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NASB | John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, relies on) Me [as Savior] will live even if he dies; |
Bible Question: In 1 Thessalonians 4:16 it says "the dead in Christ will rise first." Can you help me undertand what will rise? I thought when we died our soul went diretely to heaven. Why would our dead earthly body rise? |
Bible Answer: "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?" 1 Corinthians 15:35-53 :: New International Reader's Version (NIRV) 1 Corinthians 15 The Body That Rises From the Dead 35 But someone might ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have?" 36 How foolish! What you plant doesn't come to life unless it dies. 37 When you plant something, it isn't a completely grown plant that you put in the ground. You only plant a seed. Maybe it's wheat or something else. 38 But God gives the seed a body just as he has planned. And to each kind of seed he gives its own body. 42 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. 43 It is planted without honor. But it is raised in glory. It is planted in weakness. But it is raised in power. 44 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. 50 Brothers and sisters, here is what I'm telling you. Bodies made of flesh and blood can't share in the kingdom of God. And what dies can't share in what never dies. 51 Listen! I am telling you a mystery. We will not all die. But we will all be changed. 52 That will happen in a flash, as quickly as you can wink an eye. It will happen when the last trumpet sounds. The trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised to live forever. And we will be changed. 53 Our natural bodies don't last forever. They must be dressed with what does last forever. What dies must be dressed with what does not die. |