Resurrection, Ascension & Return

Read the text

1 Corinthians 15:1–28

Read the primary passage aloud twice. On the first reading, listen for the burden of the text. On the second, mark repeated words, contrasts, commands, promises, causes, and conclusions.

• Acts 1:1–11
• Romans 4:23–25
• Revelation 19:11–16

Language desk

Words that clarify—not words that perform.

Confirm each gloss by its use in this context. A lexicon offers possibilities; the sentence, paragraph, author, and canon determine what a word is doing here.

Form the doctrine

The theological claim

Jesus rose bodily, reigns presently, intercedes continually, and will return visibly.

Defense drill

Say it under pressure.

Give the earliest-evidence case for the resurrection from 1 Corinthians 15.

• State the opposing claim in a form its adherent could recognize.
• Open the controlling passage and establish the immediate context.
• Make one clear argument before adding supporting texts.
• Ask a diagnostic question, listen to the answer, and return to Christ and the gospel.

Wednesday assignment

Carry the truth into the week.

Prepare a three-minute resurrection defense that ends with a call to repent and believe.