II. THE NATURE OF THE RESURRECTION.
1. LITERAL RESURRECTION OF THE BODIES OF ALL MEN.
2. RESURRECTION OF THE BODY NECESSARY TO COMPLETE SALVATION.
3. THE NATURE OF THE RESURRECTION BODY.
a) In General.
b) The Body of the Believer.
c) The Body of the Unbeliever.
III. THE TIME OF THE RESURRECTION.
1. OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 2. OF THE WICKED.
I. THE DOCTRINE OF A RESURRECTION CLEARLY TAUGHT IN THE SCRIPTURES.
1. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
It is set forth in various ways:
In Word: Job 19:25-27—"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me." Also Psa. 16:9; 17:15; Dan. 12:1-3.
In Figure: Gen. 22:5 with Heb. 11:19—"Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure."
In Prophecy: Isa. 26:19—"Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust." The words "men" and "together with" may be omitted—"Thy dead (ones) shall live." These words are Jehovah's answer to Israel's wail as recorded in vv. 17, 18. Even if they refer to resurrection of Israel as a nation, they yet teach a bodily resurrection. See also Hosea 13:14.