ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Sune 12, 2018

Te tau hangē tofu pe ko iá - ‘o sino langilangi‘ia

(We will be like Him – with gloried bodies)

Fehu‘i #50

Ko e hā ‘a e ngaue ‘a e toetu‘u ‘a Kalaisí  ma‘a kitautolú ?

Na‘e ikuna‘i ‘e Kalaisi ‘a e angahalá  mo mate ‘i he‘ene toetu‘u ‘i he sinó  mei he pekiá  kae lava ai ki he fa‘ahinga ‘oku nau tui falala kiate Iá  ke nau toetu‘u ki ha mo‘ui fo‘ou ‘i he maama ko ení mo e mo‘ui ta‘engata ‘i he maama kaha‘ú. Hangē pe ko e ‘amanaki ki he‘etau toetu‘ú, ‘e toe fakafo‘ou ‘a e mamani ko ení. Ka ko kinautolu ‘oku ‘ikai ke tu‘u ‘enau falalá  ‘ia Kalaisí, ‘e fokotu‘u kinautolu ki he mate ta‘engata.

What does Christ's resurrection mean for us?

Christ triumphed over sin and death by being physically resurrected so that all who trust in him are raised to new life in this world and to everlasting life in the world to come. Just as we will one day be resurrected, so this world will one day be restored. But those who do not trust in Christ will be raised to everlasting death.  

1 TESALONAIKA 4:13-14

‘Oku ‘ikai te mau loto foki ke mou mūnoa, kāinga, ‘i he me‘a ki he kakai kuo mohe; ke ‘oua te mou mamahi ‘o hangē ko e kakai kehe, ‘a ia ‘oku ‘ikai ha‘anau ‘amanaki. He kapau leva ‘oku tau tui ne pekia ‘a Sīsū, pea toetu‘u, pehē foki ko e kakai na‘e fakamohe ko e me‘a ‘ia Sīsū, ‘e ‘omi kinautolu ‘e he ‘Otua fakataha mo ia.

1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-14

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

D. A. CARSON

The resurrection also demonstrates the gospel's concern for human beings embodied. In other words, some people think of our ultimate state as kind of ethereal spirit beings without any connection with bodies. But part of elementary, fundamental Christian truth is that in the new heaven and the new earth, the ultimate goal, the home of righteousness, there will not be just heavenly existence. It’s earthly existence. It's a new heaven and a new earth, and we will have resurrection bodies like Christ's. That's one of the great arguments of 1 Corinthians 15. Paul argues that if Christ rose from dead in a resurrection body - which, however strange in some ways and remarkable it was, could be touched and handled, could be spoken to, could be seen and could actually eat human food – then when we, who are finally resurrected on the last day, come into that state, we will have resurrected bodies like his resurrection body.