CHAPTER 32: HOW MUCH TIME DO THE RESURRECTED HAVE TO OVERCOME

CHAPTER 32: HOW MUCH TIME DO THE RESURRECTED HAVE TO OVERCOME

Malachi 3:17 The Lord says he will spare those written in his Book of Remembrance. That book is the table of God's heart/mind just as the epistle of Christ is written upon the hearts of man.

2 Corinthians 3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

In Malachi 3:16-17, God says that if the people fail to overcome after a time of uncertainty but still a reasonable amount of time, they will once again die and be forever gone, wiped from God's Book of Remembrance.

Malachi 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

Malachi 3:17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

The time needed for the resurrected to meet their perfection is never given, but it is eluded to in Isaiah 65:20.

Isaiah 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

The "infant" and the "old man" in this verse are the same individual. The explanation lies in Matthew 22:30.

Matthew 22:30

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Knowing there is no marriage among the resurrected the consequence of that is there will be no more children born to the resurrected. Which puts Isaiah 65:20 into the correct perspective concerning the phrase "no more thence an infant of days".

Infants, children, and anyone else who is resurrected will have 100 years to become perfect.  Those who do not attain perfection die the "accursed" death of the sinner.

Understanding the above teachings for each resurrection puts into perspective the anomalies of those mentioned in the Bible who actually resurrected before the First and Second Resurrections.

It is taught and accepted that the dead mentioned in Hebrews 11:35 were resurrected in the same fashion as Lazarus was in John 11:43-44, Jairus' daughter in Luke 8:52-56, and the widow's son in Luke 7:17:13-15. Upon being resurrected, each of these three participants lived a normal lifespan and passed away again. Each died twice and each of these people may have to die again in the Second Resurrection if they do not attain an overcomer's life.

As described in 1 Kings 17:17-24, Elijah prays and God brings back a young boy from the dead. 2 Kings 4:32-37, Elisha raises the son that he had foretold would be born to the Woman of Shunem, 2 Kings 4:8-16 a man's body thrown into a tomb is raised when it touches Elisha's bones, 2 Kings 13:21, Lazarus, Jairus's daughter, and the widow's son

Each of these resurrections happened within 5 days of their deaths. Each was resurrected by Jesus, or an Apostle or Prophet, who had directly administered the miracle by verbal and/or physical contact.

Each was purposely resurrected to prove the power and authority of God. Their miracles were proclaimed and continually told with widespread notoriety and written in the Word of God for all to read and declare.

The Old Testament, if it were resurrected, would have died thousands of years before Jesus. Their resurrections were never used in early reign time to prove God’s power or authority. No one talked about their supposed resurrection ever after anywhere else in the Bible. Notoriety did not happen to the OTW in any way.