From a letter written by the apostle Paul ,
with Sosthenes,
to believers in Corinth and everywhere:
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.-1 Corinthians 15:33-49***Elijah the prophet and his successor Elisha the prophet were Israelites, descendants of Adam and Eve, their son Seth, Seth's great-great-great-grandson Enoch, Enoch's great-grandson Noah the ark builder, Noah's son Shem, Shem's son Arphaxad, Arphaxad's great-great-great-great-great-grandson Terah, Terah's children Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). Over 800 years before Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven, the dead son of a widow in Zarephath in Phoenicia was resurrected after Elijah prayed to the Lord God. When Elisha and Elijah were together at the Jordan River, Elisha saw Elijah go up into heaven by a whirlwind. Sometime thereafter, a wife and husband in Shunem, in the portion of the Promised Land allotted to the tribe of Jacob's 9th born son Issachar, prepared a place at their home wherein Elisha could stay during his journeys. When Elisha learned that the wife and her elderly husband did not have a child, Elisha proclaimed to the wife that she would embrace a son, and a son was born to the husband and wife. Years afterwards, the son died and his mother went to Elisha. Elisha went to the family's home, closed the bedroom door, prayed to the Lord God, stretched out upon the son, and the son's flesh became warm. Elisha walked up and down, stretched out upon the son, and the son began sneezing and opening his eyes. Sometime after Elisha was dead, a recently deceased man began living and standing after his dead body was lowered onto Elisha's bones. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Jesus, the Word, the last Adam, the 2nd man, came from heaven and was with his Father the Lord God in the beginning. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men, including Simon Peter, to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. In Nain in Galilee, Jesus touched the coffin that held the body of a widow's dead son. Jesus commanded the widow's dead son to arise and the widow's son began living, immediately sitting and speaking. In the home of Jairus, a synagogue ruler in Galilee, Jesus touched the hand of Jairus' dead daughter and commanded the girl to arise, and the the 12-year-old girl began standing and walking. In Bethany in Judea, Jesus went with others to the tomb wherein the dead body of Lazarus was placed. After the stone was removed from the tomb's entrance, Jesus spoke to his Father the Lord God in heaven. Afterwards, Jesus commanded Lazarus to come forth, and Lazarus was alive and began coming out of the tomb. When Jesus was resurrected on the 3rd day after he was crucified, some dead saints came out of their burial places and were walking within Jerusalem. Simon Peter was 1 of the 3 disciples and apostles most constantly with Jesus. In Joppa, Simon Peter went to the home of Tabitha (Dorcas), a believer and disciple who had recently died. When Simon Peter was alone in the room with Tabitha's body, Simon Peter knelt and prayed and commanded Tabitha to arise. Tabitha began living, opening her eyes and sitting. Paul (Saul) was an Israelite from the tribe of Jacob's 12th and last son Benjamin. Paul did not believe Jesus to be the Christ. Throughout Jerusalem, Paul persecuted and imprisoned any Israelite who believed Jesus to be the Christ of God. When Paul was journeying to the synagogues in Damascus, Syria, to find, bind and take to Jerusalem any Israelite believers he found, Paul and those with him saw a light from heaven flash around them. Paul heard the voice of Jesus speaking to him, and Paul spoke to Jesus and obeyed Jesus. In Damascus, Paul was baptized. From thenceforward, Paul the apostle journeyed and wrote divinely inspired letters, teaching Israelites and Gentiles, people not born into the Israelite tribes, the good news of Jesus the Christ and everlasting life. In Troas in Asia Minor (Turkey), Eutychus, a young sleeping man, fell and died while Paul was preaching. Shortly after Paul fell upon and embraced Eutychus, Eutychus was alive.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings 1:1-13:25, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
Reference Information:
celestial = epourania/epouranios = heavenly, of heaven
corruption = phthora/phtheiro = decay, destruction from internal deterioration
glory = doxa = doksa/dokeo = opinion, praise, honor, dignity, personal opinion that determines value
incorruption = aphtharsia/aphthartos = immortality, unable to experience deterioration
quickened = zoopoieitai/zoopoieo = come to life, make alive
quickening = zoopoioun/zoopoieo = life-giving, make alive
terrestrial = epigeia/epigeios = earthly, upon or of the earth
Reference Scriptures:
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.-Genesis 2:7
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.-Daniel 12:2-3
And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.-1 Corinthians 6:14
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