Here's something fun I've come across in the Bible... the undead. And it's more than just Jesus rising from the grave fresh and gleaming. We're talking hordes of rotting zombies roaming about and attacking people.
New Testament Precedent:
At the moment of Jesus' death, Matthew 27:52-53 says that "the tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus' resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people" ...Which also means that reanimated bodies were wandering around the countryside for three days before heading downtown. What were they doing during that time? Yikes. And that was just a short blip of a sentence in the gospels. I'd hope something that freakish would have embedded itself into the historical record a bit more firmly. Still, they weren't exactly described as mean flesh-eaters. But just you wait...
Old Testament Precedent:
Zechariah 14:12-13 describes a plague that was to afflict the enemies of Jerusalem: "Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. On that day men will be stricken by the Lord with great panic. Each man will seize the hand of the other, and they will attack each other." If that doesn't sound exactly like a zombie outbreak, I know little else that does.
So... according to the good ol' Book, it's happened before. No reason why it won't happen again. In fact, the Zechariah prophecy doesn't seem to have come to pass yet... so there's always that to look forward to.
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