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ARTICLES OF FAITH
Article - The Resurrection
We believe that the bodies of all men will be resurrected from the grave
That the joys of the Righteous will be eternal and
That the punishment of the Wicked will be everlasting
1. The Bodily Resurrection of All Humanity
2. The Blessing of The Eternal State for The Righteoous
3. The Endless Punishment of the wicked.
Scripture References:
John 5:28-29 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming,
in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life;
and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Hebrews 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in
heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto
him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
2 Corinthians 5:6,8 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst
we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith,
not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the
body, and to be present with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out
of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Phlippians 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Luke 16:23,24 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and
seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Acts 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that
there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1 Corinthians 15:35,42,43 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
Matthew 25:32-34,41 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations:
and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from
me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the
heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand,
and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
Philippians 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the
working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Matthew 13:49,50 p; 49 So shall it be at the end
of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the
just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and
some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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