this is a fundamental doctrine in the
Bible and is central to the Gospel
message yet many Christians are not
aware of what the Bible says about it
it's time to unlearn the lies hey
welcome to unlearn my name is Lex and
I'd like to invite you to join us each
week as we unlearn the lies and dig
deeper into the truth of God's Word now
let's get started according to the book
of Hebrews the resurrection of the Dead
was considered one of the elementary
principles of Christ and was a
foundational doctrine among first
century believers therefore leaving the
discussion of the elementary principles
of Christ let us go on to perfection not
laying again the foundation of
repentance from dead works and of faith
towards God and of the doctrine of
baptisms of laying out of hands of
resurrection of the Dead and of eternal
judgment and this we will do if God
permits the writer of Hebrews seems to
indicate that these things are so basic
and fundamental that he did not see the
needs of laying again the foundation
unfortunately the doctrine of the
resurrection of the dead is no longer a
fundamental teaching among believers and
this foundation needs to be laid once
again today popular teachings about
eternal life speak about disembodied
spirits in heaven rather than the hope
we have in the resurrection it seems the
only resurrection that Christians are
aware of is the resurrection of Jesus
most have little or no knowledge about
their own resurrection which will take
place when your shoe returns in fact a
great number of preachers and teachers
have little or no understanding about
the resurrection either which is why
they don't teach it to the congregations
second century writers such as Iranian
and Justin Martyr wrote a number of
arguments in favor of the resurrection
of the body here's one example from
Justin Martyr in which he frankly states
that anyone who denies the resurrection
of the body is seeking to rob us of the
promise of eternal life they who
maintained the wrong opinions say there
is no resurrection of the flesh and they
are some who maintained that even Jesus
himself appeared only as spiritual and
not in the flesh but presented merely
the appearance of the flesh these
persons seek to rob the flesh of the
promise we also know from studying the
writings of the early church that the
resurrection of the Dead was still a
foundational doctrine among believers
even in the fourth and fifth centuries
in fact
Passos Creed includes a statement about
the bodily resurrection I believe in the
Holy Spirit the Holy Catholic Church the
communion of saints the forgiveness of
sins the resurrection of the body and
life everlasting the Apostles Creed was
a statement of belief that was compiled
around the 4th century and is still in
use today
likewise the Nicene Creed which was
adopted during the second ecumenical
council at Constantinople in 381 ad
contains a similar statement about the
resurrection we acknowledge one baptism
for the forgiveness of sins the
resurrection of the Dead and the age to
come
these early Creed's were considered to
be the standard of faith for believers
they contained what was considered to be
the most important doctrines of their
faith and as such were recited every
week during the liturgy as many still do
today this shows that not only was the
resurrection a confession of the early
church but that it has endured as a
common Creed until today
yet for some reason this is not
prevented people from teaching contrary
beliefs about life after death the more
I started the resurrection the more I'm
convinced of its importance to the
Gospel message
in fact I firmly believe that without
the resurrection we have no gospel but
the dead do not rise then Christ is not
risen and if Christ is not risen your
faith is futile and you're still in your
sins
anyone who preaches the gospel without
speaking about the resurrection of the
Dead is preaching an empty gospel and
according to paul their faith is futile
the resurrection should be one of the
very first things we learn when we begin
to follow a schewe that's why the Bible
says it's an elementary principle by
definition elementary principles pertain
to first things these are the simple
things that you learn first before
moving on to difficult subjects it's the
starting point and foundation for
building your understanding of other
subjects it was also a fundamental
doctrine among the Jewish people who
understood it for centuries prior we see
this in the dialogue between Ashura and
Martha concerning the death of Lazarus
when she makes a matter-of-fact
statement about the resurrection at the
last day jesus said to her your brother
will rise again Martha said to him I
know that he will rise again in the
resurrection at the last day
Martha had no idea that Yeshua was about
to raise her brother from the dead and
she thought he was trying to comfort her
by reminding her of the resurrection at
the end of the age this was obviously
not new from
to her as she seemed very familiar with
the concept however she was in first
surprised when Yeshua called Lazarus up
from the grave and she witnessed
firsthand the power he has over death
itself we know from other passages in
the Bible there were mixed views about
the resurrection the Pharisees who
represented the Orthodox view held to
the belief in the resurrection of the
dead but the Sadducees were in
opposition to it the controversy between
the Pharisees and Sadducees over the
resurrection of the Dead is a topic that
repeats several times throughout the
Gospels and acts and it's one of the
things we know for sure the issue in as
the disciples agreed with the Pharisees
about in fact when Paul was on trial we
see this was one of the arguments he
made in his defense to gain the favor of
the Pharisees but when Paul perceived
that one part was Sadducees and the
other Pharisees he cried out in the
council men and brethren I am a Pharisee
the son of a Pharisee concerning the
hope and resurrection of the dead I am
being judged and when he had said this a
dissension arose between the Pharisees
and the Sadducees and the Assembly was
divided for Sadducees say there is no
resurrection and no angel or spirit but
the Pharisees confessed both then there
arose a loud outcry and the scribes in
the pharisees party arose and protested
saying we find no evil in this man but
if a spirit or an angel has spoken to
him
let us not fight against God the
Sadducees also challenges schewe
concerning the resurrection of the dead
the Gospels record an account where some
Sadducees came to test Joshua to see how
he would respond to their difficult
question the same day the Sadducees who
say there is no resurrection came to him
and asked him saying teacher Moses said
that if a man dies having no children
his brother shall marry his wife and
raise up offspring for his brother now
there were with us seven brothers the
first died after he had married and
having no offspring left his wife to his
brother likewise the second also and the
third even to the seventh last of all
the woman died also therefore in the
resurrection whose wife of the seven
will she beat for they all had her jesus
answered and said to them you are
mistaken not knowing the Scriptures nor
the power of God for in the resurrection
they neither marry nor are given in
marriage but are like the angels of God
in heaven
you're saying this yahshua explained
that god is not the god of the dead but
concerning the resurrection of the dead
have you not read what was spoken to you
by God saying I am the God of Abraham
the god of Isaac and the God of Jacob
God is not the god of the dead but of
the living and when the multitudes heard
this they were astonished at his
teaching people often claim that the
phrase God is not the god of the dead
but of the living is a reference to
people being alive in heaven
however the context of this statement is
absolutely nothing to do with heaven and
everything to do with the resurrection
Yeshua contrasts the God of the Dead
with the God of the living
showing that the God of Abraham is
unique among all of the gods when we
study ancient pagan cultures such as the
Egyptians Babylonians and Greeks we
found out they all believed in a god of
the dead who ruled over the underworld
death deities were some of the most
important gods to early pagan societies
because they glorified death and look
forward to the afterlife as their reward
many pagan religions have a god of death
and they each represent the same idea
that when we die our soul goes to be
with that God unfortunately many in the
church hold this same belief about God
claiming that when we die we will go to
heaven to be with him
however this stands in contrast to what
Yeshua was saying about the God of
Abraham the souls of the dead do not go
to heaven to be with God because God is
not the god of the dead the dead rest in
the graves until the god of the living
brings them back to life at the
resurrection the prophet Daniel spoke
about this saying and many of those who
sleep in the dust of the earth shall
awake some to everlasting life some to
shame and everlasting contempt
you sure spoke about this as well when
he said do not marvel at this for the
hour is coming in which all who are in
their graves will hear his voice and
come forth those who have done good to
the resurrection of life and those who
have done evil to the resurrection of
condemnation notices some are
resurrected to everlasting life and
others are resurrected to condemnation
the Bible speaks about a resurrection
for both the righteous and the wicked
I have hoping God which they themselves
also except that there will be a
resurrection of the Dead both the just
and the unjust to believe in Yeshua
means we must also believe in the
resurrection because Yeshua is the
resurrection and the life jesus said to
her I am the resurrection
action and the life he who believes in
me though he may die he shall live I
think it's time for us to make the
resurrection of the Dead a foundational
teaching once again thanks for watching
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