New Jerusalem Has No Corruption

First Corinthians 15:50 declares, “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither does corruption inherit incorruption.” 15:52 adds, “the trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.”

Here corruption is coupled with death as are incorruption and resurrection. The same is in 15:42-43a, “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory.” Resurrection, glory, and incorruption are all characteristics of New Jerusalem.

Verse 15:54, quoting from Isaiah 25:8, says, “when this corruptible will put on incorruption and this mortal will put on immortality, then the word which is written will come to pass, ‘Death has been swallowed up unto victory’.” New Jerusalem will also be a testimony of the victory of God’s eternal life.

New Jerusalem is the center of the new creation. Not only New Jerusalem but also the whole creation will be without corruption. This is the fulfillment of the hope expressed in Romans 8:21, “In hope that the creation itself will also be freed from the slavery of corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

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Posted by Don on September 6, 2024

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