I know that there are some religions that forbid cremation for the reason that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit and also for the resurrection. I always wondered what would happen to those obliterated by bombs. Then I thought about how anyone who is buried for more than so many years, is ALREADY turned back into dust. So while we are alive, certainly our bodies should be treated as God's temples, but when we die, our spirits are gone and our body is a shell that quickly returns to the dust. "From dust thou art, and to dust thou shalt return.". The new glorified bodies that we will inhabit will not be like our broken, aged, wrinkled deteriorating bodies, but incorruptible, free from any stain of sin or brokenness, like unto Christ's glorified body. I was looking through some pictures from about 30 years ago or so, and I thought, "That's how I want to look for eternity!"
When Jesus appeared after the resurrection to his followers, none even knew it WAS him until he said a certain thing or did a certain thing. The only remnant was the wounds of Calvary and I believe we will always see those wounds as a reminder of the great price he paid for our redemption. I love these verses from Isaiah 49:15-16
Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
LOL, I have one of those pictures too!
I agree that our bodies will be perfected just as our souls will be perfected.
It will be for us as God wanted it to be before the fall.