Death will be defeated on the day of God's victory. The resurrection represents the start of that victory. Jesus is the first-born among many. What happened to Jesus is what will happen to us. There will also be a complete healing of all tears and pain.
In that day... We will proclaim that we trusted in Him and He saved us. We need to trust in God. Faith is a way of life, living by faith is the sign that we belong to God. There is joy in trusting God in the waiting times, but there is an even greater joy when the trusting is proved justified.
The chapter closes with words about Moab's destruction. At first glance this might seem a little out of place here, but the price of living under sin shows itself in very mundane ways. Moab was a continual thorn in the flesh for Israel. In each of our lives there are no doubt things that are signs of the fact that our salvation is not complete yet (in the sense that we have not yet received the full benefits of our salvation). We can be sure that all these things will one day be done away with.
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