12 Resurrection, Our Hope in Christ
RESURRECTION, OUR HOPE IN CHRIST – Raised from the dead all who are responsible to God. A physical bodily resurrection. (1 Cor. 15:12-24)
Isa 26:19 But those who die in the Lord will live; their bodies will rise again!
Isa. 26:19 Their corpses rise, the earth will give birth to departed spirits.
Ezk. 37:14 And I will put My Spirit within you, and you will come to life.
Matt. 27:52 Tombs were opened; bodies of saints who had fallen asleep raised.
Jn. 5:28-29 All who are in the tombs shall hear His voice, and shall come forth.
Rom. 6:4 Christ was raised from the dead, we too might walk in newness of life.
Rom. 6:5 Certainly we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection.
Rom. 8:11 He who raised Christ Jesus from dead will give life, your mortal
bodies.
1 Cor. 6:13-15 God raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power.
1 Cor. 15:16-17 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
1 Cor. 15:20 Christ was raised from, dead, first fruits of those who are asleep.
1 Cor. 15:21 Since by man came death, by man came, the resurrection, of dead.
1 Cor. 15:22 For as in Adam all die, so also ‘in Christ’ all shall be made alive.
Phil. 3:21 Will transform, body of our humble state to conformity in, His glory.
Other scriptural References -
(1 Cor. 15:44-54; 1 Thess. 4:14; 1 Pet. 3:18-19; Matt. 13:43; Rom. 8:29-30;
2 Cor. 3:18; 2 Cor. 4:14; 1 Jn. 3:2)
Death is Abolished -
1 Cor. 15:53-55 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?
Rev. 1:18 I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Rev. 20:14-15 Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the
second death, the lake of fire.
The Rapture - (happens at the resurrection near end of the tribulation)
1 Thes. 4:13-18 We which are alive and remain shall be caught up.
2 Thes. 2:1-8 Apostasy and the first revealing of the antichrist precede rapture.
1 Cor. 15:51-52 We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed.
Matt. 24:36-41 Some escape global trial like Noah, but through the sealing
(Rev. 7:3,4), one is taken the other is left behind.
Lk. 21:28-36 Expect the Rapture when signs begin, shake sleep, and pray that
you escape all these things.
(See also; Gen. 5:24; 2 Ki. 2:11; Song. 2:10-14; Isa. 26:14-21, 66:5-9; Jn. 14:1-3;
Ac. 8:39; 2 Cor. 12:2-4; Col. 3:4; 1 Thess. 5:1-11; Titus 2:13; Heb. 9:28, 11:35; Ja. 5:7-8; 1 Jn. 3:2; Jd. 14.)
The word ‘Rapture’ is Biblical
• The English word rapture is derived from the Latin word raptus, the past participle of the verb rapere, which means “to seize or snatch by force.”
• The Latin Bible has rapture (rapere, raptum, raptus, etc) in every place the Greek N.T. has harpazo.
Matt. 11:12 take by force Ac. 23:10 take by force
Matt. 13:19 catches away 2 Cor. 12:2, 4 caught up (in spirit)
Jn. 6:15 take by force 1 Thess. 4:17 caught up
Jn. 10:12, 28, 29 catches, pluck Ju. 23 pulling
Ac. 8:39 caught away (in body) Rev. 15:5 caught up
• The English word “rapture” means “to be caught away in body or spirit”; both ideas are in the Bible in verses using harpazo. These verses, like 1 Thes. 4:17, could be translated “shall be raptured.” The word “rapture” is in the Bible in the same sense as “God” and “Church.” “Rapture” is an English word that accurately reflects the meaning of the Greek in these passages.
Saints in tribulation in the end of days -
Matt. 22:1-14 Slaves seized and killed.
Matt. 24:9 Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you.
Mk. 13:1-13 End days events and persecution.
Lk. 1-19 End days events and persecution.
Rev. 2:10 You will have tribulation for ten days.
Rev. 6:9 Fifth seal, saints slain.
Rev. 7:14 These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation.
Sons of Yahweh – The new creation like the Angels. (Lk. 20:35-36)
(see Angels, Sons of God)
Matt. 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
Lk. 20:36 They cannot die any more, because they are equal to angels and are
sons of God , being sons of the resurrection.
Rom. 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Rom. 8:19 Creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Gal. 3:26 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God , through faith.
Sons of Yahweh manifested -
Isa. 52:10 All the ends of the Earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Isa. 66:5-9 She was delivered of a man-child, called a nation and Zion’s children.
Jer. 31:22 The Lord has created a new thing; a woman shall encompass a man.
Jn. 16:21 The woman in travail has sorrow until she is delivered of the child.
Eph. 4:13 Until the saints (plural) all come unto a perfect man.
Rev. 12:1-6 The man-child was caught toward God and His throne.
Saints reward given at second coming of Christ -
Matt. 13:37-43 The righteous will shine forth like the sun, in the Kingdom.
Matt. 25:34 Inherit the kingdom prepared, from the foundation of the world.
Lk. 14:14 You will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.
Col. 3:4 Christ, our life, is revealed, you will be revealed with Him in glory.
2 Thess. 1:10 When He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day.
2 Tim. 4:8 Laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but
also to all who have loved His appearing.
Titus 2:13-14 To purify for Himself a people for His own possession.
1 Pet. 5:4 Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
1 Jn. 3:2-3 When He appears, we will be like Him, we will see Him just as He is.
