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Stump, Joseph

"An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism"

The
bodies of those believers who are still alive at Christ's second coming
shall undergo the same change in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump. [I Cor. 15:51-53]
AND WILL GRANT EVERLASTING LIFE TO ME TO ALL WHO BELIEVE IN CHRIST.
[John 3:16] The believers shall then enter upon the full and perfect
enjoyment of eternal salvation. [Matt. 25:34] Here we have the
forgiveness of sins, but there we shall have life everlasting. The
believers shall obtain an eternal inheritance in heaven, [I Pet. 1:4+]
and enter upon the enjoyment of a bliss so exalted that we cannot form
any adequate conception of it here on earth. There will be differences
of glory proportioned to the strength of faith and the zeal in labor
manifested on earth. [I Cor 15:41, 42, Luke 19:17-19] But all shall be
perfectly happy. They shall be free from sin and from every evil, [Rev.
21:4+] and dwell in the light of God's presence forever. [I Thess. 4:17,
John 17:24, Rev. 7:15]
_Eternal Death_. The impenitent and unbelieving shall be cast into
eternal torment, [Matt.


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