Hi Anthony,
But i have a question. How will they that arise in the second resurrection be? An infant again to grow up and learn His ways or at a certain age or where they left off/died in their first life?
The 'many' raised in the resurrection of the dead/second death, will be raised in physical bodies. Ray says babies will be raised still as babies. But adults... well all it says is they will stand (Rev. 20:12). Then they will be cast into the Lake of Fire, which is where they go through a physical life and the experiences to learn righteousness (Isa. 26:9). There will be plenty of people to raise the babies, somehow.
Here is where Ray mentions the babies in the resurrection of the dead.
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"And as it is appointed unto men [Gk: 'anthropose'--human, mankind] once to die, but after this the judgment"
This Scripture is all-encompassing, universal, and applies to every human who has ever lived. All humanity must die once, and after that death, they must be judged. There are no exceptions, not even for mentally challenged, teens, youngsters and even infants. (Do sound-minded Christians really believe that when babies die they go to heaven and therefore, there will be millions of eternal babies [in diapers?] living in heaven for all eternity AS BABIES?) God has a way to deal with babies and infants in the Day of Judgment that will be quite equitable -- they will grow up to be adults.
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Here is what Ray said about being born at the first resurrection.
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God has got a master plan. The more I think about it… When we are born, fully born into the family of God, it's like when a child is actually born. We know what it’s like when a child is begotten, because after a few weeks or a month, the mother realizes something is going on. She say, 'I think I’m pregnant.’ Then there is a certain period it grows, for 9 months and the baby is born. But when the baby is born, is it mature?
So I’ve been looking at that the last few years. I don’t believe when we are born into the family of God we will be just like God. I don’t believe that. I don’t believe we are going to take that quantum leap in one flash, at the last trump. Boom and we will be patting out Father on the back and saying, ‘good to see ya Dad.’ I don’t think it’s going to be like that at all. I think then (when we are born into the family of God) we’re on the outside of the womb, so to speak. We’ll be on the outside of the spiritual womb and it’s going to be a whole new world.
I think about as much as a fetus sees in the mother’s womb, that’s what we see right now. When we are born, we are going to come out of this and we are going to see a whole lot more. Then we are going to start to grown up. But that’s just what I think.
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mercy, peace and love
Kat