Resurrection, what is it?

[Checkpoint]

We are familiar with the word, and know what it is in a general sense.

Yet when it comes down to it, our views of exactly what it means, what it involves, and why it is promised, vary, probably more than we realise.

That is because how we see it reflects how we see the creation of man, and our ultimate destiny.

What do you think resurrection is, and why is it an essential part of God's plan?

Does it refer to only the body, or to the person? If to the person, in what way?

What about the resurrection of Jesus, is it the same for us as it was for him?

Is the resurrection of the unsaved any different?

Acts 24:15

having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.

[onewithhim]

What do you think resurrection is, and why is it an essential part of God's plan?

It you ask me it was to demonstrate His destruction of the power of death. As Adams sin brought death, Christs resurrection brought life and it wasnt just a nice afterthought. It was an essential part of the recapitulation of mans creation.

Does it refer to only the body, or to the person? If to the person, in what way?

In secular contexts the word is used to describe the expulsion of a group of peoples from their native land. They got up and were forced to leave their ancestral lands. I see no reason to interpret the word in some metaphorical way.

having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.

As I understand it, they are resurrected to condemnation. From the Eastern Orthodox perspective, they will experience Gods goodness and love as torment and not an active decision of God to punish them.

God implores us to reason with him (Isaiah 1:18, KJV), so obviously he wants us to use our God-given thought processes to sort out what makes sense and what doesn't. What sense is there in resurrecting someone and then turning around and destroying him once again? No sense at all. If the person is dead and he will not be allowed to enter Paradise on Earth, then why not just leave him dead? Why bring him back to life to tell him he is going to die and then boom destroy him all over again? Let's be reasonable here.

This post of yours leaves me in the same position you were at in response to a post of mine.

What you wrote is not what I expected from onewithhim at all!

What does make sense, what is reasonable, to you, on this issue of the resurrection of the "unjust"?

The "unjust" are those who never had the chance to learn about the true God and His Son. This would take in the majority of mankind who lived from Adam up to now. Even now there are people on the earth who have never heard the good news of the Kingdom. Everyone who has not had the chance to make an informed decision about whether or not to accept Jehovah as their Sovereign, and Jesus as the means by which Jehovah saves, will be afforded that chance during Jesus' Thousand-Year Reign, after being resurrected.

Why do you feel that resurrecting people just to immediately annihilate them again, makes more sense?

Would you kindly respond to my question? I would like to hear your explanation.

Please accept my apology for not answering you on this one.

I had had a feeling there was a post from someone I needed to answer, but for some reason lost track of what thread it was on, so I guess I just gave up! My bad.

To answer you, I choose to accept what it appears scripture says God will do through Jesus when he comes back to judge the world.

At that time, we are repeatedly told, there will be two groups of people, the saved and the lost.

There is no third group, "those who never had the chance".

This is the day of salvation, it ends as described in 2 Peter 3:7-13 and 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10.

OK....we'll just have to agree to disagree. Thank you for answering, anyway.