The Dead IN Christ, LIVE

by Stan Arney
08/24/16
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Ezekiel 37:1-14

The Hand of The LORD (GOD Almighty) CAME UPON me (Ezekiel) and BROUGHT me (Ezekiel) OUT, IN The Spirit (The Holy Spirit) of The LORD (GOD Almighty), and SET me (Ezekiel) DOWN in The Midst of The Valley; and it was Full of Bones.  Then, He (GOD Almighty) CAUSED me (Ezekiel) to PASS BY Them (The Bones) all around, and Behold, there were Very Many (Bones) in The Open Valley; and indeed They (The Bones) were Very Dry.  And He (GOD Almighty) SAID to me (Ezekiel), “Son of man, CAN These Bones (The Dry Bones) LIVE?”  So I (Ezekiel) answered, “O LORD GOD (GOD Almighty), YOU KNOW.”

Again He (GOD Almighty) SAID to me (Ezekiel), “PROPHESY to These Bones (The Dry Bones), and say to Them (The Dry Bones), ‘O Dry Bones, HEAR The WORD of The LORD (GOD Almighty)!  Thus SAYS The LORD GOD (GOD Almighty) to These Bones (The Dry Bones): “Surely I (GOD Almighty) Will CAUSE BREATH to ENTER into YOU (The Dry Bones), and YOU (The Dry Bones) shall LIVE.  I (GOD Almighty) will PUT Sinews on YOU (The Dry Bones) and BRING Flesh upon YOU (The Dry Bones), COVER YOU (The Dry Bones) with Skin and PUT Breath in YOU (The Dry Bones); and YOU (The Dry Bones) shall LIVE.  Then YOU (The Dry Bones) shall KNOW that I AM The LORD (GOD Almighty).”’”

So, I (Ezekiel) PROPHESIED as I (Ezekiel) was Commanded; and as I (Ezekiel) PROPHESIED, there was a NOISE, and SUDDENLY A RATTLING; and The Bones (The Dry Bones) CAME TOGETHER, Bone to Bone.  Indeed, as I (Ezekiel) LOOKED, The Sinews and The Flesh CAME UPON Them (The Dry Bones), and The Skin COVERED Them (The Dry Bones) OVER; BUT there was NO Breath IN Them (The Dry Bones).  Also He (GOD Almighty) SAID to me (Ezekiel), “PROPHESY TO The Breath, PROPHESY, Son of man, and SAY to The Breath, ‘Thus SAYS The LORD GOD (GOD Almighty): “COME from The Four Winds, O Breath, and Breathe on These Slain (The Dry Bones), that They (The Dry Bones) may LIVE.”’”  So, I (Ezekiel) PROPHESIED as He (GOD Almighty) Commanded me (Ezekiel), and Breath CAME INTO Them (The Dry Bones), and They (The Dry Bones) LIVED, and STOOD UPON Their (The Dry Bones) Feet, an Exceedingly Great Army.

Then He (GOD Almighty) SAID to me (Ezekiel), “Son of man, These Bones (The Dry Bones) are The Whole House of Israel. They (The Dry Bones) indeed say, ‘Our (The Dry Bones) Bones are dry, Our (The Dry Bones) Hope IS LOST, and We (The Dry Bones) Ourselves are CUT OFF!’  Therefore, PROPHESY and SAY to Them (The Dry Bones), ‘Thus SAYS The LORD GOD (GOD Almighty): “Behold, O My (GOD Almighty’s) People, I Will OPEN Your Graves and CAUSE YOU (The Dry Bones) to COME UP from Your Graves, and BRING YOU (The Dry Bones) INTO The Land of Israel.  Then, YOU (The Dry Bones) shall KNOW that I AM The LORD (GOD Almighty), when I have OPENED Your Graves, O My (GOD Almighty’s) People, and BROUGHT YOU (The Dry Bones) UP from Your Graves.  I Will PUT My (GOD Almighty’s) Spirit (The Holy Spirit) IN YOU (The Dry Bones), and YOU (The Dry Bones) shall LIVE, and I will PLACE YOU (The Dry Bones) IN Your Own Land.  Then, YOU (The Dry Bones) shall KNOW that I, The LORD (GOD Almighty), have SPOKEN IT and PERFORMED IT,” SAYS The LORD (GOD Almighty).’”

1 Corinthians 15:50-58        

Now THIS I (Paul) say, Brethren (Believers), that Flesh and Blood (The Natural Body) can NOT INHERIT The Kingdom of GOD (GOD Almighty); NOR does Corruption (The Natural Body) INHERIT INCORRUPTION (The Kingdom of GOD Almighty).

Behold, I (Paul) TELL YOU (Believers) a MYSTERY: We (Believers) Shall NOT All Sleep (DIE), but We (Believers) Shall ALL BE CHANGED (The Spiritual Body), in a Moment, in The TWINKLING of an EYE, at The LAST TRUMPET.  For The TRUMPET will SOUND, and The Dead (Believers) will be Raised INCORRUPTIBLE (The Spiritual Body), and We (Believers) shall be CHANGED (The Spiritual Body).  For THIS Corruptible (The Natural Body) MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION (The Spiritual Body), and THIS Mortal (The Natural Body) MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY (The Spiritual Body).

So, when THIS Corruptible (The Natural Body) has PUT ON INCORRUPTION (The Spiritual Body), and THIS Mortal (The Natural Body) has PUT ON IMMORTALITY (The Spiritual Body), then shall be Brought To Pass the saying that is WRITTEN: “Death is Swallowed Up in VICTORY.”  “O Death, where is your sting?  O Hades, where is your victory?”  The Sting of Death is sin, and The Strength of sin is The Law.  But THANKS be to GOD (GOD Almighty), who GIVES Us (Believers) The Victory THROUGH Our LORD Jesus Christ.  Therefore, My Beloved Brethren (Believers), be STEADFAST, IMMOVABLE, Always Abounding in The WORK of The LORD (Jesus Christ), KNOWING that Your (Believers) LABOR is NOT in vain, in The LORD (Jesus Christ).

Philippians 3:20-21

For OUR (Believers) CITIZENSHIP is in Heaven, from which We (Believers) also EAGERLY WAIT for The Savior, The LORD Jesus Christ, who will TRANSFORM Our (Believers) Lowly Body (The Natural Body), that it may be CONFORMED (The Spiritual Body) to His (Jesus Christ’s) Glorious Body, According to The Working by which He (Jesus Christ) is ABLE, even to SUBDUE All Things to Himself (Jesus Christ).

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

But I (Paul) do NOT want YOU (Believers) to be ignorant, Brethren (Believers), CONCERNING Those (Believers) who have Fallen Asleep (The Dead in Christ), lest YOU (Believers) sorrow, as Others (Unbelievers), who have NO Hope.  For if We (Believers) BELIEVE that Jesus (Jesus Christ) DIED and ROSE AGAIN, even so GOD (GOD Almighty) will bring with Him (Jesus Christ), Those (Believers) who Sleep in Jesus (The Dead in Christ).

For THIS We (Believers) say to YOU (Believers), by The WORD (The Gospel of Jesus Christ) of The LORD (Jesus Christ), that We (Believers) who are ALIVE and REMAIN, UNTIL The Coming of The LORD (Jesus Christ), will by NO means PRECEDE Those (Believers), who are Asleep (The Dead in Christ).  For The LORD (Jesus Christ) Himself will DESCEND from Heaven with a SHOUT, with The VOICE of an Archangel, and with The TRUMPET of GOD (GOD Almighty).  And The Dead (Believers) in Christ (Jesus Christ), will Rise FIRST.  Then, We (Believers), who are ALIVE and REMAIN, shall be CAUGHT UP TOGETHER with Them (The Dead in Christ) in The Clouds, to MEET The LORD (Jesus Christ) in The Air.  And thus, We (Believers) shall ALWAYS be with The LORD (Jesus Christ).  Therefore, Comfort One Another (Fellow Believers) with THESE WORDS.

Fellow Believers, GOD Almighty GAVE Us (Believers) a Great Analogy, THROUGH Ezekiel, of how GOD Almighty will Resurrect The Dead IN Christ, GIVING Them (The Dead IN Christ) a New Spiritual Body, and Paul takes it One Step Further, THROUGH His (Paul’s) Revelation FROM Jesus Christ, BY REVEALING To Us (Living Believers) that AT The Being Caught Up Together, We (Living Believers) Will All (Living Believers) BE CHANGED and BE GIVEN Our (Living Believers) New Spiritual Body, as well.  May each and every single one of Us (Believers), REJOICE, in The Knowledge that We (Believers) will be IN GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence, WITH Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, and All The Rest of The Children (Believers) of GOD Almighty, for Eternity, Forever.  Amen.