In the twinkling of an eye
we shall all be changed.
In a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump.
The dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
The twinkling of an eye is the instant of the change. Paul tells the Corinthians a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, the trumpet shall sound. The dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. This is the same event as the Rapture. The dead in Christ rise. The living are transformed. It happens in a moment.
- The change is instantaneous. A moment. The twinkling of an eye.
- It occurs at the last trumpet.
- The dead are raised incorruptible. The living put on incorruption.
- This corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- Then shall be brought to pass the saying, Death is swallowed up in victory.
The twinkling of an eye is the speed of the change. No one will miss it. No one who belongs to Christ will be left unchanged.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump.
The dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
Death is swallowed up in victory.
- 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 is the primary text.
- The change is instantaneous.
- It happens at the last trumpet.
- Both the dead and the living are changed.
- The result is incorruption and immortality.
- Death is swallowed up in victory.
- The Speed – In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.
- The Signal – At the last trump.
- The Dead – Raised incorruptible.
- The Living – Changed.
- The Result – Incorruption and immortality.
- The Victory – Death is swallowed up.
- 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 – “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:53-54 – “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality… then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – “The dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air.”
- Philippians 3:21 – “Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.”
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.
The dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Death is swallowed up in victory.
The twinkling of an eye is the instant of the change. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
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