"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." (John 5:25 KJV)
"Like as a father pitieth he children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them." (PSALMS 103:13-18 KJV)
Okay then; there are at least three different areas of dead, those that might hear Jesus' voice: there are those that have died, meaning that that have no more choices to make, because you live only once, and then there is judgment; there are those that Jesus brought back to physical life, such as Lazarus and the young maiden, both of which were still in this life; and then there is those that are dead due to sin. All three are raised to life by hearing the voice of the Son of God, say, "Rise!": which, whether it is the power of the Spirit, or the will of the Father, when we are speaking of Jesus: Jesus is the Word of God!
Don't ask me to explain what and how that works, because I have no clue; that information is way above my pay grade! That said, the question that remains, is what Jesus meant by the hour is now; because the last I checked, according to all that I have learned over the last 30 some years, the resurrection of the dead will be twice; but the life that is given now, right now, is the life giving power of salvation in Christ. What is the saying: Be born twice, then you die only once; if are born only once, you will die twice!
Correct me if I am wrong, but from my experience in the salvation that I have lived in, it is Real Life! Meaning, that we have been set free from the fear of death, we have a relationship with the Father, which was previously cut off because of sin, and we have been given the Holy Spirit, which gives us instruction, comfort, discernment, and a whole host of other things' all of which come with Real Life in Christ!
But, in order to be transformed from dead to life, we must hear His voice; hear, is a word that means we comprehend, understand, and consider what is being said; which somehow requires that we have a little bit of ability to process any thought. Not so sure that is possible, once we have been buried in the ground...
"Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him, He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and earth by means of Christ's blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault." (Colossians 1:15-22 NLT)
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