- 129. Incorruption and Immortality
1 Corinthians 15:53, 54a For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality,
Incorruption and immortality is a promise for the body that shall be resurrected, and it means that that resurrected body will not ever again be corrupted with any weakness and disease, and it means that the body will not suffer mortality ever again. Mortality is the human condition because of sin, and it is the only cause of death. When sin is gone from the body (sin is forever removed in “the change” of death and resurrection) the cause of death is removed: thus immortality becomes the new human condition. The so-called human condition should really be called the sin condition. When Christ takes the sin away the true human condition shows itself; the true human condition is a life without death. There is no more sickness, no more pain, no more tears, and no more death. Incorruption and immortality is the true and eternal God-created human condition.
It is not a sin to be human. Sin has totally corrupted the human body and sin creates the “human condition.” Original Sin, in which every human is born, is the problem. Jesus has come to die for the human to forgive and take away the sin that corrupts and causes death. It is not that Jesus died for our sins, but He has died for us, the sinner. He died for the Sin, the cause of all our sins and problems. We do not know what it is like to be human without sin, but we do see Jesus who is a human without sin. Jesus becomes the ideal human being, which we also wish we were and desire to be. The promise is that we shall become fully human without sin; that also means the corruptible body will put on incorruption and the mortal body will put on immortality.By the way, immortality in the Bible in this context means the immortality of the body, not the immortality of the soul. The soul is mortal as well as the body is mortal, that is, it will die and does not automatically live on, unless sin is forgiven. “The soul that sins shall die.” But the redeemed soul and body will be reunited into a complete and sinless human being, body and soul, which will live forever with God.