'But some man will say,
How are the dead raised up?
and with what body do they come?
(1 Corinthians 15:35)
Hi
@marks,
We do not have a celestial body at the moment, do we?
'There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial:
but the glory of the celestial is one,
and the glory of the terrestrial is another.'
(1Co 15:40)
'So also is the resurrection of the dead.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in in-corruption: ... '
(1Co 15:42)
* Our Body will consist of flesh and bones like that of our Lord, I should think. When He appeared unto them following His resurrection He was eager that His disciples realised that He was not a spirit, and wanted them to handle Him and see (Luke 24:39). Our present bodies go back to the dust (Ecclesiastes 12:7;Genesis 3:19). Let's hear from Job, speaking to his Creator:-
'And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity?
for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.'
(Job 7:21)
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris
@Ronald Nolette
This is why I like to look at 5 Corinthians 5, as it does say in the wording of the text that we do. We have, present active, a house . . .
Is there some way that's not true? It seems like a plainly worded sentence.
2 Corinthians 5:1-4
1) For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved,
we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2) For in this we groan, earnestly desiring
to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
3) If so be that
being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4) For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed,
but clothed upon, that
mortality might be swallowed up of life.
As I read this, I can follow the progression of thought. If our earthly body is dissolved, don't worry, we have an eternal celestial body. And we oh so much want to be wearing this celestial body, because in the celestial body, we won't be disembodied.
We want to be wearing our celestial body, so that our mortal bodies will become overwhelmed by the properties and life of our celestial body,
1 Corinthians 15:48-49
48) As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49) And as we have borne the
image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
The heavenly ones are as the Heavenly One. We now bear the
image of the earthy, but that doesn't change our nature, we are the heavenly ones, and we are as Jesus. In time to come, we will bear His image. But we are like Him now.
1 Corinthians 15:53-55
53) For this corruptible must
put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality.
54) So when this corruptible shall have
put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have
put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
When we talk about "putting on" the new man, we're talking about letting the nature of the new man overwhelm the nature of the old man, so that we think and say and do as the new man, and in so doing denying access of the old man to the body, the hands, the mouth, and so forth.
The new man is something that is already there. I'm a new creation, it's the real me. The spiritual aspects of my new creation are to overwhelm the sinfulness of my old man to produce the life of Jesus revealed through me.
The new mind of Christ supplants the old mind of the flesh in my life.
I'm thinking that then, this celestial body, which I now have, will overwhelm the nature and properties of my natural body, supplanting the corruption of the flesh,
Philippians 3:20-21
20) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21) Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
So then as our flesh bodies are eaten by worms we live in our celestial bodies, which are eternal in the heavens. And in the resurrection, our flesh bodies are raised transformed by the putting on of the celestial body.
Much love!
