Brother marks; what if those left behind are still justified in Christ Jesus to be considered His but they are disqualified because they did not run the race for that high prize of our calling to be the vessel unto honor in His House by His grace and by His help?
Hi Enow,
Finally returning to this . . .
We can ask "what if?" but why? We just need to know what is.
So then, IS someone disqualified from being raptured because of some disobedience in their life?
Daniel 12:2 "And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
Is that your thinking on this passage? The ones who weren't running the race are resurrected to everlasting shame and contempt?
That would seem a good description for those who are forever vessels of dishonor.
The next verse in Daniel is one I always like to keep in mind . . .
3 "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."
1 Corinthians 15
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
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It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
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And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
I don't see how this describes being resurrected a vessel of dishonor.
1 John 3
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Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear,
we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Vessels of dishonor?
Much love!