Techiyat HaMeitim

(The Resurrection of the Dead).

 

‘I believe with perfect faith that there will be a Resurrection of the Dead at the time when it shall please the Creator, Blessed be His name, and His mention shall be exalted for ever and ever.’

Rabbi Moshe ben Maimonides (The Rambam)

From the 13 Articles of Faith.

Jewish teaching:

Geulah b’Rachamim (Merciful Redemption) is belief in the coming of Moshiach (the Messiah) and the ‘Final Redemption’ when the dead are raised.

(There is some rabbinic opinion that the process of the resurrection of the dead will take either 210 or 214 years to complete!)  

 

Brit HaDashah teaching:

 

But each one in his own order: Messiah the Firstfruits, afterward those who are Messiah’s at His coming.

 1 Corinthians 15:23.

 

For Adonai Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Messiah will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. 

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.