If Jesus had been a ghost, we would become ghosts. Christ’s post-resurrection actions offer us a preview of what resurrected people will do - including preparing and eating meals, conversing, and traveling. “Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared but we know that when he appears we shall be like him” (1 John 3:2). But Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians 15 that we will not be eternally complete until our resurrection. To be with Christ in the present heaven is better by far than living on earth under the curse. He did not design us to be disembodied spirits as Plato taught, yet sadly, many Christians believe just that. He joined spirit and body to make us completely human. God made Adam from the earth to live on it, not float on the air. But it will be spiritual, under the holy control of a redeemed and righteous spirit. The term “spiritual body” doesn’t mean an incorporeal body made of spirit - there is no such thing. It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body” (1 Corinthians 15:42–44). It is sown in dishonor it is raised in glory. In fact, it tells us a lot, and gives us solid reasons to deduce much more.įor instance, Paul wrote, “ is sown is perishable is raised imperishable. Yet how many of us ponder what our resurrected selves will be like? You might think Scripture doesn’t say much. Resurrection - Christ’s and ours - is a cornerstone of the Christian faith.
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