The Present and Future of Jesus’ Resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:50-58, NIV
50 I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed?
52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.


Introduction: The resurrection of Jesus is a historical fact.
1. Mary Magdalene . 2. Women disciples.
3. Disciples going to a village called Emmaus.
4. Ten disciples. 5. With Thomas and 11 disciples. 6. To Peter.
7. By the Sea of Galilee.
8. When Jesus was taken up into heaven at the Mount of Olives
9. To apostle Paul on the way to Damascus.


1. The experience of the present events of resurrection.
When we are born again:
1) Our spirit will come to life, and we can call God Father (Gal 4:6).
2) The Holy Spirit, the spirit of resurrection, will come (Ro 8:10-11).
3) We will have dreams and hope of heaven (1Pe 1:3-4; 2Co 5:1).
4) We will walk with Jesus who was resurrected (Mt 28:20; Heb 13:8; Jn 11:25-26).


2. The life of resurrection is revealed to the mortal body.
1) The life of Jesus is revealed in our body (2Co 4:10).
2) The power of the life of Jesus (2Co 4:8-10).
3) Jesus' life is revealed in our mortal body (2Co 4:11).
① When we are handed over to suffer for Jesus.
② We can endure suffering when the life of Jesus is revealed in our mortal body.
　

3. The resurrection of the future.
(1Co 15:54; 1Th 4:15-17).
1) Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God (1Co 15:50; Gal 5:19-21).
2) The last trumpet sound and resurrection (1Co 15:51-54).
① The dead will be raised first.
② The resurrected body?transformed, imperishable, and immortal.
③ We will meet the Lord in the air.


Conclusion: (1Th 5:1-3, 6-11; 1Co 15:57-58).