavenly manner, breathing and set in motion, will be raised on a single day…. Then Uriel, the great angel, will break the gigantic bolts, of unyielding and unbreakable steel, of the gates of Hades, not forged of metal; he will throw them wide open and will lead all the mournful forms to judgment,.... Christ, imperishable himself, will come in glory on a cloud toward the imperishable one with the blameless angels. He will sit on the right of the Great One, judging at the tribunal the life of pious men and the way of impious men. Moses, the great friend of the Most High, also will come, having put on flesh. Great Abraham himself will come, Isaac and Jacob, Joshua, Daniel and Elijah, Habbakuk and Jonah, and those whom the Hebrews killed.” Sibylline Oracles vs 221-230 & 241-248;
7) Old Testament Daniel 12:1 relates of the resurrection that “… at that time your people—everyone found written in the book—will be delivered. 2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting scorn.
Other Judeo-Christian literature provides the context underlying such Old testament Statements :
For my son the Messiah shall be revealed with those who are with him, and those who remain shall rejoice thirty years (400, 1000, in different versions) . And after these years my son the Messiah shall die, and all who draw human breath. And the world shall be turned back to primeval silence for seven days, as it was at the first beginnings; so that no one shall be left. And after seven days the world, which is not yet awake, shall be roused, and that which is corruptible shall perish. And the earth shall give up those who are asleep in it; and the chambers shall give up the souls which have been committed to them. V1 p537-538 Fourth Book of Ezra 7:26 –
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