Do you believe Christ rose?
Or
Matthew 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Matthew 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Matthew 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Or
Ecclesiastes 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Or
Luke 20:32 Last of all the woman died also.
Luke 20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
Luke 20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
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:
Luke 20:36 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.
Luke 20:37 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.
Luke 20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
Because I do.
Do you believe Christ rose?
Of course. Hello. Wouldn't be a Christian if I didn't.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Job says the same thing. Prior to the first century Jewish War and the resurrection of the just this was the case. Ecclesiastes is an OT book, is it not? Thus prior to the resurrection when a saved person died, their body went into the ground and turned to dust and not one molecule of it would ever be resurrected. The spirit returned to God and the soul and spiritual body slept in Hades. Paul teaches in 1 Cor 15 that our earthly bodies are corrupt thus they can have no part of our spiritual body.
The resurrection has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with our flesh body coming back to life. It has everything to do with us being with the Lord upon death. Back then, they had to wait. We don't. As I pointed out from both Peter and Paul, our earth bodies are nothing more than a tent, a temporary cover for our spiritual bodies. Once the tent dies, we step out of that body and immediately go to judgment and heaven.
Peter makes clear in Act 2 that Christ was the only one who died whose body was NOT allowed to face corruption. Christ's resurrection was different than ours. When He died, He went to Hades (as did everyone before Him), but He went there to minister to the dead. Thus everyone who passed before Him heard the message of salvation and had roughly 35-40 years to decide. Christ then rose in 3 days as a spiritual man but He stayed on earth for a short period of time with a body like an angel would have if they were in our physical realm. Christ's wounds were still visible but He had all the power of a spiritual being. When Christ ascended and was taken into Heaven, this is when He was glorified. To us on earth, He would appear as an extremely bright light, as Paul can attest.
When we die, we are immediately resurrected to heaven. We are given a spiritual body of brightness according to our works. Glory is measured in brightness, according to 1 Cor 15. To others in the spiritual realm, our bodies are young, 30 ish, and beautiful without blemish.
Although rare, spiritual beings can come into our physical realm and we can enter their spiritual realm. We have examples of both. We have plenty of instances of angels coming to earth and interacting with humans (Lot, Mary, Abraham, etc). We have Ezekiel, Paul and John who as humans were taken in the spirit. Since they were in the spirit, they were spiritual beings having stepped out of their earthly body for a period of time only to return to their flesh bodies. While in the spiritual realm, they had eyes and ears and could see, hear and remember. A disembodied soul would have none of those capabilities. I truly hope this helps you???