15:46 Physical life is the platform for spiritual life. 15:47 Human life was reduced to slavery and the soul-ruled earthly realm through Adam’s fall but is now awakened to lordship in the heavenly realm of spiritual realities through the knowledge of our co-resurrection with Christ. ([See Col 3:1-11.] We theologically created the idea of mankind being “sinful by nature” as if humans are flawed by design. In fact it is a distorted mindset that we inherited from Adam that Jesus had to free us from. “Your indifferent mindset alienated you from God into a lifestyle of annoyances, hardships, and labors, sponsored by the law of sin and death that lodged in your bodies hosting a foreign influence, foreign to your design; just like a virus that would attach itself to a person.” Col 1:21 There is nothing wrong with our design or salvation, we were thinking wrong. [See Isa 55:8-11, Eph 4:17, 18 and also Eph 2:1-11.]) 15:48 The reduced state of the individual left its mark on mankind as being earthly; now the redeemed state of mankind confirms their origin in God and marks their new heavenly life. 15:49 Just as we were once defined by the flesh [our earthly image] we are now defined by our spirit [our heavenly] image. 15:50 Flesh and blood has a sell-by date; the bodies you live in now will not last forever. 15:51 1Ponder this mystery, I want to show you something that you have never seen before: 2no one will sleep; 3we will all experience exactly the same change. (In other words, 1idou musterion, Look! A Mystery! And 2pantes ou koimethesometha, means no one will sleep; and 3pantes de allangesometha; everyone will be changed. See 1 Thessalonians 4:1

In a world of liars and thieves
My poor old momma grieves
She laments..i didn't bring you
Up this way..
I know you are tempted
To go astray
Im scratching my head son
im beginning to say
is there any other way
to survive...
in a world seems dont know
the righteous side
honesty integrity and truth
when those top dogs
violate what was once believed
THE WAY + THE LIFE


If our hope in Christ was restricted to only benefit us in this life then imagine the severity of our disappointment if it all had to come to an abrupt end when we died. However this very moment the risen Christ represents everyone who has ever died; exactly like the first fruit would represent the complete harvest [1 Cor 15:19-22]. The same mankind who died in a man was raised again in a man. In Adam all died; in Christ all are made alive. [See 2 Cor 5:14] The love of Christ resonates within us and leaves us with only one conclusion: Jesus died mankind’s death; therefore, in God’s logic every individual simultaneously died. [See also Heb 9:27, 28] The same goes for everyone: a person dies only once and then faces judgment. Christ died once and faced the judgment of the entire human race! His second appearance has nothing to do with sin but to reveal salvation for all to lay a hold of him. He appeared as High Priest before the throne of Justice once, with his own blood to atone for the sins of the whole world. In his resurrection he appeared as Savior of the world! Sin is no longer on the agenda for the Lamb of God has taken away the sin of the world! The same High Priest who atoned for mankind is now also their Advocate! [1 Cor 15:3-5, Rom 4:25, Acts 17:30, 31; 1 Jn 2:1.])

 15:57 Your victory is not a maybe; because of the magnanimous doing of Jesus Christ, it is a given! (But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God! — The Message.) 15:58 

For this reason you can afford to be absolutely settled and rock-solid in faith’s persuasion and always ready to go beyond where you would have gone before. 

Your doing now is inspired by your knowing that you are in him. 

If his resurrection is yours then his victory over sin and death is equally yours.