and with the trump of God: and the
dead in Christ shall rise first." 1 Thes. 4:13-16.

2. Living saints will be caught up. "Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in
the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one
another with these words." 1 Thes. 4:17, 18.

The Glory Of The Consummation.

"Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we all shall be
changed, 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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality.... Then shall be brought to pass the
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where
is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin;
and the strength of sin is the law." 1 Cor. 15:51-56.

The Mosaic Law.

There is recorded in the Old Testament the account of God giving a law to
govern his people Israel. This is called a covenant, and was to serve as a
schoolmaster to lead its subjects to Christ. This law was a shadow of good
things to come; that is, it contained types and shadows of something real
in the blessed day of gospel grace. The blood of the animals that was shed
could not take away sins, but is typical of the blood of Jesus, who in the
end of the world appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
There is no power in the blood of animals to redeem man from sin, but we
are redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot. The unblemished lamb offered in sacrifice under
the Jewish economy was typical or a shadow of the spotless Christ, slain
for the sins of the world. The types and shadows of the law all center in
Christ. When he the substance is come the shadow of necessity vanishes
away. When the shadow meets the substance the shadow has an end. The
redemption which we have in Jesus not only redeems us from sin, but also
from the bondage of the Sinaitic law. "But when the fulness of the time
was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to
redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of
sons." Gal. 4:4, 5. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us." Gal. 3:13.

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