Letters to the Church

Christ’s Death and Resurrection are foundational and indispensable to the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles . The Apostle Paul discusses the future resurrection of believers in his second letter to Timothy in response to denials of this “ sound teaching .” Faith in the resurrection is central to the doctrine of salvation proclaimed by Jesus and his Apostles. This teaching is reliable. It is based on the historical death and resurrection of Jesus and the eyewitness testimony of the Apostles – (Acts 1:21-22, 2 Timothy 1:13).

The arrival of Jesus with great glory will result in the resurrection of the righteous dead, and the end of Death itself  - 1 Corinthians 15:24-28. Paul responded to believers who denied the coming resurrection of the righteous by stressing the necessity of resurrection for our salvation and life in the new creation. He pointed to Christ’s past Death and Resurrection as the precedent for and guarantee of our own resurrection.  We will be raised bodily when Jesus arrives from the heavens.