1 Corinthians 15:52

“In a moment, etc.] Or point of time, which is very short indeed; what a moment is, according to the Jewish doctors, (see Gill on “<400408>Matthew 4:8”). In the twinkling of an eye; these two the Jews not only put together as here, but make one to be as the other; so they say f348, ˆy[ Prhk [grh, “a moment is as the twinkling of an eye”. This phrase, as the twinkling of an eye, is frequently used in Jewish writings f349, to signify how speedily ard suddenly anything is done, and which is the design of it here; and the apostle’s meaning is, that the change upon the bodies of living saints will be so quick, that it will be done in a trice, before a man can shut his eyes and open them again; so…”

“the last trump--at the sounding of the trumpet on the last day [VATABLUS] (Mat 24:31; Th1 4:16). Or the Spirit by Paul hints that the other trumpets mentioned subsequently in the Apocalypse shall precede, and that this shall be the last of all (compare Isa 27:13; Zac 9:14). As the law was given with the sound of a trumpet, so the final judgment according to it (Heb 12:19; compare Exo 19:16). As the Lord ascended "with the sound of a trumpet" (Psa 47:5), so He shall descend (Rev 11:15). The trumpet was sounded to convoke the people on solemn feasts, especially on the first day of the seventh month (the type of the completion of time; seven being the number for perfection; on the tenth of the…”

“In a moment - (ἐν ἀτόμῳ en atomō). In an “atom,” scil. of time; a point of time which cannot be cut or divided (α a, the alpha privative (“not”) and τομη tomē, from τέμνω temnō, “to cut”). A single instant; immediately. It will be done instantaneously. In the twinkling of an eye - This is an expression also denoting the least conceivable duration of time. The suddenness of the coming of the Lord Jesus is elsewhere compared to the coming of a thief in the night; 2 Peter 3:10. The word rendered “twinkling” (ῥιπῆ ripē, from ῥίπτω rhiptō, “to throw, cast”) means “a throw, cast, jerk,” as of a stone; and then “a jerk of the eye,” that is, “a wink” - Robinson. At the last trump -…”

“In a moment - Amazing work of omnipotence! And cannot the same power now change us into saints in a moment? The trumpet shall sound - To awaken all that sleep in the dust of the earth. 1 Corinthians 15:54”

“15:52 Cp. 1 Thes 4:13-17.”

“a moment: Exo 33:5; Num 16:21, Num 16:45; Psa 73:19; Pe2 3:10 last: Exo 19:16, Exo 20:18; Num 10:4; Isa 18:3, Isa 27:13; Eze 33:3, Eze 33:6; Zac 9:14; Rev 8:2, Rev 8:13, Rev 9:13, Rev 9:14 for: Mat 24:31; Joh 5:25; Th1 4:16 the dead: Co1 15:42, Co1 15:50 1 Corinthians 15:53”