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I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
I Corinthians 15:50-57
sound :: Jesus Bleibet Meine Freunde, BWV 147, Johann Sebastian Bach (1723)
image :: Sunrise with a Boat between Headlands, William Turner (English,1840)
My pastor husband, 58, went to be with The Lord Jesus on march 20 from cancer. These lenten readings were very important to me during this time. Thank you.