[metmom]

I recently bought a new place, which I got a screaming deal on, because it was so decrepit. By the time I got done remodeling, the only things that were saved were the basic structure (the framing, which also got major repairs), the foundation, and the roofing... All new plumbing, all new electric, new siding, sheet-rock, floors, flooring, paint, int & ext trim, appliances, and etc. ad-infinitum...

Good illustration.

It reminds me of something I ran across some years ago. Romans 12:2 admonishes us to that kind of renewal of our minds, the term *renew* carries with it the idea of renovation. IOW, renovate your mind. It's still basically the same mind, just like the house has the same basic structure, but new in basically every other respect.

The simple fact that this sin corrupted body cannot physically survive outside some very narrow parameters, it simply cannot be the same TYPE of body, even if it looks the same.

Plus when the heavens and earth melt away with a fervent heat, we'd sunk if we had these bodies.

[roamer_1]

Romans 12:2 admonishes us to that kind of renewal of our minds, the term *renew* carries with it the idea of renovation.

The theme of renewal runs very deep in the Bible... Even the 'New Covenant' can be read to mean 'renew' in the same way... renovate. Causes one to ponder... What YHWH has wanted out of Man, and what He plans do do with Man has always been the same... It may be new to us, or presented in a different fashion, but the similarities abound.

Plus when the heavens and earth melt away with a fervent heat, we'd sunk if we had these bodies.

Heh. There's another of those conundrums... How can earth be eternal, as the Old Covenant declares, and still melt with fervent heat... Is that another one of those 'new by renewing' things? But then, I digress. : D