A while back, I saw a documentary where there were Christian corpses in a cave, fully dressed and hung on hooks. They must be awaiting the resurrection. And there is a whole lot of them; and probably this is not the only place. But imagine when the trumpet sounds and they are changed to living immortality.I am one who believes the risen dead will be around long enough to testify. Here is some scriptual evidence:Matthew 27:50-54
New King James Version (NKJV)50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.51 Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, 52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”Your dead shall live; Together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; For your dew is like the dew of herbs, And the earth shall cast out the dead.Ecclesiastes 1:9
New King James Version (NKJV)9 That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.There is also another group of Christian dead who will arise and be highly impressive, especially when they have their say. Here are some pictures of the incorruptibles, Catholic saints who have not decomposed (much):Add to all this the population explosion, rising from the times of the apostles, but particularly of late. Add the church evangelizing for 2000 years. I'm telling you, at least for a short period of time, until they are caught up, we are going to be positively overrun with resurrected dead!Oh yes we are !:o