Paul says, “9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God [Romans 6:9 & 10].” How could Paul, or anyone else, know such a thing?
This is comparable to the assumption that, since the only supposed survivors of the alleged flood of Genesis were sons of Adam: the sons of God are never to be seen or heard from again, having all perished in the deluge. As if reincarnation were beyond the capabilities of a God who could raise filthy Jesus from the dead and ‘beam- him- up’ to heaven in front of witnesses (Mark 16:19). Job, for one, said otherwise.
At the end of the first chapter of Job, immediately upon being informed of the desolation of his children and his worldly belongings, Job says: “Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither [Job 1:21a & b].” Is the womb a place to go to die forever? or is it rather a place to be born? Obviously, Job believed in reincarnation. Why those who claim the Bible is the word of God don't likewise so believe in reincarnation is beyond me. Back to Paul's assumption of knowledge.
Paul presumes to “[know] that Christ… dieth no more;” a thing he could not possibly know. The problem with this assumption is that it was preconceived and headed- off by the prophet Isaiah. First, a word from Johnny Divine.
The apostle John, in his gospel, says of Jesus of Nazareth: “4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not… 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world [John 1:4,5, & 9].”
In so saying, Johnny Divine attributes to the person of Jesus the office, stature, character, and personality of Lucifer: the light- bringer. Ironically (in light of Paul's presumption of Romans 6), it is the nature of Jesus' resurrection itself which tells on John and the apostles (not to mention Jesus himself) in regards to this perversion of scripture.
When Herod heard of Jesus' miraculous works, he said: “It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead [Mark 6:16c - e].” Now, if Jesus had been seen holding his head under his arm while healing the incontinent masses, there would have been no doubt he was John the Baptist. The only doubt would have been that anyone in such a condition could be said to be alive. On the other hand, Jesus did come back from the grave in zombie fashion.
The apostle John records Jesus telling the apostle Thomas, “reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing [John 20:27].” How could anyone thrust their hand into the side of a man who had come back from the grave whole? And how can a zombie be considered to be ‘alive- to- die- no- more’, as Paul asserts in his epistle to the Romans? As previously noted, the prophet Isaiah wrote of just such a one as the resurrected ‘holy’ Jesus- full- of- holes: a zombie whom the grave would not have.
In the fourteenth chapter of his prophecy, Isaiah writes (somewhat tongue- in- cheek): “12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O ‘Lucifer [(John 1:9, above)]’, son of the morning!... 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven… 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit… 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch [i.e. a zombie], and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword [hole- in- side]... 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people [“the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet (Matthew 24:15)”]: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned [Isaiah 14:12 - 15, & 18 - 20].”
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