1 Corinthians 15:37-50 “And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain--perhaps wheat or some other grain. (38) But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. (39) All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. (40) There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. … (42) So also, is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. (43) It is sown in dishonour, 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. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. (45) And so, it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. (46) However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. (47) The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. (48) As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. (49) And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. (50) Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.”
So, what will the resurrected bodies of the children of God be like? Most naturally assume that their bodies will be the same as the saints of God, but that is actually not correct. For although scripture does not plainly tell us what their bodies will be like as it does for the saints, as we will see during the course of this teaching, there are numerous aspects regarding the lives of the children of God in the new earth, that point to the fact that the nature of their bodies, will be different to ours. In the above passage of scripture, the apostle Paul describes the resurrected bodies of the saints, as being exactly like the resurrected body of the Lord Jesus. In this passage, he speaks of the bodies of the saints as being heavenly. He also mentions in this passage, celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies. A celestial body is a heavenly body, which is what the saints will have. In this passage, Paul tells us that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. And we know that the bodies of the saints will not have flesh and blood, but rather flesh and bone. For our Lord Jesus described His resurrected body as being made of flesh and bone (Luke 24:39). And so, clearly the saints, who are heirs of the world and joint heirs with Christ, qualify to inherit the kingdom of God in their resurrected bodies.
Michael E.B. Maher
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