What's the "image of the heavenly"? A body like the angels of God in Heaven, which Jesus even pointed to in
Mark 12:25 about the resurrection.
"For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are
as the angels which are in heaven. And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but the
God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err."
Ye therefore do greatly err!
Not one word about having an angel's body. But I agree, we will shine as the stars. The angels in their natural form shine in the firmament. As the stars are the angels. We don't become stars. We put on the robe of white, and shine as the stars. But notice something about angels:
When angels are sent to earth, the don't become us, they appear as us. They hide their robe of white, and appear in their physical bodies. But you object, no they appear in our physical bodies. But how can you prove they don't have physical bodies under their robes of white, when they shine as the stars? You can't either way, yet you force every one to choose between the physical and being a bright light, because that bright light is your alledged "spiritual body". Jesus certainly pointed that out on the mount of Transfiguration:
"And was transfigured before them: and his
face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was
white as the light."
How is that not putting on a robe of white and shining as a star? The sun is both a light and a star by all current definitions. Jesus did not become the sun. Jesus put on light as the sun. So "your body" is not something without definition other than the word "spiritual". It is not even a body. It is the ability you put something on and take it off. But yet the spirit will always be with you, once put on, but taking it off does not make you loose it either. Adam disobeyed God and lost the spirit. None of Adam's offspring have access to this spirit, but it is not dead. It is in the presence of God, because that is where these spirits are. Unless they become reprobate from the soul that is reprobate, and then they are demons and devils. No one can put on a demon. A demon seeks to dwell in the mind and soul and take over.
God is the God of the living, not the dead. The dead have neither body nor spirit. The living since the Cross have been given a body that is permanent and incorruptible. But until this soul passes from earth into Paradise, we have Adam's dead corruptible flesh, and not the permanent incorruptible physical body in Paradise. But there is not a body up there waiting for us for thousands of years. It is created by God at the moment the soul arrives.
Many think only souls are enjoying Paradise. What is the point of going physically to Paradise without a physical body? Jesus did not shed His physical body. Jesus even had the Spirit part before the Cross, as He demonstrated on the mount of Transfiguration. So there is not a dichotomy between physical and spiritual. Adam's flesh is dead to both a physical body and the spiritual abilty to shine as the stars. Even angels appear in their physical bodies as humans. Or do you think God creates a new body each time an angel is sent to earth. You cannot prove it either way. You keep fighting because you think others do not see it your way. You constantly attack their mental capabilities. Yet you are so vague, it is like beating people with a wet noodle.