INTRODUCTION
It is a misnomer to say the saints do not DIE; that they sleep. It is also a misnomer to say that it’s the wicked who die; that they do not sleep. The truth is that both the saints and the wicked die (which is also called sleep).
This commentary will also show that the BODY and the SOUL are the same. That the spirit, also called ghost, is breath of life. Do not confuse the spirit with the Holy Spirit.
The commentary will show the two ressurections and when they will take place and who the judge(s) shall be.
The commentary concludes with three questions.
Be blessed as you read.
1. Body and Soul are exactly one and the same thing. Soul as the body, eats, touches, lusts, sins – Genesis 2:7; Leviticus 7:20, 21, 25, 27: 17:10, 12, 15: 22:6: Deuteronomy 12:15, 20, 21; Ezekiel 18:4, 20.
3. When the breath of life is removed, one dies. One becomes dust, since we were made from dust. This breath of life is also called the spirit and also called the ghost, and should not be confused with the Holy Spirit – Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 3:19-22: recall Genesis 2:7; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Genesis 25:8, 17; 35:29; 49:33; Job 3:10-11; Mark 15:37, 39; Luke 23:46; John 19:30; Acts 5:5; 12:23.
4. After death, which is called the first death, there will be two ressurections that will follow. These two ressurections shall be spaced by 1000 years. These two ressurections are in the future – John 5:28-29; Daniel 12:2; Revelation 20:4-6.
5. In the first ressurection the dragon, also called the devil and also called the Satan shall be bound and cast in the bottomless pit, for 1000 years. After the 1000 years the devil will be released from the bottomless pit. Contiguously, at this end of 1000 years, the second ressurection shall take place. The first order of business for the devil shall be to deceive the nations, Gog and Magog, to gather them to battle. Remember, these Gog and Magog had featured a great deal in the Battle of Armageddon, in the attack of Israel and Jerusalem. Most of them shall die the first death when Messiah shall come to fight in the battle of Armageddon. Their number is given as 200,000,000 (9:15-16, 18). So, when the devil is released, it’s still this army that featured in the battle of Armageddon that he will marshall to battle. Note, it’s at the end of the 1000 years meaning, the will have ressurected in the second ressurection. At this time, they shall suffer the second death since a fire shall proceed from ELOHIM and %%them and devour them. Their deceiver, the devil, shall be thrown in the Lake of fire and shall burn forever and ever- (Zechariah 14:12-15; Ezekiel 38:21-22; Revelation 19:11-19, 21; 20:1-3, 7-10).
6. In the first ressurection what will happen to the saints and the wicked who will be alive then? Note that all the saints shall be ressurected and the saints who will be alive at the coming of Messiah shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye, and they shall be very many, the number of which no one could number (1 Corinthians 15:51-53; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 7:9-17). Note also that there shall be the wicked that will be alive those days. Their number shall be in billions. The saints shall be PRIESTS and KINGS and shall rule the the wicked with the rod of iron. Contiguously, the saints shall JUDGE the wicked, read Revelation 20:4 And I saw THRONES, and they sat upon them, and JUDGMENT was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Yahshua, and for the word of Elohim, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they LIVED and REIGNED with Messiah a thousand years. Read also Daniel 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and JUDGMENT WAS GIVEN TO THE SAINTS of the most High; and the time came that the SAINTS POSSESSED THE KINGDOM. This judgement shall take place in the Day of Judgement which shall not be a 24-hour day, but 1000 years, read 2 Peter 3:7-8 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against THE DAY OF JUDGMENT and perdition of ungodly men.
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that ONE DAY IS WITH THE LORD AS A THOUSAND YEARS, AND A THOUSAND YEARS AS ONE DAY.
7. Paul awaits the first ressurection, just like the other saints that are dead – 2 Timothy 4:7-8.
8. The second ressurection is called the ressurection of damnation and shame (John 5:29; last part of Daniel 12:2). This second ressurection, shall be followed by judgement in front of the throne of ELOHIM, in the presence of Elohim. The judged shall be thrown in the Lake fire, they shall be destroyed by that eternal fire. This the second death – Revelation 20:11-15; Malachi 4:1, 3.
9. Both the saints and the wicked SLEEP – 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.
10. Saints DIE – 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 2:10; Yahshua Messiah DIED – Romans 5:6, 8; 8:34; 14:9; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 5:14.
11. The wicked DIE – Revelation 20:5.
12. Read DIE and SLEEP in one verse – 1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Yahshua DIED and rose again, even so them also which SLEEP in Yahshua will Elohim bring with him.
13. ENOCH and ELIJAH did not DIE – Genesis 5:23-24; Hebrews 11:5; 2 Kings 2:1, 11.
CONCLUDING QUESTIONS
1. How come that Elijah went to heaven and Messiah told us no one was in heaven? John 3:13.
2. If Elijah didn’t die, where did the Elijah’s writing come from, many years later? 2 Chronicles 21:12.
3. If at death people go to heaven, as some people, then explain ressurection! Will they come from heaven, go to grave and be ressurected again?
Commentary by Bro Mutonga
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