God of the Dead? NO!
Emails & Questions
God of the Dead or Not?
Q:
Truth states that we are all dead and buried with Christ in the baptism.
Romans 6:3-4, Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus
Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death...
While we are dead in the baptism, who are we under? Mark 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Hmmmmm. This means until our resurrection or "rapture" we are under the god of the dead?
While we are dead in the baptism, who are we under? Mark 12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Hmmmmm. This means until our resurrection or "rapture" we are under the god of the dead?
Annaj
Answer:
You
are misreading -- You are assuming our Lord and Savior, YaHshua, is dead -- No,
He lives as we also LIVE in HIM. Once again, Scripture proves to be true when
put in the proper context.
Your question
comes in the form of a critic; still, even a critic deserves an honest answer
even though most critics are not looking for truth but for the opportunity to
trip up those seeking answers. Perhaps
this answer will trip up the critic and provide an answer for the real truth
seekers?
Our water baptism
is the symbolic gesture of dying, you are correct in this, however, you miss
the part about being raised – raised back to life, in Him. When you come up out
of the watery grave you are being raised back to LIFE not death, in Him. He is not a God of the dead but of the
living. Even those who have actually
died in the flesh and gone to the grave will live once again in the reality of
the Resurrection. The lives of dead
believers are held in the Living YaHshua and He will bring them back to the
living at His return. For now, we have
died to our old ways but live in our new life in Him.
Like most critics
verses are quoted out of context. Let’s
read what follows the verses in Romans you quote:
Rom 6:3-4 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Now the rest of it, in the context of what is being taught:
(Rom 6:5-8) For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be alsoin the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him:
There can be
many ways to say what these verses say, what this instruction from the Apostle
Paul tells us, but his inspired words are plain for all that see. This is a good example for why we go back to
the pages of your bible to read the rest of the story.
Hope this explains
it for you and especially for others, those willing to read the whole voice of
instruction, not trying to be tricky, just seeking the plain clear truth.
Peace, Dan