RESURRECTION OF JESUS
AND THE SEAL OF CAESAR
…’because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away Sins. Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: Sacrifice and Offering You did not desire, but a Body You prepared for Me. In Burnt Offerings and Sin Offerings You took no delight’. -Hebrews 10:4-6The Bible teaches that Humans are the descendants of Adam and Eve. They were placed in the Garden of Eden nearly 6000 year ago by the Creator GOD, YHVH. Adam was created from the dust of the Earth and Eve was constructed from the DNA of Adam. Their bodies were perfect, free of any physical corruption, diseases or aging. According to some Jewish myths, their bodies were covered in a form of light and were in need of no clothing as the light was its covering of sorts.
Then Humanity was put to the test as it seemed ‘Paradise’ was not enough and Eve edged to the limit of Eden perhaps thinking that the ‘Grass was greener on the other side’, literally. Humanity was allowed to have Free Will and in so doing, Eve and Adam plunged their entire Species into not only a Spiritual Death, but a physical Death as well. As the consequence of their disobedience Death entered Eden. They did not die physically on the spot. But what died was their Spirit as it went out like a flame.
And gradually a lifespan of years were allotted in how before the Flood of Noah, the average lifespan of Humans from Adam was around 9 Lives or ~900 Years, roughly. It started to decline as the DNA began to degenerate from 1 generation to the next. And then Lucifer’s Hybridization Program began against Humanity. It was YHVH, or rather Jesus before His incarnation that sacrifices an animal, perhaps a Lamb as a foreshadowing to provide the covering of Adam and Eve’s bodies.
They were naked but had no sense of shame as they knew not what nakedness nor shame was. And with that background, theologically, one wishes to bring to your attention how what remains of Jesus’ Salvation is the Glorification of the Body. This will be further explained below, but the point is that once Believers and Followers of Christ are given their New Body, a Glorified Body, that is where and when it will occur at the Resurrection and Rapture.The event alone that ends the Church Age Commission will be a supernatural event as it was in the Resurrection of Jesus in how He also received His Glorified Body. It is about the Order of the Resurrection and what is next to occur in the Prophetic Timeline. The Church Age is about to end. Consider the aspect of having a body. Realize this most amazing attribute of the Son of GOD.
A Body thou hast prepared for me
As GOD took on the Flesh and Blood of Mankind, it was so to redeem Adam as a Human, GOD the Son became something He was not before. GOD the Son restricted His essence to be confined as a Human forever. And He did not do this for any other form or being in His entire Creation. Why? It was and is because Humans, collectively, at least those that chose to believe and follow Jesus are to become His Bride. See Ephesians 6 for this rationale and plan.
It is like an Ant Colony that is in danger of being wiped-out by a flood. And to warn the Ants, the Ant-Keeper, through some super powers, transforms himself into an Ant, permanently to warn the Ants. But in so doing makes himself an Offering to divert the flood waters upon himself and drowns. However, due to the Super Powers, he rises to life again and becomes indestructible. Not only that but it is an Ant, permanently and lives in the Ant Colony as its leader.This is what Jesus was willing to do and did for Adam and Eve’s race because that is what GOD the Father asked of him to do. In some mysterious way, it was the only way to save and rescue the fallen race of Adam on Earth. So, now, Jesus has this indestructible body of Glorified Flesh that are like the original Bodies of Adam and Eve, but even better. It cannot die, be sick and can walk through tombs and walls. This type of body can ascend to Heaven at will or at the Speed of Thought.This Glorified Body can traverse Dimensions without reservation or resistance, etc. And realize that in Heaven itself, wherever that is situated, there is a Human Being there with that Glorified Body of Flesh, sitting on a Throne. That is amazing because all that is revealed about Heaven is that it is a Spiritual Dimension and existence, without Space, Time or Matter, etc.And one’s point is that what is yet to be ‘redeemed’ in real time on this side of the Rapture event is the Glorification of the Body of all those Believers and Followers of Jesus. This is what the Resurrection and Rapture is all about. It is the place and time where the New Bodies, glorified, will be bestowed. The Apostle Paul described it as ‘Putting on Immortality’, from Corruption to Incorruptibility to at last receive a Body like Jesus has. Where does it say that in the Bible?
…’in an instant, in the Twinkling of an Eye, at the Last Trumpet. For the Trumpet will sound, the Dead will be raised Imperishable, and we will be changed. For the Perishable must be clothed with the Imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the Mortal with Immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: Death has been swallowed up in Victory’. - 1 Corinthians 15:53
‘Behold what manner of Love the Father has given to us, that we should be called Children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Beloved, we are now Children of GOD, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. And everyone who has this Hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure. - 1 John 3:1-3The Defeat of Death
So, after the Resurrection of Jesus who now has this new Glorified Body, what does that look like? One’s point is that there is a misconception in that when Jesus was put in the Garden Tomb, the Tomb was covered by a round Stone. The Gospels attest that the evil Sanhedrin, for fear that the Disciples might take out the body of Jesus to fake a resurrection place Roman Guards at the Tomb’s entrance. Then the Seal of Caesar was placed on the Stone as if to mark the Authority the Sanhedrin had over Jesus’ body and place of Death even.
But in most depictions of Jesus’ Resurrection, it is shown that the Stone Covering is rolled away and then Jesus walks out. Not so. It is the opposite. Jesus resurrects and with His new Glorified Body, just walks through the Stone Covering. As it is overlooked, the Gospels record that it was the Angels that came down from Heaven when meeting with the women who had come to prepare the Body of Jesus for His proper burial that it was when they rolled the Stone away. It was also when the Seal of Caesar was broken and the Roman Guards fled in terror.
Thus, consider the following appearance of Jesus after His Resurrection with His new Gloried Body. Jesus is recorded as appearing 12 times after His Resurrection, with these appearances occurring over a period of 40 Days before His Ascension into Heaven. But it does not account for the 10 Days that He appears initially to the Disciples in the Upper Room. The list is based on the sequence of the appearances, the description and the Scripture reference.
NO. PERSON(S) SCRIPTURE
1 To Mary Magdalene John 20:11-182 To the Women returning from the Tomb Matthew 28:9-103 To Peter Luke 24:344 On the road to Emmaus Luke 24:13-31 Materialized5 To the Disciples (without Thomas) John 20:19-25 Materialized6 To the Disciples (with Thomas) John 20:26-29 Materialized7 To the 7 Disciples by Sea of Tiberias John 21:1-148 To 11 Disciples on mountain in Galilee Matthew 28:16-209 To James 1 Corinthians 15:710 To the Apostles 1 Corinthians 15:711 To 500 People at once 1 Corinthians 15:612 To Paul Acts 9:3-6Here is one’s primary point regarding the new Resurrected Body. When Jesus rose from the Dead, He passed through the Seal of Caesar placed on the Tomb. He did not have to break the Seal. It was the Angels that came down and with an earthquake, broke the Seal and rolled the Stone away.
No Seal of Rome on a Stone covering His Tomb could have kept Jesus in the Tomb and dead. And it is indicative of the power and ability and power of a Resurrected and Glorified Body. And that is the type of Body the Bride which will be given, finally at the Resurrection-Rapture event.
Unwrapping SalvationAs recorded, the new resurrected type of Body can pierce Space, Time and Matter. This is why Jesus was able to appear in the Upper Room where the windows and the door were closed and locked for fear of the Jewish Sanhedrin that was looking to murder them as well. This new bodily constitution is what also was witnessed with Jesus on the Road to Emmaus and how at the end, Jesus disappeared from the Disciples' sight.
‘After the Sabbath, at dawn on the 1rst Day of the Week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the Tomb. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an Angel of the LORD descended from Heaven, rolled away the Stone, and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow’. -Matthew 28:1-3
Now, as to some specifics also about the events of the Crucifixion of Jesus. One is of the interpretation that Jesus was crucified in the ‘Midst of the Week’. It follows the template of the 6 Days of Creation and the Sabbath Rest Day in a Week of Time. This day was thus a Wednesday. And if Jesus died at 3pm, then that coincided with the Evening Sacrifice of the Last Passover Lamb. Thus, Jesus had to then rise on the Sabbath or Saturday at 3pm. Afterall, Jesus is the LORD of the Sabbath, etc.What was only recorded is how the Scripture picks-up the scene from Sunday Morning.
That is when the Jews or in this case, the Women Disciples of Jesus could only then travel and leave the house due to observing the weekly Sabbath. Now for a bit of Theology and how it ties in to what remains to be ‘saved’, i.e., the Body. The Free Gift of Salvation is 3-Fold as is the GOD-Head and how Humanity is also constituted in that Divine Image and desiring. A Human has a Spirit, Soul and Body.Although Salvation has been procured by Jesus at the Cross in defeating Lucifer, for some mysterious reason, YHVH has chosen to unveil that in time because Humanity is subject to Time, Space and Matter. It is thus a factor of a Past, Present and Future ‘Salvation’. In one’s Past, Jesus has saved one’s Spirit, relit it. Then in the Future, Jesus will grant His Bride her new Body, individually. That is what is called the Glorification of the Body. But what is occurring presently is the Salvation of one’s Soul or Sanctification. It is a time where one is learning, growing in one’s Knowledge and Faith in Jesus.
…’through whom we have gained access by Faith into this Grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the Hope of the Glory of GOD. Not only that, but we also rejoice in our Sufferings, because we know that Suffering produces Perseverance; Perseverance, Character; and Character, Hope’. -Romans 5:2-4This Sanctification depends on one’s disposition to do so or want to be ‘separated’ from the world, for example. In the Past, one was Justified and in the Future, one will be Glorified. But the present-tense Salvation is that of Sanctification. It means being separated. GOD the Holy Spirit is working to develop one’s Relationship with Jesus as would a newlywed couple begin and then mature in their Marriage. And it is through the trials, tribulations, loss, conflict and suffering that one is taught. And through such times of trouble, one can appreciate and know Jesus at a much deeper level.
Resurrection Life
In some mysterious way, suffering matures the Bride. This is what happened to Israel also in how YHVH kept some of the Natural Inhabitants of the Promised Land for Israel to ‘learn how to conduct war’. What? Did not YHVH command Israel to wipe-out all the evil and Nephilim Tribes from the Promised Land? Yes. But as the Israelites conquered the Promised Land, the successive Generation did not know what that looked like or meant. This can be applied to how in the New Testament, the Bride of Christ is commanded to ‘Contend for the Faith’.
‘Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the Salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the Faith entrusted once for all to the Saints. -Jude 1:3Here is the parallelism in the Old Testament, specifically in Judges 3:1-2. It states that YHVH left certain Nations to test the Israelites and to teach Warfare to the generations who had not experienced battle before. This was intended to prepare them for future conflicts. So, during this time of the Church Age, GOD the Father is seeking a Wife a Bride for the Son. And it is through a Relationship, maturing, contended in the world that one is being built-up.
‘These are the Nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan, if only to teach Warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly: the 5 Rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-Hermon to Lebo-Hamath’. - Judges 3:1-3
So, during this Church Age, as Believers and Followers of Jesus are being tried and tested, refined by the Fiery Trials, such are having their Souls be Sanctified presently. And that will then ultimately lead to the future Glorification of the Body. GOD the Holy Spirit is drawing Sinners to turn to Jesus and be saved, all-inclusive. It begins with the salvation of one’s Spirit that is re-lit once a person surrenders to Jesus.
It is thus, a Journey of Faith and to the degree that one ‘sanctifies’ oneself, that is how ‘Holy’ one will enter Heaven with. And it will be all revealed at the Bema Seat of Christ once the Resurrection-Rapture event occurs. And to be clear, this aspect of the Sanctification Process of one’s Soul, that although involves one’s will and work contributing to it, is not what determines how ‘Saved’ one can become or will be. Because of this theology, the Church Age cannot cross over into Jacob’s Troubles.
It is because it is only during the Church Age that GOD the Father is extracting the Gentiles from the world of His Wrath to come and is grafting them into the Stump of Israel that has been cut off, temporarily. It is only after the Last Gentile is saved that the Church Age Commission will close-out this present Sanctification of one’s Soul. It will culminate with the Glorification of the new Bodies being given to all those individually that will make-up the collective Bride of Christ. And like Jesus, one’s new Body will no longer be held down by Caser’s Seal or Stone that is in the way of living a resurrected life for all Eternity.
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Books
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