The Hidden Good News
"But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe." (2 Corinthians 4:3-4)
Let’s be clear about some terms used above.
1. The "gospel" is the good news that there is life after death.
2. That good news is "veiled" to those who think in death they or others perish.
3. The term “perishing” means to die and stay dead.
4. Those "blinded" are those "who do not believe" that there is life after death for mankind.
The good news was and will always be hidden (veiled) to those who do not believe in life after death (the gospel). They are blinded by the present age where life does in fact come to an end in death. They do not believe that there is life after death.
The good news is also hidden to those of the various religions of the world. Though most adhere to some form or another of life after death, they limit the scope of that life to a few chosen devotees to that particular religion. Everyone else will perish, or far worse in some religious doctrine. Again, their minds are blinded to the fact that the good news of life after death is for all mankind and God intends to save all from death to life, from sinner to saint, from perishable flesh to imperishable spirit, from mortal to immortal, from a son of Adam to a son of God.
Christ Jesus was raised to show us the certainty of the good news. Don’t take my word for it, read it for yourself…
“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep…For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive…Now if there is no resurrection…let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die…Do not be misled…the body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body...The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven…And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man… Listen, I tell you a mystery...we will all be changed — in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable…When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory...thanks be to God! He gives us the victory...” (1 Corinthians 15:20-57)
Let’s be clear about some terms used above.
1. The "gospel" is the good news that there is life after death.
2. That good news is "veiled" to those who think in death they or others perish.
3. The term “perishing” means to die and stay dead.
4. Those "blinded" are those "who do not believe" that there is life after death for mankind.
The good news was and will always be hidden (veiled) to those who do not believe in life after death (the gospel). They are blinded by the present age where life does in fact come to an end in death. They do not believe that there is life after death.
The good news is also hidden to those of the various religions of the world. Though most adhere to some form or another of life after death, they limit the scope of that life to a few chosen devotees to that particular religion. Everyone else will perish, or far worse in some religious doctrine. Again, their minds are blinded to the fact that the good news of life after death is for all mankind and God intends to save all from death to life, from sinner to saint, from perishable flesh to imperishable spirit, from mortal to immortal, from a son of Adam to a son of God.
Christ Jesus was raised to show us the certainty of the good news. Don’t take my word for it, read it for yourself…
“If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep…For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive…Now if there is no resurrection…let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die…Do not be misled…the body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body...The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven…And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man… Listen, I tell you a mystery...we will all be changed — in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable…When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory...thanks be to God! He gives us the victory...” (1 Corinthians 15:20-57)