But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret.

We will not all die,

but we will all be transformed!

It will happen in a moment,

in the blink of an eye,

when the last trumpet is blown.

For when the trumpet sounds,

those who have died will be raised to live forever.

And we who are living will also be transformed.

Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed

into bodies that will never die,

this Scripture will be fulfilled:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.

O death, where is your victory?

O death, where is your sting?”

1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 54-55

Now this is what the LORD says…

“Come back to me and live!”

Amos 5:4

…”No eye has seen, no ear has heard,

and no mind has imagined

what God has prepared

for those who love him.”

1 Corinthians 2:9

 

But we who are being saved know

 it is the very power of God.

As the Scriptures say,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise

and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”

So where does this leave the philosophers, 

the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters?…

Since God in his wisdom saw to it

that the world would never know him through human wisdom…

1 Corinthians 1:18-21

Since my youth, O God, you have taught me,

and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds. 

Even when I am old and gray,

do not forsake me, O God,

till I declare your power to the next generation,

your might to all who are to come.

Psalm 71:17-18

Worship the LORD with gladness.

Come before him, singing with joy.

Acknowledge that the LORD is God!…

For the LORD is good…

Psalm 100:2-3, 5

But as for me, I will sing about your power.

Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love.

For you have been my refuge,

a place of safety when I am in distress.

Psalm 59:16

So each generation should set its hope anew on God,

not forgetting his glorious miracles

and obeying his commands. 

For he divided the sea and led them through,

making the water stand up like walls!

In the daytime he led them by a cloud,

and all night by a pillar of fire.

He split open the rocks in the wilderness

to give them water, as from a gushing spring.

He made streams pour from the rock,

making the waters flow down like a river!

Psalm 78:7, 13-16

God is our refuge and strength,

always ready to help in times of trouble.

So we will not fear when earthquakes come

and the mountains crumble into the sea.

Let the oceans roar and foam.

Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!

Psalm 46:1-3

Give your burdens to the LORD,

and he will take care of you.

He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.

Psalm 55:22