bear the image of the earthy. And as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew 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 trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. The living will receive death and a resurrection in the twinkling of an eye. Paul speaking of this same resurrection to his Thessalonian brethren, says, but I would not have you ignorant brethren, concerning them which are asleep; that ye sorrow not, as others which have no hope. These people which Paul had reference

to believed that when their friends fell asleep in death that was the last of them, and had no hope of ever seeing them again. In this case they had no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you, by the word of the Lord, that those which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them that are asleep, for the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, (that is, before we which are alive shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.) Then we that are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them that are raised, in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. We shall ever be with the Lord. Paul told his brethren to comfort one another, with these

words. Many hold that in this resurrection, that only those that die in Christ are raised at that time; but those that die out of Christ do not rise till a thousand years after-having reference to the figurative resurrection which fallen Israel was raised up in, spoken of by John in Revelation.

It appears plain from scripture, that all the dead belong to Christ. The apostle says, that no man lives to himself, and no man dies to himself; for whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's; and for this cause, Christ both died and revived, that he might become Lord of both dead and living. So there

are none but what die in the Lord.

FINIS.