
Daniel 12:1-7 tells the prediction of end of the Age. And the
Resurrection would occur when verse 7 is fulfilled. Jesus is the Resurrection and a Life
Giving Spirit
By Dan Maines
Resurrection
Verse
2 is the Resurrection
Verse 6 the question is asked How
long...
Verse 7 It would occur "when the power of
the holy people has been completely shattered".
The
only power Israel ever had was a covenant relationship with the
Lord.
So, the resurrection would happen, when Israel and
her covenant relationship was "completely shattered"
Daniel
12 predicted the end of the age, the resurrection. The only age
predicted to come to an end in the entire bible was the old covenant
age of Israel.
Matthew 13:39-40 - There are only two ages
spoken about at this time in the bible "this age" and "new
age" which is The Old Covenant Age and the The New Covenant
Age.
Ephesians 2:4-6 But God, who is rich in mercy,
because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we
were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by
grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us
sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
even
when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with
Christ (by grace you have been saved), Ephesians 2:5
We have
eternal life and can never die spiritually. Therefore, we don't need
a resurrection. At death our bodies go to dust, and we go
immediately to heaven:
Jesus said to her, "I am the
resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if
he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.
Do you believe this?" John 11:25-26
Jesus is saying, "He
who believes in me shall live [spiritually], even if he dies
[physically], and everyone who lives [physically], and believes in
Me, shall never die [spiritually]."
Two categories
of believers are discussed: those who would die before the
resurrection, and those who would not. For those who died under the
Old Covenant, He was The Resurrection, but for those who lived into
the days of the New Covenant, He is the Life.
Under the
New Covenant, there is no death, spiritually speaking. Where there
is no death, there is no need of a resurrection. We have eternal
life and can never die spiritually. Therefore, we don't need a
resurrection. At death, we go immediately to heaven.
So,
the resurrection is NOT for us it is NOT for the living. It was ONLY
for the dead. It was for those who died before Jesus, when it was by
works, when it was the law.
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