Question 42

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

Philippians 3:20-21 (ESV)

²⁰But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

1 Corinthians 15:42-43 (ESV)

⁴²So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. ⁴³It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

Matthew 10:32 (ESV)

³²So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,

1 John 3:2 (ESV)

²Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 (ESV)

¹⁷Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

Traditional Formulation

Question: What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the Resurrection?

Answer: At the resurrection, believers become raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoyment of God to all eternity.

Adaptation Commentary

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