Chapter 5: Resurrection

By Kefa N. Mkombola - Nov. 13, 2008.

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In the Last Days we expect that Jesus will come again,
That this will be followed by the resurrection of the bodies of the saints,
Bodies buried in the earth will be reconstituted to their original state,
The revival of their bones, the revival of their flesh,
We as a people of faith, this we must accept.

But given the modern state of our knowledge does this make rational sense?
This sometimes brings great confusion to our faith,
Is the above scripture literal or symbolic, how will this take place?
How will this day be, the day that is to determine humanity’s fate?
It’s important that the true meaning of resurrection we elucidate.

Resurrection means to come back to life,
What was once dead now being revived,
That which once didn’t have life being revitalized,
Here the biblical meaning of life and death is being clarified,
We want to have a clear picture once this topic we’ve analyzed.

The Bible contains two types of concepts of life and death,
The first concerns physical life, preservation of the self,
Once Life is lost we are then pronounced dead.
The physical is there, but with no life to be sensed,
We immediately realize that our loved one has left.

The second concept refers to the living dead,
This person is physically alive with a dead spirit instead,
A person still breathing but his spirit very disheveled,
Left God’s bosom and under the dominion of Satan he’s being bred,
To live is being under God’s love, to die is to be under Satan’s bondage of hate.

Which of these two deaths was brought about by the Fall of Adam and Eve?
Which should give us worry, concern to grieve?
God created human beings to grow old and return to dust after their final breath.
And according to the Principle of Creation, the flesh is the clothing of the spirit,
And just like we discard worn out clothes; the flesh is to be discarded once it grows old & weak.

Adam and Eve died immediately when of the fruit they ate
, And they continued to live and bore children in that state of death,
Passing to their offspring’s the same fate,

Thus the death caused by the fall means the spiritual life ends,
Departing from God’s dominion and to the evil dominion we descend.

Resurrection is the process of being restored from the death caused by the fall to life,
From the realm of Satan’s dominion, to the realm of God’s direct dominion we rise.
When Adam & Eve ate the fruit, they were physically living though spiritually they’d died,
No significant external change took place in them at that time,
No significant changes should be expected when a person undergoes resurrection likewise.

How does God carry our His work of Resurrection?
First, there is built a merit of the age of restoration,
Second, God and man work together centered on the Word for man’s perfection,
Third, man can only perfect in the physical self, according the Principle of Creation,
Fourth, through the three stages, man will perfect and reach his intended destination.