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Lift up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in! [Psalm 24:7]

Jesus rose out of death physically, which is the only way resurrection can occur in the first place. Man’s spirit is eternal, so it never dies physically. Ergo, man’s spirit does not resurrect out of the tomb. Man’s body alone goes into the tomb, and so man’s body alone resurrects out of the tomb.

Permit me a brief aside at this point of our study. Finite language cannot fully express spiritual realities. This is why I stated that man’s spirit does not die physically. “Spirit” and “physical” are two words which don’t go together. They form an oxymoron!

The trouble is man’s spirit does die, but it dies spiritually. Man is made to have fellowship with the Lord. When man rejects the Lord’s fellowship, he is eternally separated from the Lord. That is spiritual death. Physical death is when man’s spirit is separated from his body. Death means separation. It can be separation from the body or it can be separation from the Lord.

Man is born spiritually dead in his trespasses and sins. This means He is separated from the Lord because of his sins. Thus man needs to be born again, if he would see the Kingdom of God. When a person is born again he becomes alive spiritually, being brought into fellowship with the Lord.

At the rapture a born again person receives his new resurrection body, the same type of body the Lord Jesus now has. Jesus rose out of death on the first day of the week with His resurrection body, and He will have it through all eternity.

The Christian will be fully alive physically when he is clothed in his own resurrection body. The body of death will be gone forever. The body of life will thenceforth be his.

Anyway, back to Psalm 24. After Jesus died on the cross (Psalm 22), and after He was buried for three days (Psalm 23), He then rose out of death (Psalm 24).

This brings up an interesting issue for us to consider. Where did Jesus go when He rose out of death on the first day of the week? For that matter where was Jesus’ spirit during the three days His body was in the tomb?

If I’ve impressed on you a proper approach for Bible study, you know how to answer those questions. Do you? Ah, I see by the look on your face that you’ve learned well. Go ahead then. Answer the questions. That’s right. The question to ask is, “What does the Bible say?” You are a fine student. I’m proud to share the Word of God with you.

Oh, but we must turn aside and take our rest at this time. Allow the Lord Jesus to share the Word of God with you a while. See you tomorrow.

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