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lorrie:
I have been reading  matthew27-52,53 'And tombs opened,and many godly men and women who had died came back to life again.After Jesus' resurrection they left the cemetary and went to jerusalem and appeared to many people there.'
It does not read like a parable nor a metaphore.So i am concluding that this actually happened.And i am thinking these men and women were/are the first fruit,elect of the jews.
Any thoughts?

chav:
Hi
I think if you look on the spurious scriptures link you would see the following phrases within the scriptures you mention ,may not be scriptural.

Matt. 27:52
 and the graves were opened*
 
Matt. 27: 53
 and went*

I don't think they would have been the first fruit elect as you suggest , because at that time Christ had not yet risen.There is no evidence to suggest they had obtained immortality either ,and no doubt would have died later.
It's a puzzling story however and I wonder why it isn't mentioned in other accounts.

Dave

lorrie:
HI Dave-Yes It is a curious passage, however it does say ;'AFTER Jesus' resurrection['t.l.b.] then they went into jerusalem.I have wondered why it is only in matthew too.
Perhapes it was taken out of the other gospels to give folks the impression that we truly leave this earth as immortal souls?

lilitalienboi16:
If the passage is authentic it doesn't contradict anything taught here.

God simply brought back to life those whom had died as another miracle of Christ's to give those who doubted the ressurection of the dead a means of hope and belief.

We know live through faith, we know in our hearts that Christ is raised and that the dead shall indeed live again so we no longer need these miracles, the miracle is God in our hearts changing us from beast to saint!

Those that were ressurected died again after they lived the time God has ordained them to live and await the ressurection of the dead unto judgement as all the others whom sleep in the grave.

Furthermore, i do not have any personal reason to believe they represent the elect in any way. If someone can show they do, than i will gladly reconsider my opinion. Atm though, i see no reason to believe they do.

God bless,

Alex

Akira329:
I know this question has been answered before on the forum.
Maybe in one of Rays emails.
I think this verse only confirms the resurrection of the dead.
The dead will be raised to live again.
But then they assuredly died again as did Lazarus.
I think this is another type and shadow of things to come.
Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong in my thinking. :)

Antaiwan

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