Scriptural Proof for The Resurrection of Jesus Christ and of the Dead

​In summary, all shall rise from the dead in the resurrection, the same mortal earthly body will rise, except it will rise in the original state of immortality and reunite with their soul. The good shall resurrect to life everlasting while the wicked will resurrect to eternal damnation. This is the work of God, like in the beginning all things were made perfect, in the resurrection all things are restored to perfection by the same power from on high. This is the result by Jesus Christ who by his death, death was destroyed, so the wicked will live forever in suffering and the good shall live in the glory and love of the Father. 

​Resurrection; a word Wikipedia defines as “the concept of a living being coming back to life after death.” Well Wikipedia, we are here to tell you that this is not a ‘concept’ but a living truth! Jesus did resurrect!

Someday, all people will rise from the dead and when they do, they will be wearing the same body they had during their passing. Please understand that this means that both the good and the bad will rise again. In the earliest of Christianity, the creeds and Profession of Faith said that, “We (Catholics) believe in the resurrection of the body,” indicating that the body dies and resurrects again, but the soul never dies and thus is always resurrected. Glory be to God.

Belief in the raising of the body can be found throughout Jewish history. In the Old Testament, 2 Maccabees 7, brothers and their mother were tortured by a vicious king who forced them to eat swine and denounce their Judaist faith. Unimaginably, one by one, they died a martyr's death knowing that the Lord God would raise their bodies again on the last day (7:9). They believed it and so should we. Taking this point further, God delivered messages to Ezekiel explaining, “All the dead of Israel, there on the plains of dry bones, the Lord God sent the spirit to restore the bones of the dead to life, giving the bone sinew, flesh and skin, but no life until the spirit breathed on them the breath of life, and they were all alive again” (Ezekiel 37:5-6). Though this vision refers to Israel’s eventual restoration, one who has a belief in the resurrection can hardly miss the typology here – is foreshadows Christ’s resurrection and the resurrection we have yet to experience.

Finally we stumble upon Job, who suffered tremendously. Job, losing all that he had, took courage and remembered his belief in the resurrection. “This at least I know, that one lives on who will vindicate me, rising up from the dust when the last day comes. Once more my skin shall clothe me, and in my flesh I shall have sight of God. I myself, with my own eyes; it will not be something other than myself that sees him. Deep in my heart is this hope reposed” (Job 19; 25-27).

“Just as the Father bids the dead rise up and gives them life, so the Son gives life to whomsoever he will” (John 5;21).  “Yes, this is the will of him who sent me, that all those who believe in the Son when they see him should enjoy eternal life; I am to raise them up at the last day” (John6:40). Do you see now the support validating the resurrection? Not only did Jesus resurrect; he promises to resurrect those who follow Him!

Jesus also taught the resurrection of the dead when he said, “And on that day he will separate the sheep from the goats.” The Apostles preached the resurrection of the dead, using scripture, to prove that the resurrection is one of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity, (Acts 17:2,18, 31, 32). 

In summary, all shall rise from the dead in the resurrection, the same mortal earthly body will rise, except it will rise in the original state of immortality and reunite with their soul. The good shall resurrect to life everlasting while the wicked will resurrect to eternal damnation. This is the work of God, like in the beginning all things were made perfect, in the resurrection all things are restored to perfection by the same power from on high. This is the result by Jesus Christ who by his death, was destroyed, so the wicked will live forever in suffering and the good shall live in the glory and love of the Father.