Let's Examine the Scriptures Every Day 2022
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
They are the ones who come out of the great tribulation (Rev. 7:14).
Millions of Christians will survive and enter the new world. These men and women will see with their own eyes another victory over death: the resurrection of billions of people who died in the past. What a happy moment! (Acts 24:15). And all who remain completely loyal to Jehovah will also gain victory over death inherited from Adam and will be able to live forever. All of us Christians alive today greatly appreciate the comforting words about the resurrection that Paul wrote to the Corinthians. We have very good reason to obey Paul's advice to be "always very busy in the work of the Lord" (1 Cor. 15:58). If we are loyal and do our best in that work, a very happy future awaits us, much more wonderful than we can imagine. Then we will see that our work related to the Lord has not been in vain. w20.12 13 paras. 16, 1
What does 1 Corinthians 15:39-41 say about the different types of bodies that exist?
(Read 1 Corinthians 15:39-41). Paul highlighted the great variety in creation. For example, the bodies of cattle, birds, and fish are very different from each other. He also said that the Sun and the Moon are very different, and that "the glory of each star is different." Although we do not notice it with the naked eye, there are what scientists call giant red stars, white dwarfs and yellow stars, just like our Sun. Paul also said that "there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies." What did he mean? Those of us who live on Earth have physical bodies, but those who live in heaven have spiritual bodies, such as angels.
What kind of body will those who are resurrected in heaven have?
Paul continued his explanation by saying: “It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. He is sown in corruption and is raised in incorruption.” Of course, when someone dies, his body decomposes and returns to dust (Gen. 3:19). So how is it possible for a body to be resurrected “incorruption”? Paul was not referring to a human being who is resurrected on earth, like the people who were resurrected by Elijah, Elisha, and Jesus. Rather, he was referring to those who are resurrected with a heavenly body, that is, “a spiritual one” (1 Cor. 15:42-44).
What change did Jesus undergo when he was resurrected, and what can be said about the anointed ones?
When Jesus was on earth, he had a physical body. But, upon being resurrected, he "became a spirit that gives life" and returned to heaven. Similarly, the anointed would be resurrected as spirit beings. Paul explained, “Just as we are the image of him that was made from dust, so we will also be the image of him that is heavenly” (1 Cor. 15:45-49).
It is important to remember that Jesus did not rise with a human body. When Paul was getting to the most important point of his analysis, he explained why: "Flesh and bone cannot inherit the Kingdom of God" in heaven (1 Cor. 15:50). The apostles and the other anointed ones would not go to heaven with bodies of flesh and blood, which are corrupted. Now, when would they be resurrected? Paul made it clear that this resurrection would take place in the future; they would not experience it right after they died. By the time Paul wrote 1 Corinthians, some disciples—such as the apostle James—had already “fallen asleep in death,” and the other apostles and other anointed ones would do so later (1 Cor. 15:6; Acts 12:1, two).
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