'Up From the Grave He Arose'
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However, those who are raised from the dead will be
resurrected 'in his own order: Christ the Firstfruits;
afterward they that are Christ's at His Coming.' The Lords
Second Coming is in view here at the end of the age when
He, the Lord Jesus Christ, shall deliver up the Kingdom to
the Father after He puts down all rule and all authority
and power referring to Christ's victory over the armies of
Satan's Antichrist after which He sets up His millennial
Kingdom, the thousand year righteous rule and reign of
Christ on earth (Revelation 20)! 'For He must reign, till
He hath put all enemies under His feet.' The last enemy
that shall be destroyed is death.(v.25,26) This final
enemy, death, is soundly defeated through the Resurrection
of the Lord Jesus Christ, His Resurrection gives us surety
of victory over death! Because He lives I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives all fear is gone, Because I know who holds
the future, And this makes life worth living, Just because
He lives!! 'For He hath put all things under His feet…And
when all things are subdued unto Him, then shall the Son
Himself be subject unto Him…that God may be all in all.'
(v.27,28)
Paul now gives us his thorough description of the physical
and spiritual Resurrection of the body in (v.35-50) Here
he utilizes the question and answer method of teaching
vital Biblical truths concerning the Resurrection of the
body. First of all he tells us that death is necessary in
order for the body to be 'quickened' or made alive through
Resurrection.(v.35,36) Then he gives us the truth
concerning the different types of bodies/flesh showing that
even though the body is sown or buried in corruption,
dishonour, and weakness it is raised in incorruption,
glory and power. (v.42,43)' The body is sown a natural
body; it is raised a spiritual body'(v.44)
By showing that Adam was made a living soul and the last
Adam (Christ) was made a quickening spirit Paul illustrates
the order. First the physical then the spiritual, the first
Adam was earthy, the Second Adam is heavenly, and so just
as we have lived in the physical body, if we receive the
Lord Jesus Christ as Savior we too will receive the
spiritual body, because the Holy Spirit that lives within
us is the guarantee that we will 'inherit the Kingdom of
God'.
Now Paul moves his focus to the timing of the Resurrection
telling us that up to this point this has been a 'mystery'.
He then unveils the mystery by telling us that 'We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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.'
Here is the essence of the 'mystery'! First of all, there
will be a generation of believers that will not die, but
instead will be changed, in a moment, in an instant of time,
when the last trump sounds, that generation will be
changed, but first the dead in Christ shall rise…then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
Him in the clouds…and so shall we ever be with the Lord!
(I Thessalonians 4:17)
That is when 'this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality…Death is swallowed
up in victory…But thanks be to God which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my
beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, for- asmuch as ye know
that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.' Yes, we shall
be changed, at the Rapture of the Righteous, the
Resurrection of the dead in Christ, those who have received
the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior will be Resurrected
and given glorified bodies just like the Lord's and so
shall we ever be with the Lord!
Have your received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior?
Are your sure if you died you would go to be with Him in
heaven? If not, you can receive Him by faith right now, if
you are willing to repent from your sin, and put your faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ, He died to pay the penalty for
your sin, He loves you that much, He wants you to receive
Him right now, just pray from your heart and ask Him to
save you and He will do the rest! For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved!!
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