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SEPTEMBER 7
and do not sin; for some do not have the dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are
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knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. those who are heavenly. And as we have
35 But someone will say, “How are the dead borne the image of the man of dust, we shall
raised up? And with what body do they come?” also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
36 Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
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unless it dies. And what you sow, you do not blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor
sow that body that shall be, but mere grain— does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold,
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perhaps wheat or some other grain. But God I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but
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gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the
its own body. twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the
39 All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised
one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of ani- incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this
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mals, another of fish, and another of birds. corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
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40 There are also celestial bodies and terres- mortal mustput on immortality. So when this cor-
trial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is ruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal
one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. has put on immortality, then shall be brought to
41 There is one glory of the sun, another glory pass the saying that is written: “Death is swal-
of the moon, and another glory of the stars; lowed up in victory.”
for one star differs from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The
body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incor-
ruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in 15:52 twinkling of an eye. This was Paul’s
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glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in way of showing how brief the “moment” will
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power. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a be.The Greek word for “twinkling”refers to any
spiritual body. There is a natural body, and rapid movement. Since the eye can move
there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, more rapidly than any other part of our visible
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“The first man Adam became a living being.” bodies, it seems to well illustrate the sudden
The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. transformation of raptured believers.trumpet
will sound. To herald the end of the church
era, when all believers will be removed from
the earth at the rapture (1 Thess. 4:16).
dead…raised. According to 1 Thessalonians
15:42b–44 Focusing directly on the resurrec-
tion body,Paul gives 4 sets of contrasts to show 4:16, they are first and the living saints follow.
how the new body will differ from the present
one (v.54;Phil.3:20,21):1) no more sickness and
death (“corruption”); 2) no more shame 55 “O Death, where is your sting?
because of sin (“dishonor”);3) no more frailty in O Hades, where is your victory?”
temptation (“weakness”); and 4) no more limits
to the time/space sphere (“natural”). 56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of
sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who
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gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the Christ.
natural, and afterward the spiritual. The first 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be stead-
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man was of the earth, made of dust; the sec- fast, immovable, always abounding in the work
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ond Man is the Lord from heaven. As was the of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in
man of dust, so also are those who are made of vain in the Lord.
DAY 7: Describe Isaiah’s vision of heaven.
In Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah says that he “saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up.” The
prophet became unconscious of the outside world and with his inner eye saw what God revealed
to him. This experience recalls the experience of John’s prophetic vision in Revelation 4:1–11. The
throne was greatly elevated, emphasizing the Most High God. His “train”refers to the hem or fringe
of the Lord’s glorious robe that filled the temple.Though Isaiah may have been at the earthly tem-
ple,this describes a vision which transcends the earthly.The throne of God is in the heavenly temple
(Rev. 4:1–6; 5:1–7; 11:19; 15:5–8).
The seraphim above the throne (v.2) are an order of angelic creatures who bear a similarity to

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