Does Paul Use The Aorist Subjunctive In A Didactic Context? While most of the attention has been on 1 Corinthians 15:49 (See the previous article, nicknamed the Obituary). The best MSS all carry the “Omega” (long o) in phoresomen (?????????) versus (?????????) making it aorist subjunctive, and thus to be rendered as hortatory. According to Ray Summers, “The hortatory subjunctive is the use of the first person plural to exhort others to join us in an action. "elthomen eis ton ?ikon," “Let us go into the house”. This is exactly the form found in 1 Corinthians 15:49. It is aor. 1, subj. ...

Resurrection of the Dead Saints and Sowing the Body It is very significant in a study of the resurrection of the dead saints, to know what it means to sow the body. Without the sowing, there can be no raising. The one is essential to the accomplishment of the other. Paul very clearly stated, "Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies". (1 Cor. 15:36) If a seed cannot be made alive unless it dies, then it must follow that it cannot die unless it is sown. Jesus affirmed the same, saying, "Except a grain of wheat fall ...

Resurrection of the Body and the End Times Framework On Facebook, in the Preterist Perspectives page, we are discussing the resurrection of the body and the end times framework. Our aim is to determine whether this framework establishes the individual body at death (IBV) view or the covenant body (CBV). Which is the correct framework for eschatology. Many are interested in the resurrection. It continues to be the most challenging topic for those seeking to understand the consummation of the end times message. Gordon Fee, Professor emeritus of New Testament studies in British Columbia, UK, has written some very powerful statements affirming ...