What will the resurrected be like?
Someone wondered if Jesus Christ’s resurrection is patterned after our own resurrection, would we retain our scares just as the Lord did? Appearing to the apostle Thomas, the resurrected Lord said, “Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing” (John 20:27). The Lord revealed His scares to demonstrate that He did die upon the cross, was buried, and rose again on the third day. This was a divine manifestation to help build faith in His disciple. Whether or not the scares disappeared at Christ’s ascension is not mentioned in the Bible.
To the question of what the resurrected body would be like, Paul wrote, “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So also it is written, “The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly” (1 Cor. 15:42-49).
The resurrected body is not some sort of immaterial spiritual substance, something translucent without substance, but it shall be physical. Just as Adam and Christ were flesh and blood, the Christian’s present body and future body will likewise be physical. The difference is the present body is subject to sin, death, and decay, whereas the future body will be imperishable.
The Christian’s future resurrected body will be perfect without defect. For example, a person with a missing part such as a leg as the result of an accident or birth defect, that person will be raised into a physical body that is fully complete with all its functioning parts. The Bible, however, remains silent on whether or not certain distinguishing features of an individual (e.g. dimples) will be part of the future resurrected body. What we do know is the future body will be without defect.
To the question of what the resurrected body would be like, Paul wrote, “So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So also it is written, “The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly” (1 Cor. 15:42-49).
The resurrected body is not some sort of immaterial spiritual substance, something translucent without substance, but it shall be physical. Just as Adam and Christ were flesh and blood, the Christian’s present body and future body will likewise be physical. The difference is the present body is subject to sin, death, and decay, whereas the future body will be imperishable.
The Christian’s future resurrected body will be perfect without defect. For example, a person with a missing part such as a leg as the result of an accident or birth defect, that person will be raised into a physical body that is fully complete with all its functioning parts. The Bible, however, remains silent on whether or not certain distinguishing features of an individual (e.g. dimples) will be part of the future resurrected body. What we do know is the future body will be without defect.
Comments
Post a Comment