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Grand Resurrection
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of rest. All Jesus’ friends are safe in His care, and when He returns
they will be with Him in His glory forever.
At the last day the voice of Jesus will be heard from heaven. It
will penetrate graves and open them, and those who “sleep in Jesus”
will rise to life. At His own resurrection only a few graves were
opened, but at His second coming all His sleeping friends will hear
His voice, and rise to life and immortality
The promise of Jesus’ second coming remained fresh in the
minds of the disciples all their lives. They knew that the same Jesus
they had watched ascending into heaven would return. The same
voice that had said “I am with you always, to the end of the age,”
(
Matthew 28:20
) would one day welcome them into the kingdom of
heaven
The disciples now understood the work they had been commis-
sioned to do. They knew they must share the truths Jesus had taught
them. They must tell the story of Jesus life, death, and resurrection,
the mysteries of salvation, and the power of God to forgive sins.
Through the Holy Spirit’s power they would share these themes
everywhere
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