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ruption. That which is sown in dishonor will be raised in glory; sown
in weakness, it will be raised in power; sown a natural body, it will be
raised a spiritual body. The mortal bodies are quickened by His Spirit
that dwelleth in you.
Christ claims all those as His who have believed in His name. The
vitalizing power of the Spirit of Christ dwelling in the mortal body
binds every believing soul to Jesus Christ. Those who believe in Jesus
are sacred to His heart; for their life is hid with Christ in God. The
command will come from the Life-giver, “Awake and sing, ye that
dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall
cast out the dead” (
Isaiah 26:19
).
The life-giver will call up His purchased possession in the first
resurrection, and until that triumphant hour, when the last trump shall
sound and the vast army shall come forth to eternal victory, every
sleeping saint will be kept in safety and will be guarded as a precious
jewel, who is known to God by name. By the power of the Saviour
that dwelt in them while living and because they were partakers of the
divine nature, they are brought forth from the dead.
Christ claimed to be the Only Begotten of the Father, but men
encased in unbelief, barricaded with prejudice, denied the Holy and
the Just One. He was charged with blasphemy, and was condemned to
a cruel death, but He burst the fetters of the tomb, and rose from the
dead triumphant, and over the rent sepulcher of Joseph He declared,
“I am the resurrection, and the life” (
John 11:25
). All power in heaven
and in earth was vested in Him, and the righteous will also come
forth from the tomb free in Jesus. They shall be accounted worthy
to obtain that world and the resurrection from the dead. “Then shall
the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father”
(
Matthew 13:43
).
What a glorious morning will the resurrection morning be! What
a wonderful scene will open when Christ shall come to be admired
of them that believe! All who were partakers with Christ in His
humiliation and sufferings will be partakers with Him in His glory. By
the resurrection of Christ from the dead every believing saint who falls
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asleep in Jesus will come forth from his prison house in triumph. The
resurrected saint will proclaim, “O death, where is thy sting? O grave,
where is thy victory?” (
1 Corinthians 15:55
)....