http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573 so...my pastor(aka...my dad) asked a very interesting question the other day. Who was raised on Easter? Let me know what you think! so...my pastor(aka...my dad) asked a very interesting question the other day. Who was raised on Easter? Let me know what you think! en-us Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:15:09 PDT <p>We were.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; Because He fulfilled a promise, giving us all eternal life.&nbsp; Therefore, we were all raised on that day.</p> <p>Am I right??&nbsp; :)</p> <p>Your dad sounds like a cool guy.</p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_214578 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_214578 <p>We were.&nbsp; :)&nbsp; Because He fulfilled a promise, giving us all eternal life.&nbsp; Therefore, we were all raised on that day.</p> <p>Am I right??&nbsp; :)</p> <p>Your dad sounds like a cool guy.</p> <p> he is an AWESOME man!!!! God has given him such wisdom! and yes, you are right!!!! cool. it took me a while, I had to think about it a lot. But yes, we were all raised on that day!!! but not just us...who else was raised on that day!?</p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_214579 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_214579 <p> he is an AWESOME man!!!! God has given him such wisdom! and yes, you are right!!!! cool. it took me a while, I had to think about it a lot. But yes, we were all raised on that day!!! but not just us...who else was raised on that day!?</p> <p> Are you looking for the easy answer?  lol</p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_214808 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_214808 <p> Are you looking for the easy answer?  lol</p> <p>&nbsp;well...not exactly. :)&nbsp; Not only were WE all raised, but the ones who were already dead in Christ were also raised!(on good Friday) :)&nbsp;And it says that they were walking in the streets!!!! Amazing! can you imagine?! God is amazing. :)</p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_214875 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_214875 <p>&nbsp;well...not exactly. :)&nbsp; Not only were WE all raised, but the ones who were already dead in Christ were also raised!(on good Friday) :)&nbsp;And it says that they were walking in the streets!!!! Amazing! can you imagine?! God is amazing. :)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp; Matthew 27&nbsp;(New American Standard Bible)&nbsp;50 Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.&nbsp;<span id="en-NASB-24181">51 </span>And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. <span id="en-NASB-24182">52 </span>The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; <span id="en-NASB-24183">53 </span>and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.</span></div> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">The above happened on Friday after Jesus died.&nbsp; This is not to be confused with Jesus&rsquo; resurrection on Sunday,&nbsp;He was the first to be 'raptured'&nbsp; or turned into a spiritual being.&nbsp; The ones who came out of the tombs were brought back to life by the power that was released at Christ's death that also tore the temple veil&nbsp;and split the rocks.&nbsp; You could equate it to the resurrection of Lazarus and others that Jesus raised from the dead.&nbsp; A spiritual resurrection requires death... then translation into the new spiritual body.&nbsp;The people in Matthew 27 didn&rsquo;t come out with their spiritual body, they were just brought back to their natural life.&nbsp;Confusing &hellip; but they are different issues.&nbsp;God Bless &hellip; Rusty&nbsp; </span></p> http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_215635 http://www.bakersfieldvoice.com/home/Blog/brewergirl/23573/#c_215635 <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp; Matthew 27&nbsp;(New American Standard Bible)&nbsp;50 Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.&nbsp;<span id="en-NASB-24181">51 </span>And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. <span id="en-NASB-24182">52 </span>The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; <span id="en-NASB-24183">53 </span>and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.</span></div> <p><span style="font-size: 9pt">The above happened on Friday after Jesus died.&nbsp; This is not to be confused with Jesus&rsquo; resurrection on Sunday,&nbsp;He was the first to be 'raptured'&nbsp; or turned into a spiritual being.&nbsp; The ones who came out of the tombs were brought back to life by the power that was released at Christ's death that also tore the temple veil&nbsp;and split the rocks.&nbsp; You could equate it to the resurrection of Lazarus and others that Jesus raised from the dead.&nbsp; A spiritual resurrection requires death... then translation into the new spiritual body.&nbsp;The people in Matthew 27 didn&rsquo;t come out with their spiritual body, they were just brought back to their natural life.&nbsp;Confusing &hellip; but they are different issues.&nbsp;God Bless &hellip; Rusty&nbsp; </span></p>