The Resurrection by J. C. Armstrong

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 10, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 10.

The Resurrection.

By J. C. Armstrong

When, and by Whom?

HAVING seen that after death there is no returning, let us ask another Bible question found in Job 14:14: “If a man die, shall he live again?” A transference from death to life needs a resurrection. Hence the answer in the same verse: “All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.”

How is this change to take place, and when?—“Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: Thou wilt have a desire to the work of Thine hands.” Verses 14, 15.

Through whom is the hope of the resurrection?—Through Christ. 1 Cor. 15:21, 22. “Knowing that He which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also by Jesus.” 2 Cor. 4:14. That Christ was the One of whom Job was speaking when he said, “Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee,” is evident from 1 Thess. 4:15, where we find the call of Christ spoken of: “The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.” This is the time of the Lord’s return, as is plain from 1 Cor. 15:23: “Afterwards they that are Christ’s at His coming.”—J. C. Armstrong.