1 Corinthians 15:50-52 (ESV)
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
We are alive in the kingdom of heaven in spirit, just as the Holy Spirit is alive in His kingdom in the earth of our bodies. Christ has brought the perfected body of man into the kingdom of heaven.
Christ brings the perfection of the Holy Spirit into the kingdom of man. We are participating in the ongoing union of heaven and earth begun in Christ and will be consummated in those who are in the body of Christ.
Our inheritance lies before us as we sojourn through the wilderness we are leaving behind. One day the trumpet will sound to announce the journey’s end and we will enter the full blessings of His presence.
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