Moreover, the resurrection of YAHUSHUA has set him high above all the great men and philosophers of the ages, men who have somehow been accepted as the original thinkers of the past. In other words, great as those other religious leaders may have been, they are still dead!. Yes, they are all dead; whereas YAHUSHUA the Messiah is very much alive and actively leading His people even in this 20th century.

In addition to these fundamental facts, YAHUSHUA's resurrection is also YaHuWaH 's infallible guarantee that all who genuinely believe in His Son will likewise rise from their graves and live forever, even though the sleep of temporal death may overtake them. And so we use the truth of the resurrection to remind all students, that no matter how bleak the outlook and however dark their circumstances, they should never cease to rejoice in the reality that YAHUSHUA the Messiah, the Savior of mankind, the Son of YaHuWaH the Living Elohim, is alive. And because He is alive, the believer may be absolutely certain that he/she will also live forever. In other words, sickness and death should hold no lasting fear for anyone who has put his/her faith in YAHUSHUA.

Praise be to YaHuWaH the Almighty Elohim of Israel!

YAHUSHUA was raised to life by the power of YaHuWaH. 

The Bible clearly teaches the resurrection of the dead. It is a foundation teaching of the Scriptures. (Ezekiel chapter 37)

There are two general resurrections:

• The first, the Resurrection of Life, will take place at the return of Messiah. (John 5:29)
• The second, the Resurrection of Damnation, will occur a thousand years after the first resurrection. (Revelation 20: 5-6)

Resurrected believers who rise at the first resurrection will come forth with glorified and immortal bodies, similar to the body YAHUSHUA possessed when He rose from the grave. (1 John 3:2)

They will then receive their awards and eternal inheritance at the hand of YaHuWaH. (Luke 14:14, Matthew 16:27)

The unbeliever, in awful contrast, will rise in the Resurrection of Damnation - after the final judgement at the end of the millennium. Unbelievers will perish in the second death. (Revelation 20:12-14)

There is no resurrection from the second death. The second death - by fire - is the annihilation of the unbeliever. "They will be as though they had not been." (See Lesson 16) (Revelation 20:15, Malachi 4:1)

In view of these awesome facts all students are urged to put their faith in YaHuWaH and His Son. Should they die before YAHUSHUA returns to earth, the Most High is well able to raise them from their graves and give them eternal life. This is the message of the Gospel of Salvation. Is it not good news to a frightened world? (John 3:16)

All those who seek to live forever (and who in his/her right mind does not?) should accept and act upon the words of the Savior who said: