Qualifying for the Resurrection From Among the Dead
JOHN 5:25
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
HEBREWS 11:32-35
32 ¶ And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
(Hebrew 11 is revealing the names of these ones who were a part of the word from the Old Testament just like this end time message has revealed the names of the seven church age messengers with their groups under them since the New Testament – Hebrews 11 is the Revelation 2-3 of the Old Testament)
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, (just like what the people of God have also done during the seven church ages of the new Testament)
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised to life again (have we seen that in this day in the ministry of the seventh angel): and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
MATTHEW 27:50-53
50 ¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, (Notice, not all rose, but only the ones from the Old Testament that qualified for this better resurrection, this was the resurrection at the end of the Old Testament)
53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. (we have also come out of denominational graves in this hour after the rising of the SON of this evening time light – it shall be light about the evening time)
REVELATION 20:6a
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power,
JOHN 5:25
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming (a future day), and now is (right then at that time that he was speaking it - Notice, two times when a resurrection from among the dead would take place, one at the end of Old Testament, and one at the end of the New Testament – “the hour is coming”, that’s this day, and “now is”, that was back then when Jesus was speaking because the Old Testament saints were about to be resurrected from the graves after his resurrection in that day), when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Notice - “and they that hear shall live” not all would hear, but they that would hear would also live. Since the New Testament it is the same qualification spoken to every Church age, “to him that hath an ear let him hear”.
So the thing that qualifies an individual for the resurrection from among the dead was their ability to hear the voice of God, and we know that his voice is his word revealed in the season that you are upon the earth.
So in other words these people were a part of the word for their day, and that is why the record of them was put in the bible, because they were able to recognised the word for their day, and that was what qualified them for the resurrection from among all the other people that had died.
There are only two resurrections, the resurrection from among the dead, and the general resurrection when all who are not a part of the first resurrection will hear the summons to arise.
So if a person is not a part of the first resurrection, then they will have to wait until the great white throne judgement when they will rise and be judged at that time by their works, and some will be given eternal life while others will go into eternal separation from God.
MATTHEW 25:32-33
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Notice – 3 three things taking place together, a resurrection, a separation, and a judgement so if you will also notice that this is also what is going on in this day because we have also been raised up in this hour, and we have been separated from the denominations, and we know that this is also a time of judgement – judgement is already in the land.
In Noah’s day these three things also existed together, Noah and his group was raised up in that hour, they were separated in the ark when God closed the door, and it was also a time of judgement for the world.
Abraham was separated from Lot, there was the judgment of Sodom, and he was raised up back from Old age to a young body again.
Rahab was raised up from among the dead when she heard and believed the message of that hour, then she was separated with her group under the token in the house at the time when judgement was in the land.
This is always God’s pattern…
REVELATION 20:11-15
11 ¶ And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened (These books that were opened were the records of these people lives, because we know that every detail of every person’s life from the cradle to the grave is being recorded in their “book” so this is scriptural terminology – so each individual will be judged from the record of their works in their attitude to the word and their relationship to the people of God at the time that they lived in): and another book was opened, which is the book of life (this is not the Lambs book of life section, because all the names on the Lambs section of the book of life have already been called – that is what is going on right now at this time by the opening of the seven seals when the book is being opened, because the opening of the book in this hour is revealing the names in the lambs section of the book of life, and so these names are being called in this hour by the revelation of the word so that the resurrection from among the dead can take place at this time.
***That is why the end time message reveals the names of who the elect of God are since Pauls day until now, this was never revealed until the seven sealed book was opened and the message of this day revealed those seven church age messengers names and that identified the names of the elect in each age under their messengers, Paul and his group, Irenaeus and his group, Martin and his group, Columba and his group, Luther and his group, Wesley and his group, and Branham and his group): and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
(We are not judged according to our works, we are judged in this hour according to our faith in the finished work of Christ and by accepting the word for our day)
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
(Notice – you cannot go to your allotted place without first being judged. If we are to go to our allotted place into the marriage supper of the Lamb then we must also stand this same judgement by the same word in this hour – there is not two different words for these two judgements, the same message that we are being judged by now is the same message that will judge the people of that day at the great white throne judgment)
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Your first death separates you from your loved ones temporarily; but the second death separates you from God eternally.
So when the seals were opened in this end time age by the message of Malachi 4, it not only revealed the names of the seven church age messengers with their groups, but it also called their names because this is the time for the resurrection from among the dead to take place.
JOHN 5:25
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Because the elect of each church age were the ones that heard the message for their day and received that message and lived out that portion of the word, they were the ones who had their names in the Lambs section of the book of life, they were the ones that qualified for the resurrection from among the dead, and that is why when the book was opened it revealed what qualified them, because the sealed book held the mystery of what that qualification was (the qualification was that they were able to hear the voice of God for their day), and so those that met that qualification, it showed that their names were written in the Lambs section of the book, and so now that that book has been opened by the opening of the seven seals, now their names can called by this evening time voice of God. “The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live”.
So if you have recognised the word for your day, and you hold true to that revelation in your heart and mind, then that is what qualifies you for the resurrection from among the dead. So the evidence is not to produce the word, but the evidence is in being able to receive the word under the messenger that God has sent - that is what qualifies you to be a part of the first resurrection.
And so this should be the most important thing in our lives – and that is to receive the word for this day and to be associated in the work of this hour.
It is not enough to just receive the word it in an intellectual way by reasoning, but you must receive it by a clear revelation in your heart by the Holy Spirit revealing it to you at a personal level – and that is what also reveals to you that your name is also in the book.
If you lack revelation, then ask him to reveal it to you.
PHILIPPIANS 3:9-11
9 ¶ And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
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The question now arises, why are these righteous ones in the judgment? There is no other place that they can come up, for there are but two resurrections and since they could not qualify for the first resurrection they must come up in the second which is a resurrection unto judgment. The ones who qualify for the first resurrection (the bride) are not in the judgment. John 5:24, "Verily, verily I say unto you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life (that is, the believer is already the recipient of eternal life which he has in his possession now) and shall not come into condemnation (shall not come into the judgment, is what it really says) but is passed (permanently) from death unto life." But notice carefully, Jesus must have yet another group in mind who at a certain resurrection will receive eternal life. They will receive it at the resurrection, NOT HAVING PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED IT AS A MEMBER OF THE BRIDE.
John 5:28-29,
"Marvel not at this, for the hour is coming, in the which ALL that are in the graves shall hear His voice,
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."
Now we all know that John 5:28-29 is NOT THE RAPTURE for only the dead in Christ will arise from the graves at that time along with the living bride who still is on the earth.
I Thessalonians 4:16-17,
"For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
But it says in John 5:28-29 that ALL are going to come forth from the grave. This is the very same resurrection that is spoken of in Revelation 20:11-15 wherein THE DEAD were brought before the Lord and judged according to their works, and all whose names were not in the Book of Life were then cast into the lake of fire.
We now face the question as to why they should be given eternal life at the judgment since the Epistles seem to conclusively point out that one must possess the Spirit of Christ or perish. Though it seems thus, we must not discredit the words of Jesus Who most pointedly sets forth that there are some found in the Book of Life who will either receive eternal life before the general resurrection or after it.
Paul does not evade this truth for he most clearly says in Philippians 3:11,
"If by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead."
Now this statement is most peculiar. We all know that we are ALL going to be in a resurrection whether we want to be or not. All will be resurrected. So Paul could hardly be saying, "If by ANY MEANS I might attain to a resurrection of the dead." The truth of the matter is, he is not saying that. The literal reading is, "If by any means I might attain to the 'out-resurrection' from among the dead." This is not the attaining to the general or second resurrection, but attaining to the first resurrection, of which is said, "Blessed and Holy is he who hath part in the first resurrection, on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with Him a thousand years." The first resurrection has nothing to do with the second death. That is at the end of the thousand years when ALL THE REST of the dead live again. And in that day there will be those who come forth to eternal life and those others who are caught in the second death. Now we do not need to guess about those who in the second resurrection are given life. We are told it is given to them on the grounds that they have been kind and good to the "Brethren". Those who are raised and cast into the lake of fire will be so treated because of their mistreatment of the "Brethren". Since this is the Word of God we simply accept it. There is no argument here, just a simple statement of fact.
Cont. next week
The great white throne judgement at the end of the millennium is revealing the same pattern of what is taking place right now at the end of the seven church ages, because we are also in a time of judgement now, because the world is being judged now.
Notice – That there is a resurrection and a judgement at the end of the millennium at the end of the seven thousand years since the first Adam, and we know that there is also a resurrection and a judgement in this hour at the end of seven church ages from the time of the second Adam (Christ).
When God does something he cannot improve on the pattern, and so we will see that this pattern of the great white throne judgement is also happening now in this day and under this message because this is when the judge himself has come down to bring judgement upon the entire world because this is the great day of His vengeance.
Resurrection and separation and judgment always go together in the bible.
Has this message raised us out of dark denominational tombs?, have we been separated in this hour? and there is judgement in the land? – if that be so then there must also be two groups at this time as there will be the sheep and the goats at the general resurrection because the pattern is the same for both judgements and that is why the scriptures goes into many details of this hour showing these two groups under this message of the wise and foolish virgins, and the attitude of the people at super time towards the invitation of the King, because the word is identifying these two groups at this judgement time who they are under the word of this message. The wise virgins went into the marriage while the foolish went into the tribulation period, and when we get to the great white throne judgement we see the same pattern because the one group goes into life while the other goes into the purging fire.
** What part of the prophecy are we being identified with in this hour, because what we are living out with our attitude toward the word in this hour, that’s what our judgement will be, because it has already been foretold in the word, and we are just manifesting what section of the book our names are written in by the life that we are living.
Qualifying for the Resurrection From Among the Dead