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Jan 4, 2022 · Freed from the restrictions imposed by sin, our resurrected bodies will be honorable and perfectly suited for pleasing and praising our Creator throughout eternity. Our current bodies are also characterized by weakness and debility.
- What Kind of Bodies Will People Have in Hell
The Bible indicates that both believers and non-believers...
- What is The Eternal State of The Believer
A study of “the eternal state” is rightly seen as a...
- How Does The Bible Describe The Glorified Bodies We Will Possess in Heaven
While the Bible doesn’t describe in detail the glorified...
- Will There Be Such a Thing as Gender in Heaven
Some people believe that, in heaven, all people will be...
- What Kind of Bodies Will People Have in Hell
- Pope Clement I
- The Apostles’ Creed
- Polycarp of Smyrna
- Aristides
- Second Clement
- Justin Martyr
- Tatian The Syrian
- Theophilus of Antioch
- Irenaeus
- Tertullian
“Let us consider, beloved, how the Master is continually proving to us that there will be a future resurrection, of which he has made the Lord Jesus Christ the firstling, by raising him from the dead. Let us look, beloved, at the resurrection which is taking place seasonally. Day and night make known the resurrection to us. The night sleeps, the da...
“I believe in . . . the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the flesh. Amen” (Old Roman Symbol[A.D. 125]).
“[W]hoever perverts the sayings of the Lord for his own desires, and says that there is neither resurrection nor judgment, such a one is the firstborn of Satan. Let us, therefore, leave the foolishness and the false-teaching of the crowd and turn back to the word which was delivered to us in the beginning” (Letter to the Philippians 7:1–2 [A.D. 135...
“[Christians] have the commandments of the Lord Jesus Christ himself impressed upon their hearts, and they observe them, awaiting the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come” (Apology 15 [A.D. 140]).
“Let none of you say that this flesh is not judged and does not rise again. Just think: In what state were you saved, and in what state did you recover your [spiritual] sight, if not in the flesh? In the same manner, as you were called in the flesh, so you shall come in the flesh. If Christ, the Lord who saved us, though he was originally spirit, b...
“The prophets have proclaimed his [Christ’s] two comings. One, indeed, which has already taken place, was that of a dishonored and suffering man. The second will take place when, in accord with prophecy, he shall come from the heavens in glory with his angelic host, when he shall raise the bodies of all the men who ever lived. Then he will clothe t...
“We believe that there will be a resurrection of bodies after the consummation of all things” (Address to the Greeks 155 [A.D. 170]).
“God will raise up your flesh immortal with your soul; and then, having become immortal, you shall see the immortal, if you will believe in him now; and then you will realize that you have spoken against him unjustly. But you do not believe that the dead will be raised. When it happens, then you will believe, whether you want to or not; but unless ...
“For the Church, although dispersed throughout the whole world even to the ends of the earth, has received from the apostles and from their disciples the faith in . . . the raising up again of all flesh of all humanity” (Against Heresies 1:10:1–4 [A.D. 189]).
“After the present age is ended he will judge his worshipers. . . . All who have died since the beginning of time will be raised up again and shaped again and remanded to whichever destiny they deserve” (Apology 18:3 [A.D. 197]). “Therefore, the flesh shall rise again: certainly of every man, certainly the same flesh, and certainly in its entirety”...
- Imperishable. So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. (1 Corinthians 15:42) Lazarus was raised from the dead (John 11), but the body he came back in was the same body, not a resurrection body, which meant that at some point he would have to go through the whole miserable business of dying again!
- Glorious. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. (1 Corinthians 15:43) Think about the face of Moses, when he came down the mountain after he had been in the presence of God.
- Powerful. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. (1 Corinthians 15:43) The [resurrection] body is going to have more energy, more physical capability, more stamina, more athleticism, more speed, more coordination, more durability than it ever had because we’re not going to need the body less, we’re going to need it more and use it more.¹
- Godly. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. (1 Corinthians 15:44) I use the word “godly” here, because the word “spiritual” is often misunderstood.
Jun 14, 2004 · The change of the believer at the resurrection has to do with his body, wherein resides the sin principle, for even the Christian must admit, “I know that in me (that is in my flesh) there dwelleth no good thing” (Romans 7:18).
Jan 23, 2006 · Yes, our bodies will be raised not spiritually or ethereally, but physically and materially. Our souls will be reunited with our transformed physical bodies, brought back to life from the dead. Scripture teaches this in many ways.
The Bible offers several details regarding the resurrection body, or glorified body, of believers in eternity. The following passages offer a way to compare and contrast the current human body with the body believers will possess in heaven: The current body decays; the resurrection body will not: "What is sown is perishable; what is raised is ...
What is the “resurrection of the body” and what does that mean to me? Faith in the resurrection of our bodies is inseparable from our faith in the Resurrection of Christ’s body from the dead. He rose as our head, as the pattern of our rising, and as the life-giving source of our new life.
