Section 6
indicates that death is the strongest enemy. Such a strong enemy can be defeated only by resur rection. Therefore, the first function of resurrec tion, of the life-power, is that of conquering the negative things, especially death. The more res urrection is placed in a situation of death, the more opportunity it has to function to conquer death.
Swallowing Up Death
The second function of the life-power is to swallow up death. Resurrection not only con quers death and overcomes it, but it also devours it. In Numbers 14:9 Joshua and Caleb said that the enemies of the children of Israel would be their food. Death, the last and greatest enemy, is food for resurrection. Sometimes an enemy is conquered, but he is still present. Through the function of the life-power, death is not only con quered, but is swallowed up to the point that it disappears. When the life-power swallows death, death vanishes.
Producing Growth, Transformation, and Shaping
The functions of conquering and swallowing are negative functions. Resurrection, however,