HIS VOICE DAILY DEVOTIONAL
FRIDAY, 22ND APRIL 2022
TOPIC: THE BELIEVER’S EXPECTATIONS II
TEXT: 2CORINTHIANS 15:51
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, (KJV)
Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Our natural physical bodies as believers cannot be transported into eternity. There is a change that will occur: the truth that we shall not all sleep (not all believers will taste death) but we shall all be changed (the mortal will put on immortality). And this is anchored on certain major event, which is found in the next verse;
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (Verse 52 KJV)
It appear clearer in New living translation; It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have
died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.
The believer’s bodily transformation is ushered in by the coming of our Lord, which will be herald with blast of sounds and trumpets. This day and happening is referred to as the day of the Lord, it corroborates the transformation of the believers that have died in Christ, been raised with an incorruptible body first, and all others who are alive are changed together, within a twinkling of an eye. We see this account in 1Thessalonians 4:16-17
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. (NLT)
It is not a fallacy that believers, either dead or alive will see their savior, Jesus Christ and will also wear the same body as he is. For this is the hope of the man in Christ. Death is swallowed up in victory. The sting of death has been destroyed and victory over the grave is achieved in Jesus, who
is alive forevermore. Hallelujah!
PRAYER
Thank you Father. I live with a profound assurance of the life to come, I am glad and rejoice in the God of my salvation, who was raised from the dead, the great shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting covenant. I will be like him and see him as he is. Amen
My Counsel 