Trailblazer
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And nobody ever will see one, because the resurrection was never physical. Physical bodies once dead remain dead. They do not rise from graves.A lot of people might agree with you, after all none of us have seen a resurrection.
I do not interpret the Bible verses that refer to graves and resurrection as being physical graves or physical resurrection of bodies. By graves I believe is meant that when the Christ Spirit returns and some people will come forth from their graves and hear his voice, graves denoting awakening and hearkening to the call of God. Thus I believe that grave symbolizes being spiritually dead. Those that turn away from the Christ Spirit when He returns will not be resurrected; they will remain in their graves, spiritually dead. Others will be resurrected and arise from their graves and hasten to the divine presence.
John 11: 23-24 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
I do not interpret these verses literally. I believe that dead means spiritually dead and resurrection means spiritually resurrected. Thus I believe it means that when Christ returns (at the last day) those that turn towards Him will be spiritually resurrected; they will arise from their graves (from being spiritually dead) and hasten to the divine presence. Those who turn away from Christ will not be resurrected; they will remain in their graves, spiritually dead. The Day of God’s Revelation is the Day of the greatest Resurrection..
But the important verses in that chapter are as follows:
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: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
Jesus is the resurrection, and the life, because whoever believes in Jesus will attain to everlasting life. His body will die, but his soul will continue on to the spiritual world (heaven) where he will be close to God. The rewards of the spiritual world are peace, the spiritual graces, various spiritual gifts, the gaining of the desires of the heart and the soul, and getting closer to God. Gaining these rewards is the gaining of eternal life.
Christ said, John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. He meant that those who believed in Him would be “Born Again” and enter the kingdom of God on earth and in heaven, since we can be close to God both here and there.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord....
I do not interpret these verses literally. By asleep is meant spiritually asleep, spiritually dead, those who have no hope. God will bring those who are spiritually dead, at least some of them who hearken to His call. A cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God will be raised when the Christ Spirit returns and some people will come forth from their spiritual sleep and hear his voice, awakening and hearkening to the call of God. The dead in Christ in their graves symbolizes being spiritually dead. The verses of God will be revealed and those that turn away from them will not be resurrected; they will remain in their graves, spiritually dead. Others will be resurrected and arise from their graves and hasten to the divine presence.
Then we who are alive, who are left, means spiritually alive, and they will be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, means those people will be caught up and always be with the Lord in heaven... This is symbolic; it is not about literal clouds and literal air.
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