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THE WAY TO HEAVENLY LIFE 123
likeness of his resurrection, his faithful followers
gain immortality . Jesus slept in death in the tomb
for three days. When the baptism of his followers
into his death is fully carried out, they too
sleep in death and must await his return in glory,
his coming in his kingdom . Then he raises them,
but not to the human life which they sacrificed .
No ; they are changed to spirit, and they enter
into heavenly life with him . Explaining why they
must be changed and to what, the apostle writes :
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"Flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom,
neither does corruption inherit incorruption .
Look! I tell you a sacred secret : We shall not all
fall asleep in death, but we shall all be changed,
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, during
the last trumpet . For the trumpet will sound, and
the dead will be raised up incorruptible, and we
shall be changed . For this which is corruptible
must put on incorruption, and this which is mortal
must put on immortality . But when this which
is corruptible puts on incorruption and this which
is mortal puts on immortality, then the saying will
take place that is written : Death is swallowed up
forever."'-1 Corinthians 15 :50-54, NW.
14 The Christian remnant who die faithful after
his return or during his second presence do not
need to sleep on in death waiting for his second
coming. With him invisibly present, they are
changed instantly after dying as humans to immortal
life above .
13 . How does the apostle explain it at 1 Corinthians
15 :50-54?
14 . Who do not fall asleep at death? Why?