Moses was not given all the details of when, where, and exactly how God would save mankind. Moses was still in a fog about that. Bahá'u'lláh is in a bigger fog since he has no clue whatsoever about Jesus. I told @Pancho Frijoles that everyone who bypasses Jesus, bypasses the only way to the Father at his own risk.This is rather weak @Pancho Frijoles, no offense.
The Book of Job:
In Job 19:25-26, Job expresses a profound hope in a future vindication:
"For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the earth;
and after my skin has been thus destroyed,
yet in my flesh, I shall see God."
This passage is significant as it not only reflects Job's personal faith amidst suffering but also suggests an expectation of bodily resurrection, indicating that hope in life after death predates explicit references in later texts.
2. Isaiah 26:19:
Isaiah presents a more direct reference to resurrection:
"Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!"
This passage, often linked to the theme of national restoration, may also imply a physical resurrection of the faithful. The juxtaposition of the dead rising with the call to rejoice indicates a transformative event with eschatological implications.
3. Psalm 16:10:
Psalm 16:10 states,
"For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption."
While this psalm is traditionally interpreted as a plea for divine protection, it is also understood in a messianic context in the New Testament (Acts 2:27-31). This reference points to the belief that the faithful will not experience eternal death, thus implying a continuity of life beyond physical demise.
Genesis 22:1-14: Abraham's near-sacrifice of Isaac, a typological foreshadowing of resurrection.
Genesis 50:24-25: Joseph's prophetic statement regarding the Israelites' return to the Promised Land, hinting at hope beyond death.
1 Kings 17:17-24: Elijah raises the widow's son.
2 Kings 4:32-37: Elisha raises the Shunammite woman's son.
2 Kings 13:20-21: A man is revived when his body touches Elisha's bones.
Ezekiel 37:1-14: The vision of dry bones coming to life, symbolizing the restoration of Israel.
Daniel 12:2: A prophecy of resurrection for many who sleep in the dust.
4. Ezekiel 37:1-14:
While Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones (Ezekiel 37) is often seen as symbolic, it is vital to note that it also serves as a powerful metaphor for the restoration of Israel. The imagery of bones coming to life and being covered with flesh illustrates God's power to revive a seemingly dead nation. Although primarily about national revival, it has been interpreted by some as a precursor to individual resurrection concepts.
Bible passages that reflect resurrection in the Old Testament
1. 1 Kings 17:17–24Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!” And he said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed. And he cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?” Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this child’s life come into him again.” And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived. And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives.” And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
2. 2 Kings 4:18–20Open in Logos Bible Software (if available), 32–37Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
When the [Shunammite woman’s] child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers. And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died. . . .
When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the Lord. Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm. Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. Then he summoned Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.” She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
3. Job 19:25–27 (NIV)Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
4. Psalm 16:8–11Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol [realm of the dead] or let your holy one see corruption. You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
5. Psalm 49:13–15Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell. But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me.
6. Psalm 71:20Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
7. Isaiah 26:19–20Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead. and the earth will give birth to the dead. Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.
8. Isaiah 53:10–11Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see [light] and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
9. Ezekiel 37:7–10Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh had come upon them, and skin had covered them. But there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
10. Daniel 12:2–3Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
11. Hosea 6:1–2Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
12. Jonah 1:17–2:2Open in Logos Bible Software (if available), 6–7Open in Logos Bible Software (if available), 10Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)
And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. . . . Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. . . . I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.” . . . And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
“Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.” (Isaiah 26:19)
Some have argued that the doctrine of a bodily resurrection was unknown to the Israelites of the Old Testament. In fact, this denial was a cardinal doctrine of the sect of the Sadducees at the time of Christ (Matthew 22:23).
Our text, however, makes it clear that this promise has always been known to the people of God. Long before Isaiah’s time, Job had said: “I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And...in my flesh shall I see God” (Job 19:25-26). After the time of Isaiah, the promise was still known. “Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2). Such promises were not referring to some vague “immortality of the soul,” as taught in pagan religions, but to resurrection of the body!
First, however, the Creator must become man, die for the sins of the world, and defeat death by His own bodily resurrection. In our text, in fact, Christ is saying that Old Testament believers would be raised “together with my dead body.” This was literally fulfilled when “the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many” (Matthew 27:52-53). Then, when Jesus first ascended to heaven (John 20:17), He led the souls of those who had been in “captivity” in the grave with Him into heaven (Ephesians 4:8). All who have trusted Christ in the Christian era will likewise be raised from the dead when He comes again. He has defeated death and has promised, “because I live, ye shall live also” (John 14:19). HMM
Just gave you references outside Daniel and Ezekiel-question is, are you going to deny this with ANOTHER question?
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Moses was not given all the details of when, where, and exactly how God would save mankind. Moses was still in a fog about that. Bahá'u'lláh is in a bigger fog since he has no clue whatsoever about Jesus. I told @Pancho Frijoles that everyone who bypasses Jesus, bypasses the only way to the Father at his own risk.
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Absolutely correct! @Pancho Frijoles is taking a massive risk bypassing Jesus, the ONLY Way to the Father.
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The Deity of Christ is under massive attack these days. It's as if all the demons have been let loose from all corners of the world. The Unitarians, the Jews, the JWs, the Muslims, many Secularised Christians from many denominations have all convened to attack the Deity of Christ. It's unbelievable!
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Hi, Johann.
Thanks for sharing the verses in which you support the idea of resurrection for the ancient Israelites.
THE PASSAGE OF JOB
In the case of Job, please remember that most of the book is highly poetic.
When I read the book, the passage sounds to me as saying, in very eloquent poesy: "I trust God will come to my rescue".
He didn't expect his skin to literally get his skin destroyed, or to see God, or to see God standing upon the earth.
Job expected resurrection as a new life... and this is what God gave Job: awareness and restoration. A paradise on earth. What any Jew would consider salvation: health, cattle, wealth, a big family, social reputation.
THE PASSAGE OF ISAIAH
As per your own comment, this promise can be interpreted as a promise of the restoration of Israel, and not about a literal, bodily resurrection.
Literally, nobody "dwells in the dust", as Isaiah says, right? and the earth shall not literally "give birth to departed spirits", right?
These are all metaphors, like the one in Ezekiel. Let's read:
Your dead shall live,
their corpses shall arise.
Awake and sing,
you who dwell in dust,
for your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
and the earth shall give birth to the departed spirits.
THE PASSAGE OF PSALM 16
As per your own comment, the psalm is a plea for divine protection and this poetry should be interpreted spiritually.
The psalmist is using the Sheol as a metaphor of spiritual death, and that's why his hope is that God reveals to Him the path of life: spiritual life, where he can live in the presence of God, since being in the presence of God brings joy.
By being taught by God the path of life, and following that path, we come to the presence of God and enjoy paradise.
This is not about a supernatural event related with the physical body. Let's read:
For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will You suffer Your godly one to see corruption.
You will make known to me the path of life;
in Your presence is fullness of joy;
at Your right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Prophet Jonah also used the metaphor of the Sheol to illustrate his condition of abandonment or separation from God (2:1)
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish. He said:
I called to the Lord out of my distress,
and He answered me.
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and You heard my voice.
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But we are not bypassing Jesus.
When a Christian accepts Jesus, he/she accepts Moses, and Noah, and all other Messengers from God.
In the same way, when a baha'i accepts Bahá'u'lláh, he/she accepts Jesus and Mohammed and all other Messengers from God.
If we reject Jesus, we reject He who Sent Him.
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Yes, Johann.
Where is Jesus mentioned by Bahá'u'lláh? Why does he bypass Jesus?But we are not bypassing Jesus.
When a Christian accepts Jesus, he/she accepts Moses, and Noah, and all other Messengers from God.
In the same way, when a baha'i accepts Bahá'u'lláh, he/she accepts Jesus and Mohammed and all other Messengers from God.
If we reject Jesus, we reject He who Sent Him.
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I appreciate your perspective, but I see a key difference in how we understand these figures. For Christians, accepting Jesus is about recognizing Him as the fulfillment of God's promises and the unique Savior, while for Baha'is, Bahá'u'lláh's role involves reinterpreting those prior messages within a new framework. This distinction is important because it shapes our understanding of the nature and mission of these Messengers. Ultimately, the foundations of faith differ significantly between the two beliefs. @Pancho FrijolesBut we are not bypassing Jesus.
When a Christian accepts Jesus, he/she accepts Moses, and Noah, and all other Messengers from God.
In the same way, when a baha'i accepts Bahá'u'lláh, he/she accepts Jesus and Mohammed and all other Messengers from God.
If we reject Jesus, we reject He who Sent Him.
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You are by passing Yeshua. Most false religions do. Bahaullah is fallen sinful human that is dead and not resurrected like Yeshua. Mohammed is another fallen sinful human that is also dead and not resurrected like Yeshua. When you worship these fallen sinful people, you are actually worshipping idols.But we are not bypassing Jesus.
When a Christian accepts Jesus, he/she accepts Moses, and Noah, and all other Messengers from God.
In the same way, when a baha'i accepts Bahá'u'lláh, he/she accepts Jesus and Mohammed and all other Messengers from God.
If we reject Jesus, we reject He who Sent Him.
The messengers from Adonai are listed in the Bible, which is something that is foreign to you. Man made religions like baha'i will send you to hell in a New York minute.
Shabbat Shalom
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Bahá'u'lláh said about Jesus:
"Know thou that when the Son of Man yielded up His breath to God, the whole creation wept with a great weeping.
By sacrificing Himself, however, a fresh capacity was infused into all created things.
Its evidences, as witnessed in all the peoples of the earth, are now manifest before thee.
The deepest wisdom which the sages have uttered, the profoundest learning which any mind hath unfolded, the arts which the ablest hands have produced, the influence exerted by the most potent of rulers, are but manifestations of the quickening power released by His transcendent, His all-pervasive, and resplendent Spirit.
We testify that when He came into the world, He shed the splendor of His glory upon all created things.
Through Him the leper recovered from the leprosy of perversity and ignorance. Through Him, the unchaste and wayward were healed. Through His power, born of Almighty God, the eyes of the blind were opened, and the soul of the sinner sanctified…
We bear witness that through the power of the Word of God every leper was cleansed, every sickness was healed, every human infirmity was banished.
He is Who purified the world.
Blessed is the man who, with a face beaming with light, hath turned towards Him."
Baha’u’llah, Gleanings From the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p.86
So, for Baha'is, every person who turns towards Christ is blessed by God with all his promises.
You are blessed, synergy.
You are blessed, @Johann
In Jesus Christ you find the blessings and promises of God.
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Bahá'u'lláh refers to Jesus in several writings, recognizing Him as a Manifestation of God and acknowledging His significance in religious history. However, his focus is often on presenting a new revelation for the modern age, which leads him to emphasize the unity of all religions rather than detailing the role of each Messenger. This approach can seem like a bypass, but it reflects the Bahá'í belief in progressive revelation, where each Prophet builds on the teachings of the previous ones.
Throughout history, God has sent to humanity a series of divine Educators—known as Manifestations of God—whose teachings have provided the basis for the advancement of civilization. These Manifestations have included Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muḥammad. Bahá’u’lláh, the latest of these Messengers, explained that the religions of the world come from the same Source and are in essence successive chapters of one religion from God.
Bahá’ís believe the crucial need facing humanity is to find a unifying vision of the future of society and of the nature and purpose of life. Such a vision unfolds in the writings of Bahá’u’lláh.
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I am not, my friend. I believe in Him and love Him.
We believe that Bahaullah, Muhammed and Jesus, just as all Messengers of God, died biologically and did not resurrect literally.
However, spiritually, they comfort our spirits with the very same eternal gospel.
We worship only One God.
It is not foreign to me, my brother.
I believe that God loves you and saves you. I believe you will enjoy God's paradise forever.
Is Jesus indeed Lord = κυριος = YHWH and Adonai to you?
See the link below to understand what I mean by that question:
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Contrary to what stands written @Pancho Frijoles. This is your word against the Scriptures. Shall I listen to you, or what stands written?
1Co 15:1 Paul’s Gospel and the Resurrection of Christ
¶ Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed to you, which you have also received, in which you also stand,
1Co 15:2 by which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the message I proclaimed to you, unless you believed to no purpose.
1Co 15:3 For I passed on to you as of first importance [Literally “among the first things ”] what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
1Co 15:4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised up on the third day according to the scriptures,
1Co 15:5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve,
1Co 15:6 then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, the majority of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.
1Co 15:7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
1Co 15:8 and last of all, as it were to one born at the wrong time, he appeared also to me.
1Co 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1Co 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.
1Co 15:11 Therefore whether I or those, in this way we preached, and in this way you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
1Co 15:12 Concerning the Resurrection of the Dead
¶ Now if Christ is preached as raised up from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1Co 15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ has not been raised either .
1Co 15:14 But if Christ has not been raised, then [Some manuscripts have “then both”] our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain.
1Co 15:15 And also we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if after all, then, the dead are not raised.
1Co 15:16 For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised either .
1Co 15:17 But if Christ has not been raised, your faith is empty; you are still in your sins.
1Co 15:18 And as a further result, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
1Co 15:19 If we have put our hope [Literally “we are having put our hope”] in Christ in this life only, we are of all people most pitiable.
1Co 15:20 ¶ But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1Co 15:21 For since through a man came death, also through a man came the resurrection of the dead.
1Co 15:22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But each in his own group: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming,
1Co 15:24 then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
1Co 15:25 For it is necessary for him to reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
1Co 15:26 The last enemy to be abolished is death.
1Co 15:27 For “he subjected all things under his feet.” [A quotation from Ps 8:6] But when it says “all things ” are subjected, it is clear that the one who subjected all things to him is not included.
1Co 15:28 But whenever all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected [Some manuscripts have “also will be subjected”] to the one who subjected all things to him, in order that God may be all in all.
1Co 15:29 ¶ Otherwise, why do they do it , those who are being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why indeed are they being baptized on behalf of them?
1Co 15:30 And why are we in danger every hour?
1Co 15:31 I die every day—yes indeed, by my boasting in you, [Some manuscripts have “in you, brothers,”] which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord!
1Co 15:32 If according to a human perspective I fought wild beasts at Ephesus, what benefit is it to me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. [An allusion to Isa 22:13; 56:12]
1Co 15:33 Do not be deceived! “Bad company corrupts good morals.” [A quotation from the Greek poet Menander’s comedy Thais , 218]
1Co 15:34 Sober up correctly and stop sinning [Literally “do not sin”], for some have no knowledge of God—I say this to your shame.
The Resurrection Body
1Co 15:35 Questions Concerning the Resurrection Body
¶ But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what sort of body do they come?”
1Co 15:36 Foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
1Co 15:37 And what you sow is not the body which it will become, but you sow the bare seed, whether perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.
1Co 15:38 But God gives to it a body just as he wishes, and to each one of the seeds its own body.
1Co 15:39 Not all flesh is the same, but there is one flesh of human beings, and another flesh of animals, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish,
1Co 15:40 and heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly bodies is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly bodies is of another kind.
1Co 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.
1Co 15:42 ¶ Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
1Co 15:43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body .
1Co 15:45 Thus also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”; [A quotation from Gen 2:7] the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1Co 15:46 But the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.
1Co 15:47 The first man is from the earth, made of earth; the second man is from heaven.
1Co 15:48 As the one who is made of earth, so also are those who are made of earth, and as the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly.
1Co 15:49 And just as we have borne the image of the one who is made of earth, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
Mystery and Victory
1Co 15:50 ¶ But I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood is not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruptibility.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
1Co 15:52 in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
1Co 15:53 For it is necessary for this perishable body to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal body to put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 But whenever this perishable body puts on incorruptibility and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will take place:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.
1Co 15:55 Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?
1Co 15:56 ¶ Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
1Co 15:57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
1Co 15:58 So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, because you [*Here “because ” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal] know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
1Co 15:1 Now, Achim b'Moshiach, I draw your attention to the Besuras HaGeulah which I proclaimed to you, which also you received, in which also you stand firm, [Isa 40:9]
1Co 15:2 Through which also you are brought to Yeshua'at Eloheinu, provided you hold fast to the dvar Torah which I proclaimed to you, unless you received it in vain (cf. 15:12-14, 10).
1Co 15:3 For I transmitted and handed on to you as authoritative Torah, rishon (first), that which was also transmitted and handed on to me as authoritative Torah (Ga 1:18): that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach died on behalf of avoneinu (our averos YESHAYAH 1:4, iniquities, gross wickedness, depravities) according to the Kitvei Hakodesh (YESHAYAH 53:8-9; DANIEL 9:26),
1Co 15:4 And that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was buried in a kever (grave, burial place, YESHAYAH 53:9), and that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was raised in a Techiyah from the mesim on YOM HASHLISHI (BERESHIS 1:11-13 [T.N. Chag HaBikkurim Lev 23:10-11, see 1C 15:20]; SHEMOT 19:11,15-16; YEHOSHUA 1:11; BAMIDBAR 19:11 13; YONAH 1:17; HOSHEA 6:2; MELACHIM BAIS 20:5,8; EZRA 6:15) according to the Kitvei Hakodesh (TEHILLIM 16:10),
1Co 15:5 And that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was seen by Kefa, then by the Sheneym Asar,
1Co 15:6 Afterward Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was seen by over five hundred Achim b'Moshiach at one time, of whom most remain alive until now, though some sleep the sleep of the mesim.
1Co 15:7 Afterward, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was seen by Ya'akov (Ga 1:19, also see p.848), then by all the Shlichim.
1Co 15:8 And, last of all, even as if to one born not normally [like the rest], Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was seen by me also (cf. 9:1).
1Co 15:9 For I am the least of Moshiach's Shlichim, not qualified to be called a Shliach, because I brought redifah (persecution) upon the Kehillah of Hashem.
OJB.
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Baha'i Writings call Christ "Lord" several times, more than 50. Here are some instances:
The Lord Christ said, “He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father”—God manifested in man.
Look at the Gospel of the Lord Christ and see how glorious it is! Yet even today men fail to understand its priceless beauty, and misinterpret its words of wisdom.
When the Lord Christ came He spread the light of the Holy Spirit on all around Him, and His disciples and all who received His illumination became enlightened, spiritual beings
The two great apostles, St. Peter and St. John the Evangelist, were once simple, humble workmen, toiling for their daily bread. By the Power of the Holy Spirit their souls were illumined, and they received the eternal blessings of the Lord Christ.
When, as a Baha'i, I say "Christ is my Lord", what I mean is that I am being led by his gospel, his example, his mindset, his beauty, his love. Where is he leading me as a Lord? He is leading me to God. Everything in Christ is leading us to God. So, "lordship", as understood in the Baha'i Faith, has nothing to do with the debate of the deity of Christ.
