the final and definitive investiture of his person with glory.’78 As God’s goal for the elect is ‘to be conformed to the likeness of his Son’, it will be realised by calling, justification and glorification.79 That, according to 1 Corinthians 15:49, happens at the resurrection. Adoption, justification, sanctification and glorification are used by Paul with dual purposes: (1) to explain the meaning of Christ’s resurrection and (2) to explain the meaning of the Christian’s salvation. The former determines
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