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NASB | 1 Corinthians 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [the sound of] the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [who believed in Christ] will be raised imperishable, and we will be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed]. |
Subject: follow up to 1 corinth 15 question |
Bible Note: Greetings Val! Please cite chapter and verse please. If you make a statement such as the one you made and it does not carry the weight of scriptural support, then your statement will not resonate whatsoever with any clarity, edification or use whatsoever on this Bible Forum. If I could divide into two people and were writing in response to myself just to make myself prove what I have written beyond simple citation, word accuracy and gut belief (which, granted, usually is enough for convincing on this Forum), then I would write something like this: Makarios2 writes to Makarios: "Makarios, the Day of the Lord has to represent a period of time instead of a single day because of the fact that it includes the Great Tribulation (Isaiah 2:12-19; 4:1), the second coming of Christ (Joel 2:30-32), and the Millennium (Isaiah 4:2; 12; 19:23-25; Jeremiah 30:7-9). Therefore, the Day of the Lord has to encompass more than just a 24 hour period." This type of reply would have made me think and consider the context of what I wrote and made me reach beyond quoting how many times the word "day" occurs in Zephaniah 1:14-18 and I would have made the following reply: "Greetings Makarios2! "While what you point out is very true - that all of those events can be interpreted as being part of or included in The Day of the Lord, based on your eschatological point of view, the Bible never specifies that this "day" is a literal 24 hour period even if all of those events could happen in a single day. "While I do not doubt that when the Bible speaks of a day it speaks of a 24 hour period, there is a least one place (Joshua 10:12-14) where God could make the sun stand still. It is clear that the Day of the Lord is a huge event that is prophecied many times over throughout the Bible and involves God's special intervention in the affairs of human history. Certainly God "from whose presence earth and heaven fled away" (Rev. 20:11) has the power to either do all events mentioned above on the Day of the Lord, or simply prolong the single day to include all events. Perhaps the celestial system (both sun and moon) cease to operate as we know them to, especially if the Day of the Lord follows "The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes." (Joel 2:31; Acts 2:20; Rev. 6:12). "If Bible believing Christians can take such liberty with the first 7 days of creation (Genesis 1) by saying that they really represented periods of time (or millions of years), then I certainly could state that perhaps the Day of the Lord is unlike any other day that we have known before or since based on the celestial events that happen after the sixth trumpet (Rev. 6:12). Or, I could simply remain consistent with my Genesis "days" interpretation, meaning 6 literal days, and call the Day of the Lord a literal day also, since the textual evidence, especially if you consider Zephaniah 1:14-18 suggests so." This is the type of answer/reply I was looking for - something that can be based in Scripture and perhaps give me (or another user) a chance to stretch or explain what I find in much greater depth. Perhaps I should create a new profile to challenge myself from time to time so that I make doubly sure that I don't get off scott free with some of my answers and make me earn my money's worth. :) Blessings to you, Makarios |