I have a question for all those who love Jesus and love the Bible.?

Question

Jesus said in John 11:25-26, “25.Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, 26.and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?"
For verse 25, if we assume Jesus talks about believers in him, those who believed in Jesus conclusively, they all shall arise and join him at his second coming. As with regard to verse 26, Jesus talks about those who are alive and believe in him shall never die. We never heard about any one who has ever escaped death. We know that all living believers had died. What is Jesus talking about in this verse? Please don’t tell me Jesus meant spiritually they will never die, because if He meant spiritually, He should have included the first type also, those who died believing in Him. And don’t tell that Jesus meant that from the moment you believe you start your everlasting life. If that is the case, then why did they die like those who died among the first type of believers?

Answer 1

Joh 11:25 -
I am the resurrection - I am the author or the cause of the resurrection. It so depends on my power and will, that it may be said that I am the resurrection itself. This is a most expressive way of saying that the whole doctrine of the resurrection came from him, and the whole power to effect it was his. In a similar manner he is said to be made of God unto us “wisdom and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption,” 1Co_1:30.
And the life - Joh_1:4. As the resurrection of all depends on him, he intimated that it was not indispensable that it should be deferred to the last day. He had power to do it now as well as then.
Though he were dead - Faith does not save from temporal death; but although the believer, as others, will die a temporal death, yet he will hereafter have life. Even if he dies, he shall hereafter live.
Shall he live - Shall be restored to life in the resurrection.

Joh 11:26 -
Whosoever liveth - He had just spoken of the prospects of the pious dead. He now says that the same prospects are before the living who have like faith. Greek, “Every one living and believing on me.”
Shall never die - As the dead, though dead, shall yet live, so the living shall have the same kind of life. They shall never come into eternal death. See Joh_6:50-51, Joh_6:54, Joh_6:58. Greek, “Shall by no means die forever.”
Believest thou this? - This question was doubtless asked because it implied that he was then able to raise up Lazarus, and because it was a proper time for her to test her own faith. The time of affliction is a favorable period to try ourselves to ascertain whether we have faith. If we still have confidence in God, if we look to him for comfort in such seasons, it is good evidence that we are his friends. He that loves God when he takes away his comforts, has the best evidence possible of true attachment to him.

Answer 2

I was recently studying this and I asked a question about Jewish, and "noone comes to the Father except through me" and my conclusion on your question is that: now this is just a theory, but, when he says he will raise the dead first then the saved living: paraphrase: he might mean that all who have believed and are dead, like in the ground are resting until his return.. Those whom are alive and believe at his coming will then be raised and those without belief in the Father and those that are already dead that never believed in the Father, will perish here on earth. Other than those 144,000 left behind to minister in the last days. See I believe God is preparing Heaven still. I believe that once the end of the world is to cease and we are all in the place we belong then, those who believe and accept the rules along with it will have a place for eternity in Heaven, and those that hadn't been obedient and faithful will perish in the lake of Fire.. Which scripture states this world will be demolished in the fire, so probably those will stay here. The dead already will never rise.. Just a theory, with study..

Answer 3

Number one, all soals are eternal. SO speaking of spiritual death and spiritual death in these two verses would not make sense according to the rest of the bible.

Jesus said it simply, at least for me, here.

If you die a fleshly death believing in God and all he has done, all he is doing and all that he will yet do (including Jesus) you will yet live. "And the dead shall rise first"

If you are fleshly alive at the second coming of Jesus, you will not experience fleshly death. "And all that are yet alive will rise and meet him in the clouds"

All of this will happen "in the twinkling of an eye" very fast.
Jesus will not appear to anyone individually. He will come as a person sees a lightning bolt in the sky. No matter where you are, we all see the lightning bolt, not just the people around us.

Answer 4

To begin to understand this, you need to understand that you can not pick out one or two scripture verses and have them stand alone for doctrine. You also need to understand that most translations are inaccurate and not literal translations. I have included several links for you to use to help you study. The scriptures I have included are a literal translation of the most reliable transcripts, since we do not have the origional writtings.

(II Timothy 2:15 CLT) Endeavor to present yourself to God qualified, an unashamed worker, correctly cutting the word of truth.

(John 11:25 CLT) Jesus said to her, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who is believing in Me, even if he should be dying, shall be living.

(John11:26 CLT) And everyone who is living and believing in Me, should by no means be dying for the eon. Are you believing this?"

It is also helpful to learn some Greek and Arabic, as these are the languages of the Bible and much of the meaning can not be easily translated. This can easily be seen in reading "The Amplified " Bible.

Answer 5

25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

I believe Jesus was saying that the only way you can obtain eternal life is through Him. The verses refer to the spirit.

Even though the chapter is a story about Lazarus, Jesus used the opportunity to teach a lesson which He did quite often if you read the New Testament.

As an aside, I have often found it to be true that when someone finds themselves in the position you seem to be in regards to God, it's because God is actually calling to them.

Learn about Saul who became Paul and you will see what I mean.

God bless.

Answer 6

Yeah, that can be confusing if you don't know what He's talking about. Let me rephrase: I am the resurrection and the life. [I am the source of life, and I control it even to the point of bringing it back] He who believes in Me will live even if he dies. [His spirit will never die, even though the body will.] And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. [Everyone whose spirit lives can be assured that this life he is now experiencing will never end.] Like it or not, there IS a difference between the body and the spirit.

Answer 7

If you do some background work you will find that death is nothing but a deep sleep as Jesus Himself said when he talked about Lazurus. True death will not come until the end of the world and the millinium if you look at Rev. 20. When the saint are in the New Jerusalem and those that are outside try to take it, fire rains down from Heaven and devours them, burns them up, turns them to ashes and they DIE. That is what He is talking about. When we talk of death, we normally mean the breathing being stopped and the body is laid in the ground or burned to ashes but when God talks about death, it means DEATH!! Eternal death, not just the sleep of death. Even Jesus had to explain in terms the Apostles understood it as when they did not understand that Jesus was talking about Lazurus being dead. First He said he was sleeping but they thougt He was talking of him sleeping because of his sickness but then Jesus plainly said that he was dead. So you could say it has a dual meaning, dead in the sense of when you lay down to sleep and then dead as in the sense of you will never live again when Hell fire is begun. Check it out for yourself.

Answer 8

i don't know if you have forgotten or not but the bible was written by man not by jesus . the book of john was wrote by john before he was exiled to the isle of patmos & you asked not to say it meant spiritual death but that is exactly what it means . our earthly bodies die but absent from body immediately present with the lord . our spirit goes home to be with the lord & i believe he sends his angels for his own to carry us there. as for you saying he should have typed it in the first place you know he didn't type anything !! elijah was taken away to heaven & he didn't die an earthly death II kings 2 :16-18. he went away & has spent all these years preparing a mansion for us & all we have to do is live our life a godly life for him as he would have us to live . he wants us to hunger for him & his word & to spend time in prayer with him & he will give you all the answers you need .we are not to question god he is alpha & omega. you should be able to go to your pastor if you have other questions if not you are in the wrong church or possible the wrong faith. pray about it ! jesus is the key. you should not have to be in this state of confusion , it did not come from the lord !! i have already prayed for you & i do wish you the very best god has for you in jesus name !!

Answer 9

First off, not a Christian here. Just reading the 'scriptures', I think in the context verse 25 shows what Jesus is meaning, "even if he dies". So apparently the stage is set for Jesus talking about a spiritual realm. Be ready for a Christian to try to answer this and make up "necro" (the Greek word for death) means separation. Necro has never meant "separation", but it is fitting to their belief to make up words and things.
I just don't personally believe in the Bible because of contradictions. Many just turn a blind eye to contradictions. To each his own.

Be good.

Answer 10

I bear not the name of Christian, but I love Christ and believe that the Bible is the Book of God. I believe that all the people who have faith in Jesus receive the eternal life. And I understand that faith is not a mere declaration by words of mouth or by written documents; faith must be the conscious knowledge of His Teachings, and having firm resolution and devoted actions to translate those Teachings into reality.