So the moment we believe the gospel found in 1 Cor 15:1-4, you do agree we should follow Paul's advice for us in Romans 8:18-25 right?
Saul paul's gospel is a gospel of resurrection.
Those waiting for the celestial immortal body are those in Abrahams Bosom today. And he is one of them. in fact, he will be waiting till the second resurrection before he puts it on. Truly, a preacher becomes what he preached. Truly a servant cannot be greater than his master. Everyone who follows him, follows him to Abraham Bosom, and are candidates of the second resurrection. Just like he claimed that to be absent from the body is to present with the LORD, he is realizing today that it was not true.
GOD is not in the land of the dead.
The Living GOD is the GOD of the living. HE resurrected HIMSELF and returned to heaven, HE is not in the ghost world. saul pauls claim, his doctrine, denies the need for the resurrection. It is a sadducee doctrine.
Jesus His Pre-Eminence preached the Gospel of Ever Lasting life, living without dying at all and waiting for resurrection.
I am a follower of Jesus His Pre-Eminence. It is HIS gospel that i received... There isn't any persons words i hold in higher esteem than HIS. HE is unmatched, HE is unrivaled, HE is beyond gain say, HE is perfect.
1.HE revealed to us that transfiguration in life is being saved, and that is the born again body (mark 9 - John 3)
2. HE revealed to us that we can put on immortality in life, that salvation is living without dying at all, then to go to Abrahams Bosom and wait for resurrection (Mark 8:36-38).
3. HE revealed there is the path to life (Matt 7 :13-14)
4.HE revealed the one who would come to finish the job. (Matt 17-11- John 16:13 John 14:26)
5. HE revealed that there are wheats and tares, (matt 13:24-30)
6.HE revealed the Kingdom Authority (Matt 5:17)
7. HE revealed who should put the bible together (John 6:12)
8. HE revealed what the romans did to HIS word for the fact that they crucified HIM (the WORD spoken of in John 1)
9. HE revealed that GOD has HIS son
10. HE revealed what happened in Genesis.
HE is the GOD of my salvation.
This is why belief was even a thing. It is difficult for a mortal to believe that they can live without dying at all.
But the GOD I know, the GOD I love can do all things. The GOD who resurrects the dead, can immortalize the living. And HIS WORD cannot return to HIM void. HIS revelations are much more to be desired than silver and gold of this earth. HIS revelations are the most precious thing I have. I love HIS LAWS, HIS statutes, HIS revelations, HIS expositions, HIS counsels, HIS chastisements. HE is my GOD.
This is the gospel of the kingdom that must be preached to all nations and then the end shall come.
I am looking like the crazy one right now, but in time it shall be proven that what I am saying here is true. This is the very message that many walked away from while HE was still preaching it, in John 6:66... A people that saw the miracles HE had done, saw how HE healed many, how HE fed the multitude and so on, walked away from following HIM because HE said you can live forver without dying at all.