The Catching Up, First Resurrection, Translation

[whirlwind]

When does the "catching up" take place?

Revelation 12:4-5 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God and to His throne.

When is the child "caught up?" The "third part of the stars of heaven" are God's children that have/do/will fall to Satan's deception. They are cast from their place in heaven, which is spiritually being in God's kingdom while in a flesh body, to the earth, which is spiritually being cast out of His kingdom. The man child(ren) are in heaven while on earth...they are "strangers and pilgrims on the earth." [Heb.11:13]

The man child/the saints are the child(ren) of the church/ the woman/ Israel. We strive to be of the saints and not those that lose our place in heaven through deception. The dragon stands before her to "devour" her children as soon as they are born....born again, born into the kingdom....

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.​

I used to understand the child, (man child/saints/elect) being "caught up unto God," as a future event...one that takes place at the last day. I no longer believe that is what is meant.....​

Revelation 20:5-6 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 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.

The "first resurrection" is spiritual and happens while we are in our flesh bodies. After our death it is too late to be of this resurrection! His man child/saints are translated, caught up, spiritually quickened, resurrected, illuminated, of the kingdom when they/we are delivered....​

Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son;

Hebrews 10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

"Hath delivered, hath translated, were illuminated"....past tense. If we are His saints then this happens when He calls us and when we "please Him." As happened to Enoch, "he should not see death," nor shall we for "the second death hath no power," on us if we are of the first resurrection. All of us must die once but He wants none of us to die the second death, that of our souls.

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.​

The man child/saints also have the testimony "for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." [Rev.19:10]​

So, the "first resurrection," the "catching up," our "translation," is spiritual and we are in His kingdom, in heaven, when He abides IN us. That happens when we take up our cross and follow Him. We are crucified with Him....

Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth IN ME: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.​

Colossians 1:26-29 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints, To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ IN YOU, the hope of glory: Whom we preach, warning every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect IN CHRIST Jesus: Whereunto I also labour, striving according to His working, which worketh IN ME mightily.

2:12-13 Buried WITH HIM in baptism, wherein also ye are risen WITH HIM through the faith of the operation of God Who hath raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together WITH HIM, having forgiven you all trespasses;

3:1-4 If YE THEN BE RISEN WITH Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid WITH CHRIST IN GOD. When Christ, Who is our life, shall appear, then shall YE ALSO APPEAR with Him in glory.

Ephesians 2:5-6 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together WITH CHRIST, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us SIT TOGETHER in heavenly places IN CHRIST Jesus:

God has given us an example, a type of what will be. At the end of days, when the last trump sounds and this flesh age ends....

Joshua 6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, "See I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.

Joshua is a type of Christ. At the end of this age, after the tribulation of Satan.....He is given those we fight against...Satan and his crew. Here they are depicted as being of Jericho which is symbolic of the great city Babylon.​

6:4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

As Satan comes to earth first, pretending to be Christ at the 6th seal, 6th trump and 6th vial ( 666 ) we see here the arrival of Christ, the true Christ....7 priests, 7 trumpets, 7th day, 7 times. This is the 7th trump! This is representing the 2nd Advent of Christ.​

6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the People shall ascend up every man straight before him."

What people are those that are gathered? Those that were illuminated, translated, of the first resurrection....Those that don't take the mark of the beast. When are they gathered? After the tribulation of Satan, at the 2nd Advent of Christ.....when the 7th trumpet sounds.​

 

[wayofthespirit]

We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1Thess.4:15-17)

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them (after the great tribulation) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 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. (Rev.20:4-6)

God's Holy Spirit with speak to whoever reads those words and will implant into the reader's heart such as he NEEDS to know (but maybe no more) in order to walk hand in hand with God in simple daily trust and faith, worshipping, witnessing, and comforting other believers.

Mike.

 

[whirlwind]

We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 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: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1Thess.4:15-17)

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them (after the great tribulation) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 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. (Rev.20:4-6)

God's Holy Spirit with speak to whoever reads those words and will implant into the reader's heart such as he NEEDS to know (but maybe no more) in order to walk hand in hand with God in simple daily trust and faith, worshipping, witnessing, and comforting other believers.

Mike.

Good morning Way of the Spirit and welcome to the forum, :)

In considering the passages you have chosen to add to this thread....may I ask....are you saying you understand the first resurrection to happen after our death or before? As shown in the OP I see it happening while we are in flesh bodies. The [1 Thessalonian 4] verse concerns His 2nd Advent when this age ends.

 

[wayofthespirit]

Good morning Way of the Spirit and welcome to the forum,

In considering the passages you have chosen to add to this thread....may I ask....are you saying you understand the first resurrection to happen after our death or before? As shown in the OP I see it happening while we are in flesh bodies. The [1 Thessalonian 4] verse concerns His 2nd Advent when this age ends.

Good day 'whirlwind' and thanks for the welcome (it's way past morning here in the UK)

It appears to me that Rev.20 tells us of two resurrections.
I have quoted the first Rev.20:4-6. (same pssage which you quote but obviously with different understanding)
The second comes later in the chapter in verses 11-13:
"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hades (the grave)l delivered up the dead which were in them"

Your prognosis of a spiritual pre-death resurrection is well understood from several of the verses which you quote but surely not by way of re-interpreting passages which appear to clearly relate to resurrection of the dead plus 'rapture' (or whatever else you like to call it as per 1Thess.4) of those that are 'alive and remain' at Christ's second coming.

Are we understanding each other aright?

Mike.

 

[Samuel Pickens]

Welcome, wayofthespirit. Great scripture reference. May I add and remember one must remember that Christ is first furit of the resurection and when He arose that many were resurected with Him.

Here's an interesting note from Pilate's letter to Cesar:

THE REPORT OF PILATE THE GOVERNOR,​

CONCERNING OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; WHICH WAS SENT To​

AUGUSTUS CAESAR, IN ROME.​

IN those days, when our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified under Pontius Pilate, the governor of Palestine and Phoenicia, the things here recorded came to pass in Jerusalem, and were done by the Jews against the Lord. Pilate therefore sent the same to Caesar in Rome, along with his private report, writing thus:

To the most potent, august, divine and awful Augustus Caesar, Pilate, the administrator
of the Eastern Province:
I have received information, most excellent one, in consequence of which I am seized
with fear and trembling. For in this province which I administer, one of whose cities is
called Jerusalem, the whole multitude of Jews delivered unto me a certain man called Jesus, and brought many accusations against him, which they were unable to establish
by consistent evidence. But they charged him with one heresy in particular, namely,

That Jesus said the Sabbath was not a rest, nor to be observed by them. For he performed
many cures on that day, and made the blind see, and the lame walk, raised the dead,
cleansed lepers, healed the paralytic who were wholly unable to move their body or
brace their nerves, but could only speak and discourse, and he gave them power to walk
and run, removing their infirmity by his word alone.

There is another very mighty deed which is strange to the gods we have:
he raised up a man who had been four days dead, summoning him by his word alone,
when the dead man had begun to decay, and his body was corrupted by the worms which had been bred, and had the stench of a dog; but, seeing him lying in the tomb be commanded him to run, nor did the dead man at all delay, but as a bridegroom out of his chamber, so did he go forth from his tomb, filled with abundant perfume. Moreover, even such as were strangers, and clearly demoniacs, who had their dwelling in deserts, and devoured their own flesh, and wandered about like cattle and creeping things, he turned into inhabiters of cities and by a word rendered them rational, and prepared them to become wise and powerful, and illustrious, taking their food with all the enemies of the unclean spirits which were destructive in them, and which he cast into the depth of the sea.

And, again, there was another who had a withered hand, and not only the hand
but rather the half of the body of the man was like a stone, and be had neither the shape
of a man nor the symmetry of a body: even him He healed with a word and rendered whole.
And a woman also, who had an issue of blood for a long time, and whose veins and arteries were exhausted, and who did not bear a human body, being like one dead, and daily speechless, so that all the physicians of the district were unable to cure her, for there remained unto her not a hope of life; but as Jesus passed by she mysteriously received strength by his shadow falling on her, from behind she touched the hem of his garment, and immediately, in that very hour, strength filled her exhausted limbs, and as if she had never suffered anything, she began to run along towards Capernaum, her own city, so that she reached it in a six days' journey.

And I have made known these things which I have recently been informed of,
and which Jesus did on the Sabbath. And he did other miracles greater than these, so that I have observed greater works of wonder done by him than by the gods whom we worship.

But Herod and Archelaus and Philip, Annas and Caiaphas, with all the people,
deivered him to me, making a great tumult against me in order that I might try him.

Therefore, I commanded him to be crucified, when I had first scourged him, though I
found no cause in him for evil accusations or dealings.

Now when he was crucified, there was darkness over all the world and the sun was
obscured for half a day, and the stars appeared, but no lustre was seen in them;
and the moon lost its brightness, as though tinged with blood; and the world of the departed was swallowed up;so that the very sanctuary of the temple, as they call it, did not appear to the Jews themselves at their fall, but they perceived a chasm in the earth, and the rolling of successive thunders.

And amid this terror the dead appeared rising again, as the Jews themselves bore witness,
and said that it was Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the twelve patriarchs, and Moses,
and Job, who had died before, as they say, some three thousand five hundred years.
And there were very many whom I myself saw appearing in the body,
and they made lamentation over the Jews, because of the transgression which was
committed by them, and because of the destruction of the Jews and of their law.
And the terror of the earthquake continued from the sixth hour of the preparation until
the ninth hour; and when it was evening on the first day of the week, there came a
sound from heaven, and the heaven became seven times more luminous than on all other days.
And at the third hour of the night the sun appeared more luminous than it had ever shone, lighting up the whole hemisphere. And as lightning - flashes suddenly come forth in a storm, so there were seen men, lofty in stature, and surpassing in glory, a countless host, crying out, and their voice was heard as that of exceedingly loud thunder, Jesus that was crucified is risen again: come up from Hades ye that were enslaved in the subterraneous recesses of Hades.

And the chasm in the earth was as if it had no bottom; but it was so that the very foundations of the eaith appeared, with those that shouted in heaven, and walked in the body among the dead that were raised. And He that raised up all the dead and bound Hades said, Say to my disciples,
He goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see Him.
And all that night the light ceased not shining. And many of the Jews died in the chasm of the earth, being swallowed up, so that on the morrow most of those who had been against Jesus were not to be found. Others saw the apparition of men rising again whom none of us had ever seen. One synagogue of the Jews was alone left in Jerusalem itself, for they all disappeared in that ruin.

Therefore being astounded by that terror, and being possessed with the most dreadful
trembling, I have written what I saw at that time and sent it to thine excellency; and I
have inserted what was done against Jesus by the Jews, and sent it to thy divinity,
my lord.

Good day 'whirlwind' and thanks for the welcome (it's way past morning here in the UK)

It appears to me that Rev.20 tells us of two resurrections.
I have quoted the first Rev.20:4-6. (same pssage which you quote but obviously with different understanding)
The second comes later in the chapter in verses 11-13:
"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hades (the grave)l delivered up the dead which were in them"

Your prognosis of a spiritual pre-death resurrection is well understood from several of the verses which you quote but surely not by way of re-interpreting passages which appear to clearly relate to resurrection of the dead plus 'rapture' (or whatever else you like to call it as per 1Thess.4) of those that are 'alive and remain' at Christ's second coming.

Are we understanding each other aright?

Mike.

 

[whirlwind]

Good day 'whirlwind' and thanks for the welcome (it's way past morning here in the UK)

It appears to me that Rev.20 tells us of two resurrections.
I have quoted the first Rev.20:4-6. (same pssage which you quote but obviously with different understanding)
The second comes later in the chapter in verses 11-13:
"And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hades (the grave)l delivered up the dead which were in them"

Your prognosis of a spiritual pre-death resurrection is well understood from several of the verses which you quote but surely not by way of re-interpreting passages which appear to clearly relate to resurrection of the dead plus 'rapture' (or whatever else you like to call it as per 1Thess.4) of those that are 'alive and remain' at Christ's second coming.

Are we understanding each other aright?

Mike.

From the UK....well what a surpise, I couldn't tell from your accent. :lol:

I agree that there are definitely two resurrections. We hopefully are of the first. My point is that for us to be of that first resurrection it must take place before our physical death. The resurrection is of our spirit...not our physical bodies.

In regards to Thessalonians.....Those that have died before us are already with Him so we "shall not prevent them which are asleep." Those of us that "remain unto the coming of the Lord," IF we are "alive," which to me means....spiritually alive, (of the first resurrection), are "caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." In that passage "air" isn't in the atmosphere. It is in spirit. We meet Him in our spirit bodies (air) for all flesh is then gone. The clouds are the clouds of witnesses of which we are part.

That event isn't the resurrection. It is His 2nd Advent when the clouds of witnesses (His armies) join Him to "judge and make war." [Revelation 19:14]

 

[wayofthespirit]

From the UK....well what a surpise, I couldn't tell from your accent.

I agree that there are definitely two resurrections. We hopefully are of the first.

My point is that for us to be of that first resurrection it must take place before our physical death. The resurrection is of our spirit...not our physical bodies.

In regards to Thessalonians.....Those that have died before us are already with Him so we "shall not prevent them which are asleep." Those of us that "remain unto the coming of the Lord," IF we are "alive," which to me means....spiritually alive, (of the first resurrection), are "caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." In that passage "air" isn't in the atmosphere. It is in spirit. We meet Him in our spirit bodies (air) for all flesh is then gone. The clouds are the clouds of witnesses of which we are part.

That event isn't the resurrection. It is His 2nd Advent when the clouds of witnesses (His armies) join Him to "judge and make war." [Revelation 19:14]

Thanks 'whirlwind'.

I do understand your point even though I still believe that you might be stealing a few of the 'normally understood' frist and second resurrection references in order to bolster your emphasis.


But God Bless nevertheless......Mike.

 

[whirlwind]

Thanks 'whirlwind'.

I do understand your point even though I still believe that you might be stealing a few of the 'normally understood' frist and second resurrection references in order to bolster your emphasis.


But God Bless nevertheless......Mike.

I was just writing on another forum and found that the topic is connected to our discussion....


Ezekiel 37:12-13 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; 'Behold, O My People, I will open your graves, AND cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My People, AND brought you up out of your graves.

God told us He would open our graves and also would cause us to come out of them. He told us that twice in the above passage. How and when did He open our graves?​

Matthew 27:51-53 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.

His resurrection opens our graves. What brings us "up out of" our opened graves?​

Ezekiel 37:9-10 Then said He unto me, "Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, 'Thus saith the Lord GOD; 'Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.' ' " So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. (14) And shall put My spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it,' saith the LORD.

The breath of life, the Holy Spirit, is given us and we become spiritually alive....we come out of our graves. This happens while we are physically alive. We are spiritually resurrected....we are of the first resurrection while in a flesh body.​

 

[whirlwind]

Samuel....please tell us about your post. Where did you receive this information? I ask because I have a copy of a letter from Pilate about Jesus supposedly held in the Library of Congress. However, it differs from yours.

Welcome, wayofthespirit. Great scripture reference. May I add and remember one must remember that Christ is first furit of the resurection and when He arose that many were resurected with Him.

Here's an interesting note from Pilate's letter to Cesar:

THE REPORT OF PILATE THE GOVERNOR,​

CONCERNING OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; WHICH WAS SENT To​

AUGUSTUS CAESAR, IN ROME.​

IN those days, when our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified under Pontius Pilate, the governor of Palestine and Phoenicia, the things here recorded came to pass in Jerusalem, and were done by the Jews against the Lord. Pilate therefore sent the same to Caesar in Rome, along with his private report, writing thus:

To the most potent, august, divine and awful Augustus Caesar, Pilate, the administrator
of the Eastern Province:
I have received information, most excellent one, in consequence of which I am seized
with fear and trembling. For in this province which I administer, one of whose cities is
called Jerusalem, the whole multitude of Jews delivered unto me a certain man called Jesus, and brought many accusations against him, which they were unable to establish
by consistent evidence. But they charged him with one heresy in particular, namely,

That Jesus said the Sabbath was not a rest, nor to be observed by them. For he performed
many cures on that day, and made the blind see, and the lame walk, raised the dead,
cleansed lepers, healed the paralytic who were wholly unable to move their body or
brace their nerves, but could only speak and discourse, and he gave them power to walk
and run, removing their infirmity by his word alone.

There is another very mighty deed which is strange to the gods we have:
he raised up a man who had been four days dead, summoning him by his word alone,
when the dead man had begun to decay, and his body was corrupted by the worms which had been bred, and had the stench of a dog; but, seeing him lying in the tomb be commanded him to run, nor did the dead man at all delay, but as a bridegroom out of his chamber, so did he go forth from his tomb, filled with abundant perfume. Moreover, even such as were strangers, and clearly demoniacs, who had their dwelling in deserts, and devoured their own flesh, and wandered about like cattle and creeping things, he turned into inhabiters of cities and by a word rendered them rational, and prepared them to become wise and powerful, and illustrious, taking their food with all the enemies of the unclean spirits which were destructive in them, and which he cast into the depth of the sea.

And, again, there was another who had a withered hand, and not only the hand
but rather the half of the body of the man was like a stone, and be had neither the shape
of a man nor the symmetry of a body: even him He healed with a word and rendered whole.
And a woman also, who had an issue of blood for a long time, and whose veins and arteries were exhausted, and who did not bear a human body, being like one dead, and daily speechless, so that all the physicians of the district were unable to cure her, for there remained unto her not a hope of life; but as Jesus passed by she mysteriously received strength by his shadow falling on her, from behind she touched the hem of his garment, and immediately, in that very hour, strength filled her exhausted limbs, and as if she had never suffered anything, she began to run along towards Capernaum, her own city, so that she reached it in a six days' journey.

And I have made known these things which I have recently been informed of,
and which Jesus did on the Sabbath. And he did other miracles greater than these, so that I have observed greater works of wonder done by him than by the gods whom we worship.

But Herod and Archelaus and Philip, Annas and Caiaphas, with all the people,
deivered him to me, making a great tumult against me in order that I might try him.

Therefore, I commanded him to be crucified, when I had first scourged him, though I
found no cause in him for evil accusations or dealings.

Now when he was crucified, there was darkness over all the world and the sun was
obscured for half a day, and the stars appeared, but no lustre was seen in them;
and the moon lost its brightness, as though tinged with blood; and the world of the departed was swallowed up;so that the very sanctuary of the temple, as they call it, did not appear to the Jews themselves at their fall, but they perceived a chasm in the earth, and the rolling of successive thunders.

And amid this terror the dead appeared rising again, as the Jews themselves bore witness,
and said that it was Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the twelve patriarchs, and Moses,
and Job, who had died before, as they say, some three thousand five hundred years.
And there were very many whom I myself saw appearing in the body,
and they made lamentation over the Jews, because of the transgression which was
committed by them, and because of the destruction of the Jews and of their law.
And the terror of the earthquake continued from the sixth hour of the preparation until
the ninth hour; and when it was evening on the first day of the week, there came a
sound from heaven, and the heaven became seven times more luminous than on all other days.
And at the third hour of the night the sun appeared more luminous than it had ever shone, lighting up the whole hemisphere. And as lightning - flashes suddenly come forth in a storm, so there were seen men, lofty in stature, and surpassing in glory, a countless host, crying out, and their voice was heard as that of exceedingly loud thunder, Jesus that was crucified is risen again: come up from Hades ye that were enslaved in the subterraneous recesses of Hades.

And the chasm in the earth was as if it had no bottom; but it was so that the very foundations of the eaith appeared, with those that shouted in heaven, and walked in the body among the dead that were raised. And He that raised up all the dead and bound Hades said, Say to my disciples,
He goeth before you into Galilee, there shall ye see Him.
And all that night the light ceased not shining. And many of the Jews died in the chasm of the earth, being swallowed up, so that on the morrow most of those who had been against Jesus were not to be found. Others saw the apparition of men rising again whom none of us had ever seen. One synagogue of the Jews was alone left in Jerusalem itself, for they all disappeared in that ruin.

Therefore being astounded by that terror, and being possessed with the most dreadful
trembling, I have written what I saw at that time and sent it to thine excellency; and I
have inserted what was done against Jesus by the Jews, and sent it to thy divinity,
my lord.

 

[wayofthespirit]

Whirlwind,

Thanks for all that very helpful stuff.
I've fiiled my boots and moving on now.
See ya around no doubt.

Mike.