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Lord's Day 22
Question 57: What comfort does the "resurrection of the body" afford thee?
Question 58: What comfort takest thou from the article of "life everlasting"?
A.
That not only my soul
after this life
shall be immediately taken up
to Christ its head; (a)
but also, that this my body,
being raised by the power of Christ,
shall be reunited with my soul,
and made like unto the glorious body of Christ. (b)
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(a)
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Luke 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried
by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was
buried;
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day
shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Philip.1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philip.1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to
depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
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(b)
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1 Cor.15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
mortal must put on immortality.
1 Cor.15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought
to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand
at the latter day upon the earth:
Job 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my
flesh shall I see God:
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet
appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we
shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Philip.3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned
like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is
able even to subdue all things unto himself.
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A.
That
since I now feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, (a)
after this life, I shall inherit perfect salvation,
which "eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
neither has it entered into the heart of man" to conceive,
and that to praise God therein for ever. (b)
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(a)
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2 Cor.5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon
with our house which is from heaven:
2 Cor.5:3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
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(b)
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1 Cor.2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him.
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only
true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
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