January
27, 2005
Behold,
I Tell You A Mystery
"Behold, I tell 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 trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,
and the dead will 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 has put on incorruption, and
this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up
in victory. O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is
your victory?'
"The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin
is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord. Knowing that your
labor is not in vain in the Lord." 1 Corinthians 15:51-58.
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