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Marking the end of an era and a new beginning

The Las Vegas shooting on October 2, 2017 involved more than one shooter in the Mandalay Bay Hotel itself, but there was also at least one other who was shooting into the front… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/marking-the-end-of-an-era-and-a-new-beginning/

First Corinthians 16--Greetings and Benedictions

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 16:10, 11, 10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to be afraid; for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I also am. 11 Let no one… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-16-greetings-and-benedictions/

1 Corinthians 16--Donations for Jerusalem

Having proven that the dead will be raised and not left in the grave forever, Paul concludes in 1 Corinthians 15:58, 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/1-corinthians-16-donations-for-jerusalem/

First Corinthians 15--Victory over Death and Hades

Epicurus was born in 341 B.C. on the island of Samos, which was not far from Ephesus. When his teacher quoted a Greek poem, saying, “Verily, first of all chaos was created,”… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-15-victory-over-death-and-hades/

First Corinthians 15--The secret revealed

The image of the heavenly and the image of the earthy is described by Paul in terms of clothing and in terms of housing. It is the container in which our conscious being lives and… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-15-the-secret-revealed/

First Corinthians 15--Natural and spiritual order

In 1 Corinthians 15:44 Paul links the two bodies, one “natural” and one “spiritual,” suggesting the principle that natural things are reflections of the spiritual. He has already… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-15-natural-and-spiritual-order/

First Corinthians 15--Two bodies

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:35, 35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?” Such questioning would have been typical… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/10-2017/first-corinthians-15-two-bodies/

First Corinthians 15--Results of believing in resurrection

In 1 Corinthians 15:30 Paul asks, 30 Why are we also in danger every hour? He means to say that if the dead are not raised, if there is no resurrection, then what is the… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-results-of-believing-in-resurrection/

First Corinthians 15--Baptizing for the dead, part 2

Paul writes in Romans 6:3, 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Many miss the point that we are… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-baptizing-for-the-dead-part-2/

First Corinthians 15--Baptizing for the dead, part 1

After establishing the doctrine of resurrection and how God intends to save all men in the end, putting all things under His feet, Paul makes an odd statement in 1 Corinthians… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-baptizing-for-the-dead-part-1/

First Corinthians 15--Mortality and death

I need to attempt to clarify a point about the mortality in the age of judgment, which, I believe, was somewhat confusing in my earlier post. There are two types of death, one… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-mortality-and-death/

First Corinthians 15--Resurrection and trumpets

Today is the feast of Trumpets, Rosh Hoshana, the first day of the new biblical year. Last night was also Jesus’ 2016th birthday since His birth on Rosh Hoshana in 2 B.C. The… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-resurrection-and-trumpets/

First Corinthians 15--The order of resurrection, part 2

At the general resurrection where all are raised, the believers will receive immortal life, but not before they have undergone whatever judgments are due to them. Paul says in 1… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-the-order-of-resurrection-part-2/

First Corinthians 15--The order of resurrection, part 1

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:22-24, 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own order [tagma, “squadron”]; Christ the first… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-the-order-of-resurrection-part-1/

First Corinthians 15--Adam and Christ

Having established the doctrine of resurrection in general, Paul then shows what Jesus actually accomplished in His resurrection. He writes in 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22, 21 For… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-adam-and-christ/

First Corinthians 15--Our hope and the first fruits

Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15:14, 15, 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover, we are even found to be false… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-our-hope-and-the-first-fruits/

First Corinthians 15--My personal journey

In my early years the church taught me that all who are saved go to heaven when they die. I was also taught that we would be raised from the dead. No one explained to me the… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-my-personal-journey/

First Corinthians 15--The resurrection dispute, part 2

Jesus appeared to the disciples in a physical body that still bore the marks of crucifixion. He ate with them to drive home this very point, because, as Luke says, they thought… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-the-resurrection-dispute-part-2/

First Corinthians 15--The resurrection dispute, part 1

The heart of the gospel, Paul says, is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For this reason, He appeared to more than five hundred people after His resurrection in the forty days… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-the-resurrection-dispute-part-1/

First Corinthians 15--The good news

The fifteenth chapter of Paul’s letter to the Corinthians really forms the climax of his instructions and corrections, designed to bring sanctification to the church. 1… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2017/09-2017/first-corinthians-15-the-good-news/