What happens to dead believers at the last trump?
At the last trump, the trumpet sounds and dead believers are raised incorruptible. They are called out of the grave wherever they are—ocean, cave, or elsewhere—and resurrected. Paul then adds that believers who are alive will be changed, all in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye.
Les explains that this resurrection happens as quickly as the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. He clarifies that this trumpet has nothing to do with the trumpets in Revelation, warning against limiting God, because God has all kinds of trumpets and will use this one for the Church. At the last trump, the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible. That is the resurrection of the dead believer, called out of the grave wherever it is—whether in the ocean, a cave, or whatever. Paul then adds that we who are alive shall be changed. Les turns to Philippians 3 to qualify this, noting the word is citizenship: believers are already citizens of heaven, looking for the Savior, who shall change our vile, corrupt…
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.