So you think the people that have died are laying in a whole in the ground waiting for Christ to return?
Another debate through the ages.
Eph 5:14 For this reason it says, "
Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you."
1 Thes 4:16 or the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the
dead in Christ will rise first.
John 11:24; Martha *said to Him, "I know that
he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."
John 11:25; Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies,
John 5:28;
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 5:29;
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.
2 Tim 2:18; men who have
gone astray from the truth saying that the
resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some.
Rev 20:13; And the
sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds.
Matt 27:51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.
Matt 27:52
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
Matt 27:53 and
coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
Matt 27:54 Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!"
I've always wondered what happened to these "zombies". Did they stay alive and die a natural death later? Did they go back into their graves? Were they resurrected then and there?
1 Thes 4:13; But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about
those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.
1 Thes 4:14; For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him
those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
1 Thes 4:15; For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord,
will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
1 Thes 4:16; For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and
with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
1 Thes 4:17; Then we who are alive and remain
will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
John 3:13;
"No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.
Acts 2:29; "Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch
David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Acts 2:34; "For
it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND,
