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Entendiendo la resurrección de los muertos
¿Cómo se levantan los muertos? ¿Con qué cuerpo se levantan? Las respuestas a estas preguntas se pueden encontrar en 1 Corintios 15:35, 42-58.
El cuerpo se siembra:
- en la corrupción
- en deshonor
- en debilidad
- Un cuerpo natural
Primer Adán:
- Un ser vivo
- era de la tierra
- hecho de polvo
- Hemos llevado la imagen del hombre de polvo
- la carne y la sangre no pueden heredar el reino de Dios
El cuerpo se eleva:
- en la incorrupción
- en la gloria
- En el poder
- Un cuerpo espiritual
El último Adán (Cristo)
- Espíritu vivificante
- el Señor desde el cielo
- Llevaremos la imagen del hombre celestial
- la incorrupción heredará el reino de Dios
Todos seremos cambiados:
- en un momento
- en un abrir y cerrar de ojos
- al último sonido de trompeta
- los muertos resucitarán incorruptibles
- todo en Cristo será cambiado
- corruptible debe vestirse de incorruptible
- mortal debe vestirse de inmortalidad
- ¡La muerte no tendrá aguijón!
- ¡Hades no tendrá victoria!
¿Y qué hay de los que se han dormido? Ver 1 Tesalonicenses 4:13-18
Tampoco, hermanos, queremos que ignoréis acerca de los que duermen, que no os entristezcáis como los otros que no tienen esperanza. Porque si creemos que Jesús murió y resucitó, así también traerá Dios con él á los que durmieron en Jesús. Por lo cual, os decimos esto en palabra del Señor: que nosotros que vivimos, que habremos quedado hasta la venida del Señor, no seremos delanteros á los que durmieron. Porque el mismo Señor con aclamación, con voz de arcángel, y con trompeta de Dios, descenderá del cielo; y los muertos en Cristo resucitarán primero: Luego nosotros, los que vivimos, los que quedamos, juntamente con ellos seremos arrebatados en las nubes á recibir al Señor en el aire, y así estaremos siempre con el Señor. Por tanto, consolaos los unos á los otros en estas palabras.
El Día del Señor: (1 Tesalonicenses 5:1-11)
- vendrá como un ladrón en la noche
- Destrucción súbita vendrá sobre los que están en tinieblas; ellos no escaparán
- no alcanzará a los hijos de la luz; Los hijos del día
- Dios no nos designó para la ira
- Dios nos designó para obtener la salvación a través de nuestro Señor Jesucristo
- ya sea que estemos despiertos o durmiendo, viviremos juntos con Cristo
Por lo tanto:
- 1 Pedro 5:8 Sed templados, y velad; porque vuestro adversario el diablo, cual león rugiente, anda alrededor buscando á quien devore:
- 1 Tesalonicenses 5:8 Mas nosotros, que somos del día, estemos sobrios, vestidos de cota de fe y de caridad, y la esperanza de salud por yelmo.
El Tribunal de Cristo
- 2 Corintios 5:6-11 Así que vivimos confiados siempre, y sabiendo, que entre tanto que estamos en el cuerpo, peregrinamos ausentes del Señor; (Porque por fe andamos, no por vista;) Mas confiamos, y más quisiéramos partir del cuerpo, y estar presentes al Señor. Por tanto procuramos también, ó ausentes, ó presentes, serle agradables: Porque es menester que todos nosotros parezcamos ante el tribunal de Cristo, para que cada uno reciba según lo que hubiere hecho por medio del cuerpo, ora sea bueno ó malo. Estando pues poseídos del temor del Señor, persuadimos á los hombres, mas á Dios somos manifiestos; y espero que también en vuestras conciencias somos manifiestos.
- Romanos 14:7-13 Porque ninguno de nosotros vive para sí, y ninguno muere para sí. Que si vivimos, para el Señor vivimos; y si morimos, para el Señor morimos. Así que, ó que vivamos, ó que muramos, del Señor somos. Porque Cristo para esto murió, y resucitó, y volvió á vivir, para ser Señor así de los muertos como de los que viven. Mas tú ¿por qué juzgas á tu hermano? ó tú también, ¿por qué menosprecias á tu hermano? porque todos hemos de estar ante el tribunal de Cristo. Porque escrito está: Vivo yo, dice el Señor, que á mí se doblará toda rodilla, Y toda lengua confesará á Dios. De manera que, cada uno de nosotros dará á Dios razón de sí. Así que, no juzguemos más los unos de los otros: antes bien juzgad de no poner tropiezo ó escándalo al hermano.
- Hebreos 4:12-13 orque la palabra de Dios es viva y eficaz, y más penetrante que toda espada de dos filos: y que alcanza hasta partir el alma, y aun el espíritu, y las coyunturas y tuétanos, y discierne los pensamientos y las intenciones del corazón. Y no hay cosa criada que no sea manifiesta en su presencia; antes todas las cosas están desnudas y abiertas á los ojos de aquel á quien tenemos que dar cuenta.
Las Bodas del Cordero
- Juan 3:29 El que tiene la esposa, es el esposo; mas el amigo del esposo, que está en pie y le oye, se goza grandemente de la voz del esposo; así pues, este mi gozo es cumplido.
- Apocalipsis 19:6-8 Y oí como la voz de una grande compañía, y como el ruido de muchas aguas, y como la voz de grandes truenos, que decía: Aleluya: porque reinó el Señor nuestro Dios Todopoderoso. Gocémonos y alegrémonos y démosle gloria; porque son venidas las bodas del Cordero, y su esposa se ha aparejado. Y le fué dado que se vista de lino fino, limpio y brillante: porque el lino fino son las justificaciones de los santos.
La Cena de las Bodas del Cordero
- Apocalipsis 19:9 Y él me dice: Escribe: Bienaventurados los que son llamados á la cena del Cordero. Y me dijo: Estas palabras de Dios son verdaderas.
La alabanza del cielo
- Apocalipsis 11:17 Diciendo: Te damos gracias, Señor Dios Todopoderoso, que eres y que eras y que has de venir, porque has tomado tu grande potencia, y has reinado.
- Apocalipsis 19:5 Y salió una voz del trono, que decía: Load á nuestro Dios todos sus siervos, y los que le teméis, así pequeños como grandes.
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Leadership Lessons from Nehemiah: Building Resilience
Nehemiah 1:3-4 NKJV
And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are here in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” So it was, when I heard these words that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
- Author
- It is believed that the books of Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one
volume - Many attribute the books of 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah to Ezra
- Most however believe that Nehemiah (the Lord Comforts) was the author of the book of Nehemiah
- It is believed that the books of Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one
- Date
- Approximately 423 B.C.
- Theme
- Godly leadership and victory through the face of opposition
- Purpose
- The book of Nehemiah continues the history of the Jews returning to Jerusalem. Nehemiah gives up his job as cupbearer to the king to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall. The book of Nehemiah describes his compassion for the Jewish people, his prayer and intercession and his courage to fulfill the will of God.
- Content
- Nehemiah rebuilding the walls (Nehemiah 1:1-7:3)
- Nehemiah 2:17-18 (NKJV) Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies ]waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.” 18 And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.
- The Opposition
- Nehemiah 2:19-20 (NKJV) But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?” So I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem.”
- Nehemiah 4:1-3 (NKJV) But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews. 2 And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish—stones that are burned?” Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.”
- Nehemiah 6:1-3 (NKJV) Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates), that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together among the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they thought to do me harm. So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”
- Nehemiah 6:10-13(NKJV) Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was a secret informer, and he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you; indeed, at night they will come to kill you.” “And I said, “Should such a man as I flee? And who is there such as I who would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in!” Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
- Nehemiah 6:15-16 (NKJV) So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days. And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.
- Restoration of the Temple represented
- Spiritual Authority
- Restoration of the Walls represented
- Civil Authority
- Nehemiah rebuilding the walls (Nehemiah 1:1-7:3)
- Ezra and the Word (Nehemiah 7:4-10:39)
- Nehemiah 8:1-3(NKJV) Now all the people gathered together as one man in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded Israel. So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could hear with understanding on the first day of the seventh month. Then he read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
- Nehemiah 8:10(NKJV) Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
- Nehemiah’s Reforms (Nehemiah 11:1-13:31
- Those living within the walls of the city (Nehemiah chapter 11)
- Nehemiah 11:1 Now the leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem; the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine-tenths were to dwell in other cities. And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
- Priests and Levites (Nehemiah chapter 12)
- Nehemiah 12:1-9 Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua. Moreover, the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who led the thanksgiving psalms, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, stood across from them in their duties.
- The Sabbath
- Nehemiah 13:17-22 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, by which you profane the Sabbath day? 18 Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.” So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem, as it began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and charged that they must not be opened till after the Sabbath. Then I posted some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day. Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice. Then I warned them, and said to them, “Why do you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you!” From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath. And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should go and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day.
- Unlawful mirage relationships
- Nehemiah 13:23-29 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of one or the other people. So, I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves. Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, pagan women caused even him to sin. Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?” And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me. Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
- Those living within the walls of the city (Nehemiah chapter 11)
- Christ in the Book of Nehemiah
- Christ as our protector and refuge
- Christ as our victor through opposition
- 1 Corinthians 15:57-58 (NKJV) But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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Ezra’s Journey: Rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem
Ezra 1:5
Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all whose spirits God had moved, arose to go up and build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
- Author
- Ezra (the Lord has helped) the priest who led the second of three groups
returning from Babylon to Jerusalem - It is also believed that Ezra wrote 1 & 2 Chronicles, Nehemiah, (Psalm 119)
- Ezra (the Lord has helped) the priest who led the second of three groups
- Date
- 538-457 B.C.
- Theme
- Exiles returning to Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the temple
- Jeremiah 29:10 For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place.
- Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
- Exiles returning to Jerusalem and the rebuilding of the temple
- Purpose
- The book of Ezra describes the efforts of the exiles returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. Jeshua is the high priest and Zerubbabel is the governor. Ezra returned to teach the law to the people in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 7:10(NKJV) For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
- The book of Ezra shows God’s faithfulness to His word. Ezra like the book of Daniel is partly written in Aramaic
- The book of Ezra describes the efforts of the exiles returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. Jeshua is the high priest and Zerubbabel is the governor. Ezra returned to teach the law to the people in Jerusalem.
- Content
- The first exiles return to the land of Judah (Ezra 1:1-2:70)
- Ezra 1:5(NKJV) Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all whose spirits God had moved, arose to go up and build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 2:1(NKJV) Now these are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city.
- 3 primary groups of those returning to Jerusalem
- 1 group around 538 B.C. under the leadership of Zerubbabel
- 2nd group around 458 B.C. under the leadership of Ezra
- 3rd group around 445 B.C. under the leadership of Nehemiah
- The return to Jerusalem was on a volunteer basis. Many Jews chose to remain in Babylon.
- The rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 3:1-6:22)
- Ezra 3:1(NKJV) And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.
- Ezra 3:2(NKJV) Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
- Ezra 3:6(NKJV) From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.
- In 539 B.C. the begin rebuilding the temple. They were delayed for eighteen years by opposition from the north. In 521 B.C. after receiving a decree from Darius king of Persia they completed and dedicated the temple in 515 B.C.
- Ezra 6:14-16(NKJV) So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.
- Ezra’s ministry (Ezra 7:1-10:44)
- Ezra 7:6-10(NKJV) this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
- Ezra 9:8 (NKJV) And now for a little while grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage.
- Ezra 9:9(NKJV) For we were slaves. Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
- The first exiles return to the land of Judah (Ezra 1:1-2:70)
- Christ in the Book of Ezra
- Ezra the scribe as a type of Christ being the Word
- Ezra the priest as type of Christ the great High Priest
- Christ being the fulfillment of God’s Promise seed
La vida de Cristo después de la resurrección: Eventos clave
La Resurrección
- Jesús enseñó a sus discípulos que debía sufrir muchas cosas, ser rechazado, ser asesinado, ¡pero al tercer día resucitaría! (Los Evangelios)
La tumba vacía
- ¡Jesús está vivo!
- ¡Ha resucitado!
Apariciones de Jesús después de su resurrección
- ¡Jesús se aparece primero a las mujeres! (María Magdalena, María madre de Santiago, Salomé, Juana y otras mujeres no nombradas)
- Jesús se apareció a Pedro
- Jesús se aparece a sus discípulos varias veces
- Jesús camina con dos creyentes en el camino a Emaús (Cleofás; no se menciona el nombre del otro creyente)
- Jesús se aparece a un grupo de quinientos a la vez
- Jesús se aparece a Santiago
- Jesús se aparece a todos los apóstoles, incluyendo a Pablo
Los cuarenta días antes de su ascensión (Hechos 1:2-8)
- Jesús dio mandamientos a los apóstoles que había escogido
- Jesús se presentó vivo después de su sufrimiento con muchas pruebas infalibles
- Jesús les habló de las cosas que pertenecían al reino de Dios
- Jesús les ordenó que no se apartaran de Jerusalén, sino que esperaran la Promesa del Padre: ser bautizados con el Espíritu Santo, recibir el poder de ser Sus testigos en la tierra.
La Ascensión
Y habiendo dicho estas cosas, viéndolo ellos, fue alzado, y le recibió una nube que le ocultó de sus ojos. 10 Y estando ellos con los ojos puestos en el cielo, entre tanto que él se iba, he aquí se pusieron junto a ellos dos varones con vestiduras blancas, 11 los cuales también les dijeron: Varones galileos, ¿por qué estáis mirando al cielo? Este mismo Jesús, que ha sido tomado de vosotros al cielo, así vendrá como le habéis visto ir al cielo. (Hechos 1:9-11)
El Trono de la Gracia (Hebreos 4, 7, 8, 12)
- Jesus está ahora sentado a la diestra del trono de Dios
- Jesús, como nuestro Sumo Sacerdote, siempre vive para interceder por nosotros
- Jesús, como nuestro Sumo Sacerdote, se compadece de nuestra debilidad
- podemos acercarnos confiadamente al trono de la Gracia para obtener misericordia
- Podemos venir con valentía a encontrar la gracia para ayudar en tiempos de necesidad
El amor de Dios que es en Cristo Jesús Señor nuestro (Romanos 8:34-35, 37-39)
Nada puede separarnos del amor de Dios, ¡somos más que vencedores!
- no tribulación
- no espada
- ni las cosas presentes
- no angustia
- ni la muerte
- ni lo que vendrá
- no persecución
- ni la vida
- ni altura
- no la hambruna
- ni ángeles
- ni profundidad
- no la desnudez
- ni principados
- No es peligro
- ni ninguna otra cosa creada
- ni potencias
He aquí que viene con las nubes, y todo ojo le verá, y los que le traspasaron; y todos los linajes de la tierra harán lamentación por él. Sí, amén. Yo soy el Alfa y la Omega, principio y fin, dice el Señor, el que es y que era y que ha de venir, el Todopoderoso.(Apocalipsis 1:7-8)
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