WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CRUCIFIXION--WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE SHOOK OPEN GRAVES IN MATTHEW 27?
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and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many. (Matthew 27:52-53)
The sixth miracle at the crucifixion was closely related to the previous one, as the supernatural earthquake not only gave the world a foretaste of divine judgment but also caused many tombs to be opened.
The significant miracle of that event, however, was not the mere opening of tombs, as could occur during any earthquake. The great miracle was that many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. After the veil of the Temple was torn in two and the earth around Jerusalem was violently shaken, the Lord selectively raised the bodies of certain believers who had died.
Matthew points out that many, but not all, bodies of the saints who had died were resurrected, making clear that this resurrection was divinely restricted to a limited number of believers. They had trusted in God during the time before and under the Old Covenant, and some of those bodies may have been in their graves many hundreds of years. When Jesus died, their spirits came from the abode of righteous spirits and were joined with their glorified bodies that came out of the graves. This was full and final resurrection and glorification, making this miracle another foretaste of God’s sovereign work during the end times, when “all the dead in Christ shall rise” (1 Thess. 4:16).
It is important to note that the phrase and coming out of the tombs should be followed by a period, indicating the close of the sentence. After His resurrection begins a new sentence and introduces a distinct truth, namely, that those select resurrected saints then entered the holy city and appeared to many.
Those saints did not appear in Jerusalem until after the Lord’s own resurrection, because He was divinely appointed to be “the first fruits of those who are asleep” (1 Cor. 15:20). And just as Christ Himself appeared after His resurrection only to those who already believed in Him, it would also seem that the many to whom the resurrected saints appeared were all believers. We are not told what they said to their brethren in the holy city, but their appearance in bodily form not only testified to Christ’s resurrection but also to God’s promise to raise all those who put their trust in Christ (1 Cor. 15:22, 51-53).
Through those six miracles the Father was saying that the cross is the only hope for eternal life. When one’s sin is carried away by Christ’s atoning death, the wrath of God is appeased for that believer, and he is delivered from the death and condemnation that the Lord endured on his behalf. For those who believe in the Son, access to God is open wide, and they are assured of living in His eternal and indestructible kingdom in eternal and indestructible bodies.[1]
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Thank you so much for bringing the scripture to life. This Bible lesson I first heard when I was in my Sunday school class in the 1950s. Seemed it could be a perfect picture of resurrection when the Rapture takes place. So grateful for
Jesus, Who died for us and His blood washed away our sins; and gave all who believe eternal life. What a glorious day! By Grace through faith..thank you Lord Jesus Christ. Can you image the witness of these risen saints on that day they went into Jerusalem? Oh what a glorious day it will be when all the sleeping saints rise during the rapture!
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Let it be so and come Lord Jesus
You said the old testament saints in Isreal were raised from the dead. Is it not possible that all those that had their names written in the book of life anywhere in the world were raised? Remember the children of Isreal spent over 400 years in Egypt. Many were faithful and died there.
Galgotha "the place of the skull" is said that they found the skull of Adam. Another layer
And no one teaches on this.
Pastor Allen Nolan teaches about this. Only other person I've seen, touch this subject with a 30 foot pole lol. Check him out... probably the most in depth Bible teacher I've ever heard
My Sunday School teacher taught this in the 1950s at my tiny Bible church. I was about 10; the lesson was amazing and I never forgot but I haven’t heard a preacher speak on this passage.
Of course they were resurrected in heavenly bodies and not to die again because let's not forget that they had no home, no job, etc. So would Jesus resurrect them to be miserable jobless, homeless bums and beggars to be subjected to ridicule? Come on... It is preposterous
John its good that you acknowledge this but to say that they did these things three days later is incredibly foolish. This is what's wrong with you and things you do. You change scripture to meet your understanding of things when it's telling you what happened at that very point. You don't have to try and make sense of it to your own understanding of things. It happened then and there so then figure that out. They were the first fruits. They were all who died from Adam on which were accepted into heaven and were the "first ressurection" at the crucifixion of Christ. All of those things will happen again and will be the second ressurection of those who are his at his coming! It tells you all of this in scripture and I can show it to you if you want.
It clearly says AFTER his resurrection. You must've read from your own version. How about you start your own channel , church etc and exergete to show us your infallible knowledge of scriptures. Your comments were unnecessary.