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