BIBLE STUDY: CHAP.113 -- THE TWO RESURRECTIONS

Chapter 113.
The Two Resurrections
1. WHAT comes to all men as the result of the fall?
"In Adam ______________." 1 Cor. 15:22. See also Rom. 5:12.
2. Where do all go at death?
"All go unto ____________; all are of ____________, and __________________." Eccl. 3:20.
3. In what condition is man while in the grave? "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;
for __________________________________________." Eccl. 9:10.
NOTE.-That is, man, when dead, has no use of the powers of mind or body. He cannot, therefore, while in the grave, praise God, or even think of Him (Ps. 6:5); for in the day he dies his thoughts perish. Ps. 146:2-4. See preceding reading.
4. What has been promised in order that man may be redeemed from this condition?
"________________________________________: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction." Hosea 13:14.
5. Through whom will come this redemption from the grave?
"For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, ______________________________________." 1 Cor. 15:21,22.
6. What would have been the result to the dead had not Christ procured their release from the grave?
"For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then ____________________________." Verses 16-18.
7. Why did God give His only begotten Son to the world?
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, ________________________________, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.
8. What did the Sadducees in Christ's time deny?
"Then came to Him certain of the Sadducees, __________________________." Luke 20:27.
9. How did Christ, from the Old Testament Scriptures, prove the resurrection?
"Now that the ______________________________________________." Verses 37,38.
NOTE.-That is, in view of the resurrection- of the fact that there is to be a resurrection- all live unto God. In His purpose, all are alive. It is in this sense that Paul speaks of God as the one "who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were." Rom. 4:17.
10. Under what illustration from nature are the resurrection and the final salvation of the righteous taught?
"That ___________________________________." 1 Cor. 15:36. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, ______________________________________________." John 12:24.
NOTES.-The seed dies to spring forth into new life. In this we are taught the lesson of the resurrection. All who love God will spring forth to life, and live again through endless ages in the earth made new.
The Open Grave.- The truth of the resurrection has been forcibly illustrated by the following incident: In the city of Hanover, Germany, is a grave known as "The open grave." It is that of a woman, an infidel German princess, who died over one hundred years ago, and who, on her death-bed, gave orders that her grave should be covered with a great marble slab, weighing perhaps a ton, surmounting solid blocks of stone firmly bound together with clasps of iron, with this inscription placed on the lowermost stone of the tomb: "This grave purchased for eternity, must never be opened." But no human device can thwart the plans of God, or hinder the workings of life from Him. It happened, providentially no doubt, that a birch-tree seed was buried with the princess. Soon it began to sprout. Its tiny shoot, soft and pliable at first, found its way up through the ponderous stones of the massive masonry. Slowly and imperceptibly, but with irresistible power, it grew, until at last it burst the bands of iron asunder, and opened this never-to-be-opened grave, leaving not a single stone in its original position. What a rebuke to infidelity! and what a mute but striking promise that, erelong, in God's own time, all graves shall be opened, and the sleeping ones awake from their dusty beds!
11. Where are the dead when they hear the voice of Christ calling them to life?
"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are __________________ shall hear His voice, and shall come forth." John 5:28,29.
12. How many distinct classes will have a resurrection?
"There shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the ___________________." Acts 24:15.
13. By what terms did Christ refer to the two resurrections?
"All that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto ___________________________; and they that have done evil, unto ______________________________." John 5:28,29.
14. When will the resurrection of the just occur?
"For _____________________________________, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God: ____________________________." 1 Thess. 4:16. See also 1 Cor. 15:23.
15. When are the righteous to be recompensed?
"For thou shalt be recompensed ______________________________." Luke 14:14.
16. In what condition did David expect to rise?
"As far me, I will behold Thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, __________________________________________." Ps. 17:15.
17. What great contrast will be seen between the present body and the one to be put on in the resurrection?
"So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in _________________; it is raised in _________________: it is sown in ______________; it is raised in _________; it is sown in _____________; it is raised in _____________; it is sown a _____________; it is raised a _________________." 1 Cor. 15:42-44.

18. After whose body will these resurrected ones be fashioned?
"We look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned ___________________________." Phil. 3:20,21.
19. What will the righteous do upon rising from the grave?
"Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. ______________________________: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead." Isa. 26:19.
20. In what words will their triumph over death and the grave be expressed? ,
"O death, ____________________________________?" 1 Cor. 15:55.
21. How long will they live?
"______________________: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection." Luke 20:36.
22. How long do the other class wait after the first resurection before they are raised?
"And they [the righteous] lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. _________________________________________." Rev. 20:4,5.
23. What is to be their fate?
"And _____________________________________________." Verse 9.
24. Who are to share this fate?
"But the _____________, and ________________, and the _______________, and ___________, and _____________, and ______________, and ____________, and _____________, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." Rev. 21:8.
25. What is the last enemy to be destroyed?
"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is ___________." 1 Cor. 15:26. See Rev. 20:13,14.
26. How will the righteous ever afterward appear?
"Then shall the righteous ___________________________ in the kingdom of their Father, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear." Matt. 13:43.

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