Bible Questions and Answers Concerning Man - Alonzo T. Jones

the question to which we have here referred, "If a
man dies, shall he live again?" And in Isaiah 26:19
we have the direct answer to the question: "Your
dead shall live; together with my dead body they
shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth
shall cast out the dead."
The only hope of future life, which the Word of
God presents, is in the resurrection of the dead.
This is the hope of the righteous; it is the
Christian's hope. Paul, in discussing this subject of
the resurrection of the dead, proves first that Christ
is risen, and then says: "Now if Christ is preached
that He has been raised from the dead, how do
some among you say that there is no resurrection of
the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the
dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not
risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is
also empty" (1 Cor. 15:12-14). It is evident that
there were some at Corinth, even as there are some
now, who professed to believe in Christ, and at the
same time believed not in the resurrection of the
dead. But Paul settles that at once by saying, "If
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