{"id":90859,"date":"2021-03-12T19:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T00:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/resurrected-body\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T21:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T01:42:26","slug":"resurrected-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/resurrected-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrected Body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">1 Corinthians\n15:51-53: Behold, I shew you a mystery: We shall not\nall sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an\neye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be\nraised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.&nbsp;\nFor this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put\non immortality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I like to remind believers that every question asked of the Lord, and subsequently His followers, falls into one of four fundamental categories: origin, meaning, morality or destiny.&nbsp; From these four categories, all of the essentials of the faith may be addressed.&nbsp; So while people may be asking very diverse questions, the answers are actually found in one (or more) of these four basic categories.&nbsp; The question as to the essence of a resurrected body falls into the \u201cdestiny\u201d category and demonstrates not only the creation\u2019s curiosity, but according to Paul, the creation\u2019s foolishness.&nbsp; Why? &nbsp;&nbsp;Is it wrong to ask?&nbsp; And for that matter, if the flesh has long since been lost from a corpse, how does God pull it all back together again?&nbsp; The questions themselves are the heart of the issue with Paul confronting the attitude of the inquirers while the Holy Spirit grants an insight or level of understanding.&nbsp; So, for the Scriptural answer, we examine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Historical Context: 1 Corinthians 1:1 identifies the author of the Book of\n1 Corinthians as the Apostle Paul.&nbsp; The\nBook of 1 Corinthians was written in approximately 55 A.D.&nbsp; The Apostle Paul started the church in Corinth. A few years\nafter leaving the church, the Apostle Paul heard some disturbing reports about\nthe Corinthian church. The church was full of pride, the church was excusing\nsexual immorality, spiritual gifts were being used improperly, and there was\nrampant misunderstanding of key Christian doctrines \u2013 resurrected bodies being\na significant issue. The Apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians in an attempt to\nrestore the Corinthian church to its foundation \u2013 Jesus Christ \u2013 and our to\nclarify the believer\u2019s destiny which is unequivocally bound in Him and His\nresurrection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Grammatical Usage:&nbsp; V. 51 we find\nthe word \u201cmystery\u201d which in the Greek is \u201cmusterion\u201d meaning \u201ctruth revealed\u201d\nor, more specifically, \u201cspiritual truth revealed\u201d (as opposed to the modern\nEnglish definition relating to knowledge withheld) but limited in acceptance to\nthe \u201cmustes\u201d or \u201cthe initiated\u201d meaning believers; V. 52: \u201cincorruptible\u201d in\nthe Greek is \u201caphthartos\u201d meaning \u201cnot liable to decay\u201d specifically citing the\nraised dead; V. 53: \u201cimmortality\u201d in the Greek is \u201cathanasia\u201d meaning\n\u201cdeathlessness as the chief component of the glorified body.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Literal Application: \u201cLook!\nI am going to reveal a truth to you.&nbsp; Not\nall of us will die, but all of us will be changed.&nbsp; In a moment, in the flick of an eyelid, at\nthe last trumpet; because it will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable\nof decay and we will be changed.&nbsp; Because\nthis biodegradable body must be endued with viability and this body victimized\nby death must be rendered deathless.\u201d<br>\n&nbsp; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contextual\nInterpretation: 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 is often referred to as \u201cThe\nResurrection Body Discourse.\u201d&nbsp; The\nCorinthians, like all Greeks, had the highest regard for the human body \u2013 they\nworshipped physical beauty.&nbsp; To such a culture,\ndeath and decomposition of the physical body was a tragedy.&nbsp; How could a body, once subject to chemical\ndecomposition, rise again?&nbsp; To their\nshock, Paul admonishes their cultural thinking in V. 36 by unequivocally calling\nthem \u201cstupid\u201d for attempting to apply human logic (motivated by such worldly\nand sensual consideration) to a clearly spiritual truth.&nbsp; In fact \u201cfool\u201d in the Greek is \u201caphron\u201d and\nliterally indicates \u201ca reckless and inconsiderate action, specifically the lack\nof the commonsense perception that there is a real difference between the physical\nand the spiritual\u201d.&nbsp; The original\nquestion in V. 35 was clearly motivated out of 1 part perverted belief in the\nperfection of the flesh, 1 part disbelief that flesh can not only be retrieved\nbut revitalized after death and 1 part flawed reasoning as if the creation can\nnot only understand the ways of the Creator but unless he can understand His\nways he doubts the Creator.&nbsp; Hence Paul\u2019s\nreaction.&nbsp; So, was it wrong for the\nCorinthians to ask such a question?&nbsp;\nNo.&nbsp; It was the arrogant manner in\nwhich they inquired that proved wrong.&nbsp;\nIn fact, the flesh is not perfect; being imperfect, it would not and\nwill not be part of a resurrected body and whether you understand the way of\nGod or not is of no significance \u2013 but, God takes pity upon you and lends\ninsight as to the nature of the glorified body.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In fact, in v. 36 Paul stipulates, much to the\nCorinthian\u2019s horror, that death is necessary to achieve a resurrected\nbody.&nbsp; In fact, the resurrected body of\nthe Christian is no longer depraved, but glorified \u2013 not tied to sinful flesh\n(in the literal and figurative sense) \u2013 but transformed as was Christ\u2019s body.&nbsp; It is capable of all of the normal functions\nsuch as walking, running, jumping, playing, standing, sitting, singing,\nlaughing, working, just to mention a few.&nbsp;\nHowever, it will not be capable of sinning.&nbsp; Sin was not the intended function of the\noriginal body and it will not be a function of our resurrected body.&nbsp; In fact, it was never intended by God that we\nwould die \u2013 but the apple was eaten and the sin resulted in death (Genesis\n2:17).&nbsp; The body was never meant to be physically\nill, incapacitated or decay, but because of sin it can and will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">V. 38 goes further into the nature of the resurrected\nbody in that it will reflect the will of the Creator which is a polite way of\nsaying it is truly none of our business.&nbsp;\nHuman corpses will be raised, having the same identity, form, function,\nappearance, memory, sensory perception, etc., but void of sinful flesh \u2013 a\nreference to v. 45 and the \u201cquickening spirit\u201d of the last Adam, Jesus Christ,\nwho in His resurrected state is not flesh but fully capable in human likeness\nand characteristic.&nbsp; Hence, Paul\ncontinues to drive home the point that the evidence stands in confrontation of\nhuman capacity to reason or comprehend.&nbsp;\nIt is nonetheless true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Scriptural Comparison: Isaiah\n55:8 states, \u201cFor my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my\nways, saith the Lord.&nbsp; For as the heavens\nare higher that the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my\nthoughts than your thoughts.\u201d&nbsp; &nbsp;John 4:24 states, \u201cGod is a Spirit: and they\nthat worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.\u201d&nbsp; While God does not reveal a great detail\nregarding our future existence, we are certainly assured in Philippians 3:21\nthat we know it will be perfect, without sickness or disease, \u201c\u2026according to\nthe working whereby He is able even to subdue all things unto Himself.\u201d&nbsp; This is a supernatural act of the Creator \u2013\nGod Himself, and as such it is beyond our comprehension as to the \u201chow\u201d and, to\na great degree, what the glorified body will really be like.&nbsp; Suffice it to say the glorified body will not\nbe limited by the laws of nature, not be weak, will never become sick and will\nnever die.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n\nConclusion: Paul\nhas made it clear that flesh and blood, which is mortal and able to decay,\ncannot inherit the kingdom\n of God. That eternal\nkingdom is inhabitable only by those with resurrected, glorified bodies that\nare no longer mortal and are not able to decay.&nbsp;\nHow?&nbsp; The insight we are provided\ncomes from the word \u201cmoment\u201d in v. 52.&nbsp;\nThe change for the corruptible to the incorruptible body is, \u201c\u2026in a\nmoment, in the twinkling of an eye.\u201d&nbsp;\n\u201cMoment\u201d in the Greek is \u201catomos\u201d (from which we get our word \u201catom\u201d)\nmeaning \u201cindivisible\u201d.&nbsp; At the time of\nthe discovery of the atom, it was thought to be the smallest particle of matter\nand therefore indivisible.&nbsp; Even though\nsubsequently the atom was split, the word retains its meaning of\nindivisible.&nbsp; The transformation from\ncorruptible flesh to an incorruptible glorified body is in an indivisible\ninstant of time\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Corinthians 15:51-53: Behold, I shew you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.&nbsp; 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