1 Corinthians 15:50-58

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1 Corinthians 15:50–57 ESV
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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 shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
This weekend hundreds of millions gather to consider and celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead.
We have been walking through 1 Corin 15 for the last 4 weeks… moving ever so methodically to the miracles we celebrate this weekend.
We celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead.
“He is not here; He is risen!”
We celebrate his securing the resurrection of all who place their faith and confidence in him.
1 Corinthians 15:49 ESV
49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
1 Cor 15:

Musicals and Ballets

Overtures, main themes, recitatives, arias, chorus, ballets
This weekend, we need to end the musical with a more sacred title and concept === DOXOLOGY
Paul ends with Doxology.
a short hymn of praise added at the end of a service or psalm.
CONGREGATION SINGS:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures, hear below! Praise him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
1 Corinthians 15:51–53 ESV
51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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 shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
1 cor 15.53

Paul’s mystery is revealed --

Not all sleep, but all changed — quickly and certainly (15.51-52)
The dead will be raised when the trumpet sounds
Perishable will put on imperishable
Mortality will put on immortality

Resurrection is the bodily dead coming bodily to life.

And when that happens: doxology!

Paul ends 1 Corin 15 with Doxology.
a short hymn of praise added at the end of a service or psalm.
CONGREGATION SINGS:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures, hear below! Praise him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
And like all doxologies, Paul’s comes with more texture and meaning than the simplicity of the well known confession carries!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX5-ZW7nWlY&list=RDgX5-ZW7nWlY&start_radio=1

Paul’s Doxology… old and textured...

Death is swallowed up in victory
O Death, where is your victory?
O Death where is your sting?

Famous Easter Weekend Passage… all borrowed by the our Ringleader, the Apostle Paul, from the OT.

Isaiah 25:8–9 ESV
8 He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. 9 It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”

Death is swallowed up in victory and the REPROACH of his people is taken away.

Reproach — disgrace, discredit, disapproval
David and Goliath
Genesis 30:22–24 ESV
22 Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. 23 She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away my reproach.” 24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, “May the Lord add to me another son!”
David and Goliath
1 Samuel 17:26 ESV
26 And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
The Israelites into the promised land
Joshua 5:8–9 ESV
8 When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. 9 And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

Death is swallowed up in victory and the PLAGUE of his people is taken away.

Hosea 13:14 ESV
14 I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
Hosea 123
Sheol is most common word in the Bible for the afterlife; simply means “the grave.” Used 65 times in the OT.
Paul is quoting as a follow up to . Paul asks:
O death, where is your victory?
O grave where is your sting?
Hosea’s questions, that Paul uses, are:
O death, where are your plagues?
O grave, where is your sting?
This word translated “plagues” in Hosea is loaded with memory.
In the English, we cannot help but recall the demolition of the: Blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, livestock, boils, hail and fire, locusts, darkness, and death
The plagues devour and destroy all they touch.
In the hebrew we turn to
Psalm 91:1–6 ESV
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. 5 You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
“Pestilence” of vs 3 & 6 are the same Hebrew word as is used in .

So we may know the doxology:

Death is swallowed up in victory
O Death, where is your victory?
O Death where is your sting?

But had we lost the contextual richness of what our Ringleader is asking us to sing?!

Death is a reproach
Death is a plague.
Death has a sting.

BUT, resurrection removes:

Death’s disgraceful reproach
Death’s devastating plague
Death’s deadly sting.

Do you know where it comes from?
It comes from a 16th century hymn entitled:
All People that on Earth Do Dwell… it sounds like this:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX5-ZW7nWlY&list=RDgX5-ZW7nWlY&start_radio=1
1 Corinthians 15:56–57 ESV
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:56–58 ESV
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
1 corin 15:
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