hey Alex and Mrtheocracy…do you know what the following shows???
Insight Vol 2 - Because of
having been resurrected by his friend Jesus, Lazarus was likely alive
Pentecost 33 C.E., when the holy spirit was poured out and the first ones
of the heavenly calling (Heb
3:1) were anointed and spirit begotten. (Ac 2:1-4, 33, 38)
5-1-90 WT p.26
par.9 - Martha knew about that hope from her association with Jesus, for she
had previously said to him regarding Lazarus: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the
last day.” (John 11:24) She knew that the resurrection would be,
not on his (Lazarus’) last day, but in the future, “on the
last day”—Judgment Day, when the dead would be raised under God’s Kingdom rule.
John 6:39 This
is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose none out of all those whom
he has given me, but that I
should resurrect
them on the last day. (Compare - John 17:12, 18:9)
7-1-98 WT p.21
par.12 - That “last day” coincides with the Thousand Year Reign of
Christ. (Revelation 20:6) Imagine the excitement during that “day” when this grand
event begins!
Revelation 20:6
Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the
second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the
Christ, and will rule as
kings with him for the thousand years.
Insight
Vol 1 - PRESENCE -The Greek
word from which “presence” is translated is pa·rou·siʹa, formed from pa·raʹ
(alongside) and ou·siʹa (being; derived from ei·miʹ, meaning
“be”). Hence, pa·rou·siʹa means, literally, “being alongside,” that is, a
“presence.”
2 Thess 2:1
However, brothers, concerning the presence “being alongside” of our Lord Jesus Christ, namely* our being
gathered together to him,
* (Greek kai)
Matthew 24: 30
And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and then all the
tribes of the earth will beat themselves in lamentation, and they will see the
Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he
will send forth his angels with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather his chosen ones together from the four
winds, from one extremity of the heavens to their other extremity.
1 Corinthians
15:51 Look! I tell YOU a sacred secret: We shall not all fall asleep in death,
but we shall all be changed, in a moment, 52 in the twinkling of an eye, 'at' the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and
the dead will be raised up incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel
blew his trumpet. And
loud voices occurred in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the world (Satan’s) has become the kingdom of our Lord
(Jehovah) and of his Christ (Jesus)”
[1-15- 14 WT – IN THE spring of the year 31 on a mountain
close to the town of Capernaum, Jesus Christ taught his followers to pray: “Let your Kingdom come.” (Matthew 6:10) Today, many
doubt if the Kingdom will ever come.
However, we are confident that Jehovah will answer
our prayers for his Kingdom to come.]
[11-15-55 WT -. …Satan’s kingdom ends
completely at Armageddon.]
[9-1-91 WT – Almighty God
has set a time limit to Satan’s activity among mankind. When that time limit
arrives, destruction will come upon the world lying in Satan’s power.]