Cheryl Schatz

Elaine, You said: Jesus is the pivotal moment in time/eternity things are changing and Jesus is that change. So wouldn’t you think that Jesus in v 28 is talking about “all in the memorial tombs” as those of the Jewish nation that will be judged by their deeds/works under law and not those of the worlds as the jews had no idea at this time of the great shift in Gods purposes neither did the gentiles Actually Jesus said that the pivotal moment in time was from the time of John the Baptist (Matthew 11:12). And when Jesus spoke about graves He referenced is not the memorial tomb that the Jews used and in which Jesus was buried, but the tombs that were in the ground and marked by a memorial stone. This gives no reference to a Jewish-only meaning but for all the dead whom Jesus will raise in the future. You said: So v25 is those who are physically alive (the jews not gentiles) that hear and believe that would become spiritually alive also No, this would be both Jews and Gentiles. Jesus specifically said a time is coming (that would be in the future when both spiritually dead Gentiles and Jews will hear His voice) and now is (the now is only the Jews until the time of Jesus death.) You also said: and those in verse 28 are those that died under law and would have a different set of ways that they would be judged as those who did good deeds that would bring forth life and others deeds that would bring forth death. There are not two ways that people have salvation. There is one way to life. Hopefully, I have understood you well enough and explained myself so that you too can understand.