Question 42

What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the Resurrection?

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.

Scripture references for paragraph 1

Berean Standard Bible. Public domain text and source credits.

Philippians 3:20-21
20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

1 Corinthians 15:42-43
42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

Matthew 10:32
32Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

1 John 3:2
2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

1 Thessalonians 4:17
17After that, we who are alive and remain 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.

Source and edition

Keach's Catechism. NonlinearFruit/Creeds.json, Unlicense. Creeds.json, English transcription

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