The Dead
Ngayon, here is what I get from the scriptures about the dead. Tandaan: I read and interpret the scriptures considerably and consistently apart from most, and concerning the dead is one of those areas I deviated more than a little bit.
In the Old Testament humans are sons of men that can be saved through repentance by oblation (the offering) of the sacrificial blood of unblemished yearling sheep and calves, and then, if they have lived a God-fearing (Kawikaan 8:13), clean life, as they died, they slept in the dust (Trabaho 7:21, Daniel 12:2, 2nd Samuel 7:12, 1st Kings 1:21, John 5:28-29, !st Thesalonians 4:14-16) waiting the first resurrection. After Jesus came to us in the flesh of a human and was cut off from the people at his ascension (Daniel 9:26 …shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: …) there were some major changes.
Jesus was there as the Father’s son at the beginning, born of water, before he was born of blood (1st John 5:6). Jesus was always with us before day one of creation (Chapter 10 at 11 of “Upang Buksan ang Mata”)
In fact, by scripture Moses most likely was speaking to Jesus on the mountain as noted in Exodus 3:2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. … who is also God noted in Exodus 3:4 … God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, … then he speaks in Exodus 3:6 … he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob … Only a few realize this difference of the angel of the Lord” and can relate to that angel as Jesus, who is God (Chapter 9 at 13 of“Upang Buksan ang Mata”)
Jesus, born of water (1st John 5:6) just before creation, was born as the Archangel named Michael. This is documented in scripture by putting together parallel scripture that names Michael and Jesus as one and the same. This scripture can be found in Daniel; 1st Thessalonians; at John (Chapter 9 of “To Open one’s Eyes”)
I know this messes with indoctrinated Christians heads and their church indoctrination, so to avoid confusion, stiffened necks, and hardened hearts, I’ll just point to him as Jesus both before and after being born of blood.
Before being formed the son, Jesus was possessed by God (Kawikaan 8-22) and then he was brought forth, born of water, (Kawikaan 8:24), formed from God just before the Father said, “let there be light”. Now where do you suppose that light came from since there were no stars yet. Find out in “Upang Buksan ang Mata”.
Before Jesus was born of blood with a very few exceptions the dead sleep in the graves (Again noted in Trabaho 7:21, Daniel 12:2, 2nd Samuel 7:12, 1st Kings 1:21 and more). The few would be God-fearing people like Enoch, Elijah, maybe Moses, and a select group of Godly men and prophets. Twenty-four are mentioned in the Holy Bible, but there may have been a few more, in which their identity is kept unknown to us.
After Jesus was born of blood, lived his life on earth as a human and after his death and resurrection, at his ascension Jesus was cut off from the people (Daniel 9:26) and again with his Father, there were some serious changes concerning sons of God and death, that took effect. The significance of those changes is either missed or misinterpreted. The instant those changes took place is the very same instant Jesus died on the cross.
The earth shook, in the temple in Jerusalem, the thick vail between the holy place and the most holy place was torn top to bottom exposing the most holy place, and guess what?
It was found that God had left the building. The covenant with God was broken by the people of Israel many times over as mentioned in prophesy by Zachariah (11:10-11,14-17) and the other prophets. Sacrifice and oblation ended.
Since that instant in time there has not been a clean animal without blemish as a yearling, and thus sacrifice and oblation ended. This is one of many sure signs to Jews, other religions, non-believers, atheists and couch potato Christians that Jesus was God’s son in human flesh, born of blood. They just need to pay attention and not be distracted by the world to realize the truth. This is also a sure sign that from this time forward the proper path to eternity for the living is through believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God the Father and the blood he shed was God’s personal sacrifice for our sins, replacing sacrifice and oblation of clean animals.
In the end, God’s book as our guide will be Satan’s bane. With simply reading it, the Holy Bible will bring many to understand his word is as though it is a living entity of God. As such, it will bring many to know and believe that Jesus is the Son of God. God’s book is Satan’s bane and knowing this Satan will want to either distort the scripture to lead away or plainly take away God’s book from the people just as he tried during the Dark Ages. This, I believe, is one of many sure signs that the end is very near.
What happens to the dead also changed, and this is missed and misinterpreted by Christians everywhere, including the Sabbath keepers. The unsaved still sleep in the dust awaiting the second resurrection to condemnation (1st Thessalonians 4:16-17) just as it was before the death of Jesus. For the saved, it is different. Some think we rise to heaven, and others of us believe we sleep in the dust. I read scripture and get from scripture that both happen.
First, both believers and non-believers, continue as before and sleep in the dust until his coming (John 5:27-29). However, from scripture I also believe some of us saved become “sons of God” and are raised the third day, just as Jesus was (Hosea 6:1-2). I am sure that those of us that become “sons of God” do not sleep in the earth and do rise to heaven to be with Jesus and will be with him at his coming. However, not all the believers automatically become a son of God, as so many Christian preachers teach.
Now the understanding of which by believing, we “have the power” to become a son of God.
What changed?
Those of us that believe, just by believing, have “the power to become sons of God.”(John 1:12).
This is a given by Jesus but is not automatic by just believing. Those of us that become sons of God do rise on the third day, as stated by Hosea 6:1-2.
Hosea 6:
1 Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
I see the misinterpretation is in the words of John, as today’s thinking is it means we all, as believers, become “sons of God”. Additionally, when one looks at those words from John and combines them with the words of Hosea, and then considers the changes that happened when Jesus died concerning sacrifice and oblation, then one begins to realize that the power to become a “son of God” is not the same as becoming a “son of God”.
Jesus became the sacrifice and oblation for us. For all of us from that day forward, all of us that believe that Jesus is the son of God, who, just as Jonah, spent three days and three nights in the belly of the beast giving himself, and his blood for our salvation through that sacrifice was then resurrected.
(Tandaan: Preachers get this wrong too. Yes, Jesus spent three days and three nights in the beast belly, just like Jonah. Read it carefully.)
Jesus as God became our oblation, our offering to God, and combined with the lack of understanding of the significance of the change at his death. After he died, salvation comes only through Jesus Christ unless a camel can be sent through the eye of a needle. Yes, there is no sacrifice to offer to God, as God was the sacrifice
Now to become a “son of God” one must first believe that happened. Once we believe that happened, then we have “the power” to become a son of God. It is not only the belief that gets us there, and in that is the misinterpretation. Through believing, we now have hope to become a son of God.
Sa pamamagitan ng John 1:12 many think that just by believing in Jesus we become sons of God. We do not.
Before we become sons of God, we are sons of men as it has been since the day in the garden when the apple was eaten, and sin entered our souls through heredity.
By believing in Jesus as our savior our sins are forgiven, and we are saved. Not quite.
After believing Jesus has three requirements (Find in the Untold Story of Satan’s Seed)
If we fill those requirements we will eventually make it there, but until then as sons of men, we still sleep in the dust at our death until the first resurrection (1st Thessalonians 4:16-17).
As stated, having “the power to become sons of God” is stating that we have not yet crossed that threshold to become sons of God, just as those that sacrificed lambs and calves did not become sons of God. It indicates something more is needed than just to receive him.
Before Jesus was born of blood, we know that a select few made it to Heaven. Were these people perfectly cleaned and made righteous by God? Yes, because it certainly was not by their works, but only through God could they become righteous.
In having the power, we must still through that power earn our spot as a son or daughter of God.
How?
The answer in stated by John the Baptist in John 1:16 and By Jesus in Luke 6:35-38.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:15-16
John (the Baptist) bare witness of him, and cried, sinasabi, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
And of his fulness have all we received, at grace for grace.
Luke 6:35-38
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
And above we have the witness of Jesus, John (the disciple/apostle), and John (the Baptist) giving us three, fulfilling the requirements of witness set by Jesus, and so we know it is true. We can become the son or daughter of God. A brother or sister to our Lord Jesus.
And from that scripture we know to how to become a son or daughter of God. The answer is we become what we are. It is in our works, that is the works of our heart to attain grace.
If we believe and
- hate, destroy, scheme and connive doing evil we will still be destroyed. (Matt 5:20)
- are loving, have mercy, are kind and meet his three additional requirements (Ang Hindi Masasabing Kuwento ng Binhi ni Satanas), we will receive mercy and kindness and sleep until his return at the time of restitution. Then we will awaken and rise up to Heaven with Jesus fully saved.
- through the works of our hearts attain grace, then through His tender mercy we will receive grace.
- That is the requirement to become a son or daughter of God.
- If we meet that requirement we then rise up to Heaven as a son or daughter of God resurrected the third day, just a Jesus was. (Hosea 6:1-2
Those unsaved still sleep in the dust of the earth until the second resurrection, in which those are raised to condemnation.