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THE RESURRECTION

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Apr 12, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 15.

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THE RESURRECTION.

1. Through sin, into what condition have all been brought?
"Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned." Rom. 5:12.
2. Nevertheless, what promise does the Lord make to those who are under the dominion of death?
"I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death." Hosea 13:14.
3. What assurance is given to such, through the prophet Isaiah?
"Thy dead shall live; My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead." Isa. 26:19.
4. With what certainty does Paul declare the resurrection?
"But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised; and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain; your faith also is vain." 1 Cor. 15:13, 14.
5. What is Christ's own promise in regard to the resurrection?
"Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto Him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the Resurrection, and the Life; he that believeth on Me, tho he die, yet shall he live." John 11:23-25.
6. Without the resurrection, what hope is there for any who have died?
"For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised; and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished." 1 Cor. 15:16-18.
7. How many will be resurrected?
"Marvel not at this; for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment." John 5:28, 29.
8. How many resurrections will there be?
"Having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust." Acts 24:15. "The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished." Rev. 20:5. See, also, John 5:29.
Note the length of time that elapses between these two resurrections.
9. What class have their part in the first resurrection?
"For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first." 1 Thess. 4:16.
10. When does the first resurrection take place?
Ans.—At the second coming of Christ. See answers to questions 9 and 11.
11. What other mighty work takes place at the time of the first resurrection?
"Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." 1 Cor. 15:51, 52.
12. After each of these resurrections has taken place, what other important work is accomplished?
"Thou shalt be recompensed in the resurrection of the just." Luke 14:14, last clause. "And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment." John 5:29. "Behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to render to each man according as his work is." Rev. 22:12.