Paul said, “…let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but WE WILL ALL BE TRANSFORMED (allassō: to exchange one thing for another, we will be changed from corruptible, to in corruptible)! It will happen in a moment, in the BLINK OF AN EYE (rhipē: the smallest moment of time) when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised TO LIVE FOREVER. And we who are living will also be transformed. For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will NEVER DIE; our mortal bodies must be transformed into IMMORTAL BODIES. Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY (God never planned death for man when man chose to sin he chose death). O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” For SIN IS THE STING (kentron: like the sting of a deadly scorpion) OF DEATH, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! HE GIVES US VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. So, my dear brothers and sisters, be STRONG and IMMOVABLE. Always work enthusiastically (perisseuō: to make excellent) for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is EVER USELESS.” (1 Corinthians 15:51-58)
O LORD, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, God has done wonderful things; “He will SWALLOW UP DEATH FOREVER, And the LORD GOD will WIPE AWAY TEARS from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will TAKE AWAY from all the earth; For the LORD HAS SPOKEN.” (Isaiah 25:8)
“LORD, you will give PERFECT PEACE to anyone who commits himself to be faithful to you. That’s because he trusts in you. “Trust in the LORD FOREVER. The LORD is the Rock. The LORD will KEEP US SAFE FOREVER.” (Isaiah 26:3-4)
Your Personal Pastor -Bill Stockham