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92. Resurrection

2nd September 2000 by Arthur Eedle

The Joys, Beauty, and Glory of Resurrection

The location of “heaven” is traditionally “up”, somewhere “beyond the blue”, and when Christians are about to die, they like to think that they will travel “up” to be with the Lord in heaven. Certain verses in the Bible have fostered this impression, and therefore it would be presumptuous to present any alternative. But wait a minute –

Did the three angels fall out of the sky to meet with Abraham? Didn’t they just appear? And weren’t the chariots and horsemen there all the time? Elisha’s servant just needed his eyes to be opened to see them. Didn’t Jehovah dwell in the midst of His people Israel, rather than in some other galaxy? Isn’t it rather a case of a dimensional change than ageographical change that we are asked to believe? Isn’t Heaven all around us, but in an invisible state? If that is the case, then all references to “up” are just a convenient way of speaking about heaven. It is a Figure of Speech that needs to be understood.

The Bible speaks about two “levels” of heaven, depicted in the Bible by the Astronomical Heavens, and the Aerial Heavens. There are two dimensions beyond our present comprehension, and the higher one, (the Astronomical) is invisible to the lower one (the Aerial).  Satan and his angels dwell in the Aerial Heaven. He is “the Prince of the power of the Air”. He was thrown out of the Astronomical Heaven when he fell.

With that little preamble, let’s talk about Resurrection. Paul said that the Lord will “descend from Heaven”, and we shall “meet Him in the Air.” Understanding the figure, the Lord will translate Himself to be visible in the Aerial Heaven, and we shall be translated from Earth Dimension to meet Him in the Aerial Heaven. This can take place without us moving an inch from where we are on Planet Earth. It won’t be a case of “little piles of clothes lying about”, or “airline pilots suddenly disappearing”. It will be a case of a sudden transformation here on the earth. This is where God wants His resurrected sons to be. He has work for all such. They will be His representatives to govern and rule the peoples of the world in His Kingdom. Amusing little pictures of people sitting on clouds, with wings sprouting from their shoulders, playing harps, could not be further from truth and reality.

God’s Kingdom will contain two types of people. The vast majority will be the people of the world, as now. These will enjoy benefits of a type unknown to this present world, but coupled with this joy will be a far greater responsibility, that of learning about God, about righteousness and holiness, about God’s demands on human life, as Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer, and Friend. The Lord Jesus will send His Ambassadors to accomplish this task. They will have been trained and prepared for the task, passing through this valley experience, learning of God through obedience and suffering, until their hearts beat in unison with that of the Son of God.

When Jesus died on the cross for all mankind, He reversed the curse of death for all. That which Adam lost, is now given as a free gift to all mankind. This is the legal position. It stands firm by law, as any well-versed Lawyer would testify. But the Bible speaks about certain believers being “equal to angels” in resurrection. Jesus said that all such would have to reach a certain“worthiness”, and this is something beyond the grace gift of new Adamic life for all mankind. Herein is the crux of the problem facing all Biblical expositors. Most fail to see that although Jesus won redemption for all, not all reach the higher place of ruling with Him from the Heavenly Dimension. These are the ones whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. The rest of mankind will have their names “written in the earth”, because they will be restored to the state of Adam and Eve before they fell. (See Jer.17:13)

What will it be like for those who “are accounted worthy” to attain rulership? First of all Paul speaks about “mortality” being exchanged for “immortality”, in other words death no longer has power over them. Then he speaks about “corruptibility” being exchanged for “incorruptibility”, human bodies that never grow old, but are self-sustaining, energised by Divine Principle. Then he says that there are “celestial bodies” and “terrestrial bodies”, showing the distinction between the two groups mentioned above. “God gives to each a body as it pleases Him.” Some will be Celestial Sons, that is, of a Heavenly Dimension, others will be Terrestrial Sons, like Adam before he fell. The Celestial Sons will be “equal to the angels”, as Jesus declared in Luke20:36. As such they will be able to appear and disappear on earth during the Kingdom, acting as God’s “messengers” (the meaning of the word Angels).

Paul knew that this dramatic change would not be a “once and for all” change. Yes, he realised that the sudden exchange of mortality for immortality would be instantaneous, like “the wink of an eye”, but after that further changes are in store. “But we all, with open face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2 Cor.3:18) There is nothing static in life, whether on earth or in heaven. With God, there is a continual movement for us from childhood to adulthood, from Grade 1 to University Level in learning of Him, from the ordinary human heart to that which “will praise and be enlarged”. (Isa.60:5)

Finally, a quotation from an ancient Jewish writing known as the “Works of Baruch”. Even in those early days, before the advent of Jesus, holy men of God knew some of the truths of Millennial Glory, and Resurrection.  “In what shape will those live who live in Thy day? asked Baruch. And the Lord answered and said, It shall make no change in their form, but as it has received, so shall it restore them, for then it will be necessary to show to the living that the dead have come to life again, and that those who had departed have returned. . . . Their splendour shall be glorified in stages, and the form of their face shall be turned into the light of their beauty, that they may be able to acquire and receive the world that does not die, which is then promised to them. . . They shall be transformed into the splendour of angels. . . They shall behold the world that is now invisible to them, and they shall behold the time that is now hidden from them, and time shall no longer age them. In the heights of that world they shall dwell, and they shall be made like unto the angels, and be made equal to the stars, and they shall be changed into every form they desire, from beauty into loveliness, and from light into the splendour of glory.”  (Extracts from 2 Baruch 49-51)

It is because of the exceeding wonder, beauty, and glory of this higher resurrection state, that Paul laid aside “that which is behind,” as he “stretched out to that which is before”, seeking the “upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”  The writer to the Hebrews spoke about “laying aside every weight and the sin which so easily binds us, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.” This is the joy that many of the Old Testament patriarchs knew about, and sought, despising earthly inheritance, and looking “for the city not made with hands, in the heavens.” This is the vision that grips the hearts of men who desire to be changed from being “drain pipes” into “golden goblets” for the Lord’s Table. (See 2 Tim.:20-21) All such need to “endure hardness, as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, not entangling themselves with the affairs of this life . . . for if one strive for masteries, he is not crowned except he strive lawfully.” Once having seen the vision, it can become the means of transporting them into the heights of glory. There will be no looking back.

Filed Under: The Wayside Pulpit Tagged With: Resurrection and the Change

About Arthur Eedle

Arthur was born in 1931, and became a Christian in 1948. At London University he gained a 2nd honours degree in Physics. He went on to get a Teaching Diploma, and throughout his career life taught physics in England, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Coupled with his love of science, he was a keen student of Greek and Hebrew, and gave many lectures on Biblical subjects. Read more

The Wayside Pulpit

1. Introduction

11th May 1999 By Arthur Eedle

2. Rave Music

13th May 1999 By Arthur Eedle

3. “I know you”

13th June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

4. God of all men

15th June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

5. Truth and Error

21st June 1999 By Arthur Eedle

6. Ruth Prince

2nd July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

7. Talking Trees

3rd July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

8. Dangers of rock music

6th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

9. True Worship

9th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

10. A wonderful building

11th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

11. Traits of the self-life

15th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

12. 100 Pianos

28th July 1999 By Arthur Eedle

13. “Much more” & “No more”

5th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

14. Evangelism and the second advent

8th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

15. Tribute to Ron Wyatt

10th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

16. The opening of the Kansas Senate in the USA

12th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

17. The face of feminism

14th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

18. The second coming of Elijah

19th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

19. Mellowing with age

21st August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

20. The rationality of the Christian faith

24th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

21. The first and the lost

28th August 1999 By Arthur Eedle

22. The coming of the Lord

2nd September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

23. “I am coming tomorrow!”

4th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

24. Living stones for a spiritual temple

7th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

25. Rosh Hashana – the feast of trumpets

10th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

26. A Tribute to the Rock-Badger’s Family

14th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

27. The Cursed Fig Tree

17th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

28. “Tell me the old, old story”

19th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

29. A Sovereign Work

22nd September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

30. Today is the Secret of Tomorrow

24th September 1999 By Arthur Eedle

31. Neatly Packaged Boxes and Illuminated Signposts

1st October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

32. “In danger of hell fire”

3rd October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

33. The Silent Witness

5th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

34. The Lesson of Amos

8th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

35. The Great Tribulation

11th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

36. “Until”

14th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

37. The Unnerving Power of Tradition

18th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

37a. The Explorer

19th October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

38. The Dart Family

22nd October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

39. “Nothing new under the Sun”

31st October 1999 By Arthur Eedle

40. “When the Stars begin to fall”

1st November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

41. The Coming of the Christ

3rd November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

42. “Like unto Moses.”

6th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

43. “Sweet Revenge!”

7th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

44. The Second Coming

14th November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

45. Forgiveness & Punishment

23rd November 1999 By Arthur Eedle

47. The Pattern and Purpose of the Cherubim

2nd December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

48. The Unforgivable Sin

4th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

49. Japhah, the Beautiful One

5th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

50. Resurrection by Judgement

11th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

51. “The Saviour of Mankind”

17th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

52. “Bad Associations corrupt Good Customs”

29th December 1999 By Arthur Eedle

53. Fingerprints and Irises

2nd January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

54. Cats, Dogs and Philodendrons

4th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

55. The Second Eve

15th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

56. The Illuminati

22nd January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

57. The Dark Day of May 19th 1780

24th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

58. Hidden Significances

26th January 2000 By Arthur Eedle

59. “Before”

5th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

60. When “shall” becomes “will”

10th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

61. The Death of the Husband

13th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

63. St. Paul the Abortion

25th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

64. The Moral Dilemma

27th February 2000 By Arthur Eedle

65. The Moral Dilemma. A Personal Answer

1st March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

66. The Moral Dilemma. A Second Answer

4th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

67. The Joy of our Salvation

11th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

68. The love of God

16th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

69. The Windows of the Soul

28th March 2000 By Arthur Eedle

70. Vision & Prophecy

2nd April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

71. Confusion

12th April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

72. Creation’s Vanity

18th April 2000 By Arthur Eedle

73. “Friend, move up higher!”

2nd May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

74. The Last Generation

25th May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

75. The House of the Soul

29th May 2000 By Arthur Eedle

76. The Opening of the Sheath

1st June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

77. Possession

2nd June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

78. Ancestral Bondage

5th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

79. The State of the Dead

7th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

80. Professor William Barclay

10th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

81. The Unacceptable Face of Universalism

12th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

82. No Escape from the Fire

21st June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

83. My Help

22nd June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

84. Our Stories

27th June 2000 By Arthur Eedle

85. Filling up that which is lacking

9th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

86. Road Rage

15th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

87. Immanuel

19th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

88. Daughters of Thunder

27th July 2000 By Arthur Eedle

89. Casting off all Restraint

1st August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

90. Food, glorious Food!

3rd August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

91. The Kindly Laws of the Old Testament

7th August 2000 By Arthur Eedle

92. Resurrection

2nd September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

93. More about Resurrection

15th September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

94. “With what body do they come?”

22nd September 2000 By Arthur Eedle

95. One Helluva Hole

9th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

96. A Whale of a Tale

10th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

97. The Hallelujah Chorus

11th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

98. “It never even entered my mind.”

16th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

99. A Passionate Plea for Truth

18th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

100. Warfare in the Heavenlies

20th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

101. “The Lamb and Flag”

27th October 2000 By Arthur Eedle

102. Souls of men

1st November 2000 By Arthur Eedle

103. Sacrifice

4th November 2000 By Arthur Eedle

106. For whom did Christ die?

16th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

107. “I cannot tell . . . but this I know.”

18th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

108. The Great Cloud of Witnesses

19th December 2000 By Arthur Eedle

109. The law of circularity

10th January 2001 By Arthur Eedle

110. James Relly & John Murray

13th January 2001 By Arthur Eedle

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  • The City of God (18)
  • The Millennial Octave (23)
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  • The Song of Solomon (6)
  • The Standard (19)
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