I Corinthians

Chapter 15 {Continued}

40~~ There are also celestial bodies
  {these have light inside - light bearing bodies - i.e. the sun},
and,bodies terrestrial {light reflecting bodies i.e. the moon}.
But the glory of the celestial is one,
and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

{Note: This refers to the different rewards in heaven based on following God's plan on earth - some will be light bearing beings others will have to reflect the light of others, but all will experience no more pain no more suffering.}

{SideNote: Adam and Eve were probably 'clothed in light' before the fall. After the fall, they were naked and sought fig leaves.}

41~~ There is one glory of the sun {celestial},
and another glory of the moon {terrestrial};
and, another of the same kind of glory of the stars.
For one star differs from another star in glory {shining}.

{Note: We will all be different in eternity - a different glory or glamour - we will all share the same type of body that Christ has, but there will be a different level of glamour.}

42~~ So also is the resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption {the plant dies for the seed to grow}.
It is raised in incorruption {immortality - not subject to death}.

43-45~~ It is sown without honor.
It is raised in glory or glamour {with shining glory}.
It is sown in weakness {that causes the death}.
It is raised in power {and can not die}. 44~~
It is sown a natural {soulish} body.
It is raised a spiritual body {clothed in light}.
There is a natural body,
and, there is a spiritual body! 45~~
And so it is written {Genesis 2:7},
"The first man Adam became a living soul.
The last Adam {Christ} was made a living spirit."

46~~Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual,
but that which is natural?
And, afterward, that which is spiritual?

47~~ The first man {Adam}
is from the source of the Earth,
made of earth.
The second man {Jesus} is from heaven.

48~~ As is the earthy,
such are they also that are earthy {all bodies are as Adam was}.  And, as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

49~~ And, as we have worn the image of the earthy
  {our soul 'wears' our body today},
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

{Note: Our soul will wear a new heavenly body exactly like that of Christ.}

50~~ Now this I say, brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.
Neither does corruption {human body subject to death}
inherit incorruption {must have an eternal body to live in eternity}.

51~~ Behold, I show you a mystery
  {rapture of the church was not foretold to the Old Testament
  believers}.
We shall not all sleep {not all believers shall die},
but we shall all be changed {believers at the rapture shall be
  changed without dying}.

52~~ In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump,
for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible {resurrected body},
and we {those alive at the point of the rapture}
shall be changed.

53~~ For this corruptible {human body}
must put on incorruption {spiritual body},
and this mortal must put on immortality.

54~~ So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and when this mortal shall have put on immortality,
then {the rapture of the Church}
shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,
"Death is swallowed up in victory".

55~~ O death, where is your sting?
O grave, where is your victory?

56~~ The sting of death is sin {reference to the old sin nature}.  And the strength of the sin {nature} is the {Mosaic} law.

{Note: The Mosaic Law demonstrates we do have a sin nature and need a Savior.}

57~~ But grace to God,
Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

{Note: All the glory goes to God - it is Who and What God is NOT who and what we are.}

58~~ Therefore, my beloved brethren,
keep on becoming steadfast
  {stabilized in time take in doctrine consistently},
unmovable {production in time- apply doctrine to your experience},  always abounding in the work of the Lord {purpose in time},
for you know that your labor is not empty in the Lord.

 

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