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1 Corinthians 15 51-1 Corinthians 15 52
Listen! I am telling you a mystery. We will not all die. But we will all be changed.That will happen in a flash, as quickly as you can wink an eye. It will happen at the blast of the last trumpet. Then the dead will be raised to live forever. And we will be changed.
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Job 7:1
Job continued,“ Don’t all human beings have to work hard on this earth? Aren’t their days like the days of hired workers?
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Ezekiel 37:1-14
The power of the Lord came on me. His Spirit brought me away from my home. He put me down in the middle of a valley. It was full of bones.He led me back and forth among them. I saw a huge number of bones in the valley. The bones were very dry.The Lord asked me,“ Son of man, can these bones live?” I said,“ Lord and King, you are the only one who knows.”Then he said to me,“ Prophesy to these bones. Tell them,‘ Dry bones, listen to the Lord’ s message.The Lord and King speaks to you. He says,“ I will put breath in you. Then you will come to life again.I will attach tendons to you. I will put flesh on you. I will cover you with skin. So I will put breath in you. And you will come to life again. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”So I prophesied just as the Lord commanded me to. As I was prophesying, I heard a noise. It was a rattling sound. The bones came together. One bone connected itself to another.I saw tendons and flesh appear on them. Skin covered them. But there was no breath in them.Then the Lord said to me,“ Prophesy to the breath. Prophesy, son of man. Tell it,‘ The Lord and King says,“ Breath, come from all four directions. Go into these people who have been killed. Then they can live.” ’ ”So I prophesied just as he commanded me to. And breath entered them. Then they came to life again. They stood up on their feet. They were like a huge army.Then the Lord said to me,“ Son of man, these bones stand for all the people of Israel. The people say,‘ Our bones are dried up. We’ve lost all hope. We are destroyed.’So prophesy. Tell them,‘ The Lord and King says,“ My people, I am going to open up your graves. I am going to bring you out of them. I will take you back to the land of Israel.So I will open up your graves and bring you out of them. Then you will know that I am the Lord. You are my people.I will put my Spirit in you. And you will live again. I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I have spoken. I have done it,” announces the Lord.’ ”
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Job 13:15
Even if God kills me, I’ll still put my hope in him. I’ll argue my case in front of him.
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Philippians 3:21
He has the power to bring everything under his control. By his power he will change our earthly bodies. They will become like his glorious body.
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Psalms 40:1-2
I was patient while I waited for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.I was sliding down into the pit of death, and he pulled me out. He brought me up out of the mud and dirt. He set my feet on a rock. He gave me a firm place to stand on.
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Job 14:5
You decide how long anyone will live. You have established the number of his months. You have set a limit to the number of his days.
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John 5:28-29
“ Do not be amazed at this. A time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice.They will all come out of their graves. People who have done what is good will rise and live again. People who have done what is evil will rise and be found guilty.
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1 Thessalonians 4 14-1 Thessalonians 4 16
We believe that Jesus died and rose again. When he returns, many who believe in him will have died already. We believe that God will bring them back with Jesus.This agrees with what the Lord has said. When the Lord comes, many of us will still be alive. We tell you that we will certainly not go up before those who have died.The Lord himself will come down from heaven. We will hear a loud command. We will hear the voice of the leader of the angels. We will hear a blast from God’s trumpet. Many who believe in Christ will have died already. They will rise first.
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Acts 26:8
Why should any of you think it is impossible for God to raise the dead?
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Job 42:16
After all of that happened, Job lived for 140 years. He saw his children, his grandchildren and his great- grandchildren.
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Matthew 22:29-32
Jesus replied,“ You are mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures. And you do not know the power of God.When the dead rise, they won’t get married. And their parents won’t give them to be married. They will be like the angels in heaven.What about the dead rising? Haven’t you read what God said to you?He said,‘ I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.’( Exodus 3:6) He is not the God of the dead. He is the God of the living.”
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Psalms 27:14
Wait for the Lord. Be strong and don’t lose hope. Wait for the Lord.
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Job 19:25-26
I know that my redeemer lives. In the end he will stand on the earth.Though my skin will be destroyed, in my body I’ll see God.
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1 Corinthians 15 42-1 Corinthians 15 44
It will be like that with bodies that are raised from the dead. The body that is planted does not last forever. The body that is raised from the dead lasts forever.It is planted without honor. But it is raised in glory. It is planted in weakness. But it is raised in power.It is planted as an earthly body. But it is raised as a spiritual body. Just as there is an earthly body, there is also a spiritual body.
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James 5:7-8
Brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord comes. See how the farmer waits for the land to produce its rich crop. See how patient the farmer is for the fall and spring rains.You too must be patient. You must remain strong. The Lord will soon come back.
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Revelation 20:13
The sea gave up the dead that were in it. And Death and Hell gave up their dead. Each person was judged by what they had done.
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Lamentations 3:25-26
The Lord is good to those who put their hope in him. He is good to those who look to him.It is good when people wait quietly for the Lord to save them.
