The Principle of Creation states that a spirit-person must grow to Perfection with his or her physical body.
The spirit-person must receive the Element of Vitality from his physical body, as well as the Life Element from God, for his growth.
Accordingly, spirits that did not reach Perfection must descend to earth to complete their resurrection through the medium of earthly people. For this reason, numerous spirits are to descend when the Lord comes again, even as they did at the time of Jesus.
It was of these also that Enoch in the seventh generation from Adam prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with his holy myriads, to execute judgment on all." (Jude 14-15a)
As it is written here, a significant number of virtuous Form-Spirits descended at the time of Jesus to elevate themselves through cooperation with Jesus and his disciples.
The outpouring of spirits on the day of Pentecost was one of the noted phenomena of their descent. By this cooperation, they advanced into paradise as it was opened through Jesus. This was their resurrection to the Growth Stage. The Gospel of Matthew records:
The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. (Matt. 27:52-53)
The bodies of the saints referred to here are not physical bodies. Rather, the passage describes a spiritual phenomenon. After Jesus' resurrection, many spirits were raised from the Formation Stage of the spirit world to the Growth Stage.
To those in paradise, the Formation Stage appears as cold and dark as a tomb. Some of these spirits appeared to people in Jerusalem. Today, those in paradise must descend to earth and cooperate with the new dispensation of the Second Advent.
Using their cooperation, they will advance and complete their resurrection to perfection. (Heb. 12:22-23) In this way, these Life-Spirits will enter the kingdom of heaven as it is opened by the ministry of the Second Advent.
Paradise has been a transitional stage. With the opening of the kingdom of heaven, paradise will dissolve as Life-Spirits advance to the kingdom of heaven.
And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us, they should not be made perfect. (Heb. 11:39-40)
The writer of Hebrews states in his eleventh chapter that Abel, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and many of the prophets had lived by faith and obeyed God, which was well attested. However, none of them had received what was promised—the complete resurrection to Perfection.
They can achieve this only through those working in the new dispensation of the Second Advent.
We, of this privileged generation, have priority in attaining the perfect resurrection, for all those in the spirit world must depend upon the people on earth for their complete resurrection. (Matt. 13:17)
Consequently, those in the spirit world are eagerly seeking people with whom they may work. In the last days, the work of the Holy Spirit and Jesus will gradually decrease, and the spirits of paradise and the elect on earth will increasingly work together for the restoration.
More and more people are speaking in tongues, healing, prophesying, imparting spiritual fire, and performing mighty works at this time. Most of these are the cooperating ministries of Life-Spirits.
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