Monday, January 7, 2019

Glorified Resurrection Bodies



Philippians 3:20-21 “For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.”

Today, I read this uplifting devotional on our glorification. It stated that only those religions that believe in special creation also believe in a bodily resurrection. Of the three creationist religions, however, only the Christian faith acknowledges that the resurrection can be possible only when the Creator Himself becomes the atoning Savior, dying for sin and thereby defeating death.

When Christ arose from the tomb, He could proclaim, “I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.” His resurrection body was the same physical body that had been in the grave, able to be touched and even retaining its crucifixion scars. Nevertheless, it was different, a “spiritual” body controlled by spiritual forces. Our present “natural” bodies are controlled by natural forces, but the resurrected Christ could move quickly from Earth to heaven, and could pass through closed doors.

1 John 3:2 “We know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is”.

But our resurrection bodies will be like His someday, according to the “working of his mighty power, which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead”. By that same “working,” He is able to subdue all things, for He is the Creator of all things. Our “finite” mortal bodies will become “glorious” bodies, no longer subject to sickness and aging, or lusts and evil passions. “This corruptible shall have put on incorruption”. This is the blessed hope of the genuine Christian.

Blessings

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