Resurrection of the dead
« The tombs were opened , and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised and came out of the tombs after his resurrection , they entered into the holy citadel and appeared to many .» ( Matthew : 27 / 52-53 ) * « There are also heavenly 1 bodies , and earthly 2 bodies ; but the glory of the heavenly differs from that of the earthly .» ( Corinthians 1 : 15 / 40 .) « It is sown as a natural body ; it is raised a spiritual body . There is a natural body just as there is a spiritual body .» ( Corinthians 1 : 15 / 44 .) * « For this reason , the Good News was preached even to the dead , 3 so that they might in the flesh undergo the judgment that faces all human beings but [ then ] live in the spirit as to God . 4 » ( Peter 1 : 4 / 6 .) * « I saw thrones on which those who had received authority to pass judgment were seated . I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God , and who had not expressed adoration to the beast or his image and who has not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand . They lived 5 and reigned with Christ for a thousand years .
The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished . This is the first resurrection .
Blessed and holy 6 is the one who has part in the first resurrection ! Over these , the second death has no power , but they will be priests 7 of God and of Christ , and they will reign with him for one thousand years .» ( Apocalypse : 20 / 4-6 .)
Resurrection of the dead theme
Selection of texts from God ’ s Word 8 from The Holy Citadel New Jerusalem upon this
… Here My children , the discovering of the dead ! Behold , they rise two by two , or three and blessed are those who have risen from death to life ! Here is how they get out of the death grave and sing the holy song . You know that all will rise from the dead , but not all at the same time . Here , do you know children that the dead too here these holy words ? These words which you hear , the dead hear too and wonder how you have had spiritual gift so great , for if they were hearing these holy words , they would have ended repented .
Excerpt from the Word of God , from
15-05-1957 *** realm .
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Or “ celestial ”
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Or “ terrestrial ”
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It is unclear whether these are physically or spiritually dead individuals .
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Or more literally “ live as God does in spirit ” where spirit seems to be used as a reference to the spiritual
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Most other translations read “ they came to life .” ( Compare Apoc : 2 / 4 ; 13 / 14 ; also Peter : 1 / 23 )
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Compare 1 Peter : 1 / 15 ; 2 / 9
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Compare 1 Peter : 2 / 9
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God ’ s Word in Romania , translated by I . A .
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