14|15 Behold! I Tell You a Mystery
Notes
Not everyone will sleep in death before Jesus returns — but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, the dead will be raised imperishable, and the living will be transformed. Death, the final enemy, will be swallowed up in victory. Its sting (sin) and its power (the law) are disarmed through our Lord Jesus Christ. This is not wishful thinking or empty hope. It is the certain triumph of the King who has already defeated death and who will make all things new.If the world feels heavy, if your body is weary, or if death looms large — take heart. The last trumpet is coming, and victory is assured.
"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 imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 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.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Co 15:50–57).
