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1 Corinthians 15

The Resurrection of the Dead

12But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.

15More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.

16For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.

17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.

19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

23But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

24Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.

25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

26The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

The Resurrection Body

35But someone may ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

36How foolish! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

37When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

38But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.

39All flesh is not the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another.

40There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another.

41The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

42So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;

43it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

46The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.

47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

48As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.

49And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

50I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

52in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

53For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

55”Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

57But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Just like you all love your kids...God loves all of His kids too (ALL OF US). Can you imagine giving up one of your kids to die a horrible death...just so some unworthy sinners like us could make Heaven their “home”? That’s real LOVE!!!

God doesn’t want any of you lost...He made sure we got the Bible just like He wanted us to. And He allows each one of us to decide where we want to live forever...Heaven or Hell.

Yes Hell is a real place too, and if that’s where you decide you want to go...God will let you go for all eternity...with tears in His eyes.

BIBLE=Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.

God loves all of us so much that He has allowed some folks to come back from the dead to give you all a warning about where you choose to spend your eternity.

Ian McCormack’s testimony about what he saw when he died.

http://riversoflivingwater.org/audios.htm

You might want to read about Doctors who put Pam Reynolds to death medically & what she saw when she was dead.
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/evidence01.html

Pam’s death was where the doctors were in control...she saw the instruments they used on her during surgery... which was impossible...as her eyes were taped shut for her surgery...she heard what the medical team were talking about while she was dead...because she wasn’t in her body...she was outside her body.

Which means that we continue on after our body dies. We see things...we hear things...what makes us...us is still alive.

Pam Reynolds She underwent a rare operation to remove a giant basilar artery aneurysm in her brain that threatened her life. The size and location of the aneurysm, however, precluded its safe removal using the standard neuro-surgical techniques.

She was referred to a doctor who had pioneered a daring surgical procedure known as hypothermic cardiac arrest. It allowed Pam’s aneurysm to be excised with a reasonable chance of success.

This operation, nicknamed “standstill” by the doctors who perform it, required that Pam’s body temperature be lowered to 60 degrees, her heartbeat and breathing stopped, her brain waves flattened, and the blood drained from her head. In everyday terms, she was put to death.

After removing the aneurysm, she was restored to life. During the time that Pam was in standstill, she experienced a NDE. Her remarkably detailed veridical out-of-body observations during her surgery were later verified to be very accurate.

This case is considered to be one of the strongest cases of veridical evidence in NDE research because of her ability to describe the unique surgical instruments and procedures used and her ability to describe in detail these events while she was clinically and brain dead.

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For practical purposes outside the world of academic debate, three clinical tests commonly determine brain death.

First, a standard electroencephalogram, or EEG, measures brain-wave activity. A “flat” EEG denotes non-function of the cerebral cortex - the outer shell of the cerebrum.

Second, auditory evoked potentials, similar to those [clicks] elicited by the ear speakers in Pam’s surgery, measure brain-stem viability. Absence of these potentials indicates non-function of the brain stem. And third, documentation of no blood flow to the brain is a marker for a generalized absence of brain function.

But during “standstill”, Pam’s brain was found “dead” by all three clinical tests - her electroencephalogram was silent, her brain-stem response was absent, and no blood flowed through her brain. Interestingly, while in this state, she encountered the “deepest” NDE of all Atlanta Study participants.

Some scientists theorize that NDEs are produced by brain chemistry. But, Dr. Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist and the leading authority in Britain concerning NDEs, believes that these theories fall far short of the facts. In the documentary, “Into the Unknown: Strange But True,” Dr. Fenwick describes the state of the brain during a NDE:

“The brain isn’t functioning. It’s not there. It’s destroyed. It’s abnormal. But, yet, it can produce these very clear experiences ... an unconscious state is when the brain ceases to function. For example, if you faint, you fall to the floor, you don’t know what’s happening and the brain isn’t working.

The memory systems are particularly sensitive to unconsciousness. So, you won’t remember anything. But, yet, after one of these experiences [a NDE], you come out with clear, lucid memories ...

This is a real puzzle for science. I have not yet seen any good scientific explanation which can explain that fact.”

The only thing that has died is this “house” we walk around in right now.

This life time is only a blink of the eyes compared to eternity.

Evo’s love to talk about billions & billions of years ago how everything changed.

Well I’m telling you about eternity. And it only takes a second...one second your here on earth sucking in oyxgen...the next second your in your eternal home.

You only have two choices for your eternal home...Heaven or Hell. God doesn’t want anyone to go to Hell...but if that’s what you want He’ll let you make that decision.

You might want to read about Howard Storm. He was an avowed atheist:
http://www.near-death.com/storm.html

I would think you Evo folks would trust doctors testimonies of what happened to their dying patients...To Hell and Back by Dr. Maurice Rawlins, MD, a heart surgeon

http://riversoflivingwater.org/audios.htm