{"id":36017,"date":"2022-09-13T12:37:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/will-paradise-take-place-on-this-earth-if-yes-why-did-jesus-say-im-going-to-prepare-a-place-for-you-as-he-ascended-to-heaven-zambia\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:37:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:37:55","slug":"will-paradise-take-place-on-this-earth-if-yes-why-did-jesus-say-im-going-to-prepare-a-place-for-you-as-he-ascended-to-heaven-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/will-paradise-take-place-on-this-earth-if-yes-why-did-jesus-say-im-going-to-prepare-a-place-for-you-as-he-ascended-to-heaven-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"Will paradise take place on this Earth? If yes, why did Jesus say I&#039;m going to prepare a place for you as he ascended to heaven? (Zambia)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><strong>Summary: <\/strong>There are <strong>two distinct resurrections<\/strong> promised in the Bible. To &ldquo;rightly divide the word of truth&rdquo; (2 Timothy 2:15), we need to keep the promises to these two groups distinct. Faithful Christians will receive a spirit resurrection with Jesus. This is the first resurrection. The world of mankind will receive a human resurrection on the Earth restored.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion: <\/strong>The <strong>followers <\/strong>of Jesus, who are begotten by the Holy Spirit, and who are faithful unto death (Revelation 2:10), are <strong>promised a heavenly resurrection<\/strong>. &ldquo;If we have been planted together in the <strong>likeness of his death<\/strong>, we shall be also in the l<strong>ikeness of his resurrection<\/strong>.&rdquo; Romans 6:5.<\/p>\n<p>What was the likeness of his resurrection? It was an exceeding high exaltation (Philippians 2:9), far above the human nature, &ldquo;far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named.&rdquo; (Ephesians 1:21.) It was an exaltation even to the <strong>divine nature<\/strong>. The Apostle Peter wrote that we who follow his steps as he set us an example, <strong>may become partakers <\/strong>of God&rsquo;s <strong>divine<\/strong> nature. (2 Peter 1:4.) To follow in the <strong>Lord&rsquo;s steps of humiliation and sacrifice, even unto death<\/strong>, is no light undertaking. It means the <strong>giving up of our will<\/strong> for the accomplishment of the divine will.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus Christ has promised to gather His body members to their heavenly home as spirit beings.<\/p>\n<p>The world of mankind will experience a <strong>human resurrection on Earth<\/strong>. Nonbelievers are<strong> never<\/strong> promised a heavenly reward. However, Jesus&rsquo;s death did <strong>secure a resurrection for all <\/strong>of mankind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Just as everyone dies through Adam, so everyone will be resurrected through Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:22, 35, 38 (NKJV), &ldquo;As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive&hellip;35 But someone will say, &lsquo;How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?&rsquo; &#8230; 38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>There are many, many <strong>resurrection prophecies<\/strong> which are yet to be fulfilled. Isaiah 65:17, 24-25 (NKJV), &ldquo;17 &lsquo;For behold, I create <strong>new heavens<\/strong> (<em>Christ ruling from heaven<\/em>) and a <strong>new earth <\/strong>(<em>paradise on Earth<\/em>); And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. &#8230; 24 It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent&rsquo;s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,&rsquo; Says the LORD.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: There are two distinct resurrections promised in the Bible. To &ldquo;rightly divide the word of truth&rdquo; (2 Timothy 2:15), we need to keep the promises to these two groups distinct. Faithful Christians will receive a spirit resurrection with Jesus. This is the first resurrection. The world of mankind will receive a human resurrection on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/will-paradise-take-place-on-this-earth-if-yes-why-did-jesus-say-im-going-to-prepare-a-place-for-you-as-he-ascended-to-heaven-zambia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Will paradise take place on this Earth? If yes, why did Jesus say I&#039;m going to prepare a place for you as he ascended to heaven? (Zambia)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}