What’s next?
1 Corinthians 15:20-28
1. Christians will be with Jesus forever
Verses 20-23
2 Corinthians 5:8-“We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17-“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.”
2. Death will be destroyed
Verses 24-26
Hebrews 2:14-15-“Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”
Revelation 21:4-“And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Revelation 20
3. God will reign forever
Verse 27-28
Philippians 2:10-11-“that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”