Here's something we seldom think of, resurrection. Seems like we get stuck at death, struggle with it and never move past to what's next. What is resurrection mean?
Resurrection means life from death. Christ was resurrected, He rose from the grave. Rising from the dead is the same as resurrection. "But someone will say, 'How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies." (1 Corinthians 15:35-36) If you read on in that passage you understand that we have a body on this earth (terrestrial/natural), and new bodies at the resurrection (celestial/spiritual). The spiritual bodies will not be invisible like a ghost but will have physical features like a human albeit without blood. We know that from Christ's resurrected body in John 20:26-28. He literally walked thru the door like a ghost but He also had Thomas put his hand on the nail holes and into His side wear He was pierced. In another place we read Jesus ate after His resurrection, spiritual bodies need not eat. He also walked with men on the road to Emmaus and they talked with Him like He was a normal person. (John 24:13-16, 30-31)
Jesus rose from the dead so that we could too. (Romans 6:5 "For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection.") Now that is something to look forward to, don't you think?
Grace, MB
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ARE you saying that we will have normal bodies...hopefully perfect weight and health but be able to have ghostly abilities as well, like walking through doors....? I'm not clear on what your thoughts are on what kind of body you think we will have, because you say Jesus walked through the door but he also ate and spirtual bodies need not eat...so what do you think it would be like? I always thought we would be like spirits, never really eating well, maybe, but not needing to.
Lori
Oh I believe we will have immortal bodies, but I'm not exactly sure what they will be like. Scripture only tells us of Jesus' immortal body, he ate and walked thru doors at the same time. No more weight loss programs huh? Sweet.
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