07 04 21 The William Bell Show

Well, we started on last week Delving into the first part of first Corinthians 15. We had laid some groundwork foundational groundwork for introduction to the chapter so that we could approach it at least from my perspective from a biblical point of view and Our aim is to try to set a right some of the myths Concepts that are running rampant on first Corinthians 15 or regarding first Corinthians 15 this is the chapter that becomes the crux of study when it comes down to the matter of Christ's return in the first century and Everybody wants to know what about the resurrection and particularly the resurrection of the dead We have lived and labored under traditions for quite some time and that is that the resurrection of first Corinthians 15 has to do with physical bodies being raised from the ground at some time in our future and We take issue with that to say that the resurrection is not focused on biological bodies coming out of the ground that the Resurrection has to do with our soteriology with our salvation our status before God and that is how it is begun in the New Testament and that is how it is consummated in the New Testament and the Problem is those who understand how it is initiated in the New Testament fail To connect the consummation of that same Initiation or inaugural inaugural process of resurrection with the consummation and so what they do is they turn the consummation into a resurrection of a total different nature all together they will see and will argue that we have a Spiritual resurrection first and they will cite passages like Romans chapter 6 Colossians chapter 2 Ephesians chapter 2 and other passages to affirm that resurrection begins Spiritually, it has to do with our salvation and they would be correct on that because that's what we affirm as well. However This is where they leave it. And so when they see passages that are related to the coming of the Lord Especially when that coming is spoken of as happening soon in a very very little while That it was at hand and soon to come to pass that it would occur before some who stood in the presence of Christ died and Before that first century generation passed away Then they ignore those time statements that would cause them to remain consistent With the beginning of the resurrection all the way down to the consummation of it and so what they do is they deny the time statements they make them elastic and try to stretch them for thousands of years and and some of them have no end in sight for them and This is what causes the problem is so they fail to be able to exegete the chapter properly Because they do not honor those those time statements. I've got to work from my Phone this morning because I picked up the wrong set of notes But luckily I have it in my Evernote. And so I'm going to have to Read from the phone, which I'm not sure that I'm that good at doing but nevertheless We will do the very best we can to keep up with that now, you know as we were talking about this spiritual to the physical the spiritual to the material Concept that is so prevalent in futurist eschatology We have a text in first Corinthians 15 That is a direct contradiction of that concept because the text in first Corinthians 15 says first the natural afterward the spiritual Now, how can you mess that up? How can you get that confused? When the Apostle tells you that it is the natural that comes first and then afterward the spiritual I think that's verse 45 or verse 46 in first Corinthians 15 now if You're going to argue that the natural refers to the physicality of man Which it does not but that's what the futurists believe many of them that I've talked to if you're going to argue That the natural refers to man's biology to his physicality Then the Bible says that's first So the resurrection should already be over if that's first and what you should be waiting on is a spiritual resurrection but They don't do that. They say no we got the spiritual first and we get the natural second, you know It's amazing when you have to advocate a doctrine That is a hundred and eighty degrees from what the Bible says and make the Bible a lie, so you can Claim that you have the truth It doesn't work, ladies and gentlemen, but they are confident and content with that and would rather call those of us who can Understand first the natural afterward the spiritual I would rather call us all kinds of names nothing pleasant by the way And claim that we are misunderstanding the scripture. Well, all we did was read it. I'll read it to you now verse 46. However The spiritual is not first now How can you mess that up? the spiritual is not first That's exactly what they say the Bible says it's not they say it is but the natural it's saying the natural is first and afterward the spiritual So where do they get this resurrection of physical bodies coming out of the ground at some time in the future? when the Bible says the natural is first and afterward the spiritual you see When you take the word natural and Try to make it refer to the flesh of man to the physicality of man. That's the problem. You're gonna run into It has nothing to do with man's biology What that term is about is? man's status before God or lack of status before God Because he is not walking in the spirit Now that's getting a little ahead of us But I think it's important to at least Just demonstrate the kind of issues That the future physical resurrection poses for those who will slow down a little bit who will read Reason and just think about it. How do you run? roughshod over such passages and then claim that you Have the truth it's Rather interesting to hear it and To see what's going on with this and they never think that they could possibly be wrong or need to go back and reconsider those things and But they don't understand the progressive nature of the resurrection and you know when I was laying the foundation for some of this I pointed this out in Romans chapter 6 and I've got I received a lot of positive comments from those who were able to see from Romans chapter 6 where the Bible pointed out that when they were buried with Christ that the Resurrection spoken of in that text was expressed both with the subjunctive mood which is always the case of the future according to the best of the Greek scholars and The simple or pure futurist Tense the future tense and so you've got two sources of evidence from linguistics that point out that shall be in the resurrection, which is the future tense and Should be is the subjunctive mood all pointing to the future from that time and That is the future that we find in first Corinthians 15 When we understand it, but what our focus is today is on the resurrection of Christ because This is where Thank You Beatrice. I'm glad to be back. Good to see you Julie and Marlena as well This is where They get off track very quickly because in looking at the resurrection of Christ they want to You might say just narrow the subject down to only his body coming out of the tomb and When you do that, you're gonna miss a lot of what the Bible says about it And so they assume that that's all that first Corinthians 15 is about it's the body of Jesus coming out of the tomb And therefore the bodies of others are going to come out of a tomb or the ground or wherever their Remains have been scattered Eaten up by animals of you name it. I mean it is It's quite an ordeal when you really think about it, but let's Let's talk about Christ's resurrection a little bit. I started in on it last week. We kind of ran out of time in getting into some of the points that was being made or were being made and so We're going to pick up on some of that today now When we Talk about the resurrection of Christ. I want it to be clear as I pointed out last week. We are not denying that Jesus rose physically that he came out of the tomb the same body that was placed in the tomb came out and He demonstrated that that body was in the same condition that it was because he pointed to the Holes that were in his body. In other words the wounds and Told them to handle him to touch him That it was not a spirit when you look in Luke chapter 24 in verse 39 The disciples were a little bit troubled about this and so he said to them Why are you troubled and why do doubts arise in your hearts behold my hands and my feet? That it is I myself Handle me and see for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have Now it's also important to understand that with some other things that we're going to say in the lesson That we see that Jesus is clearly affirming that the body that went into the tomb is the same body that came out so we don't deny this as a fact of Scripture and Verse 40 says when he had said this he showed them his hands and his feet but while they still did not believe for joy and Marvel he said to them Have you any food here? so they gave him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb and he took it and Ate it in their presence Then he said to them These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms concerning me and so he Opened their understanding in order that they might comprehend the scriptures But the point that was being made there is he was physically demonstrating that through touching his hands through the visual that they had of seeing him they heard him and John relates that in first John one saying that you know Our hands have handled and we have seen and we have touched him etc. So this was the same body it had the wounds in it now some people argue that this was a This was an incorruptible body But the Bible never says that see they have to argue that because of their view on the resurrection But we're going to show you that that's not true It wasn't an incorruptible body It was the same body it had to have food and and just like it did before Some people say well, you know, he could walk through doors or he could do these miracles Well, did he walk on water and do miracles before he died, of course, so that Was not a change in anything But there was a transformation that took place with Christ yes, Ron. That's why I was saying post that on this page if you can Because the audio will be much better than coming through a mere phone I was doing that for my own backup. But if it creates this kind of problem, we certainly want to make sure that we just share the the link from there and direct people there otherwise and We'll we'll correct that on next week and just make sure that we use the the station share. All right, so from that point of view and I have to keep Working with my phone stay And stay with my notes. All right, so that's the first point. We're not denying Jesus Came out of the tomb that his body was raised and we pointed out one of the reasons for that was so It God could through Jesus's physical resurrection demonstrate as we were seeing here That he actually rose from the dead Physically speaking that he came out of that tomb because the Apostles needed the proof to be eyewitnesses of Jesus's resurrection in order to qualify them to be Apostles. That's Acts chapter 1 I think it's verse 26 But if not, just as the old preacher say read the whole chapter and you'll find it, but nevertheless the point is That was one of the reasons that's why in Matthew chapter 12 as we pointed out the Bible says the Pharisees came demanding a sign of him and he says an evil and an adulterous generation and that was a Specific evil and adulterous generation. That's a quote from Deuteronomy chapter 32. It's talking about the terminal generation He said an evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign and no sign Will be given to it except the sign of the Prophet Jonah for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth and That was the sign that he gave to those unbelieving Jews. And of course they attested to the fact that Jesus rose because they were pressed to the position of trying to explain why they couldn't produce a body You know, that's the first thing that you want to produce when death occurs, right? Where's the body? Well, they couldn't produce a body. So what did they do? They paid the Roman soldiers large sums of money to say that His disciples came and stole him away while the Roman soldiers were asleep now you know, I remember when I was in seminary when I did I had to do a term paper and on the resurrection of Christ and How that text really impressed me because here they are being paid to testify About something that happened when they were asleep Can you tell me what happened last night when you were asleep? It's Ridiculous on the surface of it, but that's what they did. And I guess some people bought it They paid dearly to get the Roman soldiers to do that and the Roman soldiers would have to guard that tomb with their life But they were willing to risk their own lives And take that large sum of money to lie About the body because they couldn't produce it. They couldn't tell them what happened to it and Neither could the Jews do it. And so that was how they tried to to destroy that concept of Jesus rising from the dead and we pointed out also that With all of the infidels and all of the skeptics who have tried to argue away the resurrection of Jesus They have failed every theory that they've been that they've advanced has been debunked and They are left to none other than the conclusion that he actually rose from the dead but nevertheless we have the Affirmation that there was a physical resurrection, but here's the point when people approach first Corinthians 15 That's the essence of their argument Jesus rose physically Therefore we're going to rise physically and that's not what first Corinthians 15 is all about we pointed out last week that the Bible says Jesus Died for our sins and that he was buried in that. He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures now That's telling you that there was something else Involved in the purpose of Jesus's death other than just his body coming out of the ground it says he died for our sins and That he was buried and he rose again the third day and that's an elliptical statement So he rose for our sins as well because he rose for our justification So his death was all about Salvation his death burial and resurrection was about our salvation and that's very very important Now what's also important is as we pointed out Hebrews 9 and verse 26 Says that Jesus died in the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself now It didn't say he died at the very end of the age But it was in the last days. It was in the end of the age of Moses that Jesus died and rose again Paul even wrote in first Corinthians 10 and verse 11 that the end of the ages have come upon us So they were living in what the Bible calls the end of the age. We are not Everybody's looking for the end of the age You're thinking the world is going to burn to a crisp and be destroyed and that is totally opposite to what the Bible says No, the world will be here. It has always been here and it will always be here There is no destruction of the universe in the Scriptures That is again doctrines of futurism and the confusion that exists out there How many times has it been predicted and it has never occurred? It will not occur because the Bible affirms that the earth will remain as long as Christ's throne Remains as long as God's name remains you can read it in Psalm 72. You can read it in Psalm 89 You can read it in Genesis 8 and in several other passages Ecclesiastes 1 in verse 4. It's all there You can even read it in 2nd Peter chapter 3 if you understand how to read the chapter and we have lessons on that You can go back and look those up on YouTube or even on our page here, but nevertheless Here's what was going on with the Lord in Luke chapter 9 in verse 31 when the disciples came at the time of the event called the Mount of Transfiguration Moses and Elijah appeared with Christ to speak with him of his decease which he would accomplish at Jerusalem now the word decease in Luke 9 and verse 31 is the word Exodus and so what Jesus was doing in his death was accomplishing an Exodus he was leaving something to go to Something else just like Israel in the book of Exodus when they were in bondage in Egypt The word Exodus means to lead out and so they were leaving Egypt to go into the promised land That was typical of What would happen with? True Israel who is Christ as the Bible says in Hosea 11 in verse 1 out of Egypt I have called my son Well, Israel was simply typifying What would happen through Christ who is true Israel? he is the true seed of Abraham and constitutes Israel and so everyone who becomes a part of Christ through faith and obedience through baptism become a part of Israel and that's what the Bible is saying. And so Just as Israel came out of the Exodus and entered into the promised land Jesus through his death exited the covenant of bondage which is styled as Egypt in Galatians chapter 4 and Thus he was leaving Egypt what you would call spiritual Egypt in order to enter into a new realm and It's the understanding of that that is so important when we talk about resurrection The resurrection of Christ. This is the applied or what we will call the applied meaning of his death now. I've had some Those who reject this concept of resurrection to claim that Lazarus was raised out of physical death into the life into eternal life the promise the blessing of the new covenant and and I interacted with That person through a response a written response as well as some exchange on Facebook But here's the point The Bible says in John 8 and verse 51 if a man keep my word He shall never see death and then again in John 11 verses 25 and 26 Jesus said I am the resurrection and the life look you should put a period there underlying that statement and just think about what it's saying the Lord said I am the resurrection and the life Well, I don't think Jesus is a Tomb or something of that nature in terms of coming out of the ground no, he's saying that he as a person is the resurrection and the life and That should direct our conversation about what resurrection is. The Lord tells us what it is. It is himself It is he and so He says I am the resurrection and the life he who believes in me though He were dead yet shall he live and he who lives and believes in me shall never die now if Lazarus Had been raised according to that statement Then Lazarus should still Lazarus should still be alive on earth today because he is supposed to never die But that's not the case Lazarus died again, and here's the point when Jesus raised him from the dead Lazarus was raised in the same state That he was in before he died Very important to understand that He was not raised into the new covenant status or state. He was not raised into the new covenant He did not receive the promise of eternal life at his resurrection Here is why the Bible says Christ is the first fruits He is the beginning of the new creation if Lazarus had been raised then into that state then Lazarus would have been the first fruit and That would destroy Christ as the first fruit and it would make first Corinthians teach another lie According to futurism, but that's what this gentleman argued it just cannot be the case that's what we're trying to demonstrate Lazarus was raised in the same Old Covenant of bondage of corruption that he was in before he died and That's why Physical resurrection is not the resurrection if it were that would be the case That's why many of them in the Old Testament who were put to death through torture and other persecutions refused To be brought back to life because they wanted a better resurrection Hebrews 11 and verse 35 and the scripture says in verses 39 and 40 of that chapter these all died in faith not having received the promises that they Should not be made perfect and being made perfect is another Concept for resurrection. It's used in Luke 13 33 that way Jesus said after the third day. I shall be perfected It's also used in Philippians chapter 3 Verse 11 and 12 where Paul said he had not attained To the resurrection nor was he already perfected? So attaining to resurrection and being perfected that's showing you that the term being perfected in the context refers to resurrection and so when the scripture says These all died in faith Not having received the promise God having provided something better for us The word these in the context refers to the all those Old Testament Saints that are enumerated from Abel on down But when he gets to the word us he's talking about the New Testament Saints And he says all these Old Testament Saints died in faith not having received the promise God having provided something better for us that they apart from us should not be made perfect in other words, they could not be perfected apart from the New Testament Saints and Vice versa and So they all would be perfected at the same time that refers to the consummation of the resurrection that's why you have for example in First Peter chapter 1 when the Bible says receiving the end of your faith the salvation of your souls the word in is the word tell us and another meaning for the word tell us is to be perfected to be consummated to bring to maturity and So that's the manner in which in which it was used and The scripture says again in Hebrew 7 for the law made nothing perfect. It could not perfect That's why they had to come out from under the law into the gospel where they could be perfected where they could receive resurrection and Jesus was the first to do that. This is what is focused upon in First Corinthians 15 that goes beyond the physical resurrection of Christ That's what makes him the first fruit. Now. Let's get into a passage that that demonstrates that now in first Peter chapter 3 We're gonna talk about the flesh versus the spirit a little bit and that's a good study within itself I would encourage you to pick up your New Testament and just study the contrast between flesh and spirit And it's not a contrast between biology and a non corporeal existence The man who is in the flesh is just as much Flesh and bone and spirit as the man who is in the spirit The one who is in the spirit has flesh bone and in spirit if you want to look at man from that categorization, but there is something that determines or delineates one as flesh and There's something that delineates the other as spirit even though you're looking at a Human being and we know that has to be true because Paul wrote to the Romans in chapter 8 and said so then Those who are in the flesh cannot please God well, are you gonna make that your biology and he wasn't talking about carnality in terms of of People living Sinful lives that's not the concept of that of that text he's talking about a status before God a covenantal status and man's humanity in that status where human strength could not accomplish the salvation or the perfection through the law and That's the reason it was because of man's Imperfection and we touched on that Let me cover that just again since we are on that because we can't say this too much. I don't think good morning the Sakura You should be in the studio Unless you're working. All right in Romans chapter 7 the Bible says in verse 12 Therefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and good Has been what is good become death to me certainly not but sin that it might appear sin Was producing death in me through what is good? So that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful but we know that the law is spiritual, but I Paul says representing mankind I am carnal sold under sin and From that perspective He is pointing out that the failure is on man's part Now when you look in Romans chapter 8 and you'll notice he says verse 1 after saying in chapter 7 that he was wretched and He wanted to be delivered from that body of death and that body of death referred to the old covenant ministration of death He says I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God But with the flesh the law of sin There is therefore now No condemnation to those who are where in Christ Jesus. It wasn't a biological change It was a soteriological change. It was a change of their salvific state for the law Excuse me. Let me finish that He says to those who are in Christ Jesus who do not walk according to the flesh But according to the Spirit for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death for what the law could not do in That it was weak through what? Not through itself, but through the flesh through man's inability to keep it God did by sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh on account of sin He condemned sin in the flesh that the righteous requirement of the law Might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit now He talked about those who were carnally minded, etc. You can read all of that in your spare time But when you get to verse 8, he says so then those who are in the flesh cannot please God now If you're not in Christ, you are in the flesh that's the point if you are not in Christ you are in the flesh and It doesn't matter how much you pray doesn't matter how much you give you Cannot it doesn't matter how much good you do. You cannot please God. It's because you're in the wrong place to do it You know, you can be the fastest runner on earth But you'll never win the Olympics if you're not in it and it's the same way with the Lord You have to be in Christ in order for the good the prayers and everything that you do to be a Merit, so those who are in the flesh and see that's what the Jews thought the Jews thought I don't have to be in Christ I can just keep the law and I'll be okay. No Paul says if that's what you do, you are about to die and Thus he tells the Romans those who were baptized according to chapter 6 This is what he says to them, but you are not in the flesh But in the spirit, how did they get out of the flesh and into the spirit and he wasn't writing? to non-corporeal bodies To spirits. He wasn't he was writing to men just like you and me in Their physical bodies yet. He said of them. They are not in the flesh They were in the spirit if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you Ladies and gentlemen brothers and sisters that's the determination of what makes a natural man versus a spiritual man a Psyche cost man versus a pneumatic cost man. It is the Spirit of God that was dwelling in them that's what first Corinthians 2 tells us and If we understand that then we should carry that concept of natural versus spiritual all the way into first Corinthians chapter 15 Paul didn't lay the foundation in chapter 2 only to abandon it in chapter 15 let's read 1st Corinthians chapter 2 and Notice what the text says and you can find this several times in the New Testament. They're consistent all the way through there about four or five times where you have a contrast between the natural man and the Spiritual man the Psyche cost man and the pneumatic cost man. The Bible says in 1st Corinthians 2 in verse 14 But the natural man Does not receive the things of the Spirit of God now, who is it? That was rejecting the gospel. Who is it that called Jesus the prince of devils? Claiming that he was casting out demons by Beelzebub who resisted the gospel Who was it that put Stephen to death where the scripture says you do always? Resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did so do you those were the natural men The Bible says but the natural man does not Receive the things of the Spirit of God For they are foolishness to him Read first Corinthians 1 and find out who the foolish people were the ones who were rejecting the gospel They are foolishness to him nor can he know them because they are spiritually discerned Look at verse 15, but he who is spiritual Judges all things yet. He himself is rightly judged by no one that's the pneumatic cost man and the Psyche cost man. The Psyche cost man is the natural man But he's body soul and spirit just like the spiritual man is body soul and spirit. Those are not contrast between Anatomical features versus none anatomical features They are contrast between Your status before God or your non-status if you have not obeyed the gospel of Christ if you are not in Christ, you are a natural man and A natural man cannot please God if you are in Christ You are a spiritual man and that is the man who can please God Because you are dependent upon God's strength through Christ Versus Your own which is what they were dependent on on the law and even outside of the law And because man is imperfect, he'll never get there on his own. It's impossible to do so let's look at First Peter chapter 3 and let's compare this text just a moment so we can see what actually happened Remember I said earlier Good morning, Timmy and The name from South Africa that I cannot pronounce good morning to you, but Appreciate you very much. You're gonna have to send me an audio and give me the correct pronunciation of that name And then I'll get it right and I'll be happy to call it out in first Peter chapter 3 and Please note this very very carefully first Peter chapter 3 and the verse is 18 Notice what the emphasis is in the text and let's see what happened with Christ's resurrection that Has nothing to do with his physical body We've already proven that the body that went into the tomb at least if you believe the Bible We've proven it that the body that went into the tomb was the same body that came out, but there was a difference between the Jesus who went into the tomb and the one who came out from a Covenantal perspective So in first Peter chapter 3 in the verses 18, the scripture says for Christ also suffered once for sins the just for the unjust That's the same thing of first Corinthians 15 Christ died for our sins. That's all it's saying That he might bring us to God. So do you see why Jesus was dying? He was died. He died to bring us to God. He didn't die to bring us out of the ground He died to bring us to God to change our Status before God to take us out of the flesh and bring us into the realm of the spirit That's why he died You can raise a person like Lazarus all day long and not get him out of the flesh If all you're concerned about is their biology Christ also suffered once for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God Watch this now being put to death in The flesh now, please don't miss this He was put to death in the flesh Now that's talking about the whole person of Christ Being put to death in the flesh in the flesh in The Greek is what we call a locative. It means location. It means a sphere a place a realm Jesus was put to death in the flesh He was born of a woman made under the law and he died under the law He was put to death in that realm But the scripture says he was made alive in the spirit Now I know some translations read by the spirit the one that I'm looking at now says by the spirit, but those phrases are parallel One says in the spirit and the other says in I mean in the flesh and the other says in the spirit and That's what they mean. His death occurred in one sphere, but his resurrection occurred in a different sphere death in the flesh life in the spirit In other words, Jesus did not go back into the same old covenant that he'd come out of But he entered into a new realm that's why the Bible says Through his death. We have a new covenant so he's now the firstborn the first one to ever make an exodus from the Old Covenant and enter into the new Into the realm of the spirit. That's why if you read 2nd Corinthians, the Bible will even Interchange the word Old Covenant or excuse me, not the Old Covenant the new covenant for the term spirit Let's read it 2nd Corinthians 3 verse 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant Not of the letter the letter means the law but of the spirit There is new covenant and spirit being used interchangeably in the text for the letter kills But the spirit gives life that's the difference that's the distinction and So it talks about the ministration of death engraved on stones. So Jesus was coming out of that covenant That's why he's the firstborn and the beginning of the new creation in Christ And that is so important for us to understand look in Romans chapter 1 you will see the same thing Romans chapter 1 And the verses are 3 and 4 Notice what the Bible says concerning the Lord The Bible says in verse 3 concerning his son Jesus Christ and he's talking about what the prophets had talked about Concerning his son Jesus Christ our Lord who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh now watch there's a contrast in the next verse and declared to be the Son of God with power According to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection of the dead. You see Jesus had another birth at his resurrection It wasn't the same birth that brought him into the world and Made him of the seed of David according to the flesh You see according to the flesh Jesus couldn't even inherit the throne Because he wasn't the seed of Coneya Jeremiah 22 But he had a different birth at his resurrection And by the way, when you study resurrection carefully, you will see that the word on a stasis, which is the term for resurrection is Also styled as a birth go back and read Matthew 22 and Luke 20 and Mark 12 in the discussion with the Sadducees When the Bible talks about the man marrying his brother's wife and raising up seed to him. That's the word on a stasis It's it's the verb form of it, but it's the word for resurrection so birth is used in Scripture For the word resurrection and vice versa Go for resurrection and and and and vice versa resurrection is used for birth so when Jesus rose from the dead, he was born again and That's what the scripture tells you Seem like I run out of time right at the point that I want to make a point And so I'm gonna pick up on this because we're gonna talk about Christ not seeing corruption and what that means Next week. I thought I was gonna have time to talk about his day, but in the 13th chapter of the book of Acts, I'll just mention this the Bible says and we declare this is verse 32 To you glad tidings that promise which was made to the fathers God has fulfilled this for us their children in that he has raised up Jesus as It is also written in the second Psalm now watch what the text says you are my son when Today, I have begotten you. What day was he speaking of the day Jesus was raised from the dead Because he's been born into a new realm. He was put to death in the realm of the flesh He was made alive in the realm of the Spirit and I submit to you That that is the essence of what first Corinthians 15 is all about and all of the other verses will support that When we understand it and Hopefully get us away from this biological approach to the scriptures. Well, we're out of time. Ladies and gentlemen It's been a pleasure being with you Join us next week at the same time from 8 until 9 for the all things filled broadcast I'm William Bell with the Rains Road Church of Christ located at 33 East Rains Road. Come by and join us Thank you for listening and may God bless and keep you