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The Spirit of life is to be found only in the Lord Jesus. He imparts eternal, everlasting life to those who place their trust in Him. Those who practiced the Law have the right of the resurrection of life implanted within them. The seed of resurrection through Christ Jesus is to be their portion. Job had that blessed hope of a resurrection unto life, where he could look upon and know his God. Job 19:25-27 David spoke of those whose reward is in this world only, as men who have received their portion, their riches and their pleasures. By contrast, David looked forward to the resurrection of life where he would be able to look upon the One who had given him the promise of being in the likeness of God. That is, with an everlasting glorified body which will never know the suffering and agony of this current life. Ps. 17:14-15.
Because of the words of the prophecy the fulfillment of the same must be placed at the time of the rapture and the beginning of the Millennial age. This is verified by the statement of the prophet where he saw the opening of the graves. It places a definite time frame for this event to take place. Eze. 37:13 These bewildered almost hopeless individuals (Eze. 37:12) are those who trusted in the Law, prior to Christ. From the time of Christ, down to the very end of the age there is but one way to assure oneself of participating in the resurrection of life and that is through Christ. There is no other way. There is but one source of eternal life, one way, one door and that is Jesus the Son of God. Acts 4:12 The kingdom of God on earth, the Millennial reign of Christ is a spiritual kingdom. The Spirit of the Lord will be the source of life for all in that glorious day. Even these, whose sacrifices portrayed the once for all sacrifice of Christ, will live in the beautiful glow of the Spirit of the Lord for He promised that His Spirit would be upon them. Eze. 37:14.
The coming kingdom of the Lord is the most exclusive kingdom of time or eternity. As much as the world ridicules the born again experience, it is the vital key to entrance into the kingdom of God on earth and also the new heavens and the new earth. Jesus made a positive statement excluding sinners from His kingdom at all times. Expect a person is born again they cannot enter the kingdom of God. John 3:5 In other words, everyone who dies does not go to heaven. The ungodly will not be able to find a way into that kingdom for they cannot find pardon or release when they stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 2 Cor. 5:10 Sinner will not be found in the gathering together of the redeemed in His kingdom. Ps. 1:5 If they did get in, they would not like it and would beg to immediately leave that holy kingdom.