ZOMBIES!
ARE THEY MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE?
It seems like the world has gone crazy over zombies . . . books . . . movies . . . cartoons . . . everywhere you look there are zombies crawling out of their graves to terrorize the neighborhood!
Some people are even asking if zombies are mentioned in the Bible. Actually, you might be surprised at the answer so read on!
Scientists even have a name for the ghoulish creatures supposedly walking around from the grave -- "homo coprophagus somnambulus." Memorize that name . . . your friends will really be impressed!
"Zombie" is defined as the "walking dead." Man's fascination with zombies comes from the satanic beliefs of voodo which is rampant in Haiti. Haiti, by the way, has been dedicated to the glory of Satan . . . and in Haiti, fear of the "walking dead" is no joke . . . it is a very real part of this superstitious and depraved society.
So, does the Bible actually speak of these grizzly creatures coming forth from the dead to spook mankind?
1. WHAT ABOUT THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES?
One site on the internet states that Ezekiel chapter 37 is probably referring to zombies. This passage is often referred to as the "Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones." In this vision, God was promising the prophet that He would one-day regather the people of Israel whom the LORD had dispersed because of their great sins of immorality and idolatry.
The valley depicted many very dry and very dead human bones . . . an image of the state of the Hebrew people as they had sinned and were scattered all over the earth by their enemies. As a nation they were truly dead . . . until May 14th, 1948!
God promised Ezekiel that He would bring the nation back together in the end-times . . . like bones coming together and standing up like skeletens. And then God said He would put flesh on the bones . . . and skin . . . and they would stand up but there would be no breath.
Israel is prophesied to once again come together as a nation . . . but without breath . . . without spiritual life because of their refusal to believe in their Redeemer, the LORD of Glory.
Ezekiel's vision was NOT a picture of zombies crawling out of their graves. It is a wonderful prophecy now being fulfilled . . . and someday, Israel will hear the sound of a trumpet, and they will come back from all over the world and repent before their LORD and Savior. (Leviticus 23:24 / Ezekiel 37:11-14 / Zechariah 12:10)
2. WHAT ABOUT THE GRAVES THAT OPENED AT THE TIME OF JESUS' RESURRECTION?
Many people are surprised to learn that there were a number of tombs that opened up from a great eathquake at the time of Jesus crucifixion . . . and three days later, when Jesus was resurrected there were many resurrected saints seen in Jerusalem. Matthew 27:52-53.
This was the resurrection of Old Testament saints who were awaiting the coming of their Redeemer . . . and I can assure you that they were NOT ZOMBIES . . . they were resurrected believers and there was nothing goulish or spooky about them!
Here is a Biblical description of people when they are resurrected: "Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is." 1 John 3:2
When Jesus was resurrected from the dead, His was a glorious body . . . able to eat bread . . . recognized by His disciples . . . able to pass through walls . . . and glorified . . . displaying the very shekinah glory of God.
WOW! And those of us who know Him will one-day be like Him!
3. THE WALKING DEAD of Ephesians chapter two?
Ephesians chapter two begins with an unusual and awful description of ALL PEOPLE before they are born-again spiritually:
"And you were DEAD in trespasses and sins; In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience. Among whom also we all had our manner of life in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."
God's description of the "natural man" is very clear . . . WE WERE ALL DEAD . . . dead in trespasses and sins. SPIRITUALLY DEAD . . . unable to walk in fellowship with God . . . eternally lost. You could call unsaved men "the walking dead" . . . not zombies in the sense of voodism or Hollywood . . . but dead nonetheless.
How did this all happen to mankind?
God had warned our parents, Adam and Eve, "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it, for in the day that you eat thereof you will surely die."
Adam and Eve ate, and something terrible happened to them . . . and to us! They died . . . not physically for many years . . . but they died spiritually and were no longer able to walk with God in fellowship.
They now had a sinful nature . . . and they passed that depraved nature on to their children. As you remember, one of their sons became so angry that he killed his brother. And man has continually walked in sin ever since . . . "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, so death passed upon all men for all have sinned." Romans 5:12
Are you still among THE WALKING DEAD . . . alive physically . . . but dead spiritually?
If we come to the end of life in this state of spiritual death, we will spend eternity apart from God in a place called the eternal Lake of Fire. Hell is the total absence of God . . . like a terrible vacuum . . .
No God = no light . . . total darkness.
No God = no love . . . total hatred.
No God = no joy . . . no peace.
God does not want anyone to spend eternity in such misery . . . and He has provided a way for you to escape THE WALKING DEAD . . .
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It seems like the world has gone crazy over zombies . . . books . . . movies . . . cartoons . . . everywhere you look there are zombies crawling out of their graves to terrorize the neighborhood!
Some people are even asking if zombies are mentioned in the Bible.