1 Corinthians 15:51-57
"...the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen."
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. For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:
“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, 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 Corinthians 15:51-57
In this passage, Paul offers another description of the day of resurrection.
How do you imagine the “imperishable body”? Think of Jesus’ resurrected body.
Reflect on the quotation from Isaiah 25:8. What will it be like to sing these words and see them fulfilled?
Give thanks to Jesus who gives us victory over death!
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK
Almighty and everlasting God, who has given us grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the unity; we pray that you would keep us steadfast in this faith and evermore defend us from all adversities until the day of resurrection when we will live forever with you, O Father, Son, and Spirit, world without end. Amen.