If Enoch & Elijah Were NOT Raptured To Heaven Itself When Taken, Then....?

Genesis 5

22 And Enoch walked with GOD after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

24 And Enoch walked with GOD: and he was not; for GOD took him.

But to where did Enoch go to? In John 3:13 Jesus tells Nicodemus "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven."

First I wish to point out that wherever Enoch went, he did NOT go the Heaven itself, he went somewhere else. The privilege is reserved for an after death experience.  Even the Rapture itself is a death of this mortal body and a full new body transformation or Resurrection that happens so fast, it is comparable  to the time it takes a twinkling of an eye to pass. That is, by most all accounts less than half of one second.  Sometimes it is expressed as far LESS time than even that.  

Since it is appointed unto man ONCE to die, and after THAT, the Judgement (Hebrews 9:27), in Scripture we read of only 2 people who did NOT die, but were removed while still alive: Enoch and Elijah.

When Elijah was caught up,

-- And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (2 Kings 2:11) --

 he too did NOT go to Heaven itself.  How do we know this, Jesus gave eyewitness testimony to this effect while speaking the very words of GOD the Father in Heaven (through Jesus) to Nicodemus.  So clearly Elijah was seen by 50 of the sons of the  prophets of Israel (2Kings 2:7) and Elisha.  These 51 at minimum, eyewitnesses, saw Elijah  going up into the sky and a great distance at a very quick acceleration on the direction of UP so ascend out of sight/  But to where did he go? Jesus , and through Jesus, GOD the Father, affirms Elijah AT THAT TIME was NOT translated to Heaven itself.

       We can infer that Elijah is one of the 2 Great witnesses of Revelation 11, that he is killed battling the Serpentine Hydra Therion monster, lays dead openly at the Kidron & Hinnom valley juncture at Jerusalem for 3 1/2 days, --

7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

-- and THEN is resurrected, presumably with a new body, and then VISIBLY ascends to Heaven before witnesses, visibly ascending without question of later challenge by those witnessing this, just like with Jesus in Acts 1 (who already had a resurrected body  many weeks beforehand).

     That somewhere else where both Enoch and Elijah went could have been another dimension, but to me, what to me makes more sense, is that each  could have been through some type of a Space-Time wormhole that in moments catapults them thousands of years into the future...we don't know. Isaiah 24:18 and 60:7, and various other passage going back to Noah, speak of widows on high that seem at the very least to be inferred act as Space-Time like portals/ That covers Elijah's snatching away or Rapture disappearance.

      With Enoch the key word is having top do with WALKING.  Walking is a horizontal motion on land, whichever way we choose to do it under normal conditions and normal expectations.  Various ancient to near modern civilizations of various ethnicities from the Sumerians to the Apache had the telling of inter-dimensional circular stone window gates through which when certain monotone vibrations were achieved, beings from other dimensions could pass through and humans could pass from here in this dimension by stepping through and disappearing altogether unto them. 

     Upon reflection, I believe that the affirmation of a horizontal disappearance of Enoch is like unto the much later post-Flood Eagle's Wings transport of the Hebrews on the 1st day of the Exodus where a couple million people went 116 miles laterally a jumped that distance, turning a 9 mile train of people into no more than an 18 mile walk for the stragglers and as little as 9 miles for those out front, Again. Enoch WALKING with GOD could have done so in a horizontal way, passing through Space-Time fabric and seconds later in Jerusalem at Day 26 1/2 at sunrise in Jerusalem, with Elijah. Who knows if they meet 1st in another dimension and are prepped for a few days or weeks before their appearance together. 

    At any rate, a few thoughts on the topic.  Since Jesus affirms the Torah, despite Josephus commentary about his believing Moses didn't die, I will accept our Bible Scripture that says:  

And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. (Deuteronomy 34:7).

Many times we mean well, and think we covered all the necessary Scriptures but forget to more meticulously check with Jesus.  Perhaps more importantly that the song "What would Jesus do?" we need to more regularly ask on so many matters, issues, etc, "What did Jesus say?"  

Thank you for your time in reading this.  Shalom.

Deeper Insight: Jesus

 Jesus is the Living GOD (Deuteronomy 5:26)

to whom Israel heard the Voice of at Mount Sinai (Deuteronomy 5:24-26, John 5:37, 1:18).

It is He who gave Adam breath (Lamentations 4:20, Genesis 2:7),

Who is the I AM of Sinai (Exodus 3:14, John 8:58),

Whose goings is of eternity (Malachi 5:2) hence He is Uncreated.

This Living GOD, this El Elohe Yisrael / GOD the GOD of Israel

was born of a Virgin into the world (Isaiah 7:14)

and He came in that way in the role of an ambassador/ a messenger

Who came unto His own Temple (Malachi 3:1).

Jesus is the One

who implanted His Light in Man at the Beginning (John 1:9, 1 John 1:5, Genesis 2:7)

and is Creator of all that is (Colossians 1:15-17).

In Genesis 2:7, Man is created physically out of the dust, the powder of dirt that is blown by the wind, like dusty top-soil that has died to the Earth and drifts as if ashes.

By comparison, Genesis 2:19, Animals are physically created out of the ground, as part of the Earth’s tilled and turned over soil, out of the sustenance of the Earth.

Man, even if turned to ashes, merely returns to a 1st state that was had BEFORE his Creation, so that even cremation will not thwart his Resurrection, whether it be for the good or for a sentence of damnation because of his/her own unbelief to Jesus, the Messenger and exact likeness Representative who spoke the words of the GOD the Father.

Father in Hebrew is Alef-Beth, AB. Can also be pronounced Eeb as thrush green full living life, hence the emerald green rainbow at His throne (Revelation 4:3).

Fallen man or man in his pre-state of the GOD-sliver infusion from the mouth of GOD the Son, Christ (Lamentations 4:20), into the nostrils that was to give Man eternal life as long as He BELIEVES into Him Who gave that eternal life to him, Man is thus spiritually connected by type to the ashes of the Mosaic Tabernacle and Mosaic Temple Sacrifices. The ashes of the Red Heifer, or of the Sin Offering and so on, were to be a relationship to the material Adam formed by the LORD GOD in Genesis 2:7. 

In John 1, though we are not warned that the Beginning is outside the Circle of Time, and the Place of our Sanctuary (Jeremiah 17:12); as the revelation of whom Jesus is, unveils, we come to realize that by unbelief the GOD pilot is put out in Adam and man died to his eternity. By trusting faith into Jesus we have POWER to become sons of GOD.  In effect,  the pilot is re-lit and those descendants of the 1st Adam have power, by trusting faith into Jesus, to become sons and daughters of GOD. Believing in Christ is affirmed in Mosaic Law and Mosaic Sacrifice, which in part is why Jesus always affirms MOSES in the Gospel passages citing about Moses. In the post-material realm, Abraham twice affirms Moses AND the Prophets are to be heeded (Luke 16:29,31).  We learn from the Bush passage revelations by Jesus that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob are living in a different dimension, as it were, because GOD is a GOD of the Living, not of the dead (Luke 20:37-38, Mark 12:26-27).

Jesus has repeatedly accepted the Law of Moses as affirmative belief into Him. If we review every verse that mentions MOSES in the Gospels, the Law of Moses is fully accepted as the Word of GOD, to be believed, to be followed.  Jesus, the Messenger of the Covenant, the Logos, the GOD of Israel, the exact Representation of GOD the Father who specifically speaks those words GOD the Father says through Him, this Jesus had issue with traditions of the elders which exalted itself over the Law of Moses and rendered the Word of GOD to no effect, and took them to doing so, because in exalting their traditions over GOD they greatly erred.

A very interesting & extremely detailed Bible Study can be done of the Bible telling us we are to walk with GOD from Genesis 3:8 onward. Even the greatly revered Rashi commenting on Genesis 3:8. in that verse can be read in the same manner as calling "the Voice of GOD" in the form of a person, allowing a dual application in the way he writes this, perhaps not realizing this is the identity of Jesus, the Logos of John 1:1 et al.

A proper study on walking with GOD involves walking (MeTHaLaK), the Voice of the LORD & the heart.

-- The Heart can be taken in this walking with the LORD stud, as it were in motion of halicho, joyful step - joyful walking - joyful marching,

From the time the LORD descended on Sinai & gave Moses the 10 Commandments etc, the parameter are where only the Mosaic Law is permissible to Israel. This is affirmed by Jesus & any traditions of the elders that violate Moses' Torah violates the Word of GOD, or is a de facto GOD the Father spoken through GOD the Son ruling to this effect by Jesus. 

You can Biblegateway word search the Gospels only on "Moses", and read every verse alone an in its passage, and do like word searches from there. Intensive & time consuming for some, but a clear education from the Scriptures themselves is a long range time management wise investment, in my opinion.

Returning to walking:

Pre-Flood Enoch & Noah walked with GOD.

Post-Flood pre-Messiah, Job & Daniel are twice inferred as accomplishing this, as being even righteous enough to save themselves only (Ezekiel 14:14,20).

In the Messianic Arrival Jesus / Yeshua Himself as GOD the Father's exact image Representative walks and speaks with absolute authority to that Ministry following His Baptism.

From the time Jesus was 12, and went to Jerusalem to discuss Scriptures with the elite of the Temple (cf Luke 2:41-52), Jesus traversed a distance of probably 90 miles to Jerusalem over a course of 3 days and 90 miles back a minimum of 3 times a year as required in the Mosaic Torah (Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles). Walking is built in to GOD's design for mankind, and Jesus and millions of Israelis once had it as an expected life routine. 

For us, we are to ever have trusting faith into Jesus, with every breath, with every step, so that it is so natural, it is just like breathing,. a normal thing that is part of who you are in this existence as you ready for 2 Corinthians 5:1-8 & John 12:26b.

Shalom.

House of Representatives "Rules of Conduct" - : Once you read rule 3, why bother believing there is anything but CORRUPTION in the House?

 RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES – 119th CONGRESS

RULE 23—CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT

There is hereby established by and for the House the following code of conduct, to be known as the ‘‘Code of Official Conduct’’:

1. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.

2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall adhere to the spirit and the letter of the Rules of the House and to the rules of duly constituted committees thereof.

3. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not receive compensation and may not permit compensation to accrue to the beneficial interest of such individual from any source, the receipt of which would occur by virtue of influence improperly exerted from the position of such individual in Congress.

4. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not accept gifts except as provided by clause 5 of rule 25.

5. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not accept an honorarium for a speech, a writing for publication, or other similar activity, except as otherwise provided under rule 25.

6. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner—

(a) shall keep the campaign funds of such individual separate from the personal funds of such individual;

(b) may not convert campaign funds to personal use in excess of an amount representing reimbursement for legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures; and

(c) except as provided in clause 1(b) of rule 24, may not expend funds from a campaign account of such individual that are not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.

7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall treat as campaign contributions all proceeds from testimonial dinners or other fund-raising events.

8. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer of the House may not retain an employee who does not perform duties for the offices of the employing authority commensurate with the compensation such employee receives.

(b) In the case of a committee employee who works under the direct supervision of a member of the committee other than a chair, the chair may require that such member affirm in writing that the employee has complied with clause 8(a) (subject to clause 9 of rule 10) as evidence of compliance by the chair with this clause and with clause 9 of rule X.

(c)(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2)—

(A) a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not retain the relative of such individual in a paid position; and

(B) an employee of the House may not accept compensation for work for a committee on which the relative of such employee serves as a member.

(2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a relative whose pertinent employment predates the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.

(3) As used in this paragraph, the term ‘‘relative’’ means an individual who is related to the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, grandson, or granddaughter.

9. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not discharge and may not refuse to hire an individual, or otherwise discriminate against an individual with respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of the race, color, religion, sex (including marital or parental status), sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, or national origin of such individual, including by committing an act of sexual harassment against such individual, but may take into consideration the domicile or political affiliation of such individual.

10. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has been convicted by a court of record for the commission of a crime for which a sentence of two or more years’ imprisonment may be imposed should refrain from participation in the business of each committee of which such individual is a member, and a Member should refrain from voting on any question at a meeting of the House or of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, unless or until judicial or executive proceedings result in reinstatement of the presumption of the innocence of such Member or until the Member is reelected to the House after the date of such conviction.

(b) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has been indicted for or otherwise formally charged with criminal conduct in any Federal, State, or local court punishable as a felony for which a sentence of two or more years’ imprisonment may be imposed should resign from any standing, select, joint or ad hoc committee, and any subcommittee thereof, on which such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner serves, and should step aside from any party caucus or conference leadership position such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner holds, unless or until judicial or executive proceedings result in acquittal or the charges are dismissed or reduced to less than a felony as described in this paragraph.

11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not authorize or otherwise allow an individual, group, or organization not under the direction and control of the House to use the words ‘‘Congress of the United States,’’ ‘‘House of Representatives,’’ or ‘‘Official Business,’’ or any combination of words thereof, on any letterhead or envelope.

12. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an employee of the House who is required to file a report under rule 26 may not participate personally and substantially as an employee of the House in a contact with an agency of the executive or judicial branches of Government with respect to non-legislative matters affecting any nongovernmental person in which the employee has a significant financial interest.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if an employee first advises the employing authority of such employee of a significant financial interest described in paragraph (a) and obtains from such employing authority a written waiver stating that the participation of the employee in the activity described in paragraph (a) is necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed with the Committee on Ethics.

13. Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may have access to classified information, the following oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:

‘‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will not disclose any classified information received in the course of my service with the House of Representatives, except as authorized by the House of Representatives or in accordance with its Rules.’’

Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be retained as part of the records of the House, in the case of a Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner, by the Clerk, and in the case of an officer or employee of the House, by the Sergeant-at-Arms. The Clerk shall make the signatories a matter of public record, causing the names of each Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who has signed the oath during a week (if any) to be published in a portion of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose on the last legislative day of the week and making cumulative lists of such names available each day for public inspection in an appropriate office of the House.

14. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not, with the intent to influence on the basis of partisan political affiliation an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity—

(a) take or withhold, or offer or threaten to take or withhold, an official act; or

(b) influence, or offer or threaten to influence, the official act of another.

15. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not use personal funds, official funds, or campaign funds for a flight on an aircraft.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if—

(1) the aircraft is operated by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the flight is required to be conducted under air carrier safety rules, or, in the case of travel which is abroad, by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by an appropriate foreign civil aviation authority and the flight is required to be conducted under air carrier safety rules;

(2) the aircraft is owned or leased by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner or a family member of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (including an aircraft owned by an entity that is not a public corporation in which the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner or a family member of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner has an ownership interest, provided that such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner does not use the aircraft any more than the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or family member’s proportionate share of ownership allows);

(3) the flight consists of the personal use of an aircraft by a Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner that is supplied by—

(A) an individual on the basis of personal friendship; or

(B) another Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner;

(4) the aircraft is operated by an entity of the Federal government or an entity of the government of any State; or

(5) the owner or operator of the aircraft is paid a pro rata share of the fair market value of the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable plane of comparable size as determined by dividing such cost by the number of Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner, officers, or employees of Congress on the flight.

(c) An advance written request for a waiver of the restriction in paragraph (a) may be granted jointly by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ethics, subject to such conditions as they may prescribe.

(d) In this clause—

(1) the term ‘‘campaign funds’’ includes funds of any political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, without regard to whether the committee is an authorized committee of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner involved under such Act;

(2) the term ‘‘family member’’ means an individual who is related to the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, father-in-law, or mother-in-law; and

(3) the term ‘‘on the basis of personal friendship’’ has the same meaning as in clause 5 of rule 25 and shall be determined as under clause 5(a)(3)(D)(ii) of rule 25.

16. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not condition the inclusion of language to provide funding for a congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit in any bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying report) or in any conference report on a bill or joint resolution (including an accompanying joint explanatory statement of managers) on any vote cast by another Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner. For purposes of this clause and clause 17, the terms ‘‘congressional earmark,’’ ‘‘limited tax benefit,’’ and ‘‘limited tariff benefit’’ shall have the meanings given them in clause 9 of rule 21.

17. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who requests a congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit in any bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying report) or in any conference report on a bill or joint resolution (or an accompanying joint statement of managers) shall provide a written statement to the chair and ranking minority member of the committee of jurisdiction, including—

(1) the name of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner;

(2) in the case of a congressional earmark, the name and address of the intended recipient or, if there is no specifically intended recipient, the intended location of the activity;

(3) in the case of a limited tax or tariff benefit, identification of the individual or entities reasonably anticipated to benefit, to the extent known to the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner;

(4) the purpose of such congressional earmark or limited tax or tariff benefit; and

(5) a certification that the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner or spouse has no financial interest in such congressional earmark or limited tax or tariff benefit.

(b) Each committee shall maintain the information transmitted under paragraph (a), and the written disclosures for any congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits included in any measure reported by the committee or conference report filed by the chair of the committee or any subcommittee thereof shall be open for public inspection.

18. (a) A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not engage in a sexual relationship with any employee of the House who works under the supervision of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, or who is an employee of a committee on which the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner serves. This paragraph does not apply with respect to any relationship between two people who are married to each other.

(b) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not engage in unwelcome sexual advances or conduct towards another Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.

(c) In this clause, the term ‘‘employee’’ includes an applicant for employment, a paid or unpaid intern (including an applicant for an internship), a detailee, and an individual participating in a fellowship program.

19. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not serve as an officer or director of any public company.

(b) In paragraph (a), the term ‘public company’ means an issuer as defined in section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c)—

(1) the securities of which are required to be registered under section 12 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 78l); or

(2) that is required to file reports under section 15(d) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 78o(d)).

(c) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall comply with regulations issued and revised, as necessary, by the Committee on Ethics regarding types of prohibited service or positions that could lead to conflicts of interest.

20. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House may not, directly or indirectly, take any actions to prevent any individual from or retaliate against any individual for providing truthful information to the Committee on Ethics, the Office of Congressional Ethics, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, or any law enforcement official, provided that the disclosure of such information is not otherwise prohibited by law or House rules.

21. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House shall not knowingly and willfully disclose publicly the identity of, or personally identifiable information about, any individual who has reported allegations of possible wrongdoing, including retaliation, under processes and protections provided by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998, or any other Federal law that establishes the right for individuals to make protected disclosures to Congress.

(b) The limitation in paragraph (a) shall not apply to any disclosure of an individual’s identity or personally identifiable information if—

(1) the individual has provided express written consent prior to such disclosure;

(2) the individual has already voluntarily and publicly disclosed their identity; or

(3) the disclosure is by the chair of a committee after an affirmative vote by two-thirds of the members of the committee that such disclosure is in the public interest.

(c) Nothing in this clause shall prevent—

(1) an investigation of any allegation of wrongdoing disclosed by any individual; or

(2) the public disclosure of substantive information shared by any individual that is not personally identifiable to that individual.

(d) Disclosures made pursuant to paragraph (b)(3) shall be subject to appropriate safeguards, including that the individual be provided timely advance notice if possible before their identity or any personally identifiable information is disclosed prior to the vote described in paragraph (b)(3), unless such information would jeopardize the related investigations. When providing such notice to the individual the committee chair shall send the individual a written explanation of the reasons for the disclosure.

22. (a) In this Code of Official Conduct, the term ‘‘officer or employee of the House’’ means an individual whose compensation is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer.

(b) An individual whose services are compensated by the House pursuant to a consultant contract shall be considered an employee of the House for purposes of clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 13 of this rule. An individual whose services are compensated by the House pursuant to a consultant contract may not lobby the contracting committee or the members or staff of the contracting committee on any matter. Such an individual may lobby other Members, Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner or staff of the House on matters outside the jurisdiction of the contracting committee. In the case of such an individual who is a member or employee of a firm, partnership, or other business organization, the other members and employees of the firm, partnership, or other business organization shall be subject to the same restrictions on lobbying that apply to the individual under this paragraph.

Repost: The Resurrection of Jesus

 Today, in preparation for Resurrection Day, First-Fruits, often called by the common as Easter, we turn our minds away from the ills of the world and toward Christ and the Life and World to come for those of us who believe into Jesus Christ as our LORD and Savior.

The original Festival of Easter Sunday is titled First Fruits in Leviticus 23, and in 1 Corinthians 15:

1.  Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:   Leviticus 23:10
2.  But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.1 Corinthians 15:20

and the Early Church knew it both as a First Harvest Celebration and the Day of the LORD's Resurrection almost without question for the first 300 years, and then less and less for about the next 450 years of Christianity where it was essentially pushed out entirely with (or at least by the time of)  the second council of Nicea of 787. 
   

However, to pursue along those lines, well, that is (perhaps, and LORD willing) for another topic and posting for another day.

We begin our preparation with a historical reading from the Gospel of Matthew.
 

Matthew 28 (King James Version)

 ¹In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

 ²And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

 ³His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

 ⁴And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

 ⁵And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

 ⁶He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

 ⁷And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

 ⁸And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

 ⁹And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.

 ¹⁰Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

 ¹¹Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

 ¹²And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

 ¹³Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

 ¹⁴And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

 ¹⁵So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

 ¹⁶Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

 ¹⁷And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

 ¹⁸And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

 ¹⁹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

 ²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

To all - Happy First Fruits, Happy Resurrection Sunday, Happy Easter


The Resurrection of Jesus: An Historical 4 Gospel Account:

The ff. is a Four Gospel Abridged Historical Account, faithfully translated from the Greek with word pictures: by me, Brianroy.  Thanks.

Golgotha

“And coming toward and into a tract of land, upon which is called Golgotha in the Hebrew, the which is saying -- in interpretation -- ‘the skull cap area’. {1}

[My Comment: The insinuation is a yarmulke. The tomb of David, which was prominent in this land-tract, was like the skullcap upon the head of Jerusalem. In this area, only those kings of Israel that were considered worthy, had their bones interred. Nehemiah 3:16 (and other passages), tell us that there were multiple burial sites for the Kings of the Davidic line here: thus, the name “Golgotha” or “skull-cap”, being an idiom for an area dedicated to the “kings or the skull-caps of the nation of Israel”. Kings were therefore a type of yarmulke in their symbolism.

The tomb of David was a white sepulcher that eerily resembled a skull at certain times of the day. This was hated by the first priests. In effect, David was looked down upon by the first priests of the city as just an ancestral reference whose name, like the Almighty, could be invoked to frighten the common folk into compliance.]

And having crucified Him, sitting down, (the soldiers) guarded Him there. {2}

And the people stood wherever they were at, viewing attentively. {3}

[My Comment:  This last verse translated from Luke 23:35, testifies to the crowded conditions mentioned by Josephus and others, 3,000,000  plus were crammed into an area less than a few square miles. By comparison, Alexandria Egypt was a crowded city with less than a mile in width and four miles in length, being congested daily with just 500,000. The condition in Jerusalem was 6 - 7 times worse in a comparable area of about half that length for three times a year: twice being in excess of 7 days at a time. This feast of Unleavened Bread - the Passover - First Fruits, all part of the same 8 days (a week and one day) of  continuous Observance by ancient Israel's near entire population of men ages 20-60 in Jerusalem, was one of those occasions.   Just the fact that the Romans were able to push their crucifixion through the streets of Jerusalem was practically a feat in itself.]

And it was then the third hour [being 9 a.m.] when they crucified Him. {4} 

Then from sixth hour [being 12 p.m. -- noon] the light of day was removed entirely, for the darkness came into being (as night) upon and over all the the Land,  

 [of Israel, even upon the whole Earth]  

until the ninth hour  [until 3 p.m.],
for the sun was as black as the darkness. {5}

Then, in the ninth hour, Jesus emphatically cried out with a loud and commanding voice {6}  

…and the veil of the Temple was rent violently in two,
from top to bottom. {7}  

Then Jesus again emphatically cried out with a great
and commanding voice, releasing the wind, {8} 

bowing His head and having stopped breathing. {9}

[My Comment:  The night and morning previous, there was rainfall. The clouds had dissipated by the third hour, and there was no wind for six hours. Upon the death of Jesus, not only did His “Spirit” or pneuma depart from His body, but doubly applicable, the “wind” or pneuma was released, as though with a vengeance or authority, as well.]

And the earth trembled with an agitated shaking. {10}

[“ O YHVeH, put on them reverent fear and dread (like clothing) [upon a man],
(and like scrub) [upon a field]. Let the nations know intuitively that they
(are only) mortals. Selah.” (Psalm 9:20  - AWPR)]

And the centurion standing near, but across, out and off at the opposite of  Him, {11} 

 guarding Him, {12}

 saying,
‘Surely this righteous man was the son of GOD.’ {13}

Then the soldiers came, and …coming upon Jesus, when they saw and perceived that He was presently at this time dead, they did not break his legs -- as with an axe, in two. {14}

 But still another one of the soldiers with a lance, drove in deep, pierced the side of Him: and all at once (there) came out (of the wound) blood and water. {15}

[Pilate asks Joseph to bury Jesus]

Then after these things, {16}  

Joseph of Arimathea went in, up to, and alongside
Pilate. {17}

 And taking courage asked (what was to become) of the body of
Jesus. {18} 

Then…having called near the centurion, he (Pilate) interrogated him19…and fully knowing from the centurion, {20} 

Pilate asked Joseph of Arimathea, -- then being a concealed disciple of Jesus, through the terror and fright of the Jews -- in order that he might take up and carry away the body of Jesus. {21}

[My Comment:  The testimony of John in the Greek specifically and literally says that Pilate asked Joseph. The testimony of Peter through Mark infers a fearsome inquisitiveness to the effect of: ‘Now that this one has died, you’re not really going to leave the body up there are you? It’s already between the evenings, the preparation time of our observance of Holy Day.’ Therefore, it makes perfect sense for Pilate to turn to Joseph and ask the favor, and may be that he personally issued some money quietly for the linen for Jesus’ burial. Although Pilate’s wife may have wished Jesus ill, I sincerely believe that Pilate did not. However, to say Pilate gave Joseph money to make the linen purchase is simply a 50/50 speculation on my part, based on the reading of the Gospel text.]

And purchasing a linen fabric, and coming, {22} 

he took the body of Jesus. {23}

Then also came Nicodemus, bearing up and carrying a mixed blend of myrrh and aloes, about 100 (times) 12 ounces. {24} 

They together, they bore up the body of Jesus, and wrapped Him up in the linen sheeting, and bound it around and fastened it together with the spices, as is customary with Jewish burial. {25}

And in that same tract of land where He was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden there was a new tomb out of rock, in which no one had ever been placed.
They then put Jesus there through the (time) of the Preparation of the Jews

[until the first three stars were about to appear in the sun setting sky],

because the tomb was near. {26}

And having rolled a very great stone to the door of the memorial cave, he left. Then, was there Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary sitting down before the presence of the grave.
Then upon the next day, the which is in the midst {27}

 of the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together up alongside and next to Pilate, saying ‘Lord, we do mindfully so recollect that one, the deceiver, said upon (His) life, ‘’After three days, I will be raised up (a new creation).’’ Set in motion and urge then (for) the grave to be made secure until the third day, lest at any time the disciples of Him come near by night, and by stealth steal Him, that they might say to the people, ‘’He is arisen from the dead’’; and the last deceit will thereby be worse than the first.

Then Pilate shone forth his words to them,

[having heretofore been suspicious of them, and having kept silent],

‘You now have and hold possession of a custodian guard. Go away and depart in secret, and secure it against (your) enemies and verify all with your sight and observance that it is so. They then, rushed and ran through with violence and made the grave secure against (their) enemies, setting the stone (with) the seal of authenticity (upon) the grave in the midst of the custodian guard. {28}

[My Comment:  Upon arrival, the Pharisees and First Priests have the stone removed, and verify the identity of Jesus, while in the midst (or presence) of the custodial guard. The centurion verifies definitively that indeed their testimony is true. That is, probably the entire council witnesses Jesus’ chest and head with their own eyes. The tomb is closed back up with the great rock, and then sealed with the signet of Pilate. The two Mary’s are chased off from the area; the site is secured to the council’ satisfaction. 

The guard will consist of about 20 sentries and one centurion. 

They will be consistently checked up on at regular intervals without fail ranging from 4 - 8 hours by those who bring meals, and by the Centurion of the Watch who inspects each post in a circuit.  They may have more frequent shorter intervals than even this. 

The Chiliarch must also receive regular interval reports by the Centurions of the Watch, and order any post not reporting in investigated immediately by others beside the Centurion of the Watch while bring the Centurion of the Watch on life threatening reprimand. 

 At the first sign of trouble, there would have likely been a trumpet of some sort to sound an alarm, as the Romans used them like Bugles to send orders and announce virtually everything they were doing as a troop.]

Then, the evening watch of the Sabbaths, upon the first rays of light dawning into the one of the Sabbaths [First-fruits], Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary came towards, to gaze and closely look upon the grave. And behold!
A shaking came into being, very great! For (the) Angel of the LORD descending down out of Heaven, and coming up to and alongside (the location) rolled up back and (sending uphill and) away the stone, and sitting down up on top of it.


[My Comment:  The context of the rolling back of the stone appears to be that it was done so forcefully, that the great rock was out of its groove, and tossed a short way up and behind the tomb entrance, yet still over the cave’s perspective. This indicates that the rock was circular, and not squared, like a cork. As the Psalmist said, “But GOD will redeem My soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive Me. Selah.” (Psalm 49:15 - KJV)]

And then the face of His was the beholding of lightning, and the weight of his glory as white as snow. Then from the intense and quaking fear of him, those guarding were shaken to their very core, and came into being as if they were dead.
From judging discreetly, the Angel then said to the women,

‘Don’t you be frightened out of your wits (also). For I see and know that you
seek Jesus, He having been crucified. He isn’t here, because He was raised up, just as He said. Come here. Look and see the place where the LORD lay down. {29}

Then weeping outside up alongside the tomb, Mary stood; and as she wept, she bent over beside and into the tomb, and beheld two angels sitting down: one up alongside the head, and one up alongside the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And say these to her, ‘Woman, why are you crying?’

She responds and says, ‘Because they took up and carried away my LORD,
and I don’t see or know where they placed Him.’
And saying these things, she turns about to where she was looking back, and looks at and gazes at Jesus [up close, and personal], standing (there), and still does not see and yet know that it is Jesus.

Jesus says to her,
‘Woman, why are you crying? Just who is it that you seek after
and strive to find?” {30}

This question is on the lips of Jesus to you.  Just who is it that you seek after and strive to find? 

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End Notes:

1 Matthew 27:33, Mark 15:22, Luke 23:33, John 19:17

2 Matthew 27:35, 36; Mark 15:24

3 Luke 23:35

4 Mark 15:24. Also, the symbolism of a conqueror who captures his enemy, and drags him through the streets, as in a noose, is prophesied as a result of the crucifixion in the Hebrew of Psalm 9:16.

“YHVeH is made known in the Judgment He has made and brought about:
in the work of the bend of His Hands [.i.e., in His wrists]
are the wicked ensnared
(as in a noose). A Meditation. Selah!” (Psalm 9:16, AWPR)

“And (one) shall say unto Him, ‘What are these wounds in thine hands?
Then He shall answer,
(Those) with which I was wounded (in) the house of my friends.” (Zechariah 14:6, KJV)

5 Matthew 27:45, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44-45

6 Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34, Luke 23:7 The Greek emphasis given by Luke and Mark’s gospel is that the cry was great, and loud, and commanding; not just a query. It goes to experiencing the separation of which the unbeliever has in hell, and why Christ -- without sin -- experienced the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth aspect of sin upon the Cross. By confining Himself to Scripture, YHVeH the Son not only experienced man’s separation from GOD the Father, but was able to offer up the appropriate response to which we believers are called to respond with. We may call GOD into question for activities of withdrawal and ask why. We may not lawfully accuse Him or slander. Jesus simply noted the activity and then demandingly questioned, why? As seen in the Psalms, and as the Son of David, this response is perfectly acceptable with GOD.

7 Luke 23:45, Mark 15:38. Matthew 27:51 places the order of the temple veil, the earthquake, and resurrection in a collective utterance (i.e., vv. 51-53 are to be read as parenthetical).

8 Matthew 27:50

9 John 19:30, Mark 15:37, Luke 23:46

10 Matthew 27:51,54. The biblical writers had a habit of leaving natural events and weather out of their writings. Matthew, in the heart of the capitol, among thousands of hostile witnesses, in 55 A.D., freely speaks of the simultaneous earthquake, the solar anomaly, and the sudden wind that blew fiercely at the time of the crucifixion. When these events happened, it made the senses of the millions watching even more acute, so that when the centurion cried out, ‘Surely this was the son of GOD!’, and the more heard him and paid his words attention. There is no Talmudic teaching to argue or dispute the Gospels or their events from having occurred. If there was any objection, despite the persecutions of the Roman Catholic Church in their sphere of influence, those disputations of Christian history would have survived among the rabbinate. That rabbinical silence is, de facto, an affirmation of the Christian witness.

11 Mark 15:39 - ο παρεστηκως εξ εναντιας αυτου This tells us the positioning of the centurion and the soldiers in relation to the Cross. The soldiers had placed Jesus on one side of the stone fissure which leads up to David’s tomb, while they stood upon the other side. The fissure’s width had to be narrow and easily traversed by a running soldier (e.g. Mark 15:36). The area of crucifixion also had to be leveled out, yet steep round about it: easily defensible.

Only one centurion was needed to prevent access while his troop sat and rested. Why? Perhaps the site was a steep mound, like a high place, easily controllable, accessible by one narrow path no more than 4-5 feet wide. Though upon the Eastern Mount, the western slope of Olives, the Romans held a south-north positioning from Jesus near the Kidron - Hinom Valley Juncture. This will not entirely make sense until the fissure to Azal is excavated, and David’s tomb is found along that fissure. Once that site of David’s former tomb in Jerusalem is found, then the Gospel accounts will make perfect sense.

Having never seen what the Apostles saw, as it relates to Jerusalem’s topography in 30 A.D., accurate visualization is very difficult. Paul through Luke in Hebrews indicates the Romans were to the north, and Christ crucified closer to the south or Hinom gate, through which the blood of animals were to be burned without the camp.

12 Matthew 27:54

13 Mark 15:39, Luke 23:47, Matthew 27:54

14 John 19:32-33

15 John 19:34 The blood and water aspect shows that Jesus heart burst after dying of asphyxiation, and congestive heart failure. What little blood was left in His body was quickly separating. The Gospel of John is telling us that there was probably about a 20 minute interval between Jesus’ death and the piercing. This probably occurred when the soldiers receive the writ from Joseph of Arimathea, bearing Pilate’s order to give the body of Jesus to him, and get rid of the other two by usual means (cf. John 19:38). The spear would have punched through Jesus’ left side, and rode up under the ribcage, straight into the heart. The notion of a right side to left side spear punch is idiocy from those unlearned in small weapons combat. The testimony is to the effect that Jesus went limp leaning to His right. Had He been closer to the ground, a thrust from a six to eight inch blade -- with a quick counter clockwise twist before removal -- would have had the same effect as the lance.

However, the Psalms specifically list the “spears” of the bulls of Bashan “western or Roman” soldiers, as piercing Messiah. The left side must flow forth the Living Waters if Messiah is to sit at the Right Hand of the Father in order for the river of Life to proceed from BOTH the throne of the Father and the Lamb (e.g. Revelation 22:1).

16 John 19:38

17 Mark 15:43; Matthew 27:57-58; Luke 23:50,52

18 Mark 15:43

19 Mark 15:44

20 Mark 15:45

21 John 19:38

22 Mark 15:46

23 John 19:38

24 John 19:39

25 Mark 15:46, Matthew 27:59, Luke 23:53, John 19:40

26 John 19:41-42

27 Meta… here means “in the midst” of the Preparation, evening-morning. Based on the context: “the next morning” following the Passover sacrifice, even though it is still a holy day. The Passover has already been partaken of, so defilement with Pilate is not an issue. Whether they penalize themselves 7 days or not, the primary concern is to secure the body of Jesus before the disciples gain courage to do so.

Now that the Passover had been taken, the number of people had dwindled dramatically from the very hour of the 3pm sacrifice (Luke 23:48), so that by the next day, and well before the time of First fruits, less than a few thousand beside the Temple guard and Roman patrols would still be remaining in the hills about Jerusalem. Many hundreds of thousands would be leaving in a very short span of time, so that it might not be hard to tamper with the tomb upon the following evening. Therefore, it was imperative to open the tomb, verify the identity of the body, seal it, and guard it. By doing this very act, these first priests verified and sealed the authenticity of the coming Resurrection of Jesus as definitive fact, though unknowingly at the time.

28 Matthew 27:60-66

29 Matthew 28:1-6

30 John 20:11-15 The woman stooped down and was able to look inside the cave-tomb. The entrance was probably at least 3 feet high, with a groove of at least 1 ½ - 2 feet in depth, of sufficient width to allow a man to safely turn about in it without falling down. The platform and floor of the cave had to drop another 3-5 feet below the elevation where the woman was standing, and be back into the cave some 8-10 feet. In all likelihood, there were finger mausoleums -- which were also cut into the back of the cave, curving out of sight, even from the light of the angelic radiance. Because of its proximity to the tomb of King David, and its being on the Mount of Olives, this newly hewn out rock-cave tomb was a very expensive purchase and stone cutting project, and speaks of immense wealth. Whoever owned this cave was not only rich, he was almost like a government treasury unto himself. Perhaps more so than the rich young man of Matthew 20:16-22.

A Response To Ron: On The 2nd Death

 

Very recently, I was personally asked by Ron to elaborate on what is the Second Death.  The impression I got is that he wanted it phrased differently than the way Theologians normally go about this.  And it is to be from MY Perspective, or words to this effect. My response to him and other fellow believers into Jesus as one's LORD and Savior is below:

It can take several lengthy chapters to lay out just a short version of the Theology of what is involved with the Second Death, but I will try to condense even that.

⁶ Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ… 

¹⁴ And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

¹⁵ And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.  (Revelation 20:6,14-15)

⁸ But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.  (Revelation 21:8)

To begin, we 1st should acknowledge Jesus is the Living GOD (Deuteronomy 5:26) to whom Israel heard the Voice of at Mount Sinai (Deuteronomy 5:24-26, John 5:37, 1:18). It is He who gave Adam breath (Lamentations 4:20, Genesis 2:7), who is the I AM of Sinai (Exodus 3:14, John 8:58), whose goings is of eternity (Malachi 5:2) and born of a Virgin into the world (Isaiah 7:14) came unto His own Temple (Malachi 3:1) the One who implanted His Light in Man at the Beginning (John 1:9, 1 John 1:5, Genesis 2:7) and is Creator of all that is (Colossians 1:15-17).  

⁴¹ The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

⁴² And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 13:41-42)

The Body Of Man At The Beginning

In Genesis 2:7, Man is created physically out of the dust, the powder of dirt that is blown by the wind, like dusty top-soil that has died to the Earth and drifts as if ashes. He is spiritually connected by type to the ashes of the Tabernacle and Temple Sacrifices.  The ashes of the Red Heifer, or of the Sin Offering and so on, were to be a relationship to the material Adam formed by the LORD GOD in Genesis 2:7.

In Genesis 2:19, Animals are physically created out of the ground, as part of the Earth’s tilled and turned over soil, out of the sustenance of the Earth.

If we were to say that the Earth was created HOT, like magma or freshly spewed volcanic lava: then the animal life of this Earth would find their base matter in the hotness of the Earth itself, while man is a by product of the wind at GOD's Command gathering the burnt off floating ashes and powder of the HOT Earth and creating man.

It appears that the angels (cf. Psalm 104:4) were created by GOD's spoken word and a Heavenly wind.  So too was man AT THE BEGINNING (Genesis 2:7) brought forth by a Heavenly wind and gathered, but apparently, unlike his angels counterpart, a little lower than the angels, man got a makeup of physicality, of ash and water. 

Christ was formed in the VIRGIN womb by the Holy Spirit using the materials of blood, which is the life of the flesh (Leviticus 17:11) and water, which origin is from the LORD GOD's innermost being (cf. 1 John 5:6,8; John 7:37-38).

When the 1st Man unbelieved the person called the Voice of GOD as the familiar name to him for Jehovah GOD, in essence he died after a spiritual sense.  Within John 1:1-18, we have the concept that Man had in him a sort of Pilot Light, like that used as a gas flame ignition source we would use to start or flame on a gas heater or furnace.  Jesus, the Creator, is that Light that lights every man who will BELIEVE into Him.

In Genesis 2:7, Adam has been given the same singular life, CHaYiM חים,  as the animals, a soul attached to the dust or ash of the Earth.  But then, GOD BREATHES into the nostrils of man, He imparts a sliver of His own Spirit, a spiritual seed as if a Father to a Son, another Yod, and man goes from having a life or CHaYYiM חיים  to having lives or hayyim.  Man, by the breath of GOD into his nostrils, goes from a mortal to an immortal being at that point, the Yod being the abbreviate of His Name YHVEH   יְהוָ֔ה .

By the act of unbelief, by eating the fruit given him by his wife, which he KNOWS is forbidden, man's second Yod of Life, his eternal flame within him, as it were, is put out, and he becomes mortal. By trusting Faith into Jesus, Man is given the ability to be restored unto Eternal Life as a Son of GOD (John 1:12, 3:15-16, et al).

 Two lives must be accounted for, the one within him that is like the animals and returns to the Earth, and the spiritual eternal flame - the spiritual eternal light (which is Christ) which he put out by means of the spiritual, by unbelief.

In the 1st death, a man physically dies.  The ash of this Earth returns to the Earth.  But then, there's a Resurrection of the Damned.  From the ashes and fine powder of the Earth, those who have rejected Christ are reformed into the beings they physically were, their spirit bearing the imprinted DNA coding, but the breath of GOD is NOT in them.  

“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)

If one does NOT believe in Jesus, he has no second life, he is dead once more over his physical death, he is dead a second time, and dies a second death.

At the Resurrection of the Damned, once again Man is created physically out of the dust, the powder of dirt that is blown by the wind, like dusty top-soil that has died to the Earth and drifts as if ashes. This time, he must account for the second life that would have been in him had he simply accepted Jesus, had he simply believed (John 3:18,3:36).  

In many ways, it appears that we are not judged as much for the life we lived in the physical body of the 1st life which is destroyed like the animals and returns to Earth, but we are judged for rejecting GOD the Father, who sent us His Son speaking His words, and refusing to have simple trusting faith, not only that the words are true, but to honor Him.