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1 Corinthians 15:
Paul reinforces the
GOSPEL that those who are DEAD are washed or buried or baptized.
Baptism, like the flood does not ratify salvation or remission of
sins. Baptism speaks of meeting DEATH which speaks of the abyss or
the tehum or Babylonian Tiamat (fresh water or floods) and OVERCOMING
her just as the earth (that fruitful area) was: But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was
formed out of water and
by water. 2 Peter 3:5
The FLOOD is used by Peter as a
type which must be obeyed as the reality where we go into the water
or Abyss and come out alive because we REQUEST A good conscience or A
holy spirit by faith in
the operaton of God.
Whereby the world that then
was, being overflowed with water, perished: 2 Peter 3:6 Overflowed is:
Katakluzo (g2626)
kat-ak-lood'zo; from 2596 and the base of 2830; to dash (wash) down,
i.e. (by impl.) to deluge: - overflow. Dip in or
under water;
every
one,
each
one
into the
letting
go, dismissal
of fault
committed by one
Kataduô duck the whole
person
every
single one
EN = within one's power
to
discharge from a bond
of
guilt and sin
This is he, that
was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him
in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively
oracles to give unto us: Acts 7:38 To whom our fathers
would not obey, but thrust
(deliberately) him from
them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, Acts 7:39 All things are created by the
WORD. Even we mortals must have a thought in the mind (father) and
put it into words or other symbols. These words carry power to those
who provide the spirit or mind. The symbols of baptism are based on
the two major generation or regeneration by the use of WATER. Paul
expressed this by knowing how God saw the earth as "globe" as a fit
place to create "earth" as a fruitful place ABOVE te waters:
And the earth was
without
form, and
void; and darkness was upon the face of the
deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters. Ge.1:2 Without form is:
Tohuw (h8414) to'-hoo; from an unused root
mean. to lie waste; a desolation (of surface), i. e. desert; fig. a
worthless thing; adv. in vain: - confusion, empty place, without
form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.
Void is: Bohuw (h922) bo'-hoo; from an
unused root (mean. to be empty); a vacuity, i. e. (superficially) an
undistinguishable ruin: - emptiness, void. The DEEP speaks of Tiamat
who was the enemy Moses warned the people about as they were going
into Canaan: Tehowm (h8415) teh-home'; or t˙hom
teh-home'; (usually fem.)
from 1949; an abyss (as a surging mass of water), espec. the deep
(the main sea or the subterranean water-supply): - deep (place),
depth The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water
passed by: the deep
uttered his
voice, and lifted up
his hands on
high. Hab.3:10
God did not regenerate or
resurrect the dead earth (just the land masses) because the were NOT
vain and empty. This is the condition of
everyone until the believe. They at baptism the same WORD gives them
a new, holy spirit. The Genesis PATTERN is
repeated in Jeremiah 4 to show how the people became void and empty.
They were NOT created that way. Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Eph 5:25
That he might sanctify and cleanse
it with the washing of water by the word, Ep.5:26 God in Christ never washed
anything BECAUSE it was was already washed and had A holy
spirit. See salvation by grace
through faith. Baptism is the showing act down through history to mark those who
refuse to call God in Christ a liar. A person who is
baptized MUST believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. That is a
fundamental meaning of the PROTOTYPE "gospel" which Paul defines as
the death, burial and resurrection. Furthermore, Jesus commanded
that the Apostles MAKE DISCIPLES by baptizing AND teaching what Jesus
taught. Paul insisted that the elders must "teach that which has been
taught." In Romans 15 the "synagogue" must speak "that which is
written." Those who do not do this DENY that Jesus is now the Holy
Spirit presence. The DISCIPLES or students of Christ were identified
as Christians. Therefore, according to the Bible only believers who
are baptized are Christians. You NEVER wash one who is
already clean and you never bury one who is not ALREAD DEAD. Water or
the Abyss or Tehom or Tiamat speaks of water as being death dealing.
During the flood the evil people were baptized into the water but
they did not come out alive. Liddell and Scott note:
Baptisma
, a(tis, n., =
baptisma. I. A dipping in, dipping under,
washing,
ablution, Prud. Psych.
103; Apoth. 697; Vulg. Marc. 7, 4; 7, 8: mundi,i. e. the
general
deluge, Tert. Bapt. 8
. Baptismos , ho, dipping in water, immersion, Ev.Marc.7.4, Ep.Hebr.9.10, Antyll. ap.
Orib.10.3.9. 2. metaph., eis kakias b.
oichêsetai Theol.Ar.30 . 3. lethargic sleep, Archig.and Posidon. ap. Aët.6.3. 4. baptism, J.AJ 18.5.2. AND you hath he quickened, who
were dead in trespasses and sins; Ep.2:1 Nekros
(g3498) nek-ros'; from an appar. prim. nekus , (a corpse); dead (lit.
or fig.; also as noun): - dead Please don't bury one in
baptism if they are ALREADY alive and saved: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye
are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who
hath raised him from the dead. Col 2:12 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Col.2:13 Similar to Baptismos:
kômoomai , Pass.,
fall into lethargic sleep. kôma ,
atos, to, (perh. cogn.
with keimai, koimaô) deep sleep, autôi . . malakon
peri kôma kalupsa
Il.14.359 ; ê me . . malakon
peri kôm' ekalupsen Od.18.201 ; kakon de he kôma kaluptei Hes :
metaphor: of the effect of music, Pi.P.1.12.--Not in Trag. The homosexual worshipers of
Dionysus or Bacchus attacked the people by "piping" hoping that he
would fall into the singing or lamenting and choral dance of Dionysus
whose worship was part of the Abomination of Desolation in the
temple. Those who bowed to Baal had ever reason to scream out. The
drunken, naked ritual which consumed the Jewish Clergy is pictured
here where "getting drunk with wine" was a prelude to the
"worship." Malakos III. in bad sense, of persons,
soft, yielding, remiss,
id=Thuc., Xen.:--adv., malakôterôs anthêpteto
attacked him somewhat feebly, Thuc.: --also faint-hearted, effeminate,
cowardly, id=Thuc.,
Xen.; malakon
ouden endidonai not to give in from want of spirit, not to
flag a whit, Hdt., Ar. Ouden
"good for
nothing." Endidonai
"give into one's hand." Jesus identified primarily the
clergy which was so DEAD that he spoke to the in parables to keep the
GOSPEL from them. The use of charismatic, sexual rituals MARKED them
and most priesthoods. In fact, homosexuality and emasculation was
often REQUIRED. They
were in a COMA which was a "metaphor: of the
effect of music.
Baptism, therefore is NOT for
the pure and the best way to describe one who is dead in sins and
must be BAPTIZED is to compare a candidate for baptism as like a
perverted, drunken, naked "team" driven on with MUSIC. One who TRUSTS the last great
command of Jesus to MAKE DISCIPLES through baptism MUST consider
themselves as being the vilest creature on the face of the earth even
if morally right. Therefore, ONLY the DEAD are proper candidate for
Baptism. That is why
Satan convinces the masses that they can BECOME pure by
just
believing that Jesus is
the Son (manifestation) of God. They are the ones most likely to
claim that they can use MUSIC
to "lead you into the presence of God" without confessing the need
for God in Christ as the only Mediator. But the music of Apollyon's
MUSES will go back into Sheol (Rev. 18:22) For Hieron of Aetna, Chariot
Race, 470 B. C.[str. 1] Golden lyre, rightful joint possession of
Apollo and the violet-haired Muses, to which the dance-step listens, the beginning of
splendid festivity; and singers
obey your notes, whenever, with your quivering strings, you prepare to strike up chorus-leading preludes. [5] You quench
even the warlike thunderbolt of
everlasting
fire. And the eagle
sleeps on the scepter of
Zeus, relaxing his swift wings on either side, [ant. 1]
the king of birds; and you
pour down a dark
mist over his curved
head, a sweet
seal on his
eyelids.
Slumbering, he
ripples his liquid back, [10] under the spell
of your pulsing
notes. Even powerful
Ares, setting aside the rough spear-point, warms his heart in
repose; your shafts charm the minds even of the gods, by virtue of the skill of Leto's
son and the deep-bosomed
Muses. [epode 1]
But those whom Zeus does not love are stunned
with terror
when they hear the cry
of the Pierian Muses,
on earth or on the irresistible sea; [15] among them is he who lies in dread Tartarus, that enemy of the gods, Typhon with his hundred heads. Once the famous Cilician
cave nurtured him, but now the sea-girt cliffs above Cumae, and Sicily too, lie heavy on his
shaggy chest. And the pillar of the sky holds him down, [20]
snow-covered Aetna, year-round nurse of bitter frost, Mark follows Matthew and
defines the BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL. The word beginning is ARCHE. Here, Mark agrees with
Matthew that baptism is THE MOST IMPORTANT PART of the gospel which
believers can participate in. Mark immediately begins discussion of
the baptism of John AND the baptism by Jesus through the hands of the
disciples. Mark quotes Malachi who speaks of the FULLER who washes
even crimson garments and makes them white as snow. We submit to
baptism but God in Christ washes or sprinkles our spirits. The result
is that we have the gift of A holy spirit. The same Peter said that
we REQUEST a good conscience. A good conscience is a clear
consiousness which means A co perception or A holy spirit in which
God meets us by faith. God DOES NOT meet us in houses built by human
hands but in the new PLACE of the human spirit. See Baptism as the MOST IMPORTANT form of the gospel
enacted only by Jesus. While we are not
Calvinistally DISABLED, we are dead in our own trespasses and sins.
We are enabled in the human mind to believe, repent, be baptized and
REQUEST A new or holy spirit. The concept is regeneration.
Therefore, every properly
baptized believer is baptized FOR their own DEATH. A person who questions baptizm
questions or "rejects the counsel of God for their lives."
AFTER Pentecost "to
all nations" of Gentiles or into all the WORLD or Gentiles the
command was that humans like John baptize you in water as the ONLY
defined time and place where we REQUEST A holy spirit or A clear
conscience. The prophecy was that Messiah would cleans both Jew and
Gentile. Therefore, water baptizm was practiced AFTER Pentecost in
order to the remission of sins. Faith only invented by Zwingli in
1525 is not the focus of a believer's trust. Believers who TURN away from
their old lives may be baptized. The result is that God washes or
sprinkles their human spirit so that God can seek them as their only
Teacher through the now-discernable Word. The concept of being baptized
other than in water is intimately tied up to APOLLO or Abaddon or
Apollyon who is ApaLOU or WASHER. He washes by musical, charismatic
rituals which drives on mad. The feelings--usually of Sodomite
initiation--was held to be PURIFYING. Because he was the author of
musical worship and the Muses (musical worship team or locusts),
purification BEFORE obeying Jesus Christ is an end time MARK of those
who call God in Christ a liar by "rejecting the counsel of God" for
their lives. For instance: BAPTIZED FOR THE
DEAD: As death
approaches the dying
person is bathed, water
is brought in from the river, the dying person is undressed and then
washed with a threefold sprinkling from head
to feet. He/she is then lifted and placed on clean bedding facing the
North
Star and is then
dressed in a new rasta, with gold or gold threads sown on the right
side of the stole and silver or silver threads sown on the left side.
Weeping is forbidden. (To die at the sacred season of Panja means
that the soul of the deceased will fly quickly to the worlds of light and
escape the tortures and
dangers of the purgatories. ) The dead person is interned facing north and the
tomb goes unmarked - " .. the body is dirt and rubbish, once the Soul
has left it" is a Mandaean saying. At the moment the body is being
lowered into the tomb the lofani (ritual meal) is begun . A Zidqa
Brikha, prayers and baptisms are also performed. Because of Mormon distortion, baptism for the dead has been placed
behind a veil which can only be penetrated by diligent and thoughtful
consideration of the whole context of 1 Corinthians 15 and especially
15:29. To try to save someone who has been dead for centuries is
identical to the notion of purgatory by which the institution scams money from the sincerely ignorant. First, ask: What is the
Gospel? Euaggelizo (g2097) yoo-ang-ghel-id'-zo; from 2095 and 32; to announce good
news ("evangelize") espec. the gospel: - declare, bring (declare,
show) glad (good) tidings, preach (the gospel). First Corinthians 15 is Paul's definition of
the gospel. In chapter two he had resolved not to preach anything but
Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Of course, he taught the resurrection
and a lot of other things. However, the cycle of Jesus' incarnation
through His ascension is the gospel or good news that God had made a
path into the Spirit realm which we can follow if we walk in the
steps of Jesus. Every time Paul preached, he preached some good
news even if it had to discipline because "he whom God loveth he
chastises." God is pure or Holy Spirit and is in no way
material or physical. Mankind, on the other hand, it totally
physical. However, Because He is Spirit, God put spirit into all
humans. This then allows a spirit to Spirit relationship. However, in
a figurative sense, it is not possible to understand Spiritual things
until our old "self" is considered dead and we are born all over
again by water and spirit. The good news or gospel is that God manifested
or "imaged" Himself in human form to demonstrate the new birth. Jesus
had been born already in a physical sense. However, in His death,
burial and resurrection He died physically but was "alive by the
Spirit." The gospel is facts about Jesus to be taught.
However, the facts illustrate a mystery which must be imitated in a
limited sense so that we become as a litle child. First Corinthians chapter 15 demonstrates this
gospel put into practice. I will make all of these verses red so that
you can read the entire chapter. I will not attempt to comment on all
of the verses but you should read it over and over. The model, pattern or "form of doctrine" of the
gospel is the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. If He was not
resurrected then He was not God and therefore had no power to
resurrect our dead bodies so that we might live forever in the Spirit
world. Paul presents the pattern: MOREOVER, brethren,
I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also
ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 1 Corinthians 15: 1
By which also ye
are saved, if ye
keep in memory (possess) what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in
vain. 1 Corinthians 15: 2 For I delivered unto you first (in order of
time) of all that which I also received, how that
Christ
died for our sins
according to the scriptures; 1 Corinthians 15: 3 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 1
Corinthians 15: 4 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of
the twelve: 1 Corinthians 15: 5 After that, he was seen of
above five hundred
brethren at once; of
whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen
asleep. 1 Corinthians 15: 6 After that, he was
seen of
James; then of all the
apostles. 1 Corinthians 15: 7 And last of all he was seen
of me also, as of one born out of due time. 1 Corinthians 15:
8 For I am the least of the
apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I
persecuted the church of God. 1 Corinthians 15: 9 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was
bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than
they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 1
Corinthians 15: 10 What Had Paul Preached in
Corinth? Because most of the Corinthians were faithless
and put their faith in the baptizer instead of the Resurrected Jesus,
Paul declared that he was not central to the baptizing process. In
fact, he was happy that he had not baptized for the dead those people
who still put their trust in the "preacher.' Therefore, he continues
the "Gospel" message: Therefore
whether it were I or
they, so we preach, and
so ye believed. 1 Corinthians 15: 11 When Paul was in Corinth and baptized some:
And he reasoned in
the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Acts 18:4 And when Silas and
Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit,
and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. Acts 18:5 And when they opposed themselves (lined up against), and blasphemed (spoke
evil of), he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your
blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the
Gentiles. Acts 18:6 And Crispus, the
chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the
Lord with all his
house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. Acts 18:8 These people had not
believed in vain: they acted upon what their faith led them to
believe and they were baptized for the dead. Paul didn't claim some of the Corinthians
because they had been been baptized to make the "preacher" happy or
some other reason. However, they did not believe in the resurrection
so how could they believe that Jesus was resurrected? Now if Christ be
preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that
there is no resurrection of the dead? 1 Corinthians 15: 12
But if there be no
resurrection of the dead,
then is Christ not risen: 1 Corinthians 15: 13 And if Christ be not risen,
then is our preaching
vain, and your faith is
also vain. 1 Corinthians 15: 14 Yea, and we are
found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that
he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead
rise not. 1 Corinthians 15: 15 For if the
dead rise not, then is
not Christ raised: 1 Corinthians 15: 16 And if Christ be
not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 1 Corinthians 15: 17
Then they also
which are fallen
asleep in Christ are
perished. 1 Corinthians 15: 18 Did you notice that it is possible to believe
in the message and even the Messiah but not in what Jesus taught?
Their faith was vain because it didn't include the death, burial and
resurrection when they were involved. They were not baptized for the
dead in imitation of Christ. The gospel or "good news" also includes
our resurrection. The "gospel" probably does not often include
perfect happiness for most of us. In fact, to Paul as he compared his
work with that of the "many" who lived off the work of the Corinthian
poor, identified suffering and persecution as marks of true
discipleship. If in this life
only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 1
Corinthians 15: 19 However, our hope is based upon the fact that
Jesus proved that the human body can rise from the dead: But now is Christ
risen from the
dead, and become the
first fruits (beginning of sacrifice) of them that slept. 1
Corinthians 15: 20 Adam allowed death into the world when he
sinned and was cast out of the garden of Eden which was a spiritual
or celestial world. We are not guilty of Adam's sin but we also die
because we live in a world where false teachers can attack us:
Nevertheless death
reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after
the similitude of Adams transgression, who is the figure of him that
was to come. Romans 5:14 We sin because we live in Adam's world but are
not guilty of Adam's sin. Therefore, the gospel means that Christ
translates us into His invisible kingdom (in our hearts) so that our
lives and worship cannot be contaminated by Satan's agents trying to
force body rituals upon us. For since by man
came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 1
Corinthians 15: 21 For as in Adam
all die, even so in
Christ shall all be made
alive. 1 Corinthians
15: 22 By being "in" Christ we are "clothed" with Him
and "hidden from view" and are not subjected to the world which
belongs to Satan. Having the Mind or Spirit of Christ in our hearts
we have a guarantee of the resurrection
of the dead. But every man in
his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are
Christs at his coming. 1 Corinthians 15: 23 Then cometh the
end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall
have put down all
rule, and all authority
and power. 1 Corinthians 15: 24 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 1
Corinthians 15: 25 The last enemy that
shall be destroyed is
death. 1 Corinthians
15: 26 The gospel or good news is that death can be
destroyed. Christ destroyed it for Himself personally and was
resurrected. He was dead and was buried for the dead. For he hath put all
things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under
him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things
under him. 1 Corinthians 15: 27 And when all things
shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things
under him, that God may be all in all. 1 Corinthians 15: 28
First, who are dead in need
of being resurrected in a spiritual sense? We must look for the
antecedant to "baptized for the dead" within Paul's writings and not
from some latter-day inventor: In whom also ye are
circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in
putting off the
body of the sins of the
flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Col 2:11 Buried
with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen (the
dead rise) with him
through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised
him from the
dead. Col 2:12 For the love of Christ
constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 2 Cor 5:14 For I
through the law am dead
to the law, that I
might live unto God. Gal 2:19 Who his own self
bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being
dead to sins, should
live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Pet
2:24 So the believer is dead in trespasses and
sin and the believer is baptized for himself who is dead
spiritually. >
AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins; Ephesians 2:1 Even when
we were
dead in sins, hath
quickened (the
dead rise) us together
with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) Ephesians 2:5 Paul continues in
Colossians: > And you,
being dead in
your sins and the uncircumcision of your
flesh, hath he quickened (the
dead rise) together with him, having forgiven you
all trespasses; Col 2:13 Blotting out the
handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; Col 2:14 > For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 1
Corinthians 15: 16 And if Christ be
not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 1 Corinthians 15: 17
Then they also
which are fallen
asleep in Christ are
perished. 1 Corinthians 15: 18 If Christ has proven how to be (1) "buried
for the
dead" and then was resurrected to life, (2) you were baptized in
connection with that death, and (3) you don't even believe that He has
defeated your own death, then (4) why are you baptized for something
you don't even believe in. And when all
things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be
subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all
in all. 1 Cor 15:28 Else what shall
they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?
why are they then baptized for the dead? 1 Corinthians 15: 29
What dead? > Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen (the
dead rise) with him
through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised
him from the
dead. Col 2:12 For the love of
Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if
one died for all, then were all dead: 2 Cor 5:14 > For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 1
Corinthians 15: 16 And if Christ be
not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 1 Corinthians 15: 17
Then they also
which are fallen
asleep in Christ are
perished. 1 Corinthians 15: 18 As DEAD PEOPLE you were
baptized into Christ because Christ was baptized, died and was
resurrected. You were baptized for FOR or in
order to your own resurrection because of your faith. If no dead people are
resurrected then all people who are baptized are doing so in
vain. If these people were baptized to satisfy some
favorite preacher and even believed in Christ, but did not believe in
the resurrection, then why was Paul risking his life for them?
And why stand we in
jeopardy every hour? 1 Corinthians 15: 30 I protest,
brethren, by my pride in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I
die every day! 1 Corinthians 15: 31RSV If after the manner of men I
have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the
dead rise not? let us
eat and drink; for to morrow we die. 1 Corinthians 15: 32 Be not deceived: evil
communications (crowds) corrupt (wither, spoil) good manners
(morality). 1 Corinthians 15:33 Awake
to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God (not agnostics) I
speak this to your shame. 1 Corinthians 15:34 Those in Corinth who didn't even believe in the
resurrection for which they were baptized were not just "prospects"
-- they were destructive to the church because if we don't have hope
after the grave then "let us eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we
die." From 2 Corinthians we understand that some of
these may have been false teachers who were teaching just for a
living. Oh, yes, they were pretend followers of Christ but they
believed in and preached a different Christ. So, Paul anticipates
their next taunting question: But some man will
say, How are the dead
raised up? and with what body do
they come? 1 Corinthians 15:35 Because of Paul's harsh response we understand
the nature of the false teachers: Thou fool, that
which thou sowest
is not quickened, except it die: 1
Corinthians 15:36 When people reject the full gospel God sends
His wrath in the form of "excitement of the mind,violent passion,
desire." That describes what was happening in Corinth's assembly
which "did more harm than good" (1 Cor 11:17). These false teachers
or fools were: Aphros (g876) af-ros'; appar. a prim. word; froth, i.e.
slaver: - foaming. (mindless, egotistical) The "fools" were material thinkers: they had
seen dead bodies decay and resurrection was not logical. Therefore,
Paul shows that resurrection is to a new form of life: And that which
thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall
be, but bare grain, it
may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 1 Corinthians 15:37
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every
seed his own body. 1 Corinthians 15:38 All flesh is not the same
flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of
beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. 1 Corinthians 15: 39
There are also
celestial
bodies, and bodies
terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the
glory of the terrestrial is another. 1 Corinthians 15: 40
There is one glory of the
sun, and another glory of the
moon, and another glory of the
stars: for one star differeth from another
star in glory. 1 Corinthians 15: 41 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption: 1 Corinthians 15: 42
It is sown in
dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is
raised in power: 1 Corinthians 15: 43 It is sown a natural body; it
is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and
there is a spiritual
body. 1 Corinthians 15:
44 And so it is written. The first
man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 1 Corinthians 15: 45 Howbeit that was
not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and
afterward that which is spiritual. 1 Corinthians 15: 46 The first man is of the
earth, earthy:
the second man is
the Lord from
heaven. 1 Corinthians
15: 47 As is the earthy, such are they
also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that
are heavenly. 1 Corinthians 15: 48 And as we have borne the image
of the earthy, we shall also
bear the image of the
heavenly. 1 Corinthians
15: 49 Now this I say, brethren, that
flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 1
Corinthians 15: 50 Through baptism we are
translated into a spiritual, heavenly kingdom. As our bodies
represent our citizenship, the church is the kingdom of heaven
already begun. Behold, I shew you a mystery;
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 1 Corinthians 15: 51 In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Corinthians 15: 52 For this corruptible must put
on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 1
Corinthians 15: 53 So when this corruptible shall
have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is
written, Death
is swallowed up in victory. 1 Corinthians 15: 54 O death, where is
thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 1 Corinthians 15: 55
The sting of death is sin; and
the strength of sin is the law. 1 Corinthians 15: 56 But thanks be to God, which
giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians
15: 57 Therefore, my
beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, alway abounding in the
work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in
vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58 STING is related to the mortal
body: those who are baptized into Christ have PUT OFF this body and
are hidden in Christ. Therefore, the sting cannot touch us in a
deadly sense. How Others Were Baptized for
the Dead! If you could literally die and
be born again you would be like a new baby. In baptism, one can, on
the basis of faith, be born again: And Jesus called a
little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, Matthew 18:2
And said, Verily I
say unto you, Except ye Converted is:
Strepho (g4762)
stref'-o; strengthened from the base of 5157; to twist, i.e. turn
quite around or reverse (lit. or fig.): - convert, turn (again, back
again, self, self about). Become is:
Ginomai (g1096)
ghin'-om-ahee; a prol. and mid. form of a prim. verb; to cause to be
generate), i.e. (reflex.) to become
(come into
being), Enter is:
Eiserchomai (g1529)
ice-er'-khom-ahee; from 1519
and 2064; to enter (lit. or fig.): - * arise, come (in, into), enter
in (-to), go in (through). Jesus repeated this "gospel"
sermon to Nicodemus: Jesus answered and
said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be
born
again, he cannot see
the kingdom of God. John 3:3 Nicodemus saith
unto him, How can a man be born
when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mothers womb,
and be born? John 3:4 Born is:
Gennao (g1080)
ghen-nah'-o; from a var. of 1085; to procreate (prop. of the father,
but by extens. of the mother); fig. to regenerate: - bear, beget, be
born, bring forth, conceive, be delivered of, gender, make,
spring. Enter is:
Eiserchomai (g1529)
ice-er'-khom-ahee; from 1519 and 2064; to enter (lit. or fig.): - *
arise, come (in, into), enter in (-to), go in (through). In the Great Commandment of
Jesus He said: These people would not be
damned because they had not been under the water: they would be lost
because they "refused the counsel of God for their lives" and because
they refused to become like a little, submissive child. They would be
lost because they refused to be born all over again and be
baptized for the dead.
Jesus explained to Nicodemus
that He might be a Jew but he still had to become a "proselyte" to
Christianity just like a Gentile: "At the latter
ceremony two disciples of the wise stood by to tell him more of the
light and heavy commandments. When he came up after the immersion, those assembled addressed him saying:
'Unto whom has thou given thyself? blessed art thou, thou hast
given thyself to
God; the world was
created for the sake of Israel, and only Israelites are called the
children of God... After his
baptism he was considered (reckoned to be dead
and now alive) to be a new man, 'a little child newly born'; a new name was given him." (Int Std Bible Ency,
Proselyte). "The effect of this baptism was
held to be complete
regeneration; he was
born anew. He was called a little child just
born, the child of one
day. All his sins were remitted because God cannot punish sins
committed before he was born." (Barclay, William, Romans, p.
84) Now, look at Paul's question to those who were
baptized for the dead but didn't believe in the resurrection of
Christ or themselves: Else what shall
they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?
why are they then baptized for the dead? 1 Corinthians 15: 29
We repeat: Nothing that a human can do "earns"
or "merits" salvation. However, as God offers salvation out of His
own grace upon the grounds or of faith, the human soul must accept it
out of gratitude and in faith of the physical resurrection:
Who hath delivered
us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: Colossians 1:13 In whom we have
redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Colossians 1:14 In 1:18 Christ is the head of the body or the
church or the kingdom. However, Paul notes that people were trying to
change their opinions about the Christ they had received. They were
complete because Christ had cut them off from the world without human
hands: In whom also ye are
circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in
putting off the body of
the sins of the flesh
by the circumcision of
Christ: Colossians 2:11 The people were effectively
dead and reborn into the kingdom or church
because they had been: Paul shows that it was not the
initial faith that Jesus was the Messiah; the faith which saved was
put into effect
when the people
believed that when they were baptized and buried, they were were
raised in connection with Christ by their faith in God Who had raised
Christ from the dead. The Form of
Doctrine: For if by one mans
offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance
of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one,
Jesus Christ.) Romans 5:17 Therefore, as by
the offence of one
judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto
justification of life. Romans 5:18 For as by one mans disobedience
many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made
righteous. Romans 5:19 Moreover the law entered, that
the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more
abound: Romans 5:20 That as sin hath
reigned unto
death, even so might
grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ
our Lord. Romans 5:21 Because of Adam, those who were
not guilty of his sin suffered death. Likewise, the New Adam made
righteousness possible but it did not come as soon as it was
purchased. Now that the price had been
paid people did not have to carry around the guilt imposed by the
Law. Therefore, Paul asked: WHAT shall we say
then? Shall we
continue in sin (dead),
that grace may abound? Romans 6:1 God forbid. How
shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Romans 6:2 Know ye not, that so many of
us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into (eis) his death?
Romans 6:3 Therefore
we are buried with him by baptism
into
death: that (i.e.
baptized for the dead). like as
Christ was
raised up from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
life. Romans 6:4 When we are baptized into Christ's death we are
baptized for the dead. We are baptized because we reckon
ourselves dead to sin but the result is that we walk in a new, resurrected
life. Baptism pictures both: a baptism for the dead and a
resurrection for the new life. The gospel centers on the death, burial,
resurrection, witnessing, ascension and return as pure or Holy
Spirit. This event is the purchasing or earning or meriting power of
Christ to enable us to be baptized for
the dead. The only "form of doctrine" or imitation of
this great Mystery is water baptism. The Jews clearly understood this
to mean the way for one not in the kingdom to become a little child
and be born again. Who by him do believe in God, that raised him
up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might
be in God. 1 Peter 1:21 Seeing ye have
purified your souls in obeying the truth through
the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one
another with a pure heart fervently: 1 Peter 1:22 Being
born
again, not of
corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth
for ever. 1 Peter 1:23 Those who are born again
were "once dead" in a spiritual sense. But the word of the
Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is
preached unto you. 1 Peter 1:25 The Word of the Spirit is the "seed" which is
emplanted in the heart. In the New Birth, it is not the seed of the
husband but of God. As a result of the seed being planted and
germinating, a new life comes forth. The like figure
whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of
the filth of the flesh, but the answer of (request for) a good
conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 1 Peter
3:21 Baptism for the dead is the fundamental
doctrine of Christ. As one accepts Christ as a result of hearing the
Words through Christ's Spirit and believes, the next step is to
"present the body as a living sacrifice" and offer it up to God. Then
being dead to the old physical self it is proper to "bury" or baptize
the dead. Then, God resurrects us in a spiritual sense so that we are
moved by our Spirit-enlightned spirit or mind and not by how glorious
we can display out body: FORASMUCH then as
Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise
with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath
ceased from sin; 1 Peter 4:1 That he no longer
should live the rest of his
time
in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 1 Peter
4:2 For the time past of our life
may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we
walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings,
banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 1 Peter 4:3 Wherein they think it strange
that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil
of you: 1 Peter 4:4 Who shall give account to
him that is ready to judge the
quick and the dead. 1
Peter 4:5 For for this cause
was the gospel preached also to
them that are
dead, that they might
be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in
the spirit. 1 Peter 4:6 Whatever remedy is needed for the dead who had
no opportunity is taken care of by Lord Jesus Christ as Spirit. We
have no merit to become alive for others who are DEAD or deceased.
Baptism is always to "wash" a human body with real water and ask God
for a clean conscience. As Jesus used the Literal Passover to institute
the literal Lord's Supper with literal bread and literal fruit of the
vine to preach or show forth faith in Him, He used the literal
washing with water as a way to participate in that death and be
resurrected as a new child in the kingdom. He did not demand the
ceremonial washing of pots and pans and everything else because as a
little child we are uncontaminated with sin. Those who believed
in predestination, like the Jews
and later
Calvinists such as the
Puritans, "were obsessed with
a terror that they would not be saved. Conversion became a
central
preoccupation,
a violent, tortured drama in
which the sinner and his
spiritual director
wrestled for his soul. Frequently the penitent had
to undergo severe humiliation or experience real despair
of God's grace until he
appreciated his utter dependence upon Goe." (Karen Armstrong, A
History of God, p. 283). Jesus and the gospel just insists that the old
body just be put to death, be buried and resurrected to walk like a
new born child. This is the only way to be baptized for the dead and enjoy the new birth. "Such ought those
who are consecrated to Christ appear, and frame themselves in their
whole life, as they fashion themselves in the church for the sake of
gravity; and to be, not to seem such-so meek, so pious, so loving.
But now I know not how people change their fashions and manners with the place. As they say that polypi, assimilated to the rocks
to which they adhere, are in colour such as they; so, laying aside
the inspiration of the assembly, after their departure from it, they
become like others with whom they associate. Nay, in laying aside the
artificial mask of
solemnity, they are
proved to be what they secretly were. "After having paid
reverence to the discourse about God, they leave within [the church]
what they have heard. And outside they foolishly amuse themselves
with impious playing, and amatory quavering, occupied with flute-playing, and dancing, and intoxication, and all kinds of trash. "They who sing thus, and
sing in
response, are those who
before hymned immortality,-found at last wicked and wickedly singing
this most pernicious palinode (ode to retract their church song),
"Let us eat and
drink, for to-morrow we die." "But not to-morrow in truth,
but already, are these
dead to God; burying
their dead, that is, sinking themselves down to death. The apostle
very firmly assails them. "Be not deceived; neither adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers," and whatever else
he adds to these, "shall inherit the kingdom of God." Kenneth Sublett What is the Gospel - Baptized For the
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