"Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." -- 1 Corinthians 15:51-52.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
"But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, that you be not grieved, even as others who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him all those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.
For we say this to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall not go before those who are asleep.
For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. And so we shall ever be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another with these words."
"And the seventh angel sounded. And there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ. And He will reign forever and ever." -- Revelation 11:15.
REVELATION 11:15 (ABOVE) HAS NOT YET BEEN FULFILLED
"But of this present time [nŷn] we see not yet all things put under him." (Hebrews 2:8).
"Of this present time [nŷn] is my kingdom not from hence." (John 18:36).
"My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but of this present time [nŷn] is my kingdom not from hence." (John 18:36).
One day in circa 30AD, Jesus' disciples' asked Him, "Lord, do You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
And He said to them,
It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power, the Holy Spirit coming upon you. And you shall be witnesses to Me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
And saying these things, as they watched, He was taken up. And a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they were looking intently into the heaven, He having gone, even behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them, who also said,
Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into the heaven? This same Jesus who is taken up from you into Heaven, will come in the way you have seen Him going into Heaven." (Acts 1:6-11).
1 Corinthians 15:21-25
"For since death is through man, the resurrection of the dead also is through a Man. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive.
But each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit, and afterward they who are Christ's at His coming; then is the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He makes to cease all rule and all authority and power.
for it is right for Him to reign until He has put all the enemies under His feet."
"But of this present time [nŷn] we see not yet all things put under him." Hebrews 2:8.
1 Corinthians 15:26-28
The last enemy made to cease is death. For He put all things under His feet. But when He says that all things have been put under His feet, it is plain that it excepts Him who has put all things under Him. But when all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subject to Him who has subjected things to Him, so that God may be all things in all.
1 Timothy 3:10
And let these also first (prōton) be proved; then (eîta) let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
There's a period of time appointed between the proton and the eita in the above verse.
Mark 4:17
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward (eîta), when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended."
There's a period of time between the proton and the eita in the above verse.
Mark 4:28
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first (prōton) the blade, then (eîta) the ear, after that (eîta) the full corn in the ear."
There's a period of time between the proton and the first eita, and between the first eita and the second eita in the above verse.
1 Timothy 2:13
For Adam was first (prōtos) formed, then (eîta) Eve.
There was a period of time between the protos and the eita in the above verse.
1 Corinthians 15:22-26
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive.
But each in his own order: Christ the first-fruit (aparchḗ), and afterward (épeita) they who are Christ's at His coming;
then (eîta) is the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God, even the Father; when He makes to cease all rule and all authority and power. for it is right for Him to reign until He has put all the enemies under His feet. The last enemy made to cease is death.
That a period of time exists between the afterward (épeita) and the eita (then) in 1 Corinthians 15:24 is not merely implied but actually declared in Revelation Chapter 20: Namely, a thousand years between the coming of Christ and the destruction of death.
Much of the theoloogy of men produced by certain sections of the church must brush aside many scriptures and facts in failed attempts to prove a corrupted version of the gospel of God regarding the Kingdom of Christ which now exists in the world, and the coming Kingdom of Christ.
The aeon in which we now live is the age during which the (full) gospel should be preached by those who believe in Jesus; and it exists in-between the (past) coming of God's Anointed One (Christ) and His Kingdom;
and the (future) coming of God's Anointed One (Christ) and His Kingdom;
it exists in-between the giving of eternal life to mankind, and the inheritance of eternal life by those who believe in Christ; in-between the offer to freely drink of the water of life, and the inheritance of the right to freely drink.
These statements below relate to one another:
- "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in all the world as a witness to all nations. And then the end shall come." (Matthew 24:14).
- "You shall receive power, the Holy Spirit coming upon you. And you shall be witnesses to Me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth." (Acts 1:8).
"And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." (Revelation 22:17).