But let me tell you something wonderful, a mystery I’ll probably never fully understand. We’re not all going to die—but
we are all going to be changed. You hear a blast to end all blasts from
a trumpet, and in the time that you look up and blink your eyes—it’s
over. On signal from that trumpet from heaven, the dead will be up and
out of their graves, beyond the reach of death, never to die again. At
the same moment and in the same way, we’ll all be changed. In the
resurrection scheme of things, this has to happen: everything perishable
taken off the shelves and replaced by the imperishable, this mortal
replaced by the immortal. Then the saying will come true:
Death swallowed by triumphant Life!
Who got the last word, oh, Death?
Oh, Death, who’s afraid of you now?
It
was sin that made death so frightening and law-code guilt that gave sin
its leverage, its destructive power. But now in a single victorious
stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are gone, the gift of our
Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!
(1 Corinthians 15:55-57, The Message)
2 comments:
Well now that... will be an interesting day. :)
Amen, Jayne ... er, Jenny. :^)
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