Lesson 7 · May 16, 1896
The Resurrection
Topics for review:—
- 1.Name the divisions of the last lesson, and give a synopsis of each.
- 2.What position does man occupy in the animal creation?
- 3.How does man receive the divine life?
Notes
Divisions of the lesson: (1) Nature of the Resurrection. (2) Christ's Resurrection. (3) Resurrection of the Righteous. (4) Resurrection of the Ungodly.
Questions.
Nature of the Resurrection.
1. What is the meaning of the word "resurrection"? Note 1.
2. How many shall come forth from the grave? .
3. Whose voice awakes the dead? .
- 4.When His voice is heard, what is the result?—
- 5.What power is manifested in raising the dead? Ans. Power of God—creative power.
Notes
Christ's Resurrection.
- 6.What did Christ say of His resurrection power? .
- 7.If Christ had not risen, what would have been the result? .
- 8.Would there have been any future for those that died? .
- 9.If there were no resurrection, what would be man's condition in this world? .
- 10.Since Christ has risen from the dead, what has He become? . Note 2.
Notes
Resurrection of the Righteous.
- 11.What is the resurrection of the righteous called? .
- 12.When will this take place? .
- 13.What other important event will take place at that time? .
- 14.With whom do these two classes of the righteous dwell? .
- 15.On what occasion did Christ give an illustration of this event? . Note 3.
- 16.By what are the righteous quickened at the coming of the Lord? .
Notes
The Resurrection of the Ungodly.
- 17.How long after the resurrection of the righteous will it be before the rest of the dead are raised? .
- 18.How many classes will be raised? .
- 19.To what are the wicked to come forth? .
- 20.Do they have eternal life? .
Notes
1. The word "resurrection" is defined as follows: "A rising again from the dead: a return from death to life."—The Standard. The Greek word anastasis is defined as "a standing up, rising up, as from the dead."—Bullinger.
2. The expressions, "first fruits," "firstborn," and "first begotten," when applied to Christ, must denote the preëminent rank and station which He holds in the great work of redemption, rather than in the order of time in which His resurrection occurred. We read of several resurrected ones who were raised before Christ was raised. See ; ; ; . It would be doing violence to the scriptures to attempt to dispose of these by saying they were raised to mortality only, for all the wicked are thus raised, and spoken of as being resurrected. See ; . All these resurrections center in Christ, who is the resurrection and the life. He stands out foremost and preëminent in all these instances, whether occurring before or after His resurrection. In this sense He is the "first fruits" of those that slept. He is the chief one, for the raising of all the others depended upon His power.
3. The transfiguration () was a miniature representation of the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. See . Here Christ appeared in kingly majesty (), and Elijah as a representative of those that shall be changed in a moment without seeing death, and Moses, who had died, but was resurrected. See . Christ's kingdom is to be in connection with His coming (), and that is the time when all the righteous dead are raised, and the living righteous will be changed. It is the same power that gives immortality to the living that raises the dead. So it is giving immortality to both the living and the dead who have had the abiding Christ within.
Bible texts in this lesson
John 5:28 · John 5:29 · John 5:25 · John 11:25 · 1 Corinthians 15:13 · 1 Corinthians 15:14 · 1 Corinthians 15:16-18 · 1 Corinthians 15:17 · 1 Corinthians 15:19 · 1 Corinthians 15:20 · Revelation 20:6 · 1 Thessalonians 4:16 · 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 · 1 Thessalonians 4:17 · Matthew 17:1-5 · Romans 8:11 · Revelation 20:5 · Acts 24:15 · Revelation 20:8 · Revelation 20:9 · 1 Kings 17 · 2 Kings 4 · Luke 7:14 · Luke 8:40 · Luke 8:55 · John 11:11-26 · John 16:28 · 2 Peter 1:16 · 2 Peter 1:17 · Jude 1:9 · 2 Timothy 4:1
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