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Psalm 46:8–11 (ESV)
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire. 10 “Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” 11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
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1 Corinthians 15:50–58 (ESV)
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
51 Behold!
I tell 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 trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 “O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labour is not in vain.
Introduction
We have seen the glorious prospect for all believers that when they die they will enjoy the glory of seeing their Lord, joining in the eternal triumphant declaration of worship.
However, something is missing, their souls are there but their bodies remain.
But the time is to come when all bodies will be raised, body ans soul will be united again, death will finally be defeated and we will reign in heaven in our glorified bodies.
We rejoice in the glory that is to be the lot of every true believer.
1. Impossibility v50
2. Mystery v51-52a
3. Change v52b-53
4. Victory v54-57
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1. Impossibility v50
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“That flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.” Paul uses the expression flesh and blood to designate the corruptible body of everyone who is human.
He teaches that the physical part of man must perish to be renewed and transformed into a glorified body.
Kistemaker, S. J., & Hendriksen, W. (1953–2001).
Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Vol.
18, p. 580).
Baker Book House.
That which is sinful and corrupt cannot enter the presence of God and obtain that which is incorrupt.
Kistemaker, S. J., & Hendriksen, W. (1953–2001).
Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Vol.
18, p. 581).
Baker Book House.
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2. Mystery v51-52a
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1 Corinthians 15:51–52 (ESV)
51 Behold!
I tell 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 trumpet.
a. Revelation v51
How will the believer be changed to inherit God’s kingdom?
Thus he tells his readers a mystery, which is a revelation from God through Paul about the future transformation of the believers.
In a similar context about the end times, Paul alludes to this revelation as a word of the Lord (1 Thess.
4:15).
Kistemaker, S. J., & Hendriksen, W. (1953–2001).
Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Vol.
18, p. 582).
Baker Book House.
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Shall Not All Sleep v51
1 Thessalonians 4:15 (ESV)
15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
“We shall not all fall asleep, but all of us shall be changed.”
Paul speaks euphemistically about death when he writes “fall asleep” (see vv. 6, 18, 20).
He means to say that some believers will not have to face death; not everyone will die a physical death.
Those who live to the end will be changed at Christ’s return and so will all those who have died in the Lord.
Kistemaker, S. J., & Hendriksen, W. (1953–2001).
Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Vol.
18, p. 582).
Baker Book House.
c. Twinkling of an Eye v52
The phrase in the twinkling of an eye is appositional; it represents a momentary wink of the eyelid.
(Our equivalent is “in a split second,” which commonly signifies the shortest possible moment.)
In such a brief moment the miracle of transformation will occur both for those who rise from the dead and for those who are alive.
Kistemaker, S. J., & Hendriksen, W. (1953–2001).
Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Vol.
18, p. 582).
Baker Book House.
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3. Change v52b-53
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1 Corinthians 15:52–53 (ESV)
52 For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
“For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed.”
Within the shortest time possible, the general resurrection and transformation will take place.
When the trumpet blast sounds, not a single one of God’s people will be neglected.
The dead will rise in an incorruptible state, and those who are alive at Christ’s coming will be transformed.
Kistemaker, S. J., & Hendriksen, W. (1953–2001).
Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Vol.
18, p. 582).
Baker Book House.
Paul is not saying that Christ’s return will happen during his lifetime.
Like every one of us, Paul looked forward eagerly to the end.
From God’s revelation we learn that although Christ’s coming is imminent, no one except God the Father knows the day or hour of this event (Matt.
24:36).
Indeed Jesus told the apostles that it was not for them to know the times and seasons the Father has determined (Acts 1:7).
Paul is not saying anything definite about Christ’s return.
Yet he, like any of us today, would express the desire to be alive when that joyous occasion comes.
Kistemaker, S. J., & Hendriksen, W. (1953–2001).
Exposition of the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Vol.
18, p. 583).
Baker Book House.
In the Greek, it can be understood in the passive voice and implies that God is the agent.
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