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Resurrected Old Covenant Saints Did NOT Die Again! Matthew 27:50-53, "And crying again with a loud voice, Jesus released His spirit. 51 And, behold! The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And the earth quaked, and the rocks were sheared, 52 and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep, arose 53 and coming out of the tomb after His resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many." They did not die again as many people have falsely concluded. Hebrews 9:27, "And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment." As it shows above, they were judged to be faithful saints.

Who are these saints? They are those we read about in Hebrews chapter 11.

Hebrews 11:1-6, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 By faith we understand that the ages were framed by a word of God, so that the things being seen not to have come into being out of the things that appear. 4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts. And by it he, being dead, yet speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was translated so as not to see death, and he was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."

Hebrews 11:13-16, "These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of themand embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they who say such things declare plainly that they seek a fatherland. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they stretch forth to a better fatherland, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them."

Hebrews 11:32-40, "And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah; also David, and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the strangers. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again, and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings; yes, more, of bonds and imprisonment's. 37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented. 38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains and dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 for God had provided some better thing for us, that they should not be made perfect without us." We too had need for a savior.

Christ became the Only High Priest that we need; He is our atonement and intercessor.

Hebrews 9:11-12, "But when Christ had become a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building 12 nor by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once for all into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption for us." Christ became our atonement, as our High Priest we go through Him to access and pray to God, our Father. Romans 5:8-11, "But God commends His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation {the atonement}."

Animal Sacrifice was temporary pointing to the Messiah Jesus the Christ the only begotten son of God who took up the mantel of Becoming our High Priest, once and for all. Jesus' sacrifice and resurrection was the promise given to all resurrected saints, who had died. After His death and resurrection, Christ was received by His Father as a wave sheaf offering, by which meant not only He, but then the firstfruit could be accepted. Thus ended the Old Testament Covenant of the Levitical priesthood of Aaron and the Levites. After His death the graves of these Saints were opened. He became our mediator ending the Old Covenant made with the Old Testament Saints and making a New Covenant of grace available for all nations, people, and languages.

Christ fulfilled the often forgotten Holy Day, of the wave sheaf offering, Leviticus 23:10. He was purified and ascended to heaven to be accepted by God, (this is why He told Mary not to touch Him). If she had touched Him, He would have been defiled and not acceptable. After His resurrection, He appeared presented as a wave sheaf offering before His Father, making way for those graves who were opened at His death, to have the saints be resurrected as accepted First Fruits. They came out of their graves and appeared to many. Christ then met with ten disciples in the upper room John 20:22 and breathed on them giving them the Holy Spirit; later He saw Thomas, who requested visible proof He was the Christ.

Galatians 3:27-29, "For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither bond nor free; there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." The God Family chose to create both male and female. – Genesis 1:26-27. In the New Covenant, God offers salvation to everyone who believes in Jesus. – John 3:16-17 & Acts 11:15-18. Believers keep the Commandments of God, have faith in Jesus, and their works follow them! – Revelation 14:12-13.

Hebrews 9:13-16, "For if the blood of bulls and of goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ (who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God) purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this cause He is the Mediator of the New Covenant, so that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the First Covenant, those who have been called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a covenant is, the death of him covenanting must be offered."

Hebrews 9:24-28, "For Christ has not entered into the Holy of Holies made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into Heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us. 25 Nor yet that He should offer Himself often, even as the high priest enters into the Holy of Holies every year with the blood of others 26 (for then He must have suffered often since the foundation of the world), but now once in the end of the world He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. And to those who look for Him He shall appear the second time without sin to salvation."

Examine what the 24 elders said concerning Jesus Christ in Revelation 5:9-11, "And they sang a new song, saying, 'Worthy are You to take the book, and to open its seals because You were slain, and did redeem us to God by Your own blood, out of every tribe and language and people and nation, 10 And did make us unto our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on the earth.' 11 And I saw and I heard the voices of many angels around the throne, and the voices of the living creatures and the elders, and thousands of thousands {of Old Testament Saints redeemed}."

Revelation 14 Old Covenant Saints 144,000. These were not defiled by women (the false churches, the harlot daughters, and the Whore who rides the beast during tribulation). Revelation 7 are New Covenant Saints and are not the same group as the 144,000 Old Covenant Saints in Revelation 14:1-5, "Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, (Allegory: Corrupt Catholic Church and Sunday Keeping Churches, daughters of the Whore church, who protested and split from their mother church, but continued to teach "the Lie of Sunday Worship" and embrace the Secular Pagan Holidays of the world. Source read Revelation 17:1-5.) for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 5 And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless."

When the last trumpet sounds, Christ is going to bring the resurrected righteous dead to life and change the living righteous from physical to spiritual. 1 Corinthians 15:52, "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at {the sound of} the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead {who believed in Christ} will be raised imperishable, and we will be {completely} changed {wondrously transformed}." 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Next, all of us who are still alive will be taken up into the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the sky. From that time on we will all be with the Lord forever." All of these are the Second Flock, God and Christ are bringing together Revelation Chapter 7. These include the Grafted in Gentile nations. Matthew 5:5, "Blessed are the meek {the humble}, for they shall inherit the earth." James 1:18, "Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures."

Christ's resurrection and acceptance as the Wave Sheaf Offering enabled the Old Covenant Saints to receive the promise. 1 Corinthians 15:20, "But now is Christ risen from the dead; become {brought to pass} the Firstfruits of them that slept." Then appeared the first flock of resurrected Old Covenant Saints mentioned in Mat 27 and Heb 11. Matthew 27:51-53, "At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. 53 After Jesus' resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people." NOTE many false ministers claimed the resurrected saints died again, but that is not true. They are declared to be Saints and Hebrews 9:27-28, tells us: "Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him." Those resurrected had awaited Christ to redeem them, they had slept until He fulfilled the promise to them, recorded in Hebrews 11:39-40. Many saints are mentioned. You do not die again once you are resurrected, judged, and declared a Saint by God.

Who fulfilled the Holy Days, how and which ones were fulfilled; which are yet not fulfilled, and why?

Hebrews 8:10, " 'For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days,' says the Lord: 'I will give My laws into their minds, and I will inscribe them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.' " Hebrews 8:13, "In speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first covenant obsolete. Now that which has become old and obsolete is about to disappear."

Therefore there is a change in the New Covenant replacing the Old Covenant, thus much of the Old Covenant today only serves as examples for us today. 1 Corinthians 10:5 & 11, "But with many of them God was not pleased, for their dead bodies were strewn in the wilderness." And 11 "Now all these things happened to them as examples, and were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages are coming."

Jesus Christ became the Passover Lamb, ended Passover and instituted a new order, The Lord's Supper. 1 Corinthians 11:25, "After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had supped, saying, 'This cup is the new testament in My blood: this do you, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.' " He asked us to remember Him, until He returns to keep it with us in the Kingdom, – Luke 22:18-19.

Our Savior fulfilled the Days of Unleavened Bread, representing putting out of sin, taking on Himself all sin past, present, and future for all. Therefore we are given salvation by grace. John 1:14-17, "And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us (and we ourselves beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten with the Father), full of grace and truth. 15 John testified concerning Him, and proclaimed, saying, 'This was He of Whom I said, "He Who comes after me has precedence over me because He was before me" ' 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, and the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ."

John 16:7-8, "But I am telling you the truth. It is profitable for you that I go away because if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you. However, if I go, I will send it to you. 8 And when that one has come, it will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment." Christ and those Resurrected Saints left earth just about ten days prior to Pentecost. Acts 2:6, Christ fulfilled Pentecost by giving the Holy Spirit to the Apostles so they could continue preaching the Gospel of Christ's Second coming where in He brings the Kingdom of God to earth at the end of Tribulation, (of which God said would be cut short). The full measure of the Holy Spirit was poured out on the whole assembly as over 3,000 heard and received God's message in their own dialects. Acts 2:41; Matthew 24:21-22, 31; and Zechariah 14.

Christ fulfilled Trumpets because He ended the Levitical priesthood from Aaron, a temporary priesthood pointing to His first coming as the promised Messiah. Via His birth, death, resurrection, and acceptance by the Father as the wave sheaf offering for the first fruits. Thus the Levitical priesthood became no longer valid and the tithing obligation ended with Christ's death and resurrection as Jesus became our intercessor and high priest forever. He instructed His apostles to receive offerings, not tithes. His ministers were told, do not demand living funds or expenses from the people, read Mark 6:7-13. All the Apostles had trades from fisherman, tax collector, physician, politician (zealot), treasurer, carpenters, farmers. Paul was a tent maker and others were prosperous business men, owners and not poor; they had crews and workers, so they could leave their enterprises in capable hands.

Galtians 4:9-11, "But on the other hand, after having known God—rather, after having been known by God—how is it that you are turning again to the weak and impotent elements, to which you again desire to be in bondage? 10 You are of your own selves observing days, and months, and times and years. 11 I am afraid for you, lest somehow I have labored among you in vain." Those old testament bondages are no longer valid because of the New Covenant Reformation. Hebrews 9:10, "Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the Time of Reformation." Those who choose to remain within the realm of the Old Testament do not have a right to approach the table of grace: Hebrews 13:8-10, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. 9 Do not be carried about by all kinds of strange doctrines. For it is good for the heart to be confirmed by grace and not by foods, which have brought no spiritual benefit to those who have been preoccupied with them. 10 We have an altar from which those who are serving the present earthly tabernacle do not have authority to eat."

Hebrews 5:5-6, "So also Christ did not glorify Himself to be made a high priest, but He who said to Him, "You are My Son, today I have begotten You." 6 As He says also in another place, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." Hebrews 5:9-11, "And being perfected, He became the Author of eternal salvation to all those who obey Him, 10 being called by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek; 11 of whom we have much to say, and hard to be explained since you are dull of hearing."

Hebrews 6:20, "Where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

John wrote Revelation and KNEW who the elders were. He had met some of them who had come from their graves. Revelation 5 & 7 and other places state they are fellow servants and there are 24 appointed elders, as well as thousands of thousands redeemed, Revelation 5:11. Some are named in Hebrews 11. As to David's tomb, Acts 2:29, being with us today, —well so is Christ's tomb, that does not mean that their bodies remain any longer in those tombs. The saints who were resurrected left empty tombs behind too – Matthew 27:52-53.

The book of Hebrews is a huge key to understanding and uniting the Old and New Testaments and Covenants as it explains who Christ was, and is, and will be. It is about the Hebrews and the lineage of Christ. He came from a Royal family of Kings and Priests.

Some say The Feast of Tabernacles has been fulfilled because of the Holy Spirit which dwells within us after we repent and accept Christ as our Savior, and have had hands laid on to receive the Holy Spirit which is a helper for us to understand God's word. So it indwells in our temporal physical body before they are changed to spiritual. However Tabernacles is greater than that because Christ is bringing His father's Kingdom to earth to establish it and get the earth ready for His Father to dwell in it with all humanity. Understand this: 1 Corinthians 15:22-25, "For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But each in his own order: Christ, the Firstfruits {Old Covenant Saints}; then, those who are Christ's {New Covenant Saints} at His coming. 24 Afterwards the end comes, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to Him Who is God and Father, when He shall have put an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For it is ordained that He reign until He has put all enemies under His feet."

The Last Great Day is when things are finally finished in God's first week and a New Week and Era and time begins for God's family, His children, His heirs. Acts 3:19-21, All sin is done, over and death is no longer a part of us. All tears are wiped away, and there is no sorrow but a "restoration of all things" as God intended before Adam and Eve sinned. 2 Peter 3:8-13, "Now, beloved, do not let this one fact be hidden from you: that with the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not delaying the promise of His coming, as some in their own minds reckon delay; rather, He is longsuffering toward us, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 However, the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night in which the heaven itself shall disappear with a mighty roar, and the elements shall pass away, burning with intense heat, and the earth and the works in it shall be burned up. 11 Since all these things are going to be destroyed, what kind of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 Looking forward to and striving for the coming of the day of God, during which the heavens, being on fire, shall be destroyed, and the elements, burning with intense heat, shall melt? 13 But according to His promise, we look forward to a new heaven and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells."

Jesus has declared that people need to be born again. John 3:5-7, "Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly I say to you, unless anyone has been born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which has been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, It is necessary for you to be born again.' " Jesus lets us know people need to become converted and humble to qualify for salvation. Matthew 18:3-4, "And said, 'Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, there is no way that you shall enter into the kingdom of {from} heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of {from} heaven.' " Jesus lets us know how to worship God! John 4:24, "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth."

Resurrected Saints Do NOT Die

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