50 Days of Wisdom
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Wisdom is a skill in living that begins with fearing God, then progresses to guarding your mind, choosing your companions, controlling your body, monitoring your words, pursuing your work, managing your money, and loving your neighbor. Very simple. But that’s it. And when you’ve done that, you’ve learned wisdom. It’s vital to be taught wisdom. For example, as a father, if I fail to teach my son to fear God, the devil will teach him to hate God. If I fail to teach my son to guard his mind, the devil will teach him to have an open mind. If I fail to teach my son to obey his parents, the devil will teach him to rebel and break his parents’ hearts. If I fail to teach my son to select his companions carefully, the devil will choose them for him. If I fail to teach my son to control his body, the devil will gladly teach him to give it completely over to his lusts. If I fail to teach my children to enjoy speech that is honorable to God, the devil will fill their mouths with filth. If I fail to teach my children to pursue their work, the devil will make them lazy. If I fail to teach them to manage their money, the devil will teach them to waste it on riotous living. If I fail to teach them to love their neighbor, the devil will gladly teach them to love only themselves. And the only reason I can pass such wisdom on to my children is because God has graciously made it all available in the Bible.
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Right now, no one has received their resurrection bodies. But when Jesus returns, He will raise everyone who has ever lived from the dead, and they will all receive resurrection bodies. Some will receive bodies fit for heaven, while others will receive bodies that are fit for hell. The Bible describes this as the first resurrection, and the first resurrection actually has four components. The first feature of the first resurrection is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Him, we live; because He lives, we live. The resurrection that we receive comes through the power of Christ demonstrated in His own resurrection; and of all who would ever be raised, He is the premier one. So the first feature of the first resurrection is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Secondly comes the rapture of the church. This is imminent; it could happen at any time. No prophetic things need to take place before this. We live in expectation; we live believing the doctrine of imminency that Christ could come at any moment to rapture His church. At that point, the dead in Christ's church will be raised, and they will receive their glorified bodies. Then, in a nanosecond, those alive at that time will undergo a metamorphosis as they ascend. The third component of this first resurrection will be at the end of a period called the great tribulation, a seven-year period of divine judgment in the world that follows the rapture of the church. At the end of that seven-year period will come the salvation of Israel and the resurrection of the Old Testament saints. That comes at the end of the tribulation, and it comes immediately preceding the millennial kingdom of Jesus Christ. The tribulation saints, those who perished in Christ during the terror of Antichrist, will also rise at that time. After that, at the end of the one-thousand-year millennial kingdom, there’s a rebellion by Satan. The Lord Himself immediately eliminates Satan's rebellion. The Lord Himself judges all the wicked, casting Satan, his hosts, and all those who followed him into the Lake of Fire. And God, at that point, destroys the created universe; the great white throne judgment of the wicked takes place, and then God creates a new heaven and a new earth, the final dwelling place of the glorified, embodied righteous spirits. This is the final grace. Therefore, the resurrection of Jesus Christ initiates the first resurrection. The second event that makes up this first resurrection is the rapture of the church. Followed later by Israel’s salvation, by the resurrection of the Old Testament saints at the end of the tribulation along with the tribulation saints. And then there will be a sort of private, personal, immediate kind of resurrection or transformation for anyone who dies during that thousand-year millennial reign of Christ described in Revelation chapter 20. So what’s going to be the dominant feature of heaven? Joy! Heaven is a perfect, everlasting, undiminished, and ever-increasing joy. There will be a level of happiness there that we can’t even comprehend, and it will never diminish. And this is the future grace for all who–what? Repent and believe! GTY.org (90-311) - What Happens When a Christian Dies? – 90-311
Today's Wisdom
April 23, 2026
Day: 903
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