Scripture cannot contradict itself. Even though there should be certain passages which seem to teach or imply a partial rapture we know that it cannot be so, and that is is we who fail to expound these passages in harmony with those which positively teach a total rapture of the Church. It is a fundamental principle of Scriptural interpretation that whenever God's Word speaks plainly and emphatically on any subject that obscure passages which treat of the same theme must be explained in accord with those passages about which there is no dubiety. In like manner when we find a passage which appears to bear upon the Rapture and which is in anywise ambiguous then we must not make it teach that which would conflict with other passages which deal with the Blessed Hope and which are plain and positive. We need not submit proof texts for the first, but we will do so with reference to the last three.
Regeneration is therefore a spiritual resurrection.
These two verses refer to the believer's judicial death and resurrection. This side of the truth is little known or understood, but we cannot now dwell upon it at any length. In the reckoning of God and in the eye of the Law Christ was identified with us as lost sinners. He took our place and bore our sins. He endured the full penalty of the broken law in our stead.