Peace in Christ.
Jesus Christ is the Lord of both the dead (those who mortally perish in their bodies) and the living (those who do not mortally perish in their bodies).
Our faith into Him (reaching the point of redemption of the mortal body in Him) keeps our mortal bodies alive to the end of this age.
We, the living, shall not die (perish) but has an “eternal life”…that is, an age-lasting life …to the end of this present evil age we are living in. This is the true good news of our salvation... our mortal salvation.
Joh 3:15-17
(15) That whosoever believeth in (INTO) him should not perish (our mortal bodies shall not die), but have eternal life (AGE-LASTING life).
(16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
We are saved/delivered by faith and hope as we await the redemption of our mortal bodies which happens at the twinkling-of-an-eye moment when our mortal bodies shall be changed/transformed which happens at the very end of this current age
Rom 8:22-25 KJV
(22) For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
(23) And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
(24) For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
(25) But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
The good news is that we shall not mortally perish (die) while we wait for it.
We have “eternal life”….an age-lasting life…. here in this mortal body until the redemption of it where it shall be changed into immortal. This is the good news.
We shall not all “sleep” by the perishing of our mortal bodies…but we shall be changed (both those who have perished from this earth and those who have remained here mortally alive).
There are 2 groups of people being talked about in 1 Corinthians 15: the believers of Christ who mortally died without having the age-lasting life (not inheriting “eternal life”) because of the false prophets and those who have heard the true gospel and have inherited the age-lasting life.
The first group has mortally perished from this earth. They died. They who have mortally died without hearing the true gospel (because of the “preaching” of false prophets which they believed in) shall be raised incorruptible. They were the “flock of the slaughter” because of their church rulers ignorance of the truth of the gospel (good news).
But we who will not “sleep” in death….who are “alive and remain” in this earth…. shall at the moment of the redemption will have their mortal (subject to die) bodies putting on immortality thereby defeating death AND the grave completely as they are never experienced. We hear the gospel of truth ….the good news of our mortal salvation…and believe unto an age-lasting life. Our faith keeps us here in this earth. The just shall live by faith.
1Co 15:51-55 KJV
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
The first group (the dead who did not have an age-lasting life)..the corruptible…must put on incorruption. They are raised incorruptible in the second resurrection.
The 2nd group are those who have not died as they had an age-lasting life. (they inherited “eternal life”…an age-lasting life) will have their mortal (subject to death) bodies put on immortality. There will be no gap but will continue to live until the moment where they put on immortality. They will have experienced the first resurrection...kept standing here by their faith in Jesus Christ. Happy are those who will experience the first resurrection as this is a NOW thing as our bodies stand up in the newness of life no and never die.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Death is then swallowed up in victory at the redemption moment for all who have died (the dead) and haven’t died for both groups (the living).
The first group (the dead) though experiences death and the grave for the rest of this age. They experience an age-lasting death (“eternal” death) as judgment upon them until the last trump. They experience the “second death”.
But the second group (the living) will not have experienced death at all and will never have gone to the grave in their bodies as they are kept mortally alive by the life of Jesus who gives His flesh for the life of the world: O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Death and the grave are completely circumvented.
(54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
(55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Jesus is the Lord of BOTH the dead (those believers in Christ who have morally perished) and the living (those who remain mortally alive here to the end of the age by them having an age-lasting life).
Rom 14:7-9 KJV
(7) For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
(8) For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
(9) For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Those who “sleep” (the dead) will have experienced the wrath of God. They are the children of disobedience that have died from this earth as His wrath burns their mortal bodies up in their judgment.
But those who “wake” (the living) obtain salvation of their mortal bodies by our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Th 5:9-11 KJV
(9) For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
But Jesus is Lord of BOTH the dead and the living . Whether we “wake or sleep” we shall live together with Him.
(10) Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
(11) Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
to be continued...
Jesus Christ is the Lord of both the dead (those who mortally perish in their bodies) and the living (those who do not mortally perish in their bodies).
Our faith into Him (reaching the point of redemption of the mortal body in Him) keeps our mortal bodies alive to the end of this age.
We, the living, shall not die (perish) but has an “eternal life”…that is, an age-lasting life …to the end of this present evil age we are living in. This is the true good news of our salvation... our mortal salvation.
Joh 3:15-17
(15) That whosoever believeth in (INTO) him should not perish (our mortal bodies shall not die), but have eternal life (AGE-LASTING life).
(16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(17) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
We are saved/delivered by faith and hope as we await the redemption of our mortal bodies which happens at the twinkling-of-an-eye moment when our mortal bodies shall be changed/transformed which happens at the very end of this current age
Rom 8:22-25 KJV
(22) For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
(23) And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
(24) For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
(25) But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
The good news is that we shall not mortally perish (die) while we wait for it.
We have “eternal life”….an age-lasting life…. here in this mortal body until the redemption of it where it shall be changed into immortal. This is the good news.
We shall not all “sleep” by the perishing of our mortal bodies…but we shall be changed (both those who have perished from this earth and those who have remained here mortally alive).
There are 2 groups of people being talked about in 1 Corinthians 15: the believers of Christ who mortally died without having the age-lasting life (not inheriting “eternal life”) because of the false prophets and those who have heard the true gospel and have inherited the age-lasting life.
The first group has mortally perished from this earth. They died. They who have mortally died without hearing the true gospel (because of the “preaching” of false prophets which they believed in) shall be raised incorruptible. They were the “flock of the slaughter” because of their church rulers ignorance of the truth of the gospel (good news).
But we who will not “sleep” in death….who are “alive and remain” in this earth…. shall at the moment of the redemption will have their mortal (subject to die) bodies putting on immortality thereby defeating death AND the grave completely as they are never experienced. We hear the gospel of truth ….the good news of our mortal salvation…and believe unto an age-lasting life. Our faith keeps us here in this earth. The just shall live by faith.
1Co 15:51-55 KJV
(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
(52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
The first group (the dead who did not have an age-lasting life)..the corruptible…must put on incorruption. They are raised incorruptible in the second resurrection.
The 2nd group are those who have not died as they had an age-lasting life. (they inherited “eternal life”…an age-lasting life) will have their mortal (subject to death) bodies put on immortality. There will be no gap but will continue to live until the moment where they put on immortality. They will have experienced the first resurrection...kept standing here by their faith in Jesus Christ. Happy are those who will experience the first resurrection as this is a NOW thing as our bodies stand up in the newness of life no and never die.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Death is then swallowed up in victory at the redemption moment for all who have died (the dead) and haven’t died for both groups (the living).
The first group (the dead) though experiences death and the grave for the rest of this age. They experience an age-lasting death (“eternal” death) as judgment upon them until the last trump. They experience the “second death”.
But the second group (the living) will not have experienced death at all and will never have gone to the grave in their bodies as they are kept mortally alive by the life of Jesus who gives His flesh for the life of the world: O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Death and the grave are completely circumvented.
(54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
(55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Jesus is the Lord of BOTH the dead (those believers in Christ who have morally perished) and the living (those who remain mortally alive here to the end of the age by them having an age-lasting life).
Rom 14:7-9 KJV
(7) For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
(8) For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
(9) For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Those who “sleep” (the dead) will have experienced the wrath of God. They are the children of disobedience that have died from this earth as His wrath burns their mortal bodies up in their judgment.
But those who “wake” (the living) obtain salvation of their mortal bodies by our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Th 5:9-11 KJV
(9) For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
But Jesus is Lord of BOTH the dead and the living . Whether we “wake or sleep” we shall live together with Him.
(10) Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
(11) Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
to be continued...
