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1 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | DocTrinsograce | 213874 | ||
Dear Beja, Theologians call the period of time after death and before resurrection as the "interim state." "The bodies of men after death return to dust, and see corruption; but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them. The souls of the righteous being then made perfect in holiness, are received into paradise, where they are with Christ, and behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies; and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell; where they remain in torment and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day; besides these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none. (Genesis 3:19; Acts 13:36; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 5:1, 6,8; Philippians 1:23; Hebrews 12:23; Jude 6, 7; 1 Peter 3:19; Luke 16:23, 24)" --1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith (chapter 31, paragraph 1) Note that the interim state is an abnormal state. Men were not meant to be beings separate from their bodies. Nor were men meant to dwell eternally in heaven. After glorification, when God restores His creation, men will again dwell upon the earth in the state for which they were created. There is an erroneous teaching that is common today that believers will receive "new bodies" in glory. We believe in the resurrection of the body, not the creation of a brand new body. Certainly these resurrected bodies will be renewed in some distinctly unique ways. Even the resurrected bodies of the lost will have characteristics that will differ from how they were while they lived on the earth. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Actual bodies in heaven? | 1 John 3:2 | keliy | 213934 | ||
Dear Doc, You Wrote: "There is an erroneous teaching that is common today that believers will receive "new bodies" in glory. We believe in the resurrection of the body, not the creation of a brand new body." I am of the mind that our resurrected bodies will not have flesh that requires blood. We may be identical in appearance, but our cells will likely not be reproducing at the rate that replaces our entire body every seven years, and we will most likely not be dependent upon 14 psi of atmosphere that contains approx 19 percent oxygen. The following verses are what Chuck Smith used to support his views: For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. ( Phl 3:20-21) "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, it doesn't yet appear what we're going to be, but we know that when He appears we are going to be like Him" (I John 3:2). And as is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, so shall we also bear the image of the heavenly (1Cr 15:48-49). But flesh and blood can't inherit the kingdom of heaven, so I've got to have a new body. A new body that will be fashioned like to the body of Jesus Christ, His spiritual heavenly body. That's what my new body will be like. (Chuck Smith) flesh and blood can't inherit the kingdom of heaven (1Cr 15:50) Now behold, I show you a mystery; We're not going to all sleep, [we're not all going to die,] but we're all going to be changed, in a moment, in a 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. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality (1Cr 15:51-53). In anticipation, keliy |
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