Book of Psalms 9:1-20: August 21, 2021

Book of Psalms 9:1-20                        August 21, 2021 

I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds 

To the Director: Accompanied by female voices. A Davidic Psalm. 

The problem in Psalm 9 is the enemy invading from without:  Pharisees, scribes, and Jewish Leadership; while the problem in Psalm 10 is the enemy within; Judas. 

Psalms 9:1 I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart, I will declare all your wonderful deeds. 

The Saints Praise Jesus with their Whole Heart and will Tell Everyone of Your Wonderful Works and Deeds 

Jesus is to be praised for His deeds and His name with all our heart. Jesus name represents who He is; His deeds stand for all He does. 

Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise,  the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 

Luke 10:27 He answered, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind.  

Matthew 21:15 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law became angry when they saw the wonderful things he was doing and the children shouting in the Temple, "Praise to David's Son!" 

Psalms 9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. 

The Saints are Thankful and Rejoice in Jesus and Will Sing Praises to Your Name 

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 

Ephesians 5:19 Then you will recite to one another psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; you will sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts; 

Real praise to Jesus is not halfhearted; it involves one’s whole being.  Jesus is over all things. 

Psalms 9:3 When my enemies turn back, they will stumble and perish before you. 

Jesus Enemies will Turn Back and Stumble and Perish in Your Presence 

Jesus enemies will stumble when they come against Him.  Who are Jesus enemies is Satan, his demons and individuals who are led by Satan spirit.  

John 18:6 When Jesus said, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground. 

Saul and his companions fell to the ground because they were enemies of Jesus.  This shows His power over His enemies. 

Acts 26:14 "All of us fell to the ground, and I heard a voice asking me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me? It is hurting you to keep on kicking against the cattle prods.' 

Jesus enemy is also our enemy, and Jesus tells us what to against our enemy. 

James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 

Psalms 9:4 For you have brought about justice for me and my cause; you sit on the throne judging righteously. 

The Righteous Judge Maintains the Saints Right and Cause as Jesus Sits on the Throne. 

We know Jesus is in control and executes judgment on my behalf and against His enemies.   Jesus said: 

John 7:24 Stop judging by appearances, but judge with righteous judgment!" 

Psalms 9:5 You {Jesus} rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked, you wiped out their name forever and ever. 

Jesus Condemns the Nations and Destroys the Wicked and Blots out Their Name Forever 

Jesus will destroyed the wicked. 

2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then the lawless {or Wicked} one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 

Psalms 9:6 The enemy has perished, reduced to ruins forever. You uprooted their cities, the very memory of them vanished. 

Jesus Enemies are Doomed Forever with the Memory of Them and Their Cities Completely Forgotten 

Jesus will destroy the great city. 

Revelation 18:2 He cried out in a powerful voice, "Fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a prison for every unclean spirit, a prison for every unclean bird, and a prison for every unclean and hated beast. 

Psalms 9:7 But the LORD {Jesus} sits on his throne forever; his throne is established for judgment. 

Jesus will Sit on His Throne Forever and His Throne was Prepared to Judge the Nations 

Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter. 

Psalms 9:8 He will judge the world in righteousness and make just decisions for the people.  {for the Saints} 

Jesus will Judge the Nations Righteously and Make Just Decisions for the People. 

Acts 17:31 because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."   {Paul quotes this verse at Mars Hill} 

Luke 18:7  And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 

Psalms 9:9 The LORD {Jesus} is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of distress. 

Jesus is a Refuge for the Saints, a Place of Safety in Times of Trouble 

When we are oppressed, we may go to Jesus, for He is my refuge in times of trouble. 

Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all of you who are weary and loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest. 

Psalms 9:10 Those who know your name will trust you, for you have not forsaken those who seek you, LORD. 

Your Saints Trust and Know Jesus Mercy Because You have not Forsaken Your Saints 

We have great reason to trust in Jesus because of His Word, the Scriptures, His grace and mercy on us, and He will never forsake us in life or in death and we will be changed at His coming. 

Hebrews 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for God has said, "I will never leave you or abandon you." 

Psalms 9:11 Sing praises to the LORD {Jesus} who dwells in Zion; declare his mighty deeds among the peoples. 

The Saints Sing Praises to Jesus Who Lives in Jerusalem and Tell every Person what He has Done  

We are to sing praises to God 

Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 

John 17:26 and I {Jesus} have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them." 

Psalms 9:12 As an avenger of blood, he remembers them; he has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted. 

Jesus is the Avenger of Murder and Remembers Them and Does Not Ignore the Cries of the Afflicted. 

Jesus is the Avenger and will judge the wicked and establish His just rule.  Jesus will avenge the Saints and will not permit the wicked to go unpunished. 

Revelation 16:6 for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve."  {Refers to Armageddon???} 

Revelation 19:2 His judgments are true and just. He has condemned the notorious prostitute who corrupted the world with her immorality. He has taken revenge on her for the blood of his servants." 

Psalms 9:13 Be gracious to me, LORD, take note of my affliction, because of those who hate me. You snatch me away from the gates of death, 

Jesus, see How our Physical and Spiritual Enemies Persecute your Saints and Please have Mercy, Protect, and Rescue Us from the Evil Ones   

Jesus prayed to the Father many times according to the Scriptures. 

Pharisees wanted to kill Jesus and tried to seize him many times. 

John 7:1 After this, Jesus traveled about in Galilee, because he didn't want to travel in Judea, since the Jews there were trying to kill him. 

John 10:39 Again they tried to seize him {Jesus}, but he slipped away from them. 

We also have enemies that wants to kill Christians and we know Satan and his demons are on the prowl for prey.  Being Believers and supporters of Jesus, the Creator. 

Psalms 9:14 so I may declare everything for which you should be praised in the gates of the daughter of Zion, so I will rejoice in your deliverance.

The Saints will Declare, Praise and Rejoice in Jesus, our Salvation before the People in Your City, Jerusalem. 

Jesus suffers grief in all kinds of trials throughout his life.  From His brothers, sisters, neighbors, gossip, Pharisees, wanting to kill him, disciplines, lies against Him, etc.   

1 Peter 1:6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 

Psalms 9:15 The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set. 

Traps and Pitfalls have Caught the Individuals Themselves for Which they Set and Dug for Others 

The nations made the pits for others should fall in them, but they fall into the traps they made.    

Jesus knows the devices of the wicked and the results for the wicked are brought into the destruction.       

1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is nonsense in God's sight. For it is written, "He catches the wise with their own trickery," 

Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. 

By the Acts of Justice, Jesus is Known Because the Wicked is Caught by Their Own Hands 

Here is an example by Jesus to ensnare the wicked. 

John 8:8-9 Then he bent down again and continued writing on the ground.  (9)  When they heard this, they went away one by one, beginning with the oldest, and he was left alone with the woman standing there.  

These results are destructive to the wicked themselves because Jesus overthrows their enterprises. We have many examples in the Scriptures how Jesus punishes the wicked in their own snares. 

Psalms 9:17 The wicked will turn back to where the dead are, all the nations that have forgotten God. 

Those who Reject Jesus, the Punishment is Death for All the Wicked Individuals  

Revelation 19:20 The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. 

**Revelation 19:21 The rest were killed by the sword that belonged to the rider on the horse and that came from his mouth, and all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh. 

There are both nations and individuals consciences, who, though they knew God once, then forgot him, that is, are unmindful of him, do not acknowledge him in their lives by their designs, ways and works. 

Romans 2:6-8 For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done: (7) eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good; (8) but wrath and fury for those who in their selfish pride refuse to believe the truth and practice wickedness instead.

 Psalms 9:18 For he will not always overlook the plight of the poor, nor will the hope of the afflicted perish forever. 

Jesus will Never Forget the Needy; the Hope of the Poor will Not be Crushed Forever 

The hope of the oppressed {poor, have nothing, miserable, slaves} shall not be forgotten or ignored forever and will one day be taken care of and Jesus Himself will be their Protector. 

Luke 4:18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he has anointed me to tell the good news to the poor. He has sent me to announce release to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to set oppressed people free, 

Psalms 9:19 Rise up, LORD {Jesus}, do not let man prevail! The nations will be judged in your presence. 

Jesus, Please do Not Let the Wicked Prevail and in your Presence, Pronounce Judgment on Them. 

Jesus cannot allow wickedness of rebellion to continue in Nations and individuals. 

Daniel 7:21-22 "As I continued to watch, that same horn waged war against the Saints, and was prevailing against them  (22)  until the Ancient of Days arrived to pass judgment in favor of the Saints of the Highest One and the time came for the Saints to take possession of the kingdom. 

Revelation 13:7 It was allowed to wage war against the Saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, languages, and nation. 

This is the time Jesus will deliver His Bride under oppression and persecution from the wicked. 

Psalms 9:20 Strike them with terror, LORD; let the nations know they are only human. 

Jesus, Send Terror to the People in the Nations and Let Them Know They are Only Mortal Beings 

Jesus will do this at Babylon’s destruction 

Revelation 18:10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.' 

Acts 12:23 Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him {Herod} down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

 

Sickness and Healing, seachord.org

Sickness and Healing               August 14, 2021

My Bride and I had a very interesting week a few years ago. 

My Bride niece and her husband came to visit and he came down sick.

You may have remember him.    

He is a Vietnam veteran and has Agent Orange results, cancer in the neck and his bad hands cause him major problems.   He takes a large amount of morphine for the pain.  Right then he has pneumonia in the lungs and strep in the ICU unit. 

He was put into hospital, in the ICU area.  Release about 5 days later.  He died a couple of years later. 

We look at our own sickness and illness even among our group. What does this mean. 

The Lord Jesus is known as the healer in the Old and New Testament, the Scriptures. 

First account in all history of direct divine healing 

Exodus 15:26 He said, "If you will carefully obey the LORD your God, do what is right in his eyes, listen to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then I won't inflict on you all the diseases that I inflicted on the Egyptians, because I am the LORD your healer." 

Jesus tells us one of His name is Healer 

Psalms 103:2-3 Bless the LORD, My soul, and never forget any of his benefits: (3) He continues to forgive all your sins, he continues to heal all your diseases, 

·      What would you have to do if we lived during the times of Moses.

·      In the Old Testament, individual who are sick were to go see the Priests.

·      Priests were the health examiners for the nation.

·      The Priests will examine the person. 

A swelling, a scab, or a bright spot would often be a minor ailment that healed within a few days and caused no further concern. If a condition persisted, and became like a leprous sore, it required further attention.

Any given sore might or might not be leprous; that was for the priest to determine by examination. 

When we have something like this, we go to the doctor, the Israelites went to Priest. 

Leviticus 14:2-4 "This is the law concerning those who have infectious skin diseases, after they have been cleansed.  (3)  "The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infectious skin disease to confirm that the person has been healed.   {go outside the camp} 

(4)  If he has been healed, then the priest is to command that two live and clean birds, some cedar wood, some crimson thread, and hyssop be brought for the one cleansed.  

·      There are physical laws that regulate our physical health.

·      If we break one of these laws, or if they are broken, it is transgression of law, and it exacts a penalty.

·      It might be an accident, or something we did not do to ourselves.  Like the virus today 

·      We might not have been guilty of any wrong and yet nature and or man's law may have been violated.

·      As we grow older, we have more problems with our bodies. 

·      Most sickness and disease today is the result of faulty diet, accidents, wrong eating, disease cause by man, our bodies are breaking down and the way we live our lives.

·      The penalty of transgressing the physical laws that regulate the human body is pain, suffering, sometimes it turns out to be physical death.

·      Example:  fall off a ladder, car wreck, twisted wrong with the back, genes from the family, diabetic, etc. 

Jesus forgives physical sins and He heals all that were sick. 

Matthew 8:16-17 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, (17) that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: "HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES AND BORE OUR SICKNESSES." 

Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.  (5)  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 

What are we to do today, as a Christian or Believer, 

We know that Jesus is our High Priest (we go to him in prayer) and Jesus became our sacrifice. 

Hebrews 4:14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us live our lives consistent with our confession of faith. 

1 John 2:1-2 My little children, I'm writing these things to you so that you might not sin. Yet if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus, the Messiah, one who is righteous.  (2)  It is he who is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world's. 

Jesus healed the lepers and told them to give the proper sacrifice for their sickness.  He sent them to the priests on the ground that Moses had commanded this in such cases.  

Matthew 8:2-4 Suddenly a leper came up to him, fell down before him, and said, "Sir, if you want to, you can make me clean."  (3)  So Jesus reached out his hand, touched him, and said, "I do want to. Be clean!" And instantly his leprosy was made clean.  (4)  Then Jesus told him, "See to it that you don't speak to anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer the sacrifice that Moses commanded as proof to the authorities." 

Jesus tells those who have leprosy to go show yourself the priest.   Notice, healing the blind and other sickness, Jesus does not say that. 

We learn at each Passover why Jesus was beaten, because by the bruises and wounds he received, we are healed.  

1 Peter 2:22-24 "He never sinned, and he never told a lie."  (23)  When he was insulted, he did not retaliate. When he suffered, he did not threaten. It was his habit to commit the matter to the one who judges fairly.  (24)  "He himself bore our sins" in his body on the tree, so that we might die to those sins and live righteously. "By his wounds you have been healed." 

John 19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 

Matthew 27:31 When they had finished making fun of him, they stripped him of the robe, put his own clothes back on him, and led him away to crucify him.    

Yes, Jesus suffered this physical pain, actually breaking open His body in great welts, to suffer for our physicals and spiritual sin. 

Paul tells us 

Ephesians 5:17 Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. 

Only way for sure we are going to know what Jesus will is by studying His Word. 

We know Jesus gave the disciples, 70 disciples, Apostles, Peter shadow,  to heal the sick, Healing by Prayer, Philip, {Luke 9:1-2; 10:1,9; Acts 3:11; Acts 5:15; Acts 5:16; James 5:16; Acts 8:5-7; to be able to heal others. 

Faith is very important in healing.  What is faith? 

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists. 

Think about this, what is faith?  Read Heb 11:1 again. 

Mark 5:34 And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction." 

Mark 10:51-52 So Jesus answered and said to him, "What do you want Me to do for you?" The blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, that I may receive my sight."  (52)  Then Jesus said to him, "Go your way; your faith has made you well." And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the road. 

Notice, Faith has made you well, healed the blind man. 

Luke 17:19 And He said to him, "Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well." 

Our personal trust and confidence in Jesus, springing from faith in God 

Matthew 9:2 Then behold, they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven you." 

Matthew 9:35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 

People knew Jesus could heal them by seeing Jesus healing others and this builds up their personal faith.

Matthew 10:1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. 

Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. 

Wonder how many individuals were raised from the dead by the disciples.

Probably not many, look at Lazarus, 

Luke 9:2 He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 

Acts 5:14-16 And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, (15) so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. (16) Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed. 

It seems to me that there were more sick then than now, but again, look at all the hospital with the sick. 

What are the Lord Jesus instruction for us today? 

When we are sick today, we are to call the elders 

James 5:13-16 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.    {we are to pray} 

James 5:14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.  

Call the elders in your church, Prayer of faith, laying on hands – anointing with oil 

James 5:15  And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 

Today, it is the prayer of faith, notice, if he has, does not mean he has committed sin to be sick. 

James 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.  {may be healed} 

·      Basically saying, Jesus says to call the elders, and let them pray for you, anointing with oil (the type and symbol of the Holy Spirit).

·      We are told to pray for each other.

·      Then God promise He will HEAL YOU !

·      The elder cannot heal you, it is your faith in our High Priest for healing.

·      No minister today, can heal you, that is, directly.

·      Paul asked 3 times for healing, we are not restricted to one time only asking for healing and anointing 

Also noted, v. 16, may be healed, v. 15, Jesus will raise us up if the future. 

But God promise that when you call for His ministers, and they pray the prayer of faith (not doubt), and anoint with oil, then God will heal you! 

When, we do not know.  But, we have the promise.  It is all about faith in the Lord Jesus and not any elder.  The elder is only an instrument that Jesus used.  Paul tells us faith is: 

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists. 

·      And He has given His ministers authority to use the POWER contained in the NAME of  Jesus  Christ, 

·      and  in and thru that name, to heal,

·      do remember it is always God who actually does the healing, not the elder.

·      Remember, we cannot dictate to Jesus when to heal us. 

·      We need to leave that to him because He promises to heal us and

·      we expect and will receive an answer. 

·      The how and when is up to Jesus, in His way and time. 

Notice, being sick does not mean a person committed a spiritual sin but probably some physical sin or physical accident.

Remember the minister who took too many pain killers and gave him a heart attack.  Would call this a physical sin or a physical accident 

Anointed cloths:  Paul’s demand on his time became so great, many at a distance, so to honor the requests, Paul anointed and prayed over pieces of handkerchiefs for those requesting prayer for healing, sent to them, and they were healed, by their faith. 

Acts 19:11-12 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,  (12)  so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 

·      We know God has healed individual in ways that defy medical knowledge.

·      We are told we are to pray for healing, either for ourselves or others.

·      Praying for others, builds our faith up and takes our mind off of ourselves.

·      The Bible tells us to pray for whatever we need, and that surely includes freedom from pain.

·      We know that healing does not always occur, but we know if we are not healed during in this life, there is something greater awaiting us afterward. 

Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, LORD, and I'll be healed; deliver me, and I'll be delivered, because you are my praise. 

Jeremiah 30:17 Indeed, I'll bring you healing, and I'll heal you of your wounds,' declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast and have said, "It is Zion, no one cares for her!"'" 

The Apostle Paul had a "thorn in the flesh" of some kind of physical problem.  Paul is a man of faith, yet he was not healed of it. 

2 Corinthians 12:8-10 I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me,  (9)  but he has told me, "My grace is all you need, because my power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the Messiah's power may rest on me.  (10)  That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for the Messiah's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong. 

Paul thorn in the flesh, what was it. 

We know as a fact, every person who has ever been healed has physically died. 

·      Jesus friend, Lazarus, was raised from the dead, but died again.

·      Jesus makes no promise that our present bodies, whatever our condition, will stay healthy or last forever.

·      In fact, Jesus gives us a promise that something much more glorious:

·      a new body, like our present ones but also different, a spiritual body made for eternity. 

2 Corinthians 4:16 That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day. 

Oh, so true, our bodies are wearing out and dying, I know I can feel it, but we are being made spiritually stronger each day.   

2 Corinthians 5:1-4 We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.  (2)  For in this one we sigh, since we long to put on our heavenly dwelling.  (3)  Of course, if we do put it on, we will not be found without a body.  (4)  So while we are still in this tent, we sigh under our burdens, because we do not want to put it off but to put it on, so that our dying bodies may be swallowed up by life. 

We know we have a better place in the future, but we really may not be ready to be change, only Jesus know when it is time for each of us. 

The best thing to remember, leave it to Jesus, how and when we will be healed, but we know it is a promise, Jesus will not break it. 

Paul is going to tell us a secret, most exciting secret 

1 Corinthians 15:51-53 Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed (52)  in a moment, faster than an eye can blink, at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will be raised never to decay, and we will be changed.  (53)  For what is decaying must be clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying must be clothed with what cannot die.  

1 Corinthians 15:54-57 Now, when what is decaying is clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying is clothed with what cannot die, then the written word will be fulfilled: "Death has been swallowed up by victory!"  (55)  "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"  (56)  Now death's stinger is sin, and sin's power is the Law.  (57)  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus the Messiah! 

We are waiting for our change, to replace our tent, what an unbelievable miracle, we have to look forward too; to be a Spirit Being under our Lord Jesus, Creator and High Priest and King.