Mystery Bodies

We don’t know exactly what awaits in heaven, but 1 Corinthians 15.35-58 Paul gives some clues and descriptions of the changes coming:

Where our earthly bodies are perishable, our heavenly bodies will be imperishable

Our earthly bodies are dishonored by sin; our heavenly bodies will be glorious

Our earthly bodies are weak; our heavenly bodies will be powerful

Our earthly bodies are temporal; our heavenly bodies will be eternal

Our earthly bodies are like Adam’s; our heavenly bodies will be like Jesus’

Our earthly bodies bear the image of Adam; our heavenly bodies will bear the image of Jesus

Our earthly bodies are mortal; our heavenly bodies will be immortal.

The most comforting part of this is in verse 38 – “But God gives (it) a body as he has chosen.”  It is a pleasure to rely on the God who is good and trustworthy to provide a glorious and marvelous new-body experience to his children.

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