“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” I Cor. 15:57
Our Lord Jesus Christ has gained a triumphant victory over sin and death on the cross, which climaxed with His glorious resurrection from the dead – and this verse gives insight into what His glorious resurrection means for all who are in Christ. Every member of Jesus Christ’s Body will be transformed, spirit, soul, and body, and this perishable body will be changed into an imperishable body, and this mortal will put on immortality.
Those who are in Christ will claim His full and final victory over sin and death, the grave and hell at the Rapture of the Church, when the dead in Christ are raised in incorruptible bodies. Those that are alive will be changed into His likeness, in the twinkling of an eye, and taken to be with the Lord forever. The trump of God will sound and the voice of the archangel will be heard to shout, as the Body of Christ are summoned to their heavenly home, “thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Prayer
Loving Father, You have raised me up and seated me together with Jesus Christ in heavenly places – by sending Your only begotten Son to pay the incredible price for my sin and to break the power of death in my life. I praise Your name for ever and ever. All glory and honor and might and majesty be Yours for ever and ever, AMEN.