choose to select from more
than 250 languages for instant
translation of the information presented.
DEFINITION
The meaning of the word "resurrection" is a raising or rising up. It means to cause to rise or raise up from the dead.
THREE RESURRECTIONS
There are three resurrections identified in the New Testament:
Past: The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Present: The spiritual resurrection of believers in Jesus Christ.
Future: The future resurrection of all that are in the graves.
THE RESURRECTOR
Jesus Christ was raised from the dead by the power of God:
...because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ... (I Corinthians 15:15)
Through Jesus the believer experiences present spiritual resurrection. Through Him the future resurrection of the dead from the graves will happen.
The Bible confirms that Jesus is the resurrector, the one who will resurrect the dead:
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. (John 11:25)
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [Jesus] was made a quickening [life-giving] spirit. (I Corinthians 15:45)
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. (II Timothy 1:10)