RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD Pirqe Mashiah, BhM 3:73-74 - In that hour, the Holy One blessed be He, will crown the Messiah and place a helmet of salvation on his head, and give him splendor and radiance, and adorn him with the clothes of honor, and stand him up on top of a high mountain in order to bring glad tidings toIsrael. And he will let it hear with his voice: "Salvation is near!" And Israel will say: Who are you?" And he will say: "I am Ephraim." And Israel will say: "Are you the one whom the Holy One blessed be He, called 'Ephraim, My firstborn, Ephraim is a darling son to me'?" And he will say, "Yes." And Israel will say to him: "Go and bring glad tidings to them that sleep in (the Cave of) Machpela, that they should rise first. In that hour he goes up and brings glad tidings to those who sleep in Machpela, and says to them: "Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, rise! Enough have you slept!" And they reply and say: Who is this that removes the dust from over us?" And he says to them: "I am the Messiah of the Lord. Salvation is near. The hour is near." And they answer: "If it is really so, go and bring the tidings to Adam the first man, so that he should rise first." In the hour he says to Adam the first man: "Enough have you slept." And he says: "Who is this who drives the slumber from my eyes?" And he says: I am the Messiah of God from among the children of your children."Yemenite Apocalypse, pp. 326-327 - In the future, all the nations of the world will come to the Messiah and say to him,: Have we not heard about you that it is in your power to slay and to bring back to life?2 Baruch 30:1-5 - And it shall come to pass after these things, when the time of the advent of the Messiah is fulfilled, that he shall return in glory. Then all who have fallen asleep in hope of him shall rise again. And it shall come to pass at that time that the treasuries will be opened in which is preserved the number of the souls of the righteous, and they shall come forth, and a multitude of souls shall be seen together in one assemblage of one thought, and the first shall rejoice and the last shall not be greived.Qumran 4Q521 - [the hea]vens and the earth will listen to His Messiah, and none therein will stray from the commandments of the holy ones. Seekers of the Lord, strengthen yourselves in His service! All you hopeful in (your) heart, will you not find the Lord in this? For the Lord will consider the pious (hasidim) and call the righteous by name. Over the poor His spirit will hover and will renew the faithful with His power. And He will glorify the pious on the throne of the eternal Kingdom. He who liberates the captives, restores sight to the blind, straightens the b[ent] And f[or] ever I will cleav[ve to the h]opeful and in His mercy ... And the fr[uit ...] will not be delayed for anyone. And the Lord will accomplish glorious things which have never been as [He ...] For He will heal the wounded, and revive the dead and bring good news to the poor ... He will lead the uprooted and knowledge . . .
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