Believers who have died will be raised with resurrected bodies at the coming of the Lord.
At physical death, the body is placed in the grave while the soul and spirit go to be with the Lord. When Christ descends, He brings the souls and spirits of the departed believers, and their bodies are raised from the graves, reunited with their spirits, and made incorruptible and immortal.
1 Corinthians 15:52 — Describes the resurrection of the dead at the last trumpet, giving a foundational verse for the answer.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 — States that the dead in Christ will rise first, directly sequencing the resurrection event.
The Bible teaches that believers who have died are referred to as those who 'sleep' (1 Thessalonians 4:13). At the coming of the Lord, the dead in Christ will rise first, and the living believers will be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul explains that the dead will be raised incorruptible, and the living will be changed. This mortal body must put on immortality, and death will be swallowed up in victory (1 Corinthians 15:52-54).
Les Feldick teaches that at physical death, the believer's soul and spirit are separated from the body and go immediately into the presence of the Lord in heaven, while the body remains in the grave (Clip 1, Clip 2). He emphasizes that the body is in the grave, but the soul and spirit are in heaven, waiting for the resurrection day (Clip 2). At the rapture, when Christ descends from heaven, He brings the souls and spirits of the departed believers with Him. These souls will meet their resurrected bodies in the air, and the bodies will be resurrected from the graves and reunited with the soul and spirit (Clip 4). Les clarifies that the resurrected body is not a spirit being but will be like the Lord Jesus in His resurrected body, an eternal body on the same order as the current one but not flesh and blood as we know it (Clip 5). The bodies will be changed in a moment, putting on incorruption and immortality (Clip 6).
At physical death, the body is placed in the grave, while the soul and spirit leave to be with the Lord. Les teaches that the soul and spirit are in heaven, but the body remains in the grave, waiting for resurrection (Clip 2).
When Christ descends from heaven, He brings the souls of the departed believers. The dead in Christ will rise first, and their bodies will be brought out of the graves and reunited with their souls and spirits (Clip 4). This resurrection happens in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and the bodies are changed to be incorruptible and immortal (Clip 3, Clip 6).
Les teaches that the resurrected body will not be a spirit being or like an angel, but will be an eternal body similar to the current one, yet not the same flesh and blood. He uses the example of the Lord Jesus in His forty days after resurrection as the best illustration (Clip 5).
Resurrection Power
Les explains that believers who are in Christ and have died will be raised in resurrection power, but the body is still void of soul and spirit until they are reunited.
Death and Resurrection
At death, the believer's soul and spirit go to be with Christ and wait for the day of resurrection to be reunited with the resurrected body.
Soul and Spirit in Heaven
Believers are in soul and spirit with the Lord after death, but their bodies remain in the grave; they are not complete until the resurrection.
Order of Resurrection
At the last trumpet, the dead in Christ will be raised incorruptible, and living believers will be changed; the dead rise first.
Souls Meet Resurrected Bodies
When Christ descends, He brings the souls of departed believers, and they meet their resurrected bodies in the air.
Resurrected Body
The resurrected body will be like Christ's after resurrection, not an angelic spirit, but an eternal body.
Incorruption and Immortality
The mortal body must put on incorruption and immortality, so death is swallowed up in victory.
Reunion with Soul and Spirit
The bodies of departed saints will be reunited with their soul and spirit that have been in the Lord's presence, making them complete.
1 Corinthians 15:52: 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.
Shows the suddenness and nature of the resurrection of the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:53: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Explains the necessity of the body being transformed for eternity.
1 Thessalonians 4:16: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
States the order of resurrection: the dead in Christ rise first.
1 Thessalonians 4:17: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Shows that living believers are caught up with the resurrected dead.
Yes, Les teaches that at physical death the believer's soul and spirit go immediately into the presence of the Lord in heaven, while the body remains in the grave awaiting resurrection (Clip 1).
Yes, at the rapture, the bodies of deceased believers will be resurrected and reunited with their soul and spirit that Christ brings with Him. They will be given incorruptible, immortal bodies fitted for eternity (Clip 4, Clip 6).
Believers are in soul and spirit in the presence of the Lord, but they are not complete because they are separated from their bodies. They are waiting for the resurrection day to be reunited (Clip 2).
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