The Greek word ANASTASIS meaning a rising up, a standing up (from the root ANISTEMI, to stand up, to cause to rise) is used 42 times in the New Testament and is translated 39 times 'resurrection', once 'rising again', once 'raised to life again', and once 'that should rise'.
Speaking to the Romans the Apostle wrote, "we shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ", Rom. 14:10. Likewise to the Corinthians he said, "For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ", 2 Cor.5:10. In a more general statement in 2 Tim.4:l he said that Christ would judge "the quick and the dead at his appearing", but not all the living and dead: only those who like the Roman and Corinthian brethren had become responsible to judgement by their knowledge of the truth.
The first work of Christ will be to resurrect the responsible dead – the resurrection will precede the gathering of the responsible living - 1 Thess. 4:14-17.
1 Thess. 4:14-17
Fellowship – Preaching
Lesson 20: Preaching
We come now to our final lesson in our course on fellowship. We have chosen to speak about preaching as our last topic as everything that we do as a fellowship involves preaching. By who we are, the things that we do together, the way that we act when apart and together, and in all our activities we are preaching.
Fellowship – Fundraising
Lesson 19: Fundraising
Fellowship – Speaking Away
Lesson 18: Speaking Away
Good public speakers are few and far between. The United Kingdom boasts some 18,000 members; yet if you were to ask who the good public speakers were, then most of that 18,000 would list the same few speakers. That means that every one of those few are extremely busy.
Lesson 17: Ecclesial Schools
Lesson 16: Fraternal Gatherings
Lesson 15: Who owns that hall?
