Identity Theft!

All right, maybe not quite identity theft. But it's still disturbing. I stumbled across a post on a Christian forum by someone called "cyberlizard" (I admit it, I'm not ashamed: I Google myself sometimes). Now, I'm not so full of myself that I imagined that I would be the only one to come up with that moniker, but did the other person have to be a religious whackaloon? Here is what he was wondering:

any insight

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the bible is at times full of obscure verses which do not appear to make any sense, or get a brief mention but never get another look in.

here is a good example.... coming from Matthew's gospel.

At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

ZOMG, zombie attack!!! Quick, grab your shotguns and baseball bats! Where's the nearest S-Mart?!?

does anyone else ever read this verse, scratch their head and wonder why the verse is never mentioned anywhere else, or what happened to them after that. The bible does not say they ascended, nor does it ever speak of them again.

I am open to ideas.....


Steve __________________
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Blessed is the one coming in the name of ha’shem - בּרוּךְ הַבָּא בְּשֵׁם יְיָ


Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling..... be glory, majesty, dominion and authority for ever. (Jude)
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Yeah, Steve, there's a whole lot of things in the bible that do not appear to make any sense. But rather than truly examine them and try to come up with a rational explanation, your kind immediately just accepts them as truths. I'm actually quite surprised at even this superficial level of questioning. But your compatriots are there to save you with their responses:

A powerful example of the effects of Jesus' resurrection. The history of where they went is not revealed except that they went into Jerusalem and appeared to many.

I would think they had much to testify about the power of God having been in the reality of "life after death" and the truths of it.

And:

I read a teaching around that passage which supposed that there were so many supernatural things happening in those few days, that the dead coming out of their tombs was just another.
Like ' the day turned to night, the temple curtain was torn in two, there was a massive earthquake.. oh yeah and some dead people came back to life'
I'm surprised that no-one wrote about it in a book, Josephus or his peers. It would have been fascinating to read.

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But this reply by Angeloffire enters into WTF-land:

There actually is more on what happened in the bible, but it doesn't refer directly to what you quoted verbatum. Let me explain:

Paradise use to be near Hades. I can even prove it scripturally but before I do, several have had dreams and visions and seen it too. Mary k. Baxter I think...if memory serves me correctly was one such person.

God moved paradise! He set those who were in prison in paradise free.

Matt. 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

This is the location of hades....the heart of the earth.

Now look what he says to the guy hanging beside him on the cross:

Luke 24:43 And Jesus said unto him Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.

He took the man with him to paradise in the belly of the earth where for three days and nights he preached the gospel!

When he went to preach to those who were in a spiritual prison 1 Pet. 3:19 and conquered death, that is why the people were climbing out from the graves and preaching.

He preached to those who died in the flood and removed paradise to a different location....now the third heaven 2 Cor. 12:2-12:4....

It is amazing that nowhere does it mention what happened to the dead guys who were walking. I personally believe that as the bible says that Jesus is the firstfruits of the dead, whether these people dead people continued to live, I don't know.

I have also wondered what the effects of preaching to those who died during the flood would accomplish....odviously the purpose was to save them and give them a chance at salvation. Whether they were able to leave hades then or not I do not know.

God is wonderous and His ways past finding out....I so love every little bit of truth he shows me and I long for more daily. What a wonderous God we serve.....

I am sooooo tempted to sign up and post, just for the lulz. At least there are enough differences between us to tell the difference, right?