Posted on 11/30/2015 11:59:43 AM PST by Gamecock
The place we will occupy in the future will be similar to places we occupy now, but there will also be differences. The heavenly place will be a place of manifest glory. Our bodies will have continuity with our present bodies. There will also be discontinuity. Our new bodies are shrouded in mystery-we see through the glass darkly. Yet we receive hints about our glorified bodies by comparisons with Jesus, as well as by His words that we will be "like the angels" (Matt. 22:30).
Paul gives further hints: After discussing various kinds of bodies we experience on this planet, and various levels of glory of created objects, he adds: "The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; 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" (1 Cor. 15:42-44, NIV).
We understand corruption, dishonor, weakness, and natural bodies. Only by contrast or eminence do we contemplate an incorruptible, glorified, powerful, spiritual body. The new body will be clothed with immortality. It will receive a garment it does not presently or intrinsically possess.
Coram Deo
Spend some time in worship, thanking God for the eternal destiny He has planned for you.
Passages for Further Study
1 Corinthians 15: So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
Ping!
Blessed Monday all!
What an experience we have waiting with no evil present.
How wonderful to see the Lord Jesus face-to-face, and to dwell in an environment where all is in harmony with His character and nature - including me!
I cannot wait.........
Thank you for this post.
Wonderful call to worship Him and thank Him for not only all He did at Calvary, but all that is ahead.......all the more so in this world that gets darker every day.......
Looking forward to that new body.
Roger on the new body. Looking forward to no longer having a sin nature and no longer being even in the presence of sin. What a day, glorious day that will be. I hope there is an ice skating rink in Heaven.
:-)
I’d like beef on weck, mushroom pizza, perogis slathered in sour cream.
I can certainly understand your perspective.
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