Resurrection of Moses

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 6, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 18.

Resurrection of Moses

No. 553. Resurrection of Moses.

Is it held by some that Moses was raised from the dead (Deut. 34:5, 6), and like Christ ascended to heaven? If such a view is held, how can it be established, since Christ himself became the first-fruits of them that slept? 1 Cor. 15:20.

Moses was raised from the dead. Proof: (1) In the dispute between Michael, the Archangel [Christ], and the devil over the body of Moses, our Lord must have been victorious. See Jude 9. Satan claims the dead as his lawful prisoners (Isa. 14:17); Christ, the Lifegiver, sets them free (Ps. 146:7). (2) Moses was with Christ on the mount of transfiguration as the representative of the dead who will be raised at Christ's coming. "First-fruits" refers to precedence in rank rather than point of time.