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Study 4: God and Death - Digression 13: With What Nature Are We Resurrected? 

Jesus' Raising Up of Himself (Jn. 2:19-21) - The Real Christ

With What Body are the dead Raised?

By Voy Wilks

Reprinted from The Faith, 10-12, 2001

Did Yahshua ascend to the Father in his physical body?

When we review the several Scriptures dealing with this topic of study, we will see that the

Messiah did, indeed, ascend to the Father in the same body which was buried, although it had

been changed from a mortal body (one subject to death), to an immortal body (one unable to

die), but it was the same body. The scars in his hands, feet, and side were the very reason, it

seems, that Thomas was convinced Yahshua had indeed risen from the dead. The Apostle Paul

further explains this:

“Lo! I tell [explain to] you a mystery. We shall not all sleep [die], but we shall all be

changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,

and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable nature

[or body] must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature [or body] must put on

immortality. When the perishable [body] puts on the imperishable, and the mortal [body]

puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in

victory. 0 death, where is thy victory? 0 death, where is thy sting?" (l Cor. 15:52-55 RSV).

We mortal men and women gain the victory over death and the grave through Yahshua, the

Messiah for, just as he arose from the dead to immortality, we too will rise from the dead to

immortality (1 Cor. 15:42-44; Rev. 20:4-6). This change takes place when the dead come from

the grave in the first resurrection. At that same time, the living saints will be changed in a

moment (to immortality) to meet Yahshua in the air (1 Thes. 4:13-18). This will be at the

sounding of the last (and seventh) trumpet (l Cor. 15:52; l Thes. 4:16; Mt. 24:31; Rev. chapters 8,

9, 10, 11, especially 10:7 & 11:15).

Scriptures tell us that even though we cannot completely understand it, we will “be like Him”

(Yahshua) when he appears again (l John 3:2). Job, the ancient saint, helped our understanding a

great deal by writing,

"For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see Elohim: Whom I

shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be

consumed within me" (Job 19:25-27 KJV).

This indicates a resurrection from the grave. Job in the flesh will, with his own eyes (not the

eyes of another) see Yahweh. This, of course, will be after Job's flesh has been changed to

immortal (undying) flesh; that is, his physical body will be transformed into a spiritual body,

then his eyes will see Yahweh.

Comprehension of the spiritual body is made easier by the proverb which says, "The physical

body is tangible and real, but the spiritual body is more real than the physical body."

In line with this, may I call attention to Israel's great (and future) resurrection from the dead

which Ezekiel predicted? It is found in Ezek. 37. Very dry bones lay on the plain of the valley,

but at Ezekiel's command the bones stood upright, then sinew came upon them, then flesh came

upon the sinew, then skin covered the flesh, after which breath came into each restored body.

Because the exiled Israelites expected to die in a foreign land, many felt they were lost forever,

so Yahweh revealed this prophecy to Ezekiel as an encouragement to the people showing he had

not forgotten his promise to Abraham (Gen. 17) and to David (Jer. 33). There will be

a resurrection from the dead and Israel will return to the homeland, at which time they will

once again become one kingdom with one king.

This is what "salvation" (being saved) is all about - being rescued from our greatest enemy -

death and the grave (l Cor. 15:26). It is our physical bodies which are held captive by death and

the grave. Yahshua came to set us free from death, and from the fear of death (Ezek. 18:4; Rom.

6:23); “... to deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage (Heb.

2:15). The Apostle Paul wrote that we and all creation are in "bondage" to decay and death, but

we look forward to a time when we will be "set free" and will become children of Yahweh (Rom.

8:18-25). In the meantime “... we wait for the adoption as sons, the redemption of our

BODIES" (Rom. 8:23).

In view of all these Scriptures it is reasonable to conclude that this very human body will

rise from the dead, but in the moment of rising it will be given immortality, making it impossible

to die again. This mortal "puts on" immortality, and so becomes a spiritual being at the

moment of rising from the dead (1 Cor. 15:42-44). The fleshly body is first, and only later comes

the spiritual body - the immortal body (1 Cor. 15:45-48). The very body which is placed in the

grave (not some ethereal spirit within us) will be saved (redeemed) from death and the grave.

Yahshua captured the keys of death and the grave, as indicated by the following Scriptures:

"Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one; I died, and behold I am alive for

evermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades" (Rev. 1:17-18 RSV).

He will, so to speak, unlock the doors to the prison which holds captive all mankind - death

and the grave. This may be why the Messiah said to his disciples, "... be of good cheer, I have

overcome the world" (Jn. 16:33).

''As they were saying this, Yahshua himself stood among them. But they were startled and

frightened, and supposed they saw a spirit [a ghost, or apparition]. And he said to them, 'Why are

you troubled, ...? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit

[or ghost, an apparition] has not flesh and bone as you see that I have. ... Then he led them out

as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. While he blessed them, he parted

from them and was carried up into heaven" (Lk. 24:36-39, 50-51 RSV).

Halleluyah!

One must believe in their heart that FATHER Yahweh raised His SON Yahshua from the dead to be redeemed (Romans 10:9).

Acts 2:24,32; 3:15,26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:30; 10:40; 13:30,33,34; 17:31; Romans 4:24; 8:11; Colossians 2:12; 1Corinthians 6:14; 2Corinthians 4:14; 13:4; 1Thessalonians 1:10; 2Timothy 2:8; 1Kepha [Peter] 1:21; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:20

Must One Believe in the Trinity to Be Saved?

I have had many take me to to the passage of Yahchanan [John] 10:17-18 of the A.K.J.V. and say that it was Yahshua himself that raised himself from the dead.

A Much Better Translation Of Yahchanan [John] 10:17-18

For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again. No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father." (Yahchanan [John] 10:17-18 - Weymouth New Testament). 

This translation of this passage brings it into agreement with the rest of the inspired word of Yahweh as a whole. 

Father Yahweh Raised His Son Yahshua From The Dead 

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Yisryl, that by the name of Yahshua Messiah of Nazareth, whom you executed, whom Yahweh raised from the dead, even by him does this man stand here before you whole (Acts 4:10). 

And to wait for His son from heaven, whom He [Father Yahweh] raised from the dead, Yahshua, which delivered us from the wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 1:10). 

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. But Yahweh raised him from the dead: And he was seen many times of them which came up with him from Galilee to Yerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, Yahweh has fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that He has raised up Yahshua again; as it is also written in the second psalm, You are my son, this day have I begotten you. And as concerning that He raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, He said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore He said also in another psalm, You [Father Yahweh] shall not suffer your set apart one [Yahshua, Father Yahweh's son] to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of Yahweh, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom Yahweh raised again, saw no corruption (Acts 13:29-37). 

But if the spirit of Him [Father Yahweh] that raised up Yahshua from the dead dwell in you, He [Father Yahweh] that raised up Messiah from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His spirit that dwells in you (Romans 8:11). 

That if you shall confess with your mouth the master Yahshua, and shall BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART that Yahweh has raised him from the dead, you shall be redeemed (Roman 10:9). 

Buried with him in emersion, wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of Yahweh, Who has raised him from the dead (Colossians 13:4). 

For though he was executed through weakness, yet he lives by the power of Yahweh. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of Yahweh toward you (2 Corinthains 13:4). 

Note: Father Yahweh is not weak, but has power to raise you from the dead. Yahshua raised some from the dead by the power of Father Yahweh and that not of himself. 

Because He has appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He has ordained; whereof He has given assurance unto all men, in that He has raised him from the dead (Acts 17:31). 

Note: This passage says that Father Yahweh ordained Yahshua. Just as Yahshua did not raise himself from the dead, he also did not ordain himself and he did not appoint himself as King. He also did not send himself. It was Father Yahweh Who sent, ordained and appointed His son Yahshua as King. Father Yahweh would not need to appoint or ordain Himself as King since He is already and has always been our Supreme King. 

Note : In the context of these passages you will also note that the spirit of Father Yahweh is not a seperate person, but the power of Father Yahweh Himself  (cf. 2 Corinthians 3:17-18; Romans 8:11). 

And to wait for His son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Yahshua, which delivered us from the wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 1:10). 

Remember that Yahshua Messiah of the seed of David was raised [by Father Yahweh] from the dead according to my gospel: ... (2 Timothy 2:8). 

Here are many more passages that proclaim that Father Yahweh raised and redeemed His son Yahshua from death (Hebrews 5:7). 

Cf. 1 Kepha [Peter] 1:21; Acts 2:24,32; 3:15,26; 4:10; 5:30; 10:40; 13:30,33,34; 17:31; 1 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Corinthians 4:14; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:20; Romans 4:24.

Yahshua is the Messiah the son of the living Yahweh! 

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Yahshua the son of Yahweh, let us hold fast our profession (Hebrews 4:14). 

And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Yahshua, you son of Yahweh? are you come here to torment us before the time? (Mattithyah 8:29) 

But Yahshua held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure you by the living Mighty One, that you tell us whether you be the Messiah, the son of the Mighty One (Mattithyah 26:63). 

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Yahshua, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of Yahweh (Mattithyah 27:54). 

The beginning of the glad tidings of Yahshua Messiah, the Son of Yahweh; ... (Yahchanan Mark 1:1) 

And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Yahshua, you son of the Supreme Head? I adjure you by Yahweh, that you torment me not (Yahchanan Mark 5:7). 

Yahshua heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Do you believe on the son of Yahweh? (Yahchanan 9:35) 

When Yahshua heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the esteem of Yahweh, that the son of Yahweh might be esteemed through it (Yahchanan 11:4). 

But these are written, that you might believe that Yahshua is the Messiah, the son of Yahweh; and that believing you might have life through his name (Yahchanan 20:31). 

And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I believe that Yahshua Messiah is the son of Yahweh (Acts 8:37). 

Yahweh is faithful, by whom you were called unto the fellowship of His son Yahshua Messiah our master (1 Corinthians 1:9). 

For the son of Yahweh, Yahshua Messiah, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes as well as No, but in him was: Yes! (2 Corinthians 1:19). 

Whosoever shall confess that Yahshua is the son of Yahweh, Yahweh dwells in him, and he in Yahweh (1 Yahchanan 4:15).

Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Yahshua is the son of Yahweh (1 Yahchanan 5:5)? 

And we know that the son of Yahweh is come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his son Yahshua Messiah. Yahweh is the true Father, and eternal life (1 Yahchanan 5:20). 

Pardon be with you, mercy, and peace, from Yahweh the Father, and from the master Yahshua Messiah, the son of the Father, in truth and love (2 Yahchanan 1:3). 

Yahweh has fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that He has raised up Yahshua again; as it is also written in the second psalm, You are My son, this day have I begotten you (Acts 13:33). 

For unto which of the malakim said he at any time, you art My son, this day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to Me a son? (Hebrews 1:5) 

So also Messiah esteemed not himself to be made an high priest; but He that said unto him, You are my son, today have I begotten you (Hebrews 5:5).

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a key element in God’s plan for the earth. The following is a selection of passages in which the significance of his resurrection is brought out:

1. “Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you . . . whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it” (Acts 2:22,24). Jesus, because he was sinless, did not deserve to be left dead in the tomb, and so God raised him.

2. “God . . . That brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant” (Heb. 13:20). Jesus, though Son of God by the circumstances of his birth, shared our nature, being mortal and subject to temptation. By his perfect obedience and death upon the cross he overcame sin and instituted a new covenant that brought eternal life, which he was the first to obtain.

3. Our faith is counted to us for righteousness, “if we believe on Him That raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification” (Rom. 4:24,25). The resurrection of Jesus is just as important in God’s plan of salvation as his death. He did not die as our substitute but as our representative. If the former were the case he would have remained dead, but he has gone before us as our representative, dying to sin and being raised to a new and eternal existence.

4. Paul in Colossians speaks of believers as “buried with [Christ] in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, Who hath raised him from the dead” (Col. 2:12). Believers show they believe in God’s work through Christ by identifying themselves in baptism with his death and resurrection.

5. “The gospel of God . . . concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead” (Rom. 1:1-4). Jesus had to be Son of David and Son of God to fulfil the promises to David of one who would rule over God’s Kingdom for ever. His resurrection to immortality confirmed that he was this promised Son, with power to rule the world and to save his people from sin.

6. “[God] raised [Jesus Christ] up from the dead, and gave him glory” (1 Pet. 1:21). Jesus was not a divine being who divested himself of his divinity to die on earth, then took it up again afterwards. God glorified him by raising him from the dead and exalting him to His right hand.

7. “[God] hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised him from the dead” (Acts 17:31). The resurrection of Jesus Christ is God’s assurance that one day he will return to the earth to judge the world.

8. “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming” (1 Cor. 15:20-23). Believers in Christ do not go to heaven at death, they wait in the grave for him to return from heaven to raise them and give them the immortal life which he already possesses. Without his resurrection they have no hope of life (vv. 17-19).