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Sometimes the early Christians worried about the difference between those who died in faith and those who would be alive at the time of Christ’s return. Now that two thousand years have passed this isn’t something we worry about. In fact it is probably safe to say that we do not take the return of Christ seriously enough. However, whether we have died or whether we are still here, “we will all be changed”.
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If we have died, then we will be raised “at the last trumpet”. If we are still here then we will be changed “in the twinkling of an eye”. All of us who believe are destined to be transformed.
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“For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality”. If we are to be saved, this has to happen. If it doesn’t happen then our faith is in vain. The fundamentals are that sin has utterly corrupted us, both morally and physically. The fundamentals are also that God has a tremendous plan for His people. For that to happen our sin had to be atoned for, that has already happened on the cross. But we also need our bodies and our spirits or souls to be transformed. For at present they are not fit for heaven. Some of that transformation has already started, but this is only a foretaste.
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