You can live forever, in paradise with your Creator, in a glorious body. So don’t worry so much about the body you have now which only lasts a little while.

Pardon the abrupt way I jumped into this Biblical topic. But I just wanted to be sure you’re awake for this eye-opening information.

Are you aware that you’ll get a glorious body when you’re raised from the dead?

What’s that you say? You don’t believe you’ll be raised from the dead? Well, do you believe you’re gonna die? I think you can probably wrap your mind around that because you see it happening every day. Death is a natural part of this life we have. It’s not the best part. In fact, it’s the worst part…but nevertheless a part.

In 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 Paul writes a brilliant passage describing the difference in this temporary body we now have and that which we will have upon resurrection. His juxtaposition of adjectives is colorful and clear. To describe our present earthly body he uses words like flesh, terrestrial, corruption, dishonor, weakness, natural, and dust. Contrast that with the resurrected body and find words like spirit, celestial, incorruption, honor, glory, and power.

Wow…what a difference. But of course our resurrected body would have to be amazingly different in order to last through eternity. Right?

Our current natural bodies won’t last forever, and we shouldn’t want them to anyway. Our flesh has been corrupted with sin from the very first generation. Now, I know this sounds hokey to anyone who doesn’t want God telling them what for. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Our feelings don’t make it true or false. The facts do. And if I don’t have my facts straight…if I’m one of those goofy Christians who bought into this whole life-after-death-in-paradise-with-God myth…then I’m a silly fool.

But if I’m not wrong about this (and I’m staking my potential eternal future on it), then I can look forward to a glorious body one day that will never die. And anyone who didn’t believe is a silly fool. This much is for sure…we’re either both wrong, or one of us is right. But we can’t both be right.

In Faith, Hope, and Love,