'Behold, I shew you a mystery;
.. 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.
...... For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
........ and this mortal must put on immortality.
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.
........ O death, where is thy sting?
.......... O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin;
.. and the strength of sin is the law.
.... 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,
........ forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain
.......... in the Lord.'
(1Cor 15:51-58)
Hello there,
Looking at this passage of Scripture, Paul is speaking as one who is alive and waiting for the return of His Lord, as all believers were at that time. He says that they shall not all 'sleep' (or have died), some will be still alive and remaining: but whether they 'slept' (in death) or 'remain alive' at His coming, they shall all be changed. The dead shall be raised (incorruptible), and those alive and remaining will put on immortality (they will not have to experience death). It is then that Death is swallowed up by victory!! Praise God!
* When Israel, as a nation, rejected the preaching of John the Baptist, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and that of the Twelve Apostles and the others, divinely appointed, who preached during the forty years of opportunity narrated in the book of Acts. The hope expressed above in 1 Corinthians 15 is in abeyance, along with the new covenant and it's blessings, and not until the nation of Israel comes to repentance at the end of this present age, will Israel's prophetic time clock begin to tick again, and the events prophesied concerning their future role in God's purposes take place.
* The Hope presented at the end of the Acts Period, by means of the preaching of the Apostle Paul, following Divine revelation, does not have the resurrection hope of 1 Corinthians 15 as it's expectation, but that of Colossians 3:1-4:-
' If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.'
(Col 3:1-4)
* We are so identified with Christ, in His death, burial, resurrection and ascension, that we are reckoned by God to be seated with Him at God's right hand now, awaiting His appearing; when we also shall appear with Him in glory. This is quite a different hope in view to that of 1 Corinthians 15, isn't it? This is the hope held by those who are members of the Body of Christ. A different calling to that held by those awaiting his return in 1 Corinthians 15, who will yet be raised in the manner so described there.
* The hope of the church which is the Body of Christ as described in Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians particularly, and also in 2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon, which were all written by Paul following the revelation of God regarding the believing community remaining after the departure of Israel into the darkness of unbelief, written while imprisoned in Rome, is distinctly different from that revealed during the earlier ministry of Paul, contained in the epistles written during that period, namely 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, 1& 2 Thessalonians, Romans and Hebrews. Although the Epistle to the Romans is foundational for all. Especially the central portion of 5:12-8:39.
* I lay this before you, not expecting agreement from the majority, but in the hope that it will cause some to at least try the things that differ, and consider what they imply.
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris
.. 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.
...... For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
........ and this mortal must put on immortality.
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.
........ O death, where is thy sting?
.......... O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin;
.. and the strength of sin is the law.
.... 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,
........ forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain
.......... in the Lord.'
(1Cor 15:51-58)
Hello there,
Looking at this passage of Scripture, Paul is speaking as one who is alive and waiting for the return of His Lord, as all believers were at that time. He says that they shall not all 'sleep' (or have died), some will be still alive and remaining: but whether they 'slept' (in death) or 'remain alive' at His coming, they shall all be changed. The dead shall be raised (incorruptible), and those alive and remaining will put on immortality (they will not have to experience death). It is then that Death is swallowed up by victory!! Praise God!
* When Israel, as a nation, rejected the preaching of John the Baptist, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and that of the Twelve Apostles and the others, divinely appointed, who preached during the forty years of opportunity narrated in the book of Acts. The hope expressed above in 1 Corinthians 15 is in abeyance, along with the new covenant and it's blessings, and not until the nation of Israel comes to repentance at the end of this present age, will Israel's prophetic time clock begin to tick again, and the events prophesied concerning their future role in God's purposes take place.
* The Hope presented at the end of the Acts Period, by means of the preaching of the Apostle Paul, following Divine revelation, does not have the resurrection hope of 1 Corinthians 15 as it's expectation, but that of Colossians 3:1-4:-
' If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.'
(Col 3:1-4)
* We are so identified with Christ, in His death, burial, resurrection and ascension, that we are reckoned by God to be seated with Him at God's right hand now, awaiting His appearing; when we also shall appear with Him in glory. This is quite a different hope in view to that of 1 Corinthians 15, isn't it? This is the hope held by those who are members of the Body of Christ. A different calling to that held by those awaiting his return in 1 Corinthians 15, who will yet be raised in the manner so described there.
* The hope of the church which is the Body of Christ as described in Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians particularly, and also in 2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon, which were all written by Paul following the revelation of God regarding the believing community remaining after the departure of Israel into the darkness of unbelief, written while imprisoned in Rome, is distinctly different from that revealed during the earlier ministry of Paul, contained in the epistles written during that period, namely 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians, 1& 2 Thessalonians, Romans and Hebrews. Although the Epistle to the Romans is foundational for all. Especially the central portion of 5:12-8:39.
* I lay this before you, not expecting agreement from the majority, but in the hope that it will cause some to at least try the things that differ, and consider what they imply.
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris
