I am the Resurrection

When Martha Told Christ that she knew Lazarus would resurrect on last day, you can hear Christ completely correcting her understanding on this.

Christ's point was you have known that Resurrection was a Day or Event, but I say unto you, 'I am the Resurrection and the Life. If you believe in me though you are dead yet shall you live. If you believe in me you shall never die.'

Then to prove that a day of Resurrection does not limit Him, He raised Lazarus from the dead. However Lazarus did not receive his spiritual body. He was raised physically.

So Christ declared in the Old Covenant, Resurrection just like the Sabbath and the Judgement was a day. In the New Covenant He is the Resurrection and He is the Sabbath etc. In the New Covenant a Person is greater that a day.

Christ raising Lazarus physically without receiving his physical body also showed the possibly of being freed from Hades but not yet receiving glorified bodies.

You can be raised, you can be quicken, but without receiving your spiritual body and having immortality swallow up mortality it is not complete resurrection.

With regard to a resurrection in AD 70, here is how I see it.

Daniel was promised to stand in the Time of the End. There was a resurrection of His people that is Jews in AD 70. Some to life, some not. The Day fulfilled.

Now the Person of Resurrection reigns. When believers die they immediately live.

When you die today you live.

Now whether you received your bodies now (Full Preterist - FP) or later (Partial Preterist- PP)...that is the question, but the raising of Lazarus proved that you can come out of Hades without receiving a spiritual body.

Remember also eternal life is different from but it is absolutely a prerequisite to immortal or imperishable life. Eternal life is life of the Spirit to know the Father right here right now in Time. Immortal life is mortality being swallowed up by immortality and corruption being swallowed up by incorruption.

So to me there is no question that a raising also occurred in AD 70. David stood. Only in the OC a day was defined. Now Christ is the Resurrection. He supersedes any day.

If as the PP says he bring his dead ones with Him in the future and immortal life is granted I see no problem with that.

I can also see FP case that immortal life was granted also but I lean more to the PP view here with few exception that Resurrection was a process started with Christ own raising and there is no delay or gaps where at his ascension He did lead captivity captive, and on the last day in AD 70, Daniel people was raised some to life Some to not. 

Rev 14, the three harvesting of the earth shows this. First the firstfruit, then the Son of Man harvested the wheat from the tares then the Grapes thrown into the winepress.

Yes. There are Three Resurrections (including Christ''s).  The Bible clearly shows these patterns in threes.

1. Three Times Men Must Appear Before God (Deut 16:16)
2. There is three Harvesting of the Earth (Barley, Wheat, Grapes), corresponding with the three feasts (see Rev 14; Lev 23-25)
3. Christ Resurrection (Barley); At Christ's Parousia (Wheat vs Tares); The Rest or End/ Teleos (Grapes/ Winepress/ Robe stained in Blood)
4. Christ Resurrection; First Fruits (First resurrection); Rest of the Dead (Second Resurrection)
5. Christ Resurrection; The Hour is now Here, First Only Those who Hear from the Dead will Live (John 5:25); All in the Tombs will Hear and come out, Some to Life, Some to Judgment (John 5:29)

Three times Men must appear before God.

Three Harvesting of the Earth (Rev 14.)

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Is David Alive Now?

Scripture said back then "For David did not ascend into the heavens" Acts 2:34

At the time David said it, David indeed did not ascent to heaven as yet.

Again this is where rightly dividing the word comes in. That is exactly what Jesus said. No man ascended until He came.

John 3:13 "No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven"

So the question is when would man be able to ascend?

He continued "14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. "

Eternal life causes us to ascend.

That is why we have risen in heavenly places in Christ as Paul said.

We need to rightly divide the word. Timing is all important.

 So with eternal life we are able to ascend.

Lets' continue.

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Funny enough the Pharisees said the same thing, that Abraham was dead:

Here was Jesus' response:

John 8

"Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."

• -> So Jesus saw Abraham when he was alive before He is the I Am. Abraham rejoiced to see Christ day BACK THEN in 1st Century. Why? Because like Daniel he knew at the time of the end he would be raised.

Next response from Jesus, he said:

Matthew 22

But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

• -> So Jesus said God is the God of the living, not the dead.

So When was the resurrection?

Mary insisted that the resurrection was at the last day.

Jesus wry smiled and said, You have heard that it is on the last day, but I tell you "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE"

JESUS is the RESURRECTION. It is More than a Day. JESUS is the SABBATH> It is more than a day.

When JESUS RESURRECTED, Abraham's rejoicing was NOT in VAIN. Abraham and the OT saints, including David were resurrected also. They are NOT DEAD. (See Matt 27:52)

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Abraham And David were rescued from Sheol at Christ resurrection, and was lead as one of the captives at His ascension.

When Christ ascended, he led "captivity captive" a term used to describe a general who recaptured prisoners and set them free under His command:

Eph 4:8

Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.”

David, Abraham et all are alive and well in Heaven.

Jesus's resurrection changed all that.  It was THAT POWERFUL and it was that much a GAME CHANGER.