People experience a BODILY CHANGE upon their deaths in this life on earth. Christ has destroyed death’s hold on His born again, elect, believers through His own death and resurrection. He has defeated His enemies, including that last one, which is death. – 1 Cor 15:20, 26

The NT writers talk about the glorified Jesus after the Ascension having a new kind of body. It was still the self-same body but changed or glorified into a kind of body that can inhabitant heaven.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body 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 natura body, and THERE IS A SPIRITUAL BODY. – 1 Cor 15:42-44

The Above verses were written after the Ascension, but before the Parousia. Paul says that now we know Him according to the flesh no longer. John says that at the Parousia (66-70 AD), we will “BE LIKE HM’, because we will see Him just as He is (glorified) after the Ascension. Christ had His ‘self-same’ body that He had in His incarnation before the cross and after the Resurrection. But it was ‘changed and glorified” at His Ascension.

Now this I say brethren, that FLESH AND BLOOD cannot inherit the kingdom of God; NOR DOES CURRUPTION inherit incorruption.” – 1 Cor 15:50

We need to understand that “self-same’ does not mean flesh and blood, which cannot dwell in the heavenly environment. Christ’s body was changed, glorified, and befitted for heavenly existence. We will also “BE LIKE HIM” in order to dwell in the heavenly setting (unseen realm) for eternity.

Jesus offered His body as a sacrifice for our sins. He was sinless so He could lay down His body and take it back up again! He could ascend to heaven with that same body. But He was changed and glorified in His body for the heavenly life as God.

We also need to know that having a “spiritual” body does NOT mean that we do not have an individual, visible, heavenly body. Each individual “seed” gets its own body. – 1 Cor 15:38 Those first century saints had their bodies CHANGED at the last trump, which was at His Parousia. After 70 AD we have a different kind of bodily change.

Our old flesh and blood body drops away to dust and decay, never to be seen again. We instantly “PUT ON” our new visible, immortal, incorruptible, glorified, heavenly bodies when we die after 70AD. We report into the presence of Christ in the New Jerusalem and shall be with Him forever. -2 Cor 5:8; 1 Thess 4:17.

For this corruptible MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION, and this mortal MUST PUT ON THE IMMORTALLITY. So, when this corruptible has PUT ON INCORRUPTION, and this mortal has PUT ON IMMORTALITY, then shall be brought to pass the saying which is written: “DEATH IS SWOLLOWED UP IN VICTORY”. – 1 Cor 15:53-54

Paul said that when he died, his new body from God would be an eternal heavenly body. he looked forward to it and was given the Holy Spirit as a guarantee that he would receive his new heavenly body immediately when he died so that he would not experience a period of nakedness with no body at all.

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, IS DESTROYED, we have A BUILDING FROM GOD, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be CLOTHED WITH OUR HABITATION WHICH IS FROM HEAVEN, if indeed having been clothed, we shall NOT BE FOUND NAKED. For we who are in this tent grown, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, BUT FURTHUR CLOTHED, that mortality may be SWOLLOWED UP BY LIFE. Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us THE SPIRIT AS A GUARANTEE.” 2 Cor 5:1-5.

*I truly found this one extra eye opening and the grand awesomeness of CHRIST DEFEATIG DEATH AND RESTORYING US TO HIM FOR ETERNITY!

All my incorruptible love, ❤ Diana XO 🙂

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