CHAPTER TWO
to our former state and condition as was Adam before he fell. This is be cause of Christ’s complete and sacri ficial atonement on Calvary's cross. God is going to do exactly what He promised when He said He would raise up the body in the last day. When that will be we do not know, but we know it is assured. We talk about the resurrection of Christ to be followed by the believer one day when living and dead alike will be resurrected to meet the Lord in the air. Scripture employs the word resur rection with considerable frequency. The word is always used in the sense of bringing back to activity a body which was once dead. The whole chapter of I Corinthians 15 is the full discussion of God's revelation concerning the resurrection of the body of the believer. The soul or spirit does not go down into the grave. The soul and spirit of the Christian at death go to be with Christ which is far better than liv ing here on earth. As only the body is put into the grave, nothing but
T h e r e i s n o more interesting or important study for the believer in Jesus Christ than the resurrec tion of the dead. It is a wonderful truth which should cause every be liever to rejoice that he has salva tion in the Lord. Of course, all men die, no matter whether they be Chris tians or not. The real problem starts when a man dies. Where does he go? What happens to him ? Too often people try to answer these questions without any real authority. They merely reach into their own minds, trying to. figure out with the finite that which is infinite. In the Bible we have a singular revelation of what happens after physical death. The Bible teaches that believers, as well as unbeliev ers, are going one day to be resur rected, even though their resurrec tion will take place at different times. First of all, there is the believers’ resurrection. Then, there is at least a seven-year period after which time the believer, who has previously been resurrected to be with Christ, will come back with the Saviour to the earth again in what is known as the second phase of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The Lord will then set up His kingdom rule in this world. This is the course of Biblical proph ecy in this particular aspect. We will not go beyond this in our present study. There are several reasons why there must be a resurrection. God honors the body of the believer. He places a great premium upon our physical frames. The resurrection of the body, and its continuance in eter nity forever, is the only logical and sensible conclusion of human life. Man is, as far as is known, the last, the highest, the richest, and the rip est fruit of God’s cosmic effort and creation. After man’s sin, God at the cost of the virgin birth of His only begotten Son made it possible in the course of time for us to be restored
In a recent chapel service Biola stu dents had the opportunity to hear Miss Eugenia Price, speaker and author of numerous books. She was introduced to the students by Mrs. Mollie McCall, left, president of the Biola Women’s Auxiliary. 7
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