How is it said by many Protestant preachers, that saints in heaven don’t participate in matters on the Earth, when it’s clear from Mt. 2:18 that Rachel did participate?
(Mt. 2:18) “In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.”
Rachel died long time ago before that year.
We need to conclude that the spirit of Rachel kept being existent in the heaven.
Therefore “saved” people are not only since the time of Jesus: Rachel was saved by the sacrifice of Jesus long before the sacrifice happened.
Read more such Bible interpretations in my book Commentary on New Testament by a Mathematiciain.
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Extended sermon text — Matthew 2:16–18 — Rachel Weeping and Life After Death
Victor Porton’s personal theological reading of Matthew 2:16–18; the views below are the author’s interpretation.
Full sermon text
A short sermon in my series of New Testament sermons on Matthew 2:16-18:
16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance. 17 Herod’s brutal action fulfilled what God had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah:
18 “A cry was heard in Ramah—weeping and great mourning. Rachel weeps for her children, refusing to be comforted, for they are dead.”
We see, that the Protestant opinion that saints in heaven don’t participate in life on the Earth, is wrong. Rachel participates in the life on the Earth. Her descendants are of interest to her. This confirms seemingly “pagan” opinion that dead people participate in life of their relatives.