When Christians Roamed The Earth by Ken Ham & John Morris & Henry Morris & Carl Wieland & Jonathan Henry & Jack Cuozzo

Author:Ken Ham & John Morris & Henry Morris & Carl Wieland & Jonathan Henry & Jack Cuozzo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Christian Theology / Apologetics
ISBN: 978-1-61458-186-4
Publisher: Master Books
Published: 2011-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

Neanderthals in the Resurrection

Now that you understand who Neanderthals were, we can move on and discuss their place in eternity. In the Old Testament we find David has written, “For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol” (Ps. 16:10). Even earlier in history Job had said in the midst of his torment and suffering, “And as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth, Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God” (Job 19:25–26). It is therefore without a doubt that these two men, David and the venerable Job, fully expected God to save their immortal souls and thereby experience His presence.

But where did the souls of men and women of faith go after death before Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead? The answer is given in the Scripture where Jesus told of the rich man and a poor man named Lazarus who both had died and went to two very different places. Lazarus was carried by angels to the extremely pleasant Abraham’s bosom which was far away from Hades, the rich man’s flaming repository. In anguish and pain the no-longer-rich man yelled out for Father Abraham to have mercy on him. However, it was too late for that and his agony continued because he couldn’t cross over the enormous fixed chasm between the eternities (Luke 16:19–31). Very high stakes we’re talking about here! Life is no game that we can play again next season!

A special position belonging to two men of faith is also revealed in the appearance of Moses and Elijah in their glorified bodies in front of a startled Peter, James, and John at the transfiguration of Jesus (Luke 9:28–36). In my opinion, this occurrence was a preview of how a glorified body will appear to people who still have their “earthly bodies,” as Paul would call them.

Paul expressed consternation at people who would ask, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” (1 Cor. 15:35). He replied to this question by saying, “You fool!” And after emphasizing the differences between the bodies of physical creatures he proceeded to explain the differences between the natural human perishable bodies and those that they would gain at the resurrection which would be “raised an imperishable body” (1 Cor. 15:42).

Jesus gave us another glimpse into eternal life in heaven when He replied to the questions of the Sadducees who didn’t believe in a resurrection of the dead. He said:

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken”(Mark 12:25–27).

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