Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? (1 Corinthians 15:55/ Hosea 13:14). The Emperor is naked. The Great and Powerful Oz is a little man in a special effects booth. The sixth-grade bully has a … Continue reading
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When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will be true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” (1 Corinthians 15:46) There is no “if” in this verse. … Continue reading
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality (1 Corinthians 15:53). It simply won’t work. If you try to go into orbit without a spacesuit, things will not go well for you. It doesn’t … Continue reading
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, … Continue reading
I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable (1 Corinthians 15:50). It’s not a question of rules, but of nature. Flesh and spirit are … Continue reading
The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who … Continue reading
The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual (1 Corinthians 15:46). Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. As in Adam all die, even so in Christ … Continue reading
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being;” the second Adam, a life-giving spirit (1 Corinthians 15:44-45). God made Adam from the dust of … Continue reading
So it will be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in … Continue reading
All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals another, birds another and fish another. There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and … Continue reading