According to Mormon doctrine, Resurrected beings have physical bodies that can only be in one place at one time, which is why the Holy Ghost remains a spirit, so that he can dwell in the hearts of men: > "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son > also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a > personage of Spirit. **Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in > us.**" (D&C 130:22 , *emphasis added*) It appears to me that some form of power or ability is *lost* at the resurrection. An essential power that only spirits have, which resurrected beings do not, hence the necessity of the Holy Ghost remaining a spirit. It seems somewhat paradoxical to me that we would have anything to *lose* at the resurrection–if anyone understands what I'm trying to communicate by phrasing it that way... Obviously the Holy Ghost is going to be resurrected at some point (I feel it's safe to assume so at least), at which point in time he will forfeit the power that makes his role in the Godhead essential, and receive a resurrected body. My question is, what exactly is this power that the Father and Christ cannot wield as resurrected beings? Or where do I err in my pondering or phrasing of my question?

In John 20:27, after His resurrection, Jesus invites Thomas to touch the wounds in His hands and side. That detail has always struck me — if Jesus was raised in a glorified body, why were the wounds from His crucifixion still visible? Paul describes the resurrection body in 1 Corinthians 15 as imperishable and glorious, which makes me wonder: shouldn’t that mean it would be healed or perfected, without any remaining scars? I’m curious how Christians understand this. Is there a theological reason why Jesus kept the marks of His suffering? And what does that say about the nature of the resurrection body, or about His mission?

The Holy Spirit speaking through the pen of apostle John said those who share in the first resurrection will have power while those who share in the second resurrection will not have any kind of power but will be priests and prophets for the Most High. >Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. I understand the Spirit is urging believers to do their best to be part of the first resurrection but what kind of power will God give those who partake in the first resurrection?

I was doing some research on the age the dead will be raised-in and came across a publication by Saint Thomas Aquinas who suggests that the dead will be raised in their prime age (i.e. 30-33 because it is the age of prime), and also the fact that Jesus was raised back to life at 33. Is this correct, and is there any biblical basis to support this apart from the example of Jesus? >"All will rise again in the age of Christ, which is the age of thirty-three years... This is the most perfect age — when the body has reached its full growth, and yet has not begun to decline. Therefore, in the resurrection, all will be restored to the age of that perfection which Christ had when He rose again." — Thomas Aquinas, [*Summa Theologiae, Supplement*, Q. 81, Art. 1](https://www.newadvent.org/summa/5081.htm)

Revelation is apocalyptic language and is often interpreted as the most difficult book of the bible to understand. However, I find there are valuable details that should inform our understanding of eschatology. For example, Revelation 20:4-5 states: >**4** I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. **5** (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. While this text includes language that should not be taken literally (like the 1000 years often meaning "a very long period of time" in the Hebrew culture of the time), this still informs us of two things: 1. There **must** be a resurrection that kicks off the millennial kingdom, as those resurrected individuals must reign during the millennium. 2. This resurrection is made up of those who have lost their life due to their testimony of Christ. I understand that Full Preterists claim the millennial kingdom began in 30 AD. However, I do not understand how they interpret the first resurrection of those who died for their testimony of Christ (no one had yet died for their testimony of Christ). I believe 1 Thessalonians 4:16 further addresses this issue: >For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. I've heard the argument that the first resurrection is the resurrection of our spiritually dead souls to the life of salvation, but both Revelation 20 and 1 Thessalonians 4 allude to the "dead in Christ". If we are speaking of spiritual death, then we must assume you can be spiritually dead (unsaved) in Christ.

In Luke 16:22-24 we read > The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to > Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. In Hades, where > he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus > by his side. So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and > send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, > because I am in agony in this fire.’ in which Jesus supports the notion that people go to Heaven or Hell soon after their death, what is reinforced in Luke 23:43 > And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in > Paradise.” Then the Apostles Creed of the Catholic Church says > He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; > He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the > Father Almighty; from there He will come to judge the living and the > dead. Which suggests, on the contrary, that the judgment and destiny of the dead is pending until the second coming, which also contradicts the promise of “being in Paradise on the same day,” since Jesus spent the next three days in Hell. But the Catholic Church routinely invokes the intercession of saints in its prayers, starting with Mary herself Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. So, if the dead are already in Heaven or Hell, it means that they have already been judged, so who are left to be resurrected and judged? When are the dead judged?

There is a multitude of saints who came back to life minutes or hours after Jesus rose from the dead as the first born. Where did they go because I do not believe Jesus would let them die again after declaring victory over death to them when he descended to the heart of the earth. *Mathew 27:52-53* >And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. *Ephesians 4:7-8* >But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. Paul is technically saying that Jesus led captivity captive or in simple terms, death became a slave of Jesus. So where did those people go because the fact that they could appear and disappear meant those were wearing heavenly bodies? **Edit:** We do not know the manner by which these saints were raised and hence we cannot know what the word **appeared** meant in that context but for me to **appear** is to **suddenly manifest visibly**. When scripture says an **an angel appeared to Mary, what is that to you?**

In 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Paul states the Gospel that saves: that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. I have heard multiple versions of this when people teach people how to be saved, often in these two ways: 1. believe Jesus died for your sins, was buried, and rose again so you could be saved (no mention of the third day, just that he rose again) 2. believe Jesus died for your sins and rose again so you could be saved. Notice how the third day was not mentioned, nor the burial in the second one. Why are they omitted? If one believes in either of those two for salvation, are they still unsaved? Romans 6 seems to claim that Jesus was buried so we could be saved, too. Why would Jesus wanna make us believe in a timeframe to be saved? Yes, we should believe it, but do we have to believe the 3rd day part to BE saved?

Many years ago I read that according to their records, it took the Temple two years to interview all the dead that were raised at the Crucifixion. Two of these people were rabbis or priests, a father and son who had both died within the previous six months, and were thus well known to the Temple staff. It then seemed to me this would be why Christianity would grow like wildfire, but I cannot find the source for this, and I have been looking for years. The Gospel of St. Mathew has this to say about those who rose from the dead on Good Friday. > Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; **and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.** Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. (Matthew 27: 50-54 ) Is anyone familiar with this interviewing story?

It seems we have the resurrection in order. However, my question is how and when are these categories of persons resurrected? 1) Those who died under the Old Covenant 2) Those who die in the New Covenant 3) Those who are alive at the coming of Jesus. 1Thess 4:17 4) The bible speaks of the Ressurection of the Souls beheaded for the gospel. Rev 20:4 -5 I desire answers that give an overview of major Christian positions regarding this question.

Luke and Matthew tell of when Jesus brought a young girl back to life. Before he did it however, Jesus says to the people that the girl is only sleeping: > **Luke 8:52** > > Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. "Stop wailing," Jesus said. "She is not dead but asleep." > > **Matthew 9:24** > > he said, "Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him. Why did he tell the people that she was only asleep when she was clearly not? A few things come to my mind: 1. It was a parable 2. He wanted to hide his power from the people, as he did at other times. The problem here is that that would've been a lie. So, what reason was there to tell the people that she was sleeping, rather than that she was dead and he raised her from the dead?

I do believe that the righteous dead who are having physical disabilities such as being unable to walk, see, hear or talk will be raised whole in the resurrection of the saints which will be the first one. Jesus taught that they will enter into life with their disabilities **Mathew 18:9** >would be better to enter the kingdom of heaven with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the lake of fire Jesus healed these people while he was here on earth, why can't he raise them whole in the resurrection of the saints?

> 51 When Jesus died, the curtain in the Temple was torn into two > pieces. The tear started at the top and tore all the way to the > bottom. Also, the earth shook and rocks were broken. **52 The graves > opened, and many of God’s people who had died were raised from death. > 53 They came out of the graves. And after Jesus was raised from death, > they went into the holy city, and many people saw them.** -Matthew 27:51 Aside from Jesus healing people, this appears to me as the biggest supernatural event in the Gospel: ***Other people*** *rising from the dead*, out of graves! However, there is only 1 line given to this? Are there any more details about what happened here? Thanks!

Bigfoot was brought up by Joe Rogan during his interview with Stephen Meyer, as discussed in Paulogia's review of the interview in [this video](https://youtu.be/MEEEJ0SrC60?t=525) : > **Stephen Meyer**: And then that there were reports that he had been, that he had appeared to many after being resurrected. So there's a whole ... > > **Joe Rogan**: Right, but there's reports of Bigfoot. > > **Paulogia**: Right again Joe, but at least for Bigfoot we have first-hand reports. For Jesus's resurrection all we have are reports of reports. At best. More likely, reports of reports of reports of reports. Bigfoot is in higher evidential standing. Another [atheist source](https://www.atheistrepublic.com/gallery/bigfoot-has-more-eyewitness-claims-jesus-christ-s-resurrection) similarly asserts: > Bigfoot Has More Eyewitness Claims Than Jesus Christ’s Resurrection Indeed, according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot#Sightings) (which in turn cites other sources): > **Sightings** > > According to Live Science, there have been over 10,000 reported Bigfoot sightings in the continental United States. About one-third of all claims of Bigfoot sightings are located in the Pacific Northwest, with the remaining reports spread throughout the rest of North America. Most reports are considered mistakes or hoaxes, even by those researchers who claim Bigfoot exists. > > Sightings predominantly occur in the northwestern region of Washington state, Oregon, Northern California, and British Columbia. According to data collected from the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization's (BFRO) Bigfoot sightings database in 2019, Washington has over 2,000 reported sightings, California over 1,600, Pennsylvania over 1,300, New York and Oregon over 1,000, and Texas has just over 800. The debate over the legitimacy of Bigfoot sightings reached a peak in the 1970s, and Bigfoot has been regarded as the first widely popularized example of pseudoscience in American culture. To provide additional material for consideration, here is a two-part interview with a Bigfoot eyewitness that a Reddit user recommended [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/bigfoot/comments/16mdj38/sharing_my_favorite_witness_video_interview/) : [part one](https://youtu.be/TsDM4b5SqaQ) and [part two](https://youtu.be/aROJHXkSm64) . (It's interesting to note there's a whole Reddit community dedicated to Bigfoot.) So, the atheistic argument from analogy goes something like this: Given the multitude of eyewitness reports supporting Bigfoot's existence, with many still alive and accessible for interview today, it's still deemed rational by most people to dismiss Bigfoot's existence, because most people consider the evidence weak and uncompelling given such an extraordinary claim (i.e., the well-known *"extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"*). Thus, if we use the same epistemology consistently, says the atheist, shouldn't we also dismiss claims about Jesus' resurrection? After all, this is similarly an extraordinary claim, and the evidence available is arguably even weaker, as the number of purported witnesses is far fewer, and none are alive today for interrogation (and as Paulogia remarks in the video linked at the beggining, it's quite likely that what we have is not even reports of reports, but reports of reports of reports of reports). How do Christians break the symmetry? How is this atheistic argument from analogy invalid? --- **Note**. There is a similar purported analogy between Jesus' resurrection and the golden plates. The following is a very thought-provoking discussion: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/84581/61679

Below are the passages describing Resurrection Sunday from each of the Gospels. Matthew 28:1-9: "Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.' So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said, 'Greetings!' And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, 'Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.'" Mark 16:1-8: "When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?' And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. And he said to them, 'Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.' And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid" Luke 24:1-7: "But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, 'Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.'" But John describes Jesus himself appearing to Mary, following a footrace between John and Peter: John 20:11-18: "But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?' Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.' Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, 'Rabboni!' (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God."' Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord'—and that he had said these things to he." So, to summarize, the Synoptics describe the Resurection as: Mary Magdalene and possibly His mother visit the grave. They see the stone rolled away, and an angel waiting for them. The angel asks her/them why she/they were looking for "the living among the dead". He then tells them to share the good news. In John's story: John and Peter look inside the grave and believe that Jesus was alive, then hide from the Jews in their house. Mary cried outside the grave, but when looking inside sees *two* angels, who ask her who shes looking for and why she's crying. SHe turns around, and sees who she assumes to be the gardener and ask if he has taken the body. Jesus then opens her eyes and reveals Himself directly to her, causing her to rejoice and *then* share the good news. What causes the discrepancy? Did John have a literary reason, did he talk to different witnesses or is there some other reason?

The Bible narrates that after Jesus died on the cross then Joseph of Arimathea took his body down from the cross and wrapped it in a linen clothing. They then buried him inside a tomb but then after he rose from the dead, two disciples went to check and found the linen clothing that his body was wrapped in lying on the stone where his body laid. # Burial of Jesus # Mathew 27:57-60 >When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. The Gospels describe the resurrection scene differently but according to the Gospel of Saint John the linen cloth was left there and the cloth that had covered the face of Jesus folded up in a place by itself. # The Resurrection according to Saint John # John 20:6-7 >Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. Since Jesus appeared to Mary and other disciples clothed, does it leave us to conclude that he miraculously created a new set of clothes to cover his resurrected body with?

Jehovahs Witnesses teach that the majority of humans who ever lived will be resurrected and given a chance to choose to be obedient and loyal to Jehovah during the 1000 years judgment period. Are there exceptions for those in biblical times that were killed in events orchestrated by God? For example 185,000 Assyrians killed in a single night? The wicked who drowned in the flood? The inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah? Will these be resurrected or are they considered permanently annihilated?

Ok so, I haven’t seen anyone ask this question really… Since when we die we know we won’t have any knowledge, ecclesiaties 9:5 nor any consciousness we will be in a state of slumber right? It will be like when we were in our mother’s womb, we don’t (at least I don’t) remember anything from being in there. Will it feel like after death when Jesus returns, 5 seconds have passed since we died, or 40 years? Or 2,000 years… You get what I mean?

The Apostles' Creed says of Jesus : "...was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into Hell; the third day He rose again from the dead..." If Jesus descended into Hell while his body lay dead and buried, he did so in spirit. So, what rose again from the dead on the third day, was his body. My question therefore is: According to Catholic Church, why does the Apostles'Creed not mention that Jesus rose again in body ?

If there's immediate life after death in Christ, why in the second coming, will he raise those who died in Christ Jesus? John 11:25 >I am the resurrection & the life those who believe in me, even though they die will live. 1 Thessalonians‬ ‭4:16 >For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.