Gino (21 Apr 2012)
"RE: Martin: FiveDoves: 04.17.12: Pondering"


 
Martin,

            Jesus was the first person risen from the dead that death had no more power over, with an eternal resurrection body, never to die again. That was not the case with the others raised back to life, for example Lazarus, who died twice. Hebrews 9:27 shows that death is universal to all men, and that after death, they will be accountable for that life that they were given, and the things that they have done. If Hebrews 9:27 is an absolute guarantee that everyone has to die once, then how could Paul say to the Corinthians that we shall not all sleep, or to the Thessalonians about we which are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord? All those people don’t even die once.

                        Gino