"The trump of God sounds as the Savior descends from heaven.
When that trump is heard,
---all the righteous are, in the twinkling of an eye, changed to immortality.
---There can be no examination after this to determine whether they shall be counted worthy of eternal life, for they will then have already laid hold upon it.
From this it follows that the examination and decision of the cases of the righteous takes place before the advent of Christ.
--*--The resurrection of the righteous to immortality is decisive proof that they have then already passed the test of the judgment, and have been accepted of the Judge.
That they are thus raised to immortality the following texts plainly teach:-
So also is the resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption;
it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory;
it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power;
it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Behold, I show 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.
1Cor.14:42-44. 51, 52."
J.N.Andrews
---all the righteous are, in the twinkling of an eye, changed to immortality.
---There can be no examination after this to determine whether they shall be counted worthy of eternal life, for they will then have already laid hold upon it.
From this it follows that the examination and decision of the cases of the righteous takes place before the advent of Christ.
--*--The resurrection of the righteous to immortality is decisive proof that they have then already passed the test of the judgment, and have been accepted of the Judge.
That they are thus raised to immortality the following texts plainly teach:-
So also is the resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption;
it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory;
it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power;
it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Behold, I show 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.
1Cor.14:42-44. 51, 52."
J.N.Andrews