12/3/23
Catching away of the church!
To be raised from the dead or resurrected is not the same as being, caught up into the air, or raptured. The word resurrection, like many other doctrinal words. It is to be understood by the meaning affixed to it by the writers, and to those they were immediately writing to. There is a kind of natural unity between those who write, and those who spoke the language. Therefore, the writers are mutually bound to use particular words in a certain sense. To infringe upon this code, and use words or phrases in different ways, violates that compact. This will ultimately lead to error. Concerning Scripture, this would be contrary to the design of God,
1 Timothy 2:4, “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.”
The law of cause and effect holds well in the moral as much as in the material world. We are preparing our bodies, either for glory, or for eternal destruction. The harvest of the resurrection will be according to the seed sown in this life; there is nothing arbitrary in the appointment at God’s judgment seat.
Proverbs 1:31, The wicked, “Shall eat of the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own devices.”
The vices of men, the abuses upon their own bodies, will be perpetuated in the future resurrection. Every member, every function, and every preference will tell the story of its own perversion. Man’s moral depravities and corruptions will contribute to make the mold into which the bodies of the wicked will be cast.
Phillip LaSpino www.seekfirstwisdom.com