Could Barak Obama be the Anti Christ?

[TK Burk]

Originally Posted by shag

Anybody know anything, or relative scripture, having to do with the dead bodies that came out of the graves and were walkin around, at the end the crucifixion? (in case it was spoken of outside of the gospels, that I'm unaware of)

The question is always asked, "What happened to the bodies of the saints that rose at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion?" Here is what one commentary that predated the popularization of Dispensationalism said concerning this:

"What became of them after they had entered into the city whether they again died or ascended to heaven, is not revealed, and conjecture is vain." (Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible –Albert Barnes 1798-1870)

The Bible does NOT tell specifically what became of those saints. But it does give many indicators that tell us what their probable outcome. We know they did not ascended with Jesus and we know they did not live forever in their physical bodies. Remember, Jesus is the “first that should rise from the dead” and the “firstfruits of them that slept” (see Acts 26:23; 1 Corinthians 15:20, 23; Revelations 1:5; Colossians 1:18). Since they arose three days before Jesus, if their resurrection was like Jesus’, then instead of Jesus, they would have been the “first” to rise. Since this is not what the Bible describes, of course this position is impossible.

The Bible gives examples of people being brought back to life before Jesus’ resurrection (see Mark 5:35-42; Luke 7:12-15, Luke 8:49-55, Luke 7:22). One of these is found in the account of Jesus’ close friend, Lazarus (see John 11:1-45). He had been dead four days before Jesus raised him from his grave. Though alive again, nowhere does it say that Lazarus was expected to live forever in his “resurrected body.” His resurrection simply gave him more time to live in this life. Jesus did promise men and women could live forever; but nowhere are they promised they would do so in a physical body. Like Lazarus, the saints that arose at the time of Jesus’ Crucifixion were similarly raised from their graves, shown to be alive, and then lived their extra days. Later, when their appointed time came, they would again experience physical death. At that time their bodies would be returned to the grave, where their bodies would decay and return to the earth.