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Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

At the point where Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit", that is the moment when "his spirit returned to God who gave it".

Luke 24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

The disciples knew about spirits of the dead.  But they had a lack of understanding about what happens at death and they were confused.  The spirit world was very perplexing to them.  They knew of the existence of spirits from accounts written in sacred texts.

1 Samuel 28:7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. 9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. 14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.

What they did not grasp is they and men on earth exist in hell, the bottomless-pit prison chamber for devils.  Evil spirits ride on the bodies of men and animals like men ride horses.  And devils enjoy deceiving men and pretending to be "spirits of the dead".  God advised the children of Israel to avoid those who use divination and "familiar spirits" because it is all a false charade.  The spirits of those who pass away do not “ascend out of the earth” from below.  It is because when God calls men Home to Heaven, they “fly away on wings of eagles”!  They do not descend into the ground.

Ecclesiastes 3:21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast (demonic tares) that goeth downward to the earth?

Psalm 90:9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

Isaiah 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Luke 17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

The Archangel Michael and his angels are “the eagles”.

Revelation 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

Secrets of Enoch 22:4 And I fell prone and bowed down to the Lord, 5 and the Lord with his lips said to me: 'Have courage, Enoch, do not fear, arise and stand before my face into eternity.' 6 And the archistratege Michael lifted me up, and led me to before the Lord's face. And the Lord said to his servants tempting them: 'Let Enoch stand before my face into 7 eternity,' and the glorious ones bowed down to the Lord, and said: 'Let Enoch go according to Thy word.' 8 And the Lord said to Michael: 'Go and take Enoch from out his earthly garments, and anoint him with my sweet ointment, and put him into the garments of My glory.' 9 And Michael did thus, as the Lord told him. He anointed me, and dressed me, and the appearance of that ointment is more than the great light, and his ointment is like sweet dew, and its 10 smell mild, shining like the sun's ray, and I looked at myself, and was like one of his glorious ones.

Evil spirits are also associated with violence.

1 Samuel 19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

Luke 8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. 29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) 30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

It is in this climate that the disciples formed their nebulous concept of the spirit world.  Therefore they panicked when they failed to recognize Jesus when he walked on the water.

Matthew 14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

The disciples were IGNORANT of Father’s reaping PLAN.  They did not know that the spirits of dead men RISE IMMEDIATELY after they take their last breath.  They did not have a clue that DEATH = CIRCUMCISION which is REQUIRED for all who enter Heaven.  So Father removed Jesus’ body from the tomb and made Jesus appear to the disciples on several occasions afterward to strengthen their faith that there is life after death.  Jesus had told them several times before his crucifixion what the resurrection is all about, but IT DID NOT SINK INTO THEIR HEADS.  Look at this:

Luke 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Despite all these things that were written and in spite of Jesus’ own teachings, we find frightened disciples at Jesus’ tomb trembling in fear because they see angels standing there.  The angels asked them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead”?  Once when Jesus was calling his disciples, one needed to go and bury his father and Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their dead”.

Matthew 8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

This means men supposedly alive and walking are “dead to God” because of captivity in SIN.  The living thoughts and works of God do not function in them on a continuous basis.

Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Using this line of thought “dead men are walking” around every day in their personal “clay graves”, that is their human bodies.  If their living spirit is technically “dead to God”, then their flesh and blood body becomes their personal clay grave carried with them everywhere they go.  There are a lot of dead men walking on earth and even more that can’t walk because of corpse decay.  Now you see how “the dead can bury their dead”!

The planet Earth is a sphere, a very large graveyard.  In addition to being a place where dead men do walk and go to work daily, dead bodies have accumulated on it in all centuries.  People have buried bodies of men everywhere they could find.  They have buried corpses on top of former graves.  Some have been frozen.  Some have been mummified.  Men also cremate bodies for lack of burial space.  That saves space for other human uses.  There are cemeteries, mausoleums, crypts and caves where the bodies of the dead are interred.  Some are buried at sea and their bodies are consumed by carnivorous fish.  Forest animals have also consumed the bodies of some men.  But those persons who previously lived in those bodies are all UPSTAIRS.  Tombs, graves and crypts may be viewed in REAL TERMS for what they really are.  Cemeteries are GARDENS OF VICTORY.  Headstones carry the former names of those who now reside in Paradise, never to return to earth again.  Buried corpses are TOKENS OF REDEMPTION, the clay cocoon left to return to dust after the spirit is removed.  Corpses, tombs, graves, and crematories are the EVIDENCE OF SALVATION.  Jesus called their TRUE HEAVENLY names, and they became new additions to the Heavenly Hosts.

John 5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

So when you drive by a graveyard, do not get overly serious and sentimental.  STOP THINKING LIKE A BLIND EARTHLING.  Remember what Father said:

II Baruch 50 1 And He answered and said unto me: 'Hear, Baruch, this word, And write in the remembrance of thy heart all that thou shalt learn. 2 For the earth shall then assuredly restore the dead, [Which it now receives, in order to preserve them]. It shall make no change in their form, But as it has received, so shall it restore them, And as I delivered them unto it, so also shall it raise them. 3 For then it will be necessary to show to the living that the dead have come to life again, and that 4 those who had departed have returned (again).

We were planted as tiny “holy spirit-DNA seed” into a clay womb.  There God built the clay body around us that we have at birth.  We RISE the same way we came down.  Only REDEEMED spirits RISE!  No clay body will rise up with us.  The clay body is discarded in the same way butterflies discard their cocoons.  This principle will apply on the last day of time.  Father will SUDDENLY remove the spirits of all human beings on earth’s surface.  Our clay bodies made from the ground God cursed (Genesis 3:17)  will be left behind.  As you know “shadow demons” claim our body as “MY HOUSE”, Matthew 12:43-45.  All houses demons claim as “my house” will be abandoned. Now observe what will happen when God removes the entire population of men in the FINAL REAPING.

Revelation 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 5  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Isaiah 66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

I know that devils (tares) will be left behind to fall in circles.  Father will show this to us.

Psalm 91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

I will admit that Revelation 14:19 gives me pause to wonder about events of the last day of earth’s time.  What type of event will result in all that bloodshed??  If grapes are crushed the juice flows.  If the bodies of men are slaughtered, human blood also flows.  Whatever happens is on schedule to happen!  This is what Ezra was told about THE END.

II Esdras 6:12 'My lord, my master,' I said, 'if I have won your favour, make known to me the last of your signs, of which you showed me a part that former night.' 13 'Rise to your feet,' he replied, 'and you will hear a loud resounding voice. 14 15 When it speaks, do not be frightened if the place where you stand tremble and shakes; it speaks of the end, and the earth's foundations will understand 16 that it is speaking of them. They will tremble and shake; for they 17 know that at the end they must be transformed.' On hearing this I rose to my feet and listened; and a voice began to speak. Its sound was like the 18 sound of rushing waters. The voice said: 'The time draws near when I shall come to judge those who live on the 19 earth, the time when I shall inquire into the wickedness of wrong-doer 20 the time when Zion's humiliation will be over, the time when a seal will be set on the age about to pass away. Then I will perform these signs: the books shall be opened in the sight of heaven, and all shall see them at the 21 same moment. Children only one year old shall be able to talk, and pregnant women shall give birth to premature babes of three and four months, 22 who shall live and leap about. Fields that were sown shall suddenly prove 23 unsown, and barns that were full shall suddenly be found empty. There shall be a loud trumpet-blast and it shall strike terror into all who hear it. 24 At that time friends shall make war on friends as though they were enemies, and the earth and all its inhabitants shall be terrified. Running streams shall stand still; for three hours they shall cease to flow. 25 'Whoever is left after all that I have foretold, he shall be preserved, and shall see the deliverance that I bring and the end of this world of mine. 26 They shall all see the men who were taken up into heaven without ever knowing death. Then shall men on earth feel a change of heart and come to 27 28 a better mind. Wickedness shall be blotted out and deceit destroyed, but fidelity shall flourish, corruption be overcome, and truth, so long unfruitful, be brought to light.'

All these things will happen because the whole population of men from earth will be assembled in the “Barn of Heaven”, Matthew 13:24-30.  Since humans are God’s wheat, you can see how “fields of wheat will be unsown and storage barns will become empty”.  You see how women in various stages of pregnancy will deliver children that become fully mature adults in the collection areas of Heaven.  Verse 24 is about events happening on earth just before the angel “thrusts in his sickle” to reap the earth of all human beings. There will be no more death and no night-time there.  It will be a complete SON-SUN-RISE for our FIRST DAY of Heaven’s morning!  All Mother’s children (the CHOSEN twin PAIRS) will be there for Her inspection.  It will all happen “TODAY”.

Isaiah 49:17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. 

Surely the Barn of Heaven is the true Victory Garden!