We believe in a sovereign God who will one day completely reveal his power in the world. Paul's understanding of this epic revelation centers on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christ puts all enemies under his feet. Christ delivers the kingdom to God. The final verse of our text, v26, pronounces the blessed hope, the hope of victory over death.
Death is real.
Even the resurrection of Jesus has not yet defeated death. Rather, it is in the hope of Jesus' resurrection that the church is called to live now, in the belief that in God's ultimate plan, death will be no more. This is the faith by which we live. This is our real treasure, the kind of treasure we could never get from robbing graves. Perhaps today we are living a graveyard existence - feeling like we are cadavers ourselves.