Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 15:51
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1 Corinthians15:51
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery : We shall not all sleep , but we shall all be changed .
They might object, How can this be? There will be many Saints alive in the World at the day, when Christ shall come to judge the World, they will have natural bodies, such as they were born with, and grew up with in the World until that time (saith the Apostle) I now tell you a secret thing, (for so the term Mystery signifieth, Rom. 11.25. & 16.25. and in many other Texts.)
We shall not all sleep any long sleep: Some think all shall dye, but some for a very short time, and then they shall revive.
But we shall all be changed, either dying for a time, or by some other work of God their natural, corruptible bodies shall be turned into spiritual bodies, not capable of corruption.
Marginal references: 1 Thess. 4.15, 16, 17.
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