How Now Shall It Come About

From a letter written by the apostle Paul,

with Sosthenes,
to believers in Corinth and everywhere:

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thous sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory: It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.-1 Corinthians 15:35-44***Ishmael was born to 86-year-old Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Hagar, the maidservant of Abraham's wife Sarah (Sarai). Isaac was born to 100-year-old Abraham and 90-year-old Sarah. After Isaac was weaned, and Sarah saw Ishmael's actions, Sarah demanded that Abraham cast Hagar and Ishmael away from them. Years thereafter, the Lord God told Abraham to take Isaac to a mountain in Moriah and offer Isaac as a burnt offering. Abraham obeyed the Lord God and Isaac obeyed Abraham. When Abraham and Isaac were upon the mountain, the angel of the Lord proclaimed the words of the Lord God to Abraham. Afterwards, Abraham offered a nearby ram for a burnt offering. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Abraham took into account that the Lord God was able to raise Isaac out from the dead. When Isaac was 40 years old, he was married to Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. Fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born to 60-year-old Isaac and Rebekah. When Jacob was living in Padan Aram, Haran, he was married to Leah and Rachel, the daughters of Rebekah's brother Laban the Syrian (Aramean). Levi was the 3rd son born to Jacob and Leah, and Judah was Jacob and Leah's 4th born son. Joseph was the 1st son born to Jacob and Rachel. Approximately 1,900 years after Benjamin was born near Bethlehem to Jacob and Rachel, and Rachel died, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world, and testified that Jesus is the Son of God. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. The 12 disciples and apostles with Jesus did not understand Jesus when he told them that he would rise from the dead. Paul (Saul) was an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin. Sometime after Jesus was betrayed, arrested,  crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven less than 3 1/2 years after he was baptized, Paul began persecuting and imprisoning Israelites throughout Jerusalem who believed Jesus to be the Christ. When Paul was journeying to the synagogues in Damascus, Syria, to find, bind, and take to Jerusalem any Israelite believers he found, Paul and those with him saw a light from heaven flash around them. Paul heard the voice of Jesus speaking to him, and Paul spoke to Jesus and obeyed Jesus. In Damascus Paul was baptized. From thenceforward, Paul the apostle journeyed and wrote divinely inspired letters, teaching the good news of Jesus the Christ and everlasting life to Israelites and Gentiles, people not born into the Israelite tribes. During Paul's last trip to Jerusalem, he was bound and taken into custody. As Paul stood before King Agrippa and Festus, the governor of Judea for the Roman Empire, Paul spoke about his background and conversion. Paul was eventually sent to Rome and remained in custody until he was put to death.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 8:1-40, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon

Reference Information:

celestial = epourania/epouranios = heavenly, of heaven

corruption = phthora/phtheiro = decay, destruction from internal deterioration

glory = doxa = doksa/dokeo = opinion, praise, honor, dignity, personal opinion that determines value

incorruption = aphtharsia/aphthartos = immortality, unable to experience deterioration

quickened = zoopoieitai/zoopoieo = come to life, make alive

terrestrial = epigeia/epigeios = earthly, of or upon the earth

Reference Scriptures:

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.-Daniel 12:2-3

And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.-1 Corinthians 6:14

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