In a Moment, In the Twinkling of an Eye 1 Corinthians 15:52

Paul the apostle told the church members in Corinth, “I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed”, and in chapter fifteen and verse fifty-two of First Corinthians, Paul shared with the church members what will happen, “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye”, where we read:

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, and we shall be changed.

The verse begins, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:” Paul began with the words, “in a moment” or “in an uncut, indivisible, cannot be cut in two or divided segment of time”, “in the twinkling” which means “in a jerk, stroke, beat or instant of time” “of an eye” or “the literal eye for vision and sight”, “at the last trump” which means “at the uttermost, end, final and farthest reverberation through a trumpet”. Paul referred to an “instant” or “moment” that is so quick that he liken it to the eye's “twinkle” when the final “trumpet” shall “blast”.

The verse goes on to say, “for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” Paul added the words, “for the trumpet shall sound” or “because the trumpet shall blast”, “and the dead” which means “and those who have breathed their last, deceased, departed, inanimate, without and destitute of life” “shall be raised” or “shall arouse, rise and appear” “incorruptible” which means “uncorrupted, not liable to corruption or decay and imperishable”, “and we shall” or Paul and the fellow believers in the church “shall be changed” or “will be transformed or exchanged as one thing for another”. This “final trumpet” shall blast aloud, and those who previously “died” shall be resurrected from the dead to an “uncorrupted and imperishable” body when all believers in Jesus Christ shall be “transformed” into a body that shall never fade away.

When we think through these words from Paul, we should be excited about this “final trumpet” of God. This “instant” “moment” shall be the flash of time that will “change” everyone who believes in Jesus Christ, both alive and dead. to their new “eternal” and “imperishable” bodies. Paul declared “we shall be changed”, and when this occurs, we shall gain the body that gives us the abiltiy to live with God. Oh let all who read understand and believe these words of Paul, for “everlasting life” depends upon them.

Next time Paul shares with the church members how, “this mortal must put on immortality”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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