The Resurrections Part 1
Acts 1:1-3
1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to
do and teach,
2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost
had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3 To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible
proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to
the kingdom of God:
The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus the Anointed of God was the greatest
event to occur on the face of this earth. Jesus was the first to be resurrected
by the power of God and ascend back into the kingdom of Heaven. But his
resurrection was not the last there are two more resurrections yet to come. The
Apostles and more than five hundred others were witness that he lived again for
a period of forty days and then ascended into the Heavens. Proving to mankind he
is the Son of God.
Mark 8:27-31
27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi:
and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I
am?
28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of
the prophets.
29 And he said unto them, But whom say you that I am? And Peter answered and
said unto him, You are the Christ.
30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and
be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed,
and after three days rise again.
Jesus the Messias knew that there were those that sought to kill him. He began
to prepare his Apostles and let them know that he would rise from the dead on
the third day after his death. After he died upon the cross his disciple Joseph
asked Pontius Pilate for his body. Pilate granted his request and Joseph laid
the body of Jesus in his own sepulcher. The chief priests and Pharisees had
managed to kill Jesus now they had to stop his resurrection from taking place.
Matthew 27:62-66
62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests
and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive,
After three days I will rise again.
64 Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest
his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is
risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
65 Pilate said unto them, You have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as you
can.
66 So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a
watch.
An attempt was made by those that were motivated by their greed and lust for
power to obstruct the rising of the Messias from death. They were not the only
ones that wanted to stop Jesus from being raised on the third day.
Revelation 12:1-6
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and
the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be
delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to
the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be
delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of
iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared of God,
that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and three score days.
The great dragon that old serpent called the Devil and Satan did not want the
resurrection to take place either. Just as he had assisted Judas to betray Jesus
the Messias. He was present assisting Pilate, the chief priests and the
Pharisees in circumventing the resurrection. Why would Satan the ruler of all
the nations of this earth, want to prevent Jesus from rising from the dead? In
verse five the man child who is Jesus is caught up to Gods throne and given
reign over the kingdom of Heaven.
Revelation 19:11-16
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him
was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he
had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The
Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed
in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the
nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress
of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he has on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of Kings, and
Lord of Lords.
Jesus became the King of Kings and Lord of Lords who sits at the right hand of
God. His power now far above all principalities, powers and dominions. The very
words that Jesus spoke here on earth now as a sharp sword. To those who hear and
do them there is life, but for those who hear not and do not there is only
death.
John 8:43-45
43 Why do you not understand my speech? even because you cannot hear my word.
44 You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there
is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, you believe me not.
God did not create death Satan is the Father of it for he is a murderer from the
beginning. Life only is in God because there can be no death in him, death is an
enemy of God. In Satan there is death he is its author and possesses the power
of it.
1 Corinthians 15:21-26
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that
are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then comes the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even
the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
25 For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
The Messias chosen Apostle Paul wrote this letter to the disciples at Corinth.
The last enemy to be conquered by Jesus the Anointed one of God is Death. Satan
will no longer possess it for Death and Hell will be cast into the lake of fire
and brimstone, which is the second death. In part two of the Resurrections more
of what Jesus the Messias revealed will be provided. Please take the time to
read it and examine his words.