The Resurrection of the Dead at Jesus’s Second Coming
The final resurrection will be a day of hope or terror. This depends on what we do with Jesus Christ, the Savior.
The blessed hope of the Christian is the resurrection and changing of our bodies at the Lord Jesus’s second coming. When the mortal shall put on immortality, and death and corruption shall be destroyed forever. That day will come as sure as he came the first time.
For the Christian, this should give us great hope. It should also encourage us to persevere in this world, no matter what trials and temptations come our way. To be resurrected for damnation is to be of all men most unfortunate. It would have been better never to have been born.
The Order of Resurrection
“20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
24Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power. 25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death (Revelation 20:14). 27For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him. 28And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.” 1 Corinthians 15:20-28
“For the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.” Jesus, John 5:28-29
“And I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.” Paul, Acts 24:15
“And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.” Daniel 12:2
“And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:13-15
“I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.” Philippians 3:10-11
Bodies of the translated living at his coming:
51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” 56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! 58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:42-58
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