Things To Come:

Our New Body

Daymond Duck

When Christians receive their new body at the Rapture, what will their new body be like?

The Apostle John wrote:

• “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is” (I Jn. 3:2).

True Christians are already the children of God (members of the body of Christ), and we do not yet know what we shall be in the future (it hasn’t been fully revealed), but we know that when Jesus comes (to resurrect and/or Rapture us), we will be like Him (have a new glorified body like the glorified, resurrected body of Jesus).

The Apostle Paul told the Philippians:

• “For our conversation is in heaven [true Christians are heavenly minded; not of this world; pilgrims passing through]; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ [we are a people of hope or expectancy]:
• Who shall change our vile [corrupted, sinful, mortal, dying] body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body [the glorified body that Jesus has now], according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself” (Phil. 3:20-21).

The Apostle Paul told the Corinthians:

“Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep [the terminal generation of Christians that are alive when the Rapture happens won’t die; see Jn. 11:25-26], but we shall all be changed [every Christian will get a new body],

• In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye [it will happen in the blink of an eye], at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible [deceased Christians will be raised with a body that doesn’t have a sin nature], and we shall be changed [the body of living Christians will be changed].
• For this corruptible [body that has a sin nature] must put on incorruption [put on a body that doesn’t have a sin nature], and this mortal [body that is aging and dying] must put on immortality [put on a body that will never die]. (Note: This must happen because God cannot look upon sin in heaven, and Christians need a body that won’t die if they are going to live forever.)
• So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory [Death and the grave are temporary. The curse of death that came upon Adam and Eve when they ate fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil will be wiped away].
• O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
• The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
• But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory [God will win over death and the grave and pass the victory on to us] through our Lord Jesus Christ” (I COR. 15:51-57).

Those that might question this should know there are various kinds of bodies:

• In the plant world, when seeds are buried, a different body comes out of the ground (corn seeds produce corn stalks, cotton seeds produce cotton stalks, soybean seeds produce soybean stalks, etc.).
• In the animal world, there are various kinds of bodies with various kinds of flesh (a cow’s body is different from a pig’s body, chickens are different from turkeys, etc.; beef, pork, chicken, turkey, and fish are different flesh).
• In the heavens, there are various kinds of bodies (sun, moon, comets, asteroids, etc. and some are more glorious than others).

There are various kinds of bodies and our new body will be more glorious than our old body (give light, reflect light, big, small, etc.; I Cor. 15:35-44).

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