- 126. Incorruption, Glory, Power, Spiritual Body
1 Corinthians 15:42-44 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
The resurrection of the dead is really the most important promise for us to believe in. In the resurrection everything will be changed around completely; it will be the Great Reversal. Before the resurrection we live in corruption, dishonor, weakness and in a natural body. That will all be changed into the opposite.
The resurrection of the dead changes corruption into incorruption; it changes dishonor into glory; it changes weakness into power; it changes a natural body into a spiritual body. Incorruption means there is no more death and decay, no more disease and wasting away. Glory means there is shining goodness and holiness shining out from our bodies, and our bodies will be glorified; power means we will always be able to do what we want, and we will always want the good and right. A spiritual body is at one time substantial and physical and at the same time spiritual and immaterial.We can at the same time eat food and go through walls, like the resurrected Lord did. We will even fly and be transported wherever we want.
We cannot imagine what life will be like when there is no death lurking around us and in front of us. The spiritual body will live eternally without end just as we were created to be in the beginning. The eternal purposes for our bodies will be realized. Life in the new body will be all that life was meant to be in God’s mind at the first.The resurrection of the dead fulfills all the plans of God for our bodies and souls and selves once and forever. We can only try to imagine what life will be like.