Mat 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
I will post more about infirmities and sicknesses and Body, Soul and Spirit later, these are all different and vast subjects of learning.
At Death
2Pe 3:13
(13) Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Yes we have been redeemed; our redemption comes later at Jesus’ coming, not the minute we die, at present you have been sealed.
Eph 1:13
(13) In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
When we are born again, we are sealed, with the promise of being raised again at Jesus' coming. God has promised us, in His Word, that He will send his son back and he will raise us, we are waiting for that promise.
Joh 6:40
(40) My Father wants all those who see the Son and believe in him to have eternal life. He wants me to bring them back to life on the last day."
When is the last day? Are people still dying? Has everything been handed back to the Father?
Like in the Old Testament, they were also waiting on the promise of the Messiah’s (Jesus’) first appearing, we are waiting for the Messiah’s (Jesus), second appearing.
1Co 15:21-28
(21) Since a man brought death, a man also brought life back from death.
(22) As everyone dies because of Adam, so also everyone will be made alive because of Christ.
(23) This will happen to each person in his own turn. Christ is the first, then at his coming, those who belong to him will be made alive.
(24) Then the end will come. Christ will hand over the kingdom to God the Father as he destroys every ruler, authority, and power.
(25) Christ must rule until God has put every enemy under his control.
(26) The last enemy he will destroy is death.
(27) Clearly, God has put everything under Christ's authority. When God says that everything has been put under Christ's authority, this clearly excludes God, since God has put everything under Christ's authority.
(28) But when God puts everything under Christ's authority, the Son will put himself under God's authority, since God had put everything under the Son's authority. Then God will be in control of everything.
By reading the above verses, has the end come? No it hasn’t, so this tells us, many things are still to take place.
Certain things are done at certain time, in a certain order, and as we read and study what God is telling us here, we will see some things have been fulfilled and some things are still to take place, everything in its own order and time. That’s why God tells us to wait on him and believe in His promises.
Jesus is the first fruit of those who have been raised from the dead. Once we know and understand the power of his resurrection, all things start to fall into place. We as believers are waiting for the promise from his Father and are waiting for our Lord Jesus to come from Heaven, at the sound of the last trumpet. Only then, will Jesus sort the rest out.
When everything has been put under his (Jesus’) control, as verse 27 says, the last enemy to be destroyed is death and all things will be handed back to the Father, and the new kingdom will come where righteousness will dwell.
Up until today, satan still has power on this earth as stated in verse 24. That authority and power has been given to him from God by fall of the first Adam. Satan is Lord of this age! But the Good News is, when we confess Jesus as our Lord, and believe God has raised him from the dead, we are actually saying, we want nothing to do with satans law and his lordship and this age, we want to abide in God’s law and righteousness and are waiting for the promise of the new Heaven and New Earth, where righteousness will dwell.
Please think for a moment, if death had already been destroyed today, you would not be going to funerals? And all our friends and family members would not be dying and been buried in a grave, there would be no need for a funeral. So everything has its own order and taking of place.
So, as of today, not everything has been handed over to God, and not all powers have been destroyed.
The scriptures (God’s own Words) are there for our learning, understanding and comfort. The prophets, Jesus and the apostles have revealed God’s plan. We have been sealed with the promise of being resurrected at the coming of Jesus.
When we understand God’s power, and know the power which raised Jesus, satan cannot win? Why do I say that, because God has told us Revelation:
Rev 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
1Co 15:54
(54) 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.
1Co 15:35-45
(35) But someone will ask, "How do the dead come back to life? With what kind of body will they come back?"
(36) You fool! The seed you plant doesn't come to life unless it dies first.
(37) What you plant, whether it's wheat or something else, is only a seed. It doesn't have the form that the plant will have.
(38) God gives the plant the form he wants it to have. Each kind of seed grows into its own form.
(39) Not all flesh is the same. Humans have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds have another, and fish have still another.
(40) There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. Heavenly bodies don't all have the same splendor, neither do earthly bodies.
(41) The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon has another kind of splendor, and the stars have still another kind of splendor. Even one star differs in splendor from another star.
(42) That is how it will be when the dead come back to life. When the body is planted, it decays. When it comes back to life, it cannot decay.(43)
When the body is planted, it doesn't have any splendor and is weak. When it comes back to life, it has splendor and is strong.
(44) It is planted as a physical body. It comes back to life as a spiritual body. As there is a physical body, so there is also a spiritual body.
(45) This is what Scripture says: "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
1Co 15:51 I'm telling you a mystery. Not all of us will die, but we will all be changed.
1Co 15:52 It will happen in an instant, in a split second at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will come back to life. They will be changed so that they can live forever.
1Co 15:53 This body that decays must be changed into a body that cannot decay. This mortal body must be changed into a body that will live forever.
1Co 15:54 When this body that decays is changed into a body that cannot decay, and this mortal body is changed into a body that will live forever, then the teaching of Scripture will come true: "Death is turned into victory!
1Co 15:55 Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?"
1Co 15:56 Sin gives death its sting, and God's standards give sin its power.
1Co 15:57 Thank God that he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.