Peace in Christ.
The first shall be last and the last first. MANY (the first) are called but the FEW (the “last”) are chosen.....chosen to inherit an age-lasting life (aka "eternal life").
The “first” believers in Christ have mortally died from this earth. They are still "perishing" in their mortal bodies. They are of the “Esau”-class of the believers of Christ. They are the “vessels fitted for wrath.” They are the “MULTITUDES” that have gone down the broad way to their mortal destruction.
Mat 7:13-14 KJV
(13) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
(14) Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
The many (the first) did not hear the TRUTH of the gospel as they had listened to false prophets and were led astray from the Way that leads to life….an age-lasting life. Multitudes of church-going Christians have and are still going down the broad way to the destruction of their mortal bodies.
They are listening to false prophets who do not have the knowledge of the truth of the gospel. The false prophets are not preaching the truth of the glorious gospel of Christ to their listeners. The understanding of the gospel (good news) has been hid from those who are perishing away in their mortal bodies to the grave.
2Co 4:3-4
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are PERISHING:
(4) In whom the god of this AGE hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine in them.
There is hope for them though as the believers in Christ who have died (perished) shall be resurrected. The “first shall be last” though.
They will be resurrected AT the “last day”….at the last day of this current age. They believed in Christ but did not have the truth of the gospel preached to them as they surrounded themselves with false teachers.
John 11:25
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
They will be made alive AT His coming…at the last day. The first shall be last…in the resurrection.
1Co 15:23 KJV
(23) But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Until then, they are “asleep” from this earth. They are experiencing an intermission from this earth. The “first” shall be “last”….as they will be made alive AT the last day. God will then give them a body as determined.
But those who are LAST (the few) shall be FIRST in the resurrection. We are of the “Jacob”-class of believers in Christ. We are the vessels of His mercy.
We shall not mortally die but shall be made “ALIVE AND REMAINING” in this earth through our faith in Him until the coming of the Lord.
He keeps us mortally standing here in this earth TO THE LAST DAY. We experience the “first resurrection”….being made alive first in this earth NOW as Christ is alive NOW.
We shall not mortally die (perish) but have an age-lasting life in this mortal body for the duration of this age until the “LAST DAY” of this age.
John 11:26
Young's Literal Translation
and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die -- to the age;
We who shall be “alive and remaining” in this earth are not to be concerned with the first group of Christians who have mortally died….who are “asleep”.
1Th 4:13 KJV
(13) But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
We….the “last” who will participate in the “first” resurrection….shall be made alive and will remain UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD. We shall not mortally die but will remain here alive by the power of God…by the power of the cross of Christ.
God will bring the “first” group again ….who have fallen asleep (mortally died) in Jesus We should not be concerned about this.
1Th 4:14-15 KJV
(14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
(15) For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
We should not also be concerned about what body do they come in as God will give them a body as determined by Him.
1Co 15:35-38 KJV
(35) But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
(36) Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
(37) And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
(38) But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
We….the last…the few…shall have our undying mortal bodies changed from mortal to immortal. Those who mortally died shall be raised up at that last day to be unperishable...but we who remain here alive in our mortal bodies shall be changed at that time to immortal. No death shall ever be experienced by the "last" group of Christians who will hear and believe in the truth of the gospel which shall not be hidden from them.
1Co 15:51-53 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.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
The first shall be last and the last first. MANY (the first) are called but the FEW (the “last”) are chosen.....chosen to inherit an age-lasting life (aka "eternal life").
The “first” believers in Christ have mortally died from this earth. They are still "perishing" in their mortal bodies. They are of the “Esau”-class of the believers of Christ. They are the “vessels fitted for wrath.” They are the “MULTITUDES” that have gone down the broad way to their mortal destruction.
Mat 7:13-14 KJV
(13) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
(14) Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
The many (the first) did not hear the TRUTH of the gospel as they had listened to false prophets and were led astray from the Way that leads to life….an age-lasting life. Multitudes of church-going Christians have and are still going down the broad way to the destruction of their mortal bodies.
They are listening to false prophets who do not have the knowledge of the truth of the gospel. The false prophets are not preaching the truth of the glorious gospel of Christ to their listeners. The understanding of the gospel (good news) has been hid from those who are perishing away in their mortal bodies to the grave.
2Co 4:3-4
(3) But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are PERISHING:
(4) In whom the god of this AGE hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine in them.
There is hope for them though as the believers in Christ who have died (perished) shall be resurrected. The “first shall be last” though.
They will be resurrected AT the “last day”….at the last day of this current age. They believed in Christ but did not have the truth of the gospel preached to them as they surrounded themselves with false teachers.
John 11:25
Young's Literal Translation
Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
They will be made alive AT His coming…at the last day. The first shall be last…in the resurrection.
1Co 15:23 KJV
(23) But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Until then, they are “asleep” from this earth. They are experiencing an intermission from this earth. The “first” shall be “last”….as they will be made alive AT the last day. God will then give them a body as determined.
But those who are LAST (the few) shall be FIRST in the resurrection. We are of the “Jacob”-class of believers in Christ. We are the vessels of His mercy.
We shall not mortally die but shall be made “ALIVE AND REMAINING” in this earth through our faith in Him until the coming of the Lord.
He keeps us mortally standing here in this earth TO THE LAST DAY. We experience the “first resurrection”….being made alive first in this earth NOW as Christ is alive NOW.
We shall not mortally die (perish) but have an age-lasting life in this mortal body for the duration of this age until the “LAST DAY” of this age.
John 11:26
Young's Literal Translation
and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die -- to the age;
We who shall be “alive and remaining” in this earth are not to be concerned with the first group of Christians who have mortally died….who are “asleep”.
1Th 4:13 KJV
(13) But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
We….the “last” who will participate in the “first” resurrection….shall be made alive and will remain UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD. We shall not mortally die but will remain here alive by the power of God…by the power of the cross of Christ.
God will bring the “first” group again ….who have fallen asleep (mortally died) in Jesus We should not be concerned about this.
1Th 4:14-15 KJV
(14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
(15) For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
We should not also be concerned about what body do they come in as God will give them a body as determined by Him.
1Co 15:35-38 KJV
(35) But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
(36) Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
(37) And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
(38) But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
We….the last…the few…shall have our undying mortal bodies changed from mortal to immortal. Those who mortally died shall be raised up at that last day to be unperishable...but we who remain here alive in our mortal bodies shall be changed at that time to immortal. No death shall ever be experienced by the "last" group of Christians who will hear and believe in the truth of the gospel which shall not be hidden from them.
1Co 15:51-53 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.
(53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
