1 Corinthians 15:51–53 (ESV) — 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 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. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal
body must put on immortality.
1 Corinthians 15:58 (ESV) — Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast,
immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord
your labor is not in vain.
NOTE: I believe,
though I could be wrong, that the last trumpet would have been understood as
the "Great Tekiah" in the first century church. It is the long blast,
the 100th blast, that occurs at the end of the blowing of the trumpets during
the Jewish feast of trumpets. I believe it is also the rapture, because the
dead are raised and the living are also changed. We will get new bodies,
spiritual bodies, imperishable, and immortal. Therefore, Paul argues, your work
is not in vain. History is moving to this point and our work brings that day
closer. We are called to be a witness to the nations, and when the gospel has
gone out into all the world, then that day will come. We are close. Satan would
like to prevent this as well. The current politically correct teaching is that
we should not introduce new religious ideas to indigenous cultures. That is the
world view of the devil. The world must know of Jesus for his is the only name
under heaven by which men can be saved.
PRAYER: Lord, hasten
the day of your coming. May we be at work witnessing to your transforming love.
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