THE FIRST TO BE RESURRECTED AMONG THE DEAD
According to
the teachings of the Apostles, Jesus resurrected in his immortal body and not
in his mortal body; therefore was the first to
be resurrected among the dead. ( Colossian 1:18 and Rev. 1:4-5 ).
Based on the
fact that he cannot be the first to be resurrected in his mortal body in as
much as resurrection of the dead began from the old testament scriptures. Evidently,
prophet Elijah was the first to resurrect a dead child who is known to be the first
to be resurrected among the dead ( 1 kings 17:17-24 ). Also Prophet Elisha his successor resurrected a dead child (2nd King 4:18-37). Elisha bones resurrected a dead Moab. (2nd Kings 13:21). Jesus to his own credit resurrected several
persons including Lazarus his friend.
So Jesus was
not the first to be resurrected among the dead if he resurrect in
his mortal body. But being the first to
be resurrected among the dead implies that he resurrected in his immortal body based on the fact that he resurrected first before those saints that
died resurrected who appear to many in Jerusalem only after his
resurrection.(Mat. 27:50-53).
MORTAL AND IMMORTAL
RESURRECTION
Now there
are two types of resurrection – mortal and immortal resurrection. Mortal
resurrection involve resurrection in the same physical body based on the condition
that the body will not be deformed and the bones still remain intact. To
effect mortal resurrection, the body must be embalmed to be intact - no deformity from the head to the toe.
Evidently,
ancient Egyptians did embalm the dead bodies of the Pharaohs expecting resurrection. This
embalmed body is known as “Mummy” But if
the body is deformed partially or completely, there will be no miracle for
mortal resurrection.
In the case
of Jesus Christ, his mortal body must be decayed and deformed and turn to dust
remaining only his bones in as much as that same body was used for the
sacrifice of sin to fulfilling the shedding of his blood for the remission of
sin. Consequently since he resurrected
in his immortal body, as the first among the dead, the saints in
Jerusalem also appeared to many in their immortal bodies and cannot live together with their families just as Jesus can no longer live together with his disciples but only appeared
to them occasionally which discouraged Apostle Peter and the rest of the Apostles.
Consequently, on the day of his second coming, being
the day of resurrection, we that are
alive until he comes will be translated into our immortal bodies and no more in
our mortal bodies-we shall put on the immortal bodies of the angels ( 1st
Cor. 15:53-55 ). Both the sinners and the righteous must appear in the immortal
body – those that have done good to
everlasting life and those that have
done evil into everlasting condemnation
because the immortal body no longer dies. (Dan. 12:2 and John 4:29). This is known as immortal resurrection. These include those that have
died and their bodies deformed long
before the day of resurrection.
THE JUDGMENT BEFORE RESURRECTION
Those that
died before resurrection only went to hell or heaven temporary as a dream land but not real until the day of
resurrection when Jesus comes; because all those that made heaven in their
dream land after dead and those that are
in hell will all resurrect and face the real judgment on the last day. So those
that have died are sleeping; there are
not dead until the day of resurrection when they shall all awake to face
the real dead in the lake of fire as the story of the resurrection of Lazarus implies ( John chapter 11)
HIS BODY WILL NOT SEE CORRUPTION
On the day
of Pentecost, Apostle Peter mentioned that Jesus resurrected from the dead
because according to King David, his body will not see corruption (Acts 2:25-27
and Psalms 16:8-11). He was the very Person who was discouraged of Jesus being resurrected
in his immortal body and not in his physical body. So decided to go back to his
fishing business instead.
However, on
the day of Pentecost, when the promise
of Holy Spirit fulfilled strange things happened to him and all the Apostles and
several others from different nations which made him believed and have confidence that Jesus is
still alive. Till today, we the Christians believe that our God is alive even
though we do not see him physically. Likewise those in other religion of the
Abrahamic faith. So he made mention of
David statement in the book of Psalms proving that the same Jesus who was killed and buried had resurrected in a new life, so he was not dead. His
statement was the word of faith and not based on the mortal resurrection of
Jesus Christ.
However, the
prophecy of David in the book of Psalms referred to himself to be fulfilled in
the end-times as the forerunner of Jesus Christ being the King David the First
and same as the King David the Third as John the Baptist the second whose
statement implies that his body will not be buried until Jesus returns which is
applicable in Revelation chapter 11:3-13 whose body will not be buried after
being killed (meaning three and half days
which implies three and half years of reigning ) who
shall be advanced in age as the Ancient of Days in as much as King David is one
of the Seven Horns of the Lamb as the second John the Baptist and as the
Prophet Elijah the Third.
In the book
of Revelation since Jesus being the Lamb of God bears the seven horns
representing the seven spirits of God, the names of the prophets are omitted
such as Moses and Elijah as the prophetic power of the two witnesses. Meaning
that any prophetic miracle perform by them is seen as performed by
the horns of the Lamb and no longer their names. Consequently, if Elijah
came and shut the sky and rain fire from the sky is the Lamb that does it and
no longer in the name of the prophet. So you cannot find the name of any prophet
in the book of Revelation but only the
Lamb.
Similarly,
the name Babylon the Great City is used instead of Israel or Jerusalem in Israel based on the
fact that Babylon being the head of Gold
according to the prophecy of Daniel chapter 2, will reign again
in the end time in as much as Abraham and the Jews were original
Babylonians as their identity based on the fact that Gold is a precious metal
that never fade.
THE DISPLACEMENT OF HIS
BODY
Jesus body
was displaced by two angels that positioned themselves as one on the head and
the other on the leg where his main body was first laid ; just to indicate how
they held both head and legs and took him away to an unknown location after the
other angel rolled off the great stone. (John 20:12-17). This is based on the
fact that God never allowed his body to the exposed to the Jews and the
disciples in the very tomb he was laid as he did to the body of Moses.
It was the
angel of the Lord that buried the body of Moses; so his grave remain a mystery
to the people of Israel to this day (Deut. 34:5-6). It was the Archangel
Michael his colleague and companion that buried him of whom Satan was his
contender but Michael Rebuke him (Jude 6 and
Zec. 3:1-7).
The
displacement of his body implies the resurrection in his immortal body; so the two
angels said to Mary and the other women that the Lord is not here ; he has risen (not
in his mortal body but in his immortal body being the first to be resurrected
among the dead (Luke 24:1-12).
Till today,
the open grave is used to indicate where his body was originally laid but was
not there. He was risen from the dead in his immortal body. Evidently, the two
angels (representing Moses and Elijah spiritually Archangel Gabriel and Michael who had earlier appeased at the mount of Transfiguration) took his body and buried him in a family tomb similar to what the angel
of the Lord did to the body of Moses and was placed in a family tomb several
miles away from Jerusalem which made it impossible to believe that it was the
real body of Jesus
. However, the
action of the two angels confirmed the
report that at night his disciples came and took his body away to unknown
location which must have been confirmed by eye witness who later discovered his
body in the family tomb after his resurrection as evidenced by the archaeological
discovery of his bone box in the family tomb.
In the
biblical days, kings were buried in the tomb of their ancestors like King David
and others which the two angels complied and not to be buried in the tomb of
Joseph of Arimathea who was not a member
of the family.
So it
was believed that Jesus never resurrected from the dead till today; but rather
resurrected in his immortal body based on the fact given in these articles.
THE END.
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