1 Corinthians 15.51-52
Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all
die, but we will 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 will be changed.
Many Jewish people believed
that there would eventually be a general resurrection of the dead. Christians –
of both Jewish and Gentile origin - believed that it would happen when Jesus
returned. The Corinthian Christians had been debating this hot topic. There was
feverish debate about how and when this would happen, however. Some early
Christians believed it would be in their own lifetimes.
Paul explores ideas about
resurrection in this chapter, but concludes with his real point; that it is a
mystery whose details we cannot fathom, but which will involve change and
re-creation. Whenever and however it happens, we prepare best by getting on
with the job of loving others and living as we are called to, says Paul, “because you know that in the Lord your
labour is not in vain.” 1 Cor 15.58
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