(We look forward to the blessed hope, which is the resurrection of the Christians of the church age.

But won't there also be a resurrection of the Jews, first those who will be with Jesus in the kingdom, and then later for those who are lost?)

 

Romans 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

  25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

 

Matthew 8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

 

Luke 13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

  29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

 

Luke 14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

 

Matthew 22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

  32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

 

Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

 

Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

  13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

 

Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

 

Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

  26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

  27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

 

Psalms 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

 

John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

  28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

  29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

 

John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

 

John 6:39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

  40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

  44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

  54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

 

Acts 23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

  8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

 

Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

  21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

 

(Hasn't the following passage in Ezekiel been believed by many to picture the return of Israel from captivity?

Hasn't it also been believed to specifically refer to holocaust survivors, mere skeletons, barely alive, liberated from the death camps?

Also, didn't, supposedly, a US general referred to this passage, when viewing all the bones the nazis buried outside one of those camps?

Hasn't this passage also been believed to be fulfilled by the return to, and the rebirth of, the nation of Israel, after the holocaust?

Yet, is there not also a coming fulfillment of this passage, where the LORD will resurrect Abraham, Joshua, David, and so many more?)

 

Ezekiel 37:1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

  2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

  3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

  4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

  5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

  6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

  7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

  8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

  9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

  10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

  11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

  12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

  13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

  14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

 

(Are not those of Israel, to be resurrected, at that time, also called the elect?)

 

Romans 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

  28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.

 

(Is this when Jesus will resurrect his elect of Israel?)

 

Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

  30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

  31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

 

Mark 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

  25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

  26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

  27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

 

(Will the tribulation saints, who died, or were killed, during the tribulation, also be resurrected at this time?

Will possibly, Abel, Methuselah, others before the flood, as well as Noah, Shem, and others after he flood, be resurrected here, too?)

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