Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!psuvax1!ukma!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: barry1@ihlpa.att.com (Barry O Olson) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Resurrection (was Do dead saints interact with us?) Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 09:47:45 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , hall@vice.ico.tek.com (Hal Lillywhite) writes: > In article barry1@ihlpa.att.com (Barry O Olson) writes: > >First of all, none of them have been judged yet. The resurrection has not > >occured(unless I missed it). > > Do you mean it hasn't started or that it isn't finished? If you > believe it hasn't started what about Matt 27:52-53 "And the graves > were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and > came out of the graves and went into the holy city and appeared unto > many." It does say many(note:not all). Could be the first fruits of the resurrection to come. The graves in my town have not been opened. Well some have by vandals over the years. So Matt27:52-53 (imo) was a onetime event following Jesus's walking the earth in his new body. I believe the dead saints are somewhere with our Lord, which in no way implies that they are active in our life here on earth, thus my comment that only the perfect angels(or unfallen ones) would be in the best position to minister on our behalf. The dead saints (not being judged and rewarded yet) would still be imperfect and in the same state they were when they died, just as we are now; sinners washed by the blood of the lamb, but still imperfect. barry olson