The prophecy of Isaiah 25:8-9 will be fulfilled when Jesus returns at the sound of the last trumpet, soon after which the new heavens and new earth will be ushered in.
Prophecy:
Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Fulfillment:
1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Isaiah 25:8 is clear that the time when God will swallow up death in victory is the same time when He will wipe away tears from of all faces. Paul references Isaiah 25:8 in relation to the time when the last trumpet sounds, the dead are raised and we're all changed. With death being swallowed up in victory, it makes sense that there can be no more death after that or else it couldn't be said that death has been swallowed up in victory. That's why John relates Isaiah 25:8-9 directly to the time when the new heavens and new earth are ushered in. Using scripture to interpret scripture, the time when death will be swallowed up in victory with God wiping the tears from of all faces will occur at the last trumpet and will be when the new heavens and new earth are ushered in, at which point "there shall be no more death" (Revelation 21:4).
In other words, with Paul relating the fulfillment of Isaiah 25:8 to the time when the last trumpet sounds and John relating it to the ushering in of the new heavens and new earth, we can then conclude that the new heavens and new earth will be ushered in just after the last trumpet sounds and not 1,000+ years later as Premillennialists typically believe.
According to 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17, the resurrection of the dead in Christ will occur when Jesus returns and, according to 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, the resurrection of the dead in Christ will occur when the last trumpet sounds. So, that's how we know that death will be swallowed up in victory when Christ returns since that will occur at the last trumpet when the dead in Christ are resurrected and we're all changed. And, that means that God will wipe away the tears from off all faces and will then dwell with His people at that point in the new heavens and new earth and that there will be no more death after that. If death continues to occur after events related to the last trumpet are completed (this includes what is written about the seventh trumpet, which is the same as the last trumpet), as Premils believe, then how can it be said that death is swallowed up in victory at that point?
The new heavens and new earth being ushered in at the second coming of Christ also lines up with what Peter taught in 2nd Peter 3.
2 Peter 3:3 ...knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.
First, Peter points out how there are scoffers in the last days saying "Where is the promise of His coming"? These scoffers deny the promise of the second coming of Christ. Later, Peter says this about that promise...
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
He points out that the Lord is not slack (slow) in fulfilling the promise of His second coming, as some think.
Then, a little later, he says this about the fulfillment of the promise of His second coming after describing the heavens and earth being dissolved and burned up when Jesus comes as a thief in the night...
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Peter does not say that we, according to the fulfillment of the promise of Christ's second coming, look for an earthly millennial kingdom. No, he said, according to His promise of coming again, we "look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.". So, just like both 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 and Revelation 21:1-4, in fulfillment of Isaiah 25:8-9, are referenced in relation to Christ's return and the ushering in of the new heavens and new earth, 2 Peter 3:13 also relates the return of Christ directly to the ushering in of the new heavens and new earth rather than the new heavens and new earth being ushered in 1,000+ years after the return of Christ, as most Premils believe.
Prophecy:
Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Fulfillment:
1 Corinthians 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. 4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Isaiah 25:8 is clear that the time when God will swallow up death in victory is the same time when He will wipe away tears from of all faces. Paul references Isaiah 25:8 in relation to the time when the last trumpet sounds, the dead are raised and we're all changed. With death being swallowed up in victory, it makes sense that there can be no more death after that or else it couldn't be said that death has been swallowed up in victory. That's why John relates Isaiah 25:8-9 directly to the time when the new heavens and new earth are ushered in. Using scripture to interpret scripture, the time when death will be swallowed up in victory with God wiping the tears from of all faces will occur at the last trumpet and will be when the new heavens and new earth are ushered in, at which point "there shall be no more death" (Revelation 21:4).
In other words, with Paul relating the fulfillment of Isaiah 25:8 to the time when the last trumpet sounds and John relating it to the ushering in of the new heavens and new earth, we can then conclude that the new heavens and new earth will be ushered in just after the last trumpet sounds and not 1,000+ years later as Premillennialists typically believe.
According to 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17, the resurrection of the dead in Christ will occur when Jesus returns and, according to 1 Corinthians 15:51-52, the resurrection of the dead in Christ will occur when the last trumpet sounds. So, that's how we know that death will be swallowed up in victory when Christ returns since that will occur at the last trumpet when the dead in Christ are resurrected and we're all changed. And, that means that God will wipe away the tears from off all faces and will then dwell with His people at that point in the new heavens and new earth and that there will be no more death after that. If death continues to occur after events related to the last trumpet are completed (this includes what is written about the seventh trumpet, which is the same as the last trumpet), as Premils believe, then how can it be said that death is swallowed up in victory at that point?
The new heavens and new earth being ushered in at the second coming of Christ also lines up with what Peter taught in 2nd Peter 3.
2 Peter 3:3 ...knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.
First, Peter points out how there are scoffers in the last days saying "Where is the promise of His coming"? These scoffers deny the promise of the second coming of Christ. Later, Peter says this about that promise...
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
He points out that the Lord is not slack (slow) in fulfilling the promise of His second coming, as some think.
Then, a little later, he says this about the fulfillment of the promise of His second coming after describing the heavens and earth being dissolved and burned up when Jesus comes as a thief in the night...
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Peter does not say that we, according to the fulfillment of the promise of Christ's second coming, look for an earthly millennial kingdom. No, he said, according to His promise of coming again, we "look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.". So, just like both 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 and Revelation 21:1-4, in fulfillment of Isaiah 25:8-9, are referenced in relation to Christ's return and the ushering in of the new heavens and new earth, 2 Peter 3:13 also relates the return of Christ directly to the ushering in of the new heavens and new earth rather than the new heavens and new earth being ushered in 1,000+ years after the return of Christ, as most Premils believe.
