What happens to believers who have already died when the trumpet sounds?
At the trumpet sound, believers who have died are raised incorruptible. That which was sown in corruption is raised in incorruption; the corruptible puts on incorruption. They are changed from a body of corruption to a body of incorruption in that split second.
Les explains that verse 52 describes this taking place in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump. The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible. He connects this to the earlier point in the chapter that what was sown in corruption will be raised in incorruption. Those who have died are not left out; while living believers will be changed rather than die and be resurrected, the dead are raised incorruptible. Verse 53 adds that this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal body must put on immortality, losing the flesh-and-blood concept and becoming flesh and bone activated by the Spirit.
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.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
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How fast will the rapture happen when the trumpet sounds?
The change described in verse 52 will take place in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump when the trumpet sounds.
What happens to dead believers when the last trump sounds?
At the last trump the trumpet sounds and the dead are 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 anywhere else.
What kind of body will believers have after the change at the trumpet call?
We will be changed from this body of corruption to a body of incorruption in that split second at the trumpet call.