Romans Verse ten
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. (Romans 6:10)
The Lord Jesus never again will be required to bear the load of sin. He never again will be required to experience the terrors of Gethsemane. He never again will be exposed to the mocking faces of demons in Hades. He is in incomprehensible Glory for eternity in the Presence of God.
The Apostle Paul never again will be required to wrestle against sin in his flesh. He never again will have to bear the scorn of the Jews or the pains of shipwreck and imprisonment. He is dwelling in incomprehensible Glory for eternity in the Presence of God.
So it is with us. Today we are in the death throes of sin. If we remain faithful, pressing each day into the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, we will live unto God rather than unto sin. We will grow each day in the life lived unto God.
Finally, if we do not quit in despair, the hour will come when we are shed forever of the body of sin and death that we now are dragging around. The new wine will be put in new bottles. We will be alive in the Presence of God in incomprehensible Glory for eternity.
It is of the greatest importance to the believer of today to realize that our change from a corruptible animal nature to eternal life in the Presence of God will not happen suddenly at our physical death, in a "rapture," or at the coming of the Lord. Our change from death to life is taking place now. No moral transformation will take place in a "rapture" or at our physical death. The redemption that will take place at the return of Jesus, while it will include a final deliverance from all corruption and death and the issuing to us of a body fashioned from eternal life, will actually be the revelation of that which had taken place during our pain-filled pilgrimage on the earth.
Let us make sure we are not counting on imputation (ascribed righteousness) to furnish us with the wonders of the Kingdom of God that come only as we participate in the process of daily death and resurrection.