originally posted by: cooperton
"Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”
John 8:51
"And when this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory."
1 Corinthians 15:54
Why would we need to die? Was Christ's sacrifice not sufficient to atone for all sin forever?
"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies, but everyone who lives and believes in Me will never
die. Do you believe this?"
John 11:26
Most people are waiting for their resurrection, yet we can lay claim to our birthright while we still live. But who's willing to lay down the nets
that ensnare them to follow Christ?
It is true, that millions now living will never die. Revelation 7:9 tells us that a “great crowd” which no man could number will come out alive
after Armageddon. They will be alive on earth during the thousand year reign to welcome back the untold millions/billions of dead to teach them the
truth about Jehovah God and his son Jesus Christ.
Those who are called to heavenly life have to die. Because flesh and blood cannot inherent the kingdom. When God’s spirit adopted sons put on
immortality it will be as spirit creatures in heaven in the divine image of their Father, Jehovah God, and their brother, Jesus Christ.
Notice the Bible tells us that the called and chosen anointed congregation that will go to heaven are “sons of God” and “brothers” of Jesus
Christ, when it says that Jesus was patterned for those brothers of his that were to follow, it is referring to the superior form of life he was given
after being raised to heaven. Before coming to earth he was God’s first and only direct creation, although extremely powerful, he was still an angel
living in the spirit plane of existence. Upon being raised to heaven he was kindly given the name above all names and all things were subjected to
him. Except for his God of course, and raised above the spirit plane and put on the divine plane.
”Because those whom he gave his first recognition he also foreordained to be patterned after the image of his Son, so that he might be the
firstborn among many brothers. ”-Romans 8:29.
That all those called to heaven MUST first die is told us, those who have been called are clearly shown that when they receive the spirit adoption of
sons (the anointing of the holy spirit) they are baptized to be dead ones:
“
Otherwise, what will they do who are being baptized for the purpose of being dead ones? If the dead are not to be raised up at all, why are they
also being baptized for the purpose of being such?.”-1 Corinthians 15:29.
If you read that whole chapter of 1 Corinthians 15 you will see a precise explanation of what being raised a spirit anointed son as an immortal being
entails. Just as a seed first has to die in order to grow, so too, the seed that is planted in the called and chosen, in order for it to bloom, the
human creature must die, and then is raised as an immortal spirit being in a body patterned after the image of their adopted brother, Jesus Christ.
I will show something to you. And this was personally revealed to me. Jesus Christ loves those called and chosen so much, and he wants them to be with
him in heaven, so that they may see the glory his Father gave him:
“
Father, I want those whom you have given me to be with me where I am, in order that they may look upon my glory that you have given me, because
you loved me before the founding of the world. ”-John 17:24.
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