We Will Not All Die

 

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, 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.

 

1 Corinthians 15:51-56

 

We will all face death some day. There will be a day when the bells of the church toll for you, and me. But if we are believers in the gospel, news of death does not need to arouse dread. In fact, when the bell tolls for a Christian, it announces the good news of Jesus' victory over death.

 

Christ's resurrection is cause for our celebration.

 

Our Daily Bread - September 9, 2005