Shalom, my dear brothers and sisters and dear friends. I would like you please to turn with me to the book of 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and I would like us to read together from verses 35 to 48. This message is our fourth message on 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and this whole Portion of 1 Corinthians chapter 15 deals with the questions of the resurrection. The importance of the truth of the bodily resurrection. Number one, the bodily resurrection of our Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah. And number two, the bodily resurrection of every believer who have come to faith in God and in the person of our Lord Jesus the Messiah. In other words, the truth of the resurrection, the bodily resurrection is a truth that applies to all those that believed in God in every dispensation, including the dispensation, the oikonomia, the economy in which you and I live in today, including the church age.

But the truth of the bodily resurrection is taught in the Word of God for every believer in every dispensation or period of time of human history. Everyone will be raised. In fact, what we are learning from the Word of God, that not only every believer in God and believer in the Lord Jesus, Yeshua the Messiah, will be raised, but also every unbeliever, everyone that is not redeemed, he or she, who have died, who have left this sin and were buried, their body also will be resurrected. But they will be resurrected at the end of the reign of the Messiah for a thousand years, at the end of the Messianic kingdom, to stand before the great white throne judgment.

The judge is our Lord Jesus, Yeshua the Messiah, who will have to cast them into the lake of fire, because their sins were not paid for, and they are still in their sins. And that's why this book of Corinthians and this 15th chapter is an important chapter, beloved friends and dear brothers and sisters. And of course, the apostle Shaul Paul is writing to the Corinthians this 15th chapter because they had some from among them who did not believe in the resurrection. In fact, just to read to you 1 Corinthians 15 and verse 12, Now if Christ, if Mashiach, be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

The Apostle Shaul Paul wrote this long 58 verses presentation of the truth of the resurrection to the Corinthian believers to emphasize the importance of the truth of the bodily resurrection. And so let me read for you beloved friends this specific portion of 1 Corinthians 15 verses 35 to 48. If you have the Word of God open, I would appreciate it if you will open it to verse 35 of 1 Corinthians chapter 15. And there we read. But some men will say, how are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened or is not raised, except he die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat or of some other grain.

But God giveth it a body, as it has pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fish, another of birds. There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial, but the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory for the sun and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars for one star differs from another star in glory so also is the resurrection of the dead it is sown in corruption it is raised in incorruption it is sown in dishonor it is raised in glory it is sown in weakness it is raised in power it is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body there is a natural body and there is a spiritual body and so it is written the first man, Adam was made a living soul.

The last Adam was made a quickening spirit. How bit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy. The second man is the Lord from heaven as is the earthy such are they also that are earthy and as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly beloved brothers and sisters and dear friends. This is now the fourth message on first Corinthians chapter 15 i would like to remind you that this 15th chapter was written to the believers at the city of Corinth and it is interesting that this important truth of the resurrection a whole chapter was written to a local assembly that was so divided a local assembly that was in a very poor spiritual condition.

Although they were called saints, and they were saints by virtue of the fact that they have accepted the Lord Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, their Lord and Savior, and Paul called them unto the church of God, which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, in Mashiach Yeshua, called saints, with all, that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ of Yeshua HaMashiach our Lord both theirs and ours so there were believers but there were believers that live in such a sad spiritual state we've mentioned from the beginning of the study of first corinthian that there were so many problems and i just want.

To emphasize once again in that local assembly because it is important to understand that this local assembly of believers though they were forgiven they were saints of God and yet they did not live their day-by-day life in a way that they honor the Lord and that's why the Lord could not be pleased with them and yet they became sons and daughters of God and they were washed by the blood of the lamb this is why it is so important to distinguish between positional truth and practical truth we who are truly accepted Yeshua confessed our sin and sins we have accepted him and therefore by faith we became children of God that we are positionally belong to the Lord as many as receive him to them he gave the authority to be called sons or children of God sons or daughters or children of God even to them that believe on his name but we don't live always in a way that it is pleasing to the Lord sin is easily beset us pride arrogance everyone take his.

Own way the flesh is is oftentimes lustous against the spirit we don't allow the Holy Spirit of God to lead us and that's the way that the Corinthians lifestyle was that's why Paul wrote them this important letter that is a ministry corrective ministry to the believers you and i need the very same corrective ministry in our lives because we have an inclination as human beings when we are not close to the Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah to turn away from him and live a life that is not honoring unto him that's why we always need to ask the Lord to help us to go back to the throne of grace 1 John 1.9 if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, this is for the believer and so as we see it in Israel's history we see it in church history, men by nature, people by nature are called to accept the Lord Jesus as the Lord and Savior but also to walk with.

Him as they will be led by the Holy Spirit of God. And it is very interesting because to this very failing local assembly, Paul wrote such a high truth and such a detailed truth concerning the resurrection, the bodily resurrection of the believers. And in this 15th chapter, the Apostle Paul deals with these four questions or four statements. The questions that we have already covered are number one, are the dead raised? Paul responded to that in the first 19 verses. Yes, the dead are raised because the Messiah rose and the gospel is that Christ came to this world for to die for sinners he died according to the Scripture he was buried and he rose again according to the Hebrew Scriptures yes the Messiah was promised in the Hebrew Scripture that he will come he will live he will die a substitutionary death he will be buried and he will rise again and that's what happened when Yeshua came finished the walk of redemption and then he died he was buried and he rose again on the third day.

And he himself said it more than once when he spoke to his disciples of which we read in the gospel of Matthew chapter 12 and verse 40 for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the fish's belly so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth Matthew 12 and verse 40 continue in chapter 16 and verse 21 and so on in chapter 17 verse 22 and 23 and so on and especially in the gospel of John in chapter 10 when Yeshua said in verse 17 therefore does my father love me because i lay down my life that i might take it again no man taketh it from me but i lay it down of myself i have power to lay it down and i have power to take it again this commandment have i received of my father John 10 17 and 18 well so the first question are the dead raised yes the dead are raised.

First Corinthians 15 verses 1 to 19 the second question was when are the dead raised and Shaul Paul answered this question as well that the dead are raised in their ranks in their order from verse 20 to verse 28 where he says that Christ is the first fruit every man in his own order the Messiah the first fruits afterwards they that are Christ that are they belong to the Messiah at his coming the Messiah rose first the church saints will rise before the tribulation the Jewish the israeli saints will rise at the end of the tribulation a tribulation saints will rise with them at the end of the tribulation to enter into the messianic kingdom and live and reign with him for a thousand years when the dead are raised everyone in his own order Yeshua some two thousand years ago the the church saints before the tribulation Israel and tribulation saints that die already after the tribulation before the messianic kingdom to enter into the messianic kingdom then thirdly we also dealt with the.

Question why are the dead raised and Paul gave us an answer in first corinthian chapter 15 verses 29 to 34 and also verses 49 to the end of the chapter to 58 and why are the dead raised simply because God created the human race for his own pleasure secondly because God created the Adam and his descendants in the image and the likeness of God. Why? Because God found delight in mankind. That's why he wants mankind, people, to be restored to him. And that's why when sin came in and Adam died spiritually later on physically and his descendants died from generation to generation because it is appointed unto man once to die because of sin, Physical death means that the body goes to the grave and the spirit and the soul return to the God who gave it.

And because the soul is immortal, never dies, yet the body does fall asleep and remain in the ground until the day of resurrection. And because God created mankind, people kind in his own image for his own pleasure and in his own likeness, he wants the human race to be with him and for him for eternity, for his own pleasure. And therefore, in verses 29 to 34 of our chapter, the Apostle Shaul Paul gave an answer, why are the dead raised? And Shaul Paul mentioned, if you remember, beloved brothers and sisters and dear friends, that because God found pleasure in the human race and the animals were not created in the image of God, The planned kingdom were not created in the image of God.

And because of this, God wanted to raise mankind, people kind, men and women who are belonging to him, so they will be resurrected, reunited with their soul and spirit, and be with him forever. And because of that, they are motivated. They have an incentive to live godly life here on earth. Because they can share the message of the gospel with the lost world, they are willing to suffer for the name of Yeshua the Messiah here on earth, and they are willing to live separated from sin here in this world, and they are understanding that the body, the reality of death is impressed upon the people of God because they know that their body will be glorified at the resurrection because the heavenly kingdom is not made for the kind of bodies that we have here and now because with this body we have committed every sin that is upon the face of this earth.

So beloved brothers and sisters we have covered and Paul covered up to now are the dead raised yes verses 1 to 19 when are the dead raised they are raised in their order verses 20 to 28 why are the dead raised because we were created for the pleasure of God and in the image and likeness of God therefore they will be raised for God pleasure and we dealt with it in verses 29 to 34, and verses 49 to 58. And the remaining one portion here, in 1 Corinthians chapter 15, from verse 35 to 48, and Paul is answering now the fourth question. How are the dead raised? So you notice, four questions. Are the dead raised? When are the dead raised?

Why are the dead raised? And how are the dead raised? With this question, now Paul provides an answer to the believers at the city of Corinth, and to you and I, beloved friend, in this final message on 1 Corinthians chapter 15. How are the dead raised? Beginning from verse 35 to verse 48. And in these verses, beloved brothers and sisters, Paul used three examples, analogies to explain this doctrine of the resurrection of the body and how the dead will be raised and with what body they will come. I mean, it's really fascinating to think each and every one of us have experienced attending a funeral service or someone who died.

And we have watched and observed how the body is, after the funeral service, will be taken to the gravesite and will be lowered and to be buried under the ground. And so immediately the question is risen as to how are the dead raised? How is it possible? Well, the passage of Paul teaches this amazing truth. That God is the one that is all powerful. He is sovereign. And he is the God of providence. He is sovereign. He can do everything. And he is the God of providence. He can work all things towards the counsel of his own will, to accomplish the counsel of his own will.

And just like when the Messiah, Yeshua, Jesus, lived here upon the face of the earth, he lived a perfect life, and he was killed when he died on the shameful cross, on the Roman cross, and then he was buried and he rose again on the third day. And so every, according to 1 Corinthians chapter 15, every believer who have accepted God's ways and God's counsel and God's provision and God's salvation and God's Son, the Messiah, every believer in Him will also be raised just like the Lord Yeshua, Jesus, the Messiah was raised. And so notice that the Apostle Paul provides for us three examples. He gives us these analogies in order to explain to us this doctrine of how the dead are raised.

And so he began, first of all, Paul using the first example as the seed that every farmer is using. Seeds in order to place under the ground to water them and that some plants and some flowers and some trees and some crop will come up and so in verse 35 36 37 38 all the way to 41 the apostle Paul uses beloved brothers and sisters he using here the example of the seeds and so i'm reading in verse 35 Paul say as he's writing to the Corinthians but some men will say how are the dead raised up logical question right and with what body do they come in other words how are the dead going to be raised how is it possible how is it happening well this is what we learn from the word of God that because God is the creator of the universe he made all things by the word of his power and everything he can speak a word you remember when Yeshua was here on earth in John 11 he said Lazarus Eliezer Lazarus come forth and you remember in John 11 he that was dead came forth in other words God is able to raise the dead.

And by speaking a word the dead will come forth you remember Eliezer was already in the tomb for four days his sister said he is by now is really decayed and yet Yeshua gave a word and you remember what he said he said in a word that he called Lazarus come forth how wonderful in verse 43 of John 11 and when he had spoken he cried with a loud voice saying Eliezer Ura in Hebrew Eliezer come forth and come out wake up and come out and he that was dead came forth bound hand and foot with grave clothes and his face was bound about with a napkin Yeshua said unto them lose him and let him go the power of God and so I'm back to 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 35 Yeshua said but some men any one of us any person will say how are the dead raised up and notice that secondly with what body do they come in other words with what kind of body are they coming with the same body the very same body.

And then how is it how are they going to come out and so Yeshua is answering in verse 36 Paul called the one that is asking this question he said thou fool and really the word here thou misinformed or unwise in other words really realize that because God is the creator he can create all things how can a baby is born it's a miracle a miracle how can Adam be created out of the dust of the ground it is a miracle because only God can do it how could Eve be formed and built out of the rib of Adam it is a miracle and who can do it God because He is God He is the Creator He is the Upholder all things were made by Him in fact it's spoken of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah all things were made by Him and without Him nothing was made which was made why?

Because Yeshua the Messiah is much more than just another man He is God the Son who took union humanity with his divine nature and he became a man. And as a man he lived a perfect life and he died a substitutionary death for your sins and mine and he was buried and he rose again in fact as we read in John chapter 10 and verse 17 where Yeshua said no man taketh my life from me i lay it down of myself i have the power to take it down and i have a power to take it again God can do all things you and i are creatures God is the creator so Paul is answering the one that may question God how are the dead raised up and with what body do they come and Paul said thou fool or you are unwise or misinstructed don't you understand that which you sow is not raised or not quick and except he die in other words you know it from nature every one of us that know of farmers that farm the land, plow the land, sow seeds that look so small, insignificant.

And yet when the seeds that they sow in one part of the field will grow, after they are watered and the seed will grow, they will become some sort of a vegetable or fruit trees or plants or flowers and each seed will first go into the ground and die and then when it rises then it comes with a different kind of plant trees flowers and so Paul is saying in verse 36 he says thou fool the seed that you are sowing is not coming up is not raised or is not quickened except first of all you die and verse 37 what you sow is not the body but a seed and that which thou sowest thou sowest not what body or not the same body that shall be but bare grain and maybe by chance wheat or some of other grain in other words you are sowing a grain or wheat and then when it comes up when it grows after it dies underneath the ground it comes up with a different shape that one put it in the ground.

In other words it's the very same seed and it comes out of the very same seed whether it will be it may be wheat or grain but it comes different than what you put it in the ground this is important to see so the apostle Paul is using an example of a seed you know sometimes when you look at all these little envelopes with many seeds in them and you look you have seeds for tomatoes and seeds for cucumbers and seeds for peppers and seeds for flowers and seeds for all kind of things and whatever you want you buy you purchase you sow it in the ground and you receive a different shape a different bodies the seed does not look the same as the flower or the or tomatoes or whatever comes out of the ground so beautifully and Paul continues and he says here in verse 38 that God gives it a body as it please him whatever shape that he wishes for that seed in verse 38 we do read beloved brothers and.

Sisters bad God this is the creator God he gives it a body shape a goof in Hebrew a body as it pleases him and to every seed his own body verse 38 in other words every seed have its own body beloved friends God does more than just simply place the seed in the ground and bring another kind of body another kind of whether it is wheat or whether it is a other grain another kind of a body but when it comes to the believers when it comes to the human race it is amazing when you think beloved brothers and sisters that God in the resurrection he will provide for God's people for his own people a body that will be suitable for his presence remember we read in verse 50 in our previous session together now this i say brethren that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God neither does corruption inherit incorruption in other words because we have flesh and blood and because we have a sin nature and because of our sin nature and our life here on.

This earth our body are really corrupted with these bodies we have committed every sin upon the face of this earth and because flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God God will have to provide and he will provide a body a glorified body for his own people who will be raised from from the dead a body that is suitable for the presence of God in heaven and so beloved brothers and sisters as the apostle Paul continues now and you notice in verse 39 40 and 41 he continued to elaborate about this amazing truth and Paul is saying in these verses verses 39 40 and 41 he said all flesh is not the same flesh but there is one kind of flesh of men of human another flesh of beasts these are animals and then another of fish and another of birds Because even when you look down upon the face of this earth, we have people, mankind, human body, and then you have a ton of animals in their shape and their bodies, different than the human body.

Then you have fishes in the ocean, in the seas, in the lakes and in the rivers, and then you have birds in the air. Body differ the human body does not look like the animal's body and the animal's body does not look the fish's body and the fish's body does not look like the birds every body that God had given to his own creation differ from one another all flesh on earth are not the same all bodies are not the same but there is one kind of flesh of man another kind of beast another kind of fish and another kind of birds Shaul Paul continue in verses 40 and 41 he elaborating more about that to help us to understand that in order for us to be suitable for the presence of God in heaven where our bodies will be resurrected from the dead we will have a body that will be suitable for heaven we have now bodies that are suitable for here and now on earth but because flesh and blood cannot enter into the kingdom of God when our bodies will be resurrected from the grave God will give a suitable body that.

Is suitable for heaven and so he continued verse 14 he said there are also celestial bodies celestial simply mean heavenly bodies and bodies terrestrial these are earthly body for here on earth but the glory of the celestial these are the heavenly body is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another in other words the glory simply means the way the appearance and the amazing that expression the glory is it has to do with the fact that God had given to every body whether it is the in heaven or here on earth he gave us a body that has its own glory its own honor and that's why it is so unique to think of the bodies that God had given in in the earth today the animal in the animal kingdom or the human kingdom there are bodies that are receiving honor as unique honor the human body has its own unique honor the the animals in the kingdom they They have their own honor in the way that God has created them for his own pleasure.

So there are celestial bodies. These are heavenly bodies. And there are terrestrial bodies. These are earthly bodies. And notice that, as we just read, that the glory of the celestial is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another. Upon the earth, everyone has his own uniqueness. The human kingdom, the human race, the animal kingdom have their own uniqueness. But notice here, he's also explaining now what's happening to other creation of God in heaven. Such is, notice verse 41, there is one glory of the sun. The sun is unique, S-U-N, the sun. Give us light. The sun has its own glory that God created the sun.

And then the glory of the moon, the night, the moon has its own glory, uniqueness. And then it says another glory of the glory of the stars. The stars have uniqueness, unique manifestation. That word for glory is how they manifest, how they are seen. Men and women are seen in their own uniqueness. A beast is seen in their own uniqueness. Fishes are seen here on earth in their own uniqueness. Birds are seen here on earth in their own uniqueness. And in the same way, there is a uniqueness of the sun, the uniqueness of the moon, the uniqueness of the stars. In fact, in verse 41, even every star is different from another and each one have its own glory, its own uniqueness.

So now beloved brothers and sisters after the apostle Shaul Paul gave this interesting illustration using the seed in verses 35 to 38 then actually all the way to 41 then beloved brothers and sisters he's using now from verse 42 to verse 44 Paul discussing now the detail of the change that will take place at the days of the resurrection of the body. I just wanted to mention that in John, the Gospel of John, chapter 3 and verse 12, Yeshua used the very same expression, the word heavenly and earthly. Notice that in John chapter 3, and there we read in verse 12, if i have told you earthly things and he believed not how shall he believe if i tell you heavenly things you notice that the same thought the same Greek word that we have here in first Corinthians chapter 15 and these verses verse 40 where it says there are also celestial bodies heavenly bodies and terrestrial or bodies earthy completely different the one suitable for here and on earth the other body is suitable for heaven that's why the sun the moon the stars are creation of God that are suitable for the heavens now in relationship to the believers to God's people God gave us a body that is suitable for here and now on earth but at the resurrection and at our rapture and been taking to be with the Lord Jesus the Messiah in heaven we must have suitable bodies for the presence of the Lord let me just mention one thing here if you remember in John chapter 20.

When we do read concerning Yeshua who came to see his disciples in the city of Yerushalayim upon the first day of the week in the evening in John 20 19 being the first day of the week you remember how the Lord appeared and he said to the disciples shalom lachem or shalom aleichem peace be unto you at the end of verse 19 well how could he appear there inside the upper room to be there with his own people he must have had a body that is suitable for heaven that he could go through doors enter into the midst of the disciples you remember we do read in verse 19 the same day this is John 20, 19 the same day of the evening being the first day of the week when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for the fear of the Jews came Yeshua and stood in the midst and he said unto them shalom aleichem peace be unto you how could he do it well he entered without even having any limitation by the doors.

He had a body that is suitable for the presence of God in heaven in his humanity and so back to our chapter beloved brothers and sisters this is exactly what will happen when the resurrection the bodily resurrection of the people of God will take place in the future day now in verse 42 43 and 44 Paul discuss now the detail concerning the change that will take place so notice what he says in verse 42 he says the same way is the resurrection of the dead the body that is sown in that burial meaning when we die when a person died the very same body the person the believer's body that is placed in the grave when one was buried is like sowing seed he died he died in corruption in decay so we read in verse 42 of our chapter 1 Corinthians 15 42 you saw also is the resurrection of the dead.

The dead, these are the believing dead in the context of 1 Corinthians chapter 15. The believing dead, the body that sleep, the body of the believer that is placed in the tomb, it is sown in corruption. A body that was living here in this world that is filled with sin and corruption. And you remember when sin came into this world, God said to Adam, the day that you will eat out of this tree dying, you shall die. In other words, you will ultimately have a separation between the soul and the spirit from your human body and you will die. Not only that he died spiritually initially, but he will be separated.

The body will go to the ground because from the dust you came to the dust you will return. And so, in the resurrection, the body that was sown, that was placed in the tomb, was sown in corruption, verse 42, to be, it will be raised in incorruption. It will be supernaturally raised in incorruption, beloved brothers and sisters. I must read for you once again in Genesis chapter 2 verse 7, verse 17, and Genesis chapter 3 and verse 19. Genesis chapter 2 verse 7, And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and he breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. This is verse 7 of Genesis chapter 2.

Then verse 17, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God said to Adam, thou shalt not eat of it, because not as for in the day that thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt surely die. In Hebrew, motemutun. You will die. And then in chapter three we read in verse 19 it says God punished Adam who violated God's word by eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in disobedience in chapter three of Genesis and verse 19 God says in the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread until thou return unto the ground for out of it was thou taken for dust thou art and unto dust shall thou return now to remind you if Adam did not sin by disobedience and eating of the food of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil Adam and Eve and their descendants could have lived forever there will not be any limitation but death came because of sin to remind you that Paul in Romans chapter 5 remind us of this in verse 12 wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned you and I have sinned that's why we will die and so Paul is explaining in verse 42 so also is the.

Resurrection the resurrection of the dead it is sown in corruption because of sin so because of disobedience to God there is The decay, aging, the process, and ultimately death and burial. But when God will raise the believer's body, it is raised in incorruption. Unique, suitable, the very same person that died, his body that died, God liked the seed. He will raise it in incorruption so that body now will be suitable for God's presence. In verse 43 the body is sown in dishonor and in weakness but it will be raised in glory and in power we read in verse 43 beloved brothers and sisters it is sown in dishonor it is raised in glory it is sown in weakness it is raised in power imagine the dishonor that happening to mankind when when men is getting old men women people getting old and ultimately die it is amazing but when it comes to the resurrection the people of God will be raised receive a body that is in power and in glory there will be honor to those that will be raised by the Lord Yeshua Jesus the Messiah there is a verse in Luke chapter 20 where we read in verse 35 and verse 36 but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in Mary neither can they die anymore for they are equal unto the angels and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Yeshua said concerning the believers that have the one that will have accepted him and accounted worthy to obtain that world, this eternity. And that's why we are worthy to receive and to obtain that eternal blessing, that world to come and the resurrection from the dead. Why not because of ourselves because we are sinners by nature but it is only because we have accepted the Mashiach Yeshua the Messiah the Lord Jesus God the Son who became a man and paid for your sins and mine that's why we the believers will receive a body that as we read in verse 43 though sown in dishonor but yet raised in glory though sown in weakness yet it raised in power in verse 44 the body is so natural but raised spiritual body there is a natural body and there is a spiritual body that's why we read in verse 44 it is sown a natural body this is the body that you and i have right now body that is here suitable for this world decaying as days go by as we are aging but notice it is raised a spiritual body a spiritual body is a body that is suitable for the presence of God for eternity a body that will not sin anymore a body that will be reunited to the forgiven soul and spirit of the same person.

And a spirit the whole person spirit soul and body to live eternally with the Lord it is amazing it is amazing beloved brothers and sisters in 1st John chapter 3 in verses 1 and 2 we read behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God therefore the world knoweth us not because it knew him not beloved now are we the sons of God and it does not yet appear what we shall be but we know on the basis of God's word we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is we believers will be like our Lord Yeshua HaMashiach Jesus Christ the Lord Yeshua the Messiah why because we will see him as he is because we belong to him because we have accepted the manner of love that God bestowed upon us that he called us the sons of God he opened our hearts and we have accepted Yeshua Jesus the Messiah is our Lord and our Savior and we have accepted that.

He died for each and every one of our own sins we who deserve to be punished he was punished in our instead and that's why verse 44 said that we although we have been sown as a natural body natural mean here on earth as we are with all the decay and with all the failure and the sin that within us yet we will be raised a spiritual body a body that is spiritual suitable for God beloved friend is the same thing with the soul the soul of all mankind is sinful but because we receive forgiveness from the Lord Jesus who paid for our sins we are forgiven and he cleanses us, we are born again we are new creation all that are in Christ Jesus are new creation, all things have passed away all become new so when the body that we will we die here on earth will be resurrected is a body that will be spiritual there is a natural body and there is a spiritual body just the same as we read in verse 40 there is a celestial body.

And there is a terrestrial body we will receive a spiritual body the same body but glorified how at a dead rate and with what body do they come we have read already in verse 35 well here it is verse 44 our body is a natural body but it will be raised spiritual body there is a natural body but there is also a spiritual body and so beloved brothers and sisters as we draw towards the end In verses 45 to verses 48, the third example that the Apostle Paul is showing now, he's showing the contrast between Adam, this is Adam that was created by God out of the dust. And he's making a contrast between Adam and the Messiah who is also considered to be the last Adam and so in verse 45, 46, 47 and 48 Paul is giving to us the amazing contrast between Adam, the one that was created last Adam the one who created all things and became Adam became a man in verse 45 the first man Adam was made and the last Adam he became notice verse 45 how beautiful and so it is written it takes us all the way back to Genesis chapter 2 and verse 7 the first man the first Adam was made a living soul and we just read in Genesis 2 and verse 7 that God breathed into Adam's nostril the one that was created out of the ground out of the dust and man became a living soul but then notice he used in verse 45b the last Adam in other words there is no one that will come after him anymore why what does he mean by that the the first.

Adam and the last Adam what does the apostle Paul say here that there was the first man Adam that was the federal head of all the human race that's it and now when God the son became Adam a man a sinless man holy and righteous man he is the last Adam and all the trust in him are now have been transferred the believers that is from the first Adam to the last Adam and we belong to him and so as it is written the first man Adam was made a living soul he was made by God but the last Adam became not even so much so made but became a quickening spirit you remember what we read in John chapter 1 concerning the Lord Yeshua the Messiah according to John 1 verse 14 and the word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory the glory is of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth this is John 1.14 He is the eternal Word the Mimra the Logos in the Greek the Mimra in the Hebrew.

This is God the Son this is God Himself in the person of the Son He took union humanity and He became flesh He dwelt among us he is that last Adam but because he came to this world and he paid for the sin of this world when he died for your sins and mine he became a quickening spirit he's now give us life provided life for those who trust in him see those who are descendants of Adam like all of us by nature we are decaying and ultimately die but those who believe in the last Adam Yeshua the Messiah we are now who because we believe on him will become a quickening spirit he made us alive spiritually and eternally and because of him our bodies will be resurrected a spiritual body suitable for heaven to be with him in verse 46 the first one notice that verse 46 however that was not first which is spiritual no but that which is natural and afterward that which is spiritual in other.

Words it's always like so first was that natural this is the body that we all have by nature when we were born here into this world this is the the natural that we have but then after that is the spiritual and here is in reference to the spiritual body as we just read earlier there is a natural body verse 44 and there is a spiritual body we received a natural body when we were born to our parents as descendants of Adam and Eve but we will receive a spiritual body when we will be resurrected at a point in time and our bodies will be suitable for God's presence where sin will be no more in verse 47 as we are drawing to the end the apostle Shaul Paul said the first man is of the earth earthy and the second man is the Lord from heaven that is so important to understand notice in this verse 47 he used the word the second man notice there is the first man i'm.

Reading verse 47 the first man is of the earth earthy this is Adam and the second man is the Lord from heaven why does he use that word second man here because as far as God is concerned there are two men one man that was of the earth and he is earthy and there is another man and he's the second man and the second man came from heaven for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son God sent the Son into this world the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of this world He is the man from heaven in fact Daniel in chapter 7 of his prophecy spoke about the Messiah who is called the Son of Man Ben-Hadam he is the son of man that came from heaven he came once some 2000 years ago the Messiah the Redeemer he was despised and rejected of mankind he died he was buried and he rose again and he is coming again and he is the one that came from heaven so the first man is of the earth.

But you see when Yeshua the Messiah came although he was born to the virgin Miriam in the city of Bethlehem to the people of Israel but in actuality he is the one that is from heaven from heaven he existed in eternity past beloved brothers and sisters and when God promised to the nation of Israel that he will send the Messiah he did say beloved brothers and sisters and dear friend in Isaiah chapter 7 and verse 14 therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name God with us Emmanuel God with us chapter 9 we read in verse 6 for unto us a child is born yes he was born here on earth but he is the son that was given unto us a son is given and because he is God the son and the child that was born to the virgin Miriam in a supernatural way he will be the one that the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called wonderful counselor the mighty God.

El Gibor the everlasting father or the father of eternity the source of eternity and the prince of peace Sar Shalom Pele Yoretz El Gibor Avi Ad Sar Shalom Wonderful Counselor Mighty God Father of Eternity Prince of Peace this is the one of whom we read the second man is the Lord that came from heaven that is fascinating to understand beloved brothers and sisters and then the concluding verse in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 and verse 48 that which is earthy just like the one that was from the earth so all of those descendants of Adam are healed from this earth and just like the one that came from heaven and so are those that belong to the one that came from heaven.

And so we read in verse 48, As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy. And as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. You see, every one of us, my dear friend, that is born here into this world through our parents, we are all descendants of Adam and Eve. Adam v'chava. And so all of us, according to verse 48, we are earthy. We all are descendants of Adam and Eve. But what happened when we have accepted God the Son, who became a man, Yeshua min Natseret, from Natseret, who is the Messiah of Israel, the Savior of the world, when we have accepted Him, and we belong to Him, and receive forgiveness of sins because of Him, Yeshua, Jesus, we now belong to heaven.

And therefore, we, in a sense, have been transferred from Adam, the earthy, to Yeshua, the heavenly. And how have we transferred? Simply by believing that he is indeed the promised Messiah of Israel and the Savior of this world. In Matthew chapter 13 and in verse 43, Yeshua was providing parables there to his own disciples and the people of Israel in these days when he was still on earth. In Matthew chapter 13 and verse 43 we read, Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their fathers. Who hath an ear, let him hear. This is, in the resurrection, the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their fathers.

You see this? In Philippians chapter 3, the apostle Paul wrote to the Philippian believers in verse 21 and he said, I'll read verse 20. For our politic, or our citizenship, is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Yeshua HaMashiach, the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. No wonder, beloved brothers and sisters, we heard what John said in 1 John 3, verses 1 and 2. Behold what many of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we, you and I, sinners by nature, should be called the sons of God.

Therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not. Then he says in verse 2, Beloved, now are we the sons of God. And it does not yet appear what we shall be. It doesn't yet appear. People don't see it. You and I don't see it. It doesn't yet appear now. But, notice, but we know on the basis of God's word, We know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, like Yeshua, like Jesus our Mashiach. For we shall see Him as He is. Amazing, beloved brothers and sisters and dear friends, may the Lord help us to appreciate the fact that we, the believers in the Lord Jesus the Messiah, will be raised from the dead.

Are the dead raised? Yes, the dead are going to be raised. When are the dead raised? They will be raised, each one in his own order. Why are the dead raised? Because the dead, the believers, the creation, God's people were made in his image and in his likeness and for his pleasure for all of us all the human race were created in God's image spirit, soul and body and therefore God desired to restore people to himself and therefore he sent Yeshua the Messiah to pay for our sins and the dead will rise because God wants it for his own pleasure his delight is with the children of men And how are the dead raised?

Well, the dead will be raised in a supernatural way. There are also heavenly bodies, and there are earthly bodies. But the glory of the heavenly body is a different glory than from the glory of the earthly body. And therefore, as our body is so natural body, it will be raised in a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. And so we read, that like that the first man is of the earth earthy, the second man, Yeshua the Messiah, is the Lord from heaven.

And we will be raised, those that belong to God, the believers will be raised with a spiritual body suitable for the presence of God. So, my dear friend, we have finished now the study of 1 Corinthians chapter 15. May the Lord help us to appreciate the truth of the bodily resurrection of everyone that has accepted Yeshua, our Lord. And have trusted in Him. May the Lord bless His Word, we pray. God bless you, my dear friend. Until the next time, we say Shalom, Shalom.