TOPIC: MATERIAL RESURRECTION
TEXT: John 5: 24 – 30, Daniel 12: 2
MEMORY VERSE: Daniel 12: 2 and of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall wake, some to everlasting life and some everlasting contempt.
INTRODUCTION
Having looked at spiritual resurrection, we shall be studying material (physical) resurrection. There are (2) kinds of material resurrection; the righteous to ‘life’ during the millennium reign and the wicked to damnation after the millennium reign of Christ (Daniel 12: 3, John 5: 28 – 29, Revelation 20: 4 – 6, 11 – 15). The resurrection of the righteous shall be from Adam to the millennium reign; it covers.
Christ reign and the old testament saint resurrection (Mathew 27: 50 – 53, Ephesians 4: 8 – 10, Hebrew 2: 14 – 15)
The rapture saints (1Corinthians 15: 51 – 54; 1 Thess 4:13-18)
The tribulation saints (revelation 6: 10 – 11, revelation 7: 9 – 15)
The two witness (Revelation 11: 3 – 7, 12)
The resurrection of the righteous is called the first resurrection (Revelation 20: 3 – 5); this resurrection is in stages, the last stage of it shall be before the millennium reign. Also the resurrection of the wicked (sinners) shall be from Adam to the end of the millennium battle of Gog and Magog (Revelation 20: 7 – 9). These will rise with immortal bodies to the lake of fire, a place of everlasting torment.
QUALIFICATION FOR THE FIRST RESURRECTION
Born again (John 3: 3, 5 – 6)
Walking in the spirit (Romans 8: 6, Galatians 5: 19 – 20)
Living a holy life (Hebrew 12: 14, Mathew 5: 18)
Faithfully (Mathew 25: 11 – 30)
Walking in love (1John 3: 14 – 15, 1John 4: 20 21)
Enduring to the end (Romans 10: 13, Ephesians 6: 11 – 13)
CONCLUSION
There were people that rose from the death in the bible and even in our days, these ones will still die again. This resurrection is called temporary resurrection. But in the permanent resurrection both the righteous and the wicked shall die no more: the righteous will be in the New Jerusalem while the wicked in the lake of fire (Revelation 21: 9 – 23, 22: 1 – 5, 20: 11 – 15). Therefore, the first resurrection is the ultimate; we cannot afford to miss it. Hence let us lay aside every sin and weight, which easily beset us (Hebrew 12: 1)
