This decaying shall put on undecaying! The spoiling shall sink into unspoiling!
“Those liable to death shall sink into unending existence. The dead shall be wakened into the essence of perpetuity. We shall be transformed! see 1Corinthians 15:52-56
We shall be carried off by force. a sudden or violent seizure, First, “the dead in Christ” shall rise, then, the living shall be caught up. “1Thessalonians 4:16
The word “keleusmati,” so rendered, denotes the shout which the soldiers of an army used to make at their first onset to encourage one another in the attack.” Like the ring of command heard over the noise of battle. Benson
With a shout, The shout of angels or of us rising, and the voice of the archangel. And the blast of the trumpet. All of it depicting the glory of the much awaited event. Indeed “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, ( true believers), even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. “Romans 8:22-23
The anticipation is intense, the event with pomp and excitement , the particulars for us: an absolute transformation from the old dying man to one that never dies. 1Thessalonians 4:16, 1Corinthians 15:52-56
“We were saved in hope, by hope, for hope” (of the redemption of the body).” AT Robertson The case being locative, instrumental or dative. see Romans 8:24 Three words connect with “hope.” “Anticipate, usually with pleasure); expectation (abstract or concrete) or confidence.”
Romans 5:3-5 explains, ” …tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope. Tribulation is the opportunity for development of these qualities. Patience is simply “abiding under.” “Experience” is translated “approved, tried character, a proof, a specimen of tried worth.”
These are qualities in which we are endowed with at salvation. (2Corinthians 1:22 explains, “Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. ) see 2Corinthian 5:5
The process of Romans 5 is only possible for those “working out” what is already within us. It implies Titus 3:5. “katergazomai” is the Greek word used for “working out” And so the spiritual process: then:
“Hope makes us “not ashamed, “” …we know it cannot shame or disappoint us, because we have already within ourselves the very beginning of that heaven at which it aspires.” Benson
“For the love of God — That is, love to God, arising from a manifestation of his love to us, even that love which constitutes us at once both holy and happy, and is therefore an earnest of our future inheritance in our hearts; ” “Is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us — “The efficient cause of all these present blessings, and the earnest of those to come.” Benson
“As a Spirit of wisdom and revelation, the Holy Ghost enables us to discern God’s love to us; and as a Spirit of holiness and consolation, he enables us to delight ourselves daily in him.”
In closing, perhaps we think we make too much of our inward faculties. Beloved, hope artificially induced through medications has an uplifting feel . It elevates the mood. How much more should we expect Our Comforter to work hope in the cells of our bodies. Folks Holy Spirit produced hope removes disappointment, removes the mechanism of despair. It displaces hopelessness. It creates excitement, comfort,
” What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? “Romans 8:31-32
Finally, “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. ” 1Corinthians 15:57-58 love ya
