A New Body
Pastor John Fredericksen
The older we get, the more our bodies wear out and are filled with
aches and pains. It reminds us of our heavenly home, and helps prepare
us for the time when we step into eternity. In the fall of 2013, a dear
saint in our assembly was having increasingly severe health problems. One
day he stood and said to us all: “Enjoy your aches and pains now because
one day soon we will be with the Savior in heaven. There we will be
given new heavenly bodies. We will have no pain, no sorrow and no death.
A glorious future awaits us. Rejoice in this.”
The above expectation is right on target. When John the Apostle
explained the physical eternal state, he wrote, “Beloved, now are we
the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we
know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see
him as he is” (I John 3:2). Gospel accounts of our resurrected Savior
describe Him with a body similar in appearance to His previous state. We
would surely expect that as God Himself, the Savior no longer experienced
any pain. Revelation 21:4 confirms this when it refers to the eternal
state of the kingdom saints. John wrote, “And God shall wipe away all
tears…there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.”
The Apostle Paul explains there will be vast differences in our new
eternal body. It will be a “celestial” body (I Cor. 15:38-40), meaning
it will fitted by God to thrive in the atmosphere of the heavens. In
contrast to our physical bodies that are weak, degenerating and eventually
corrupt, our new bodies will be “raised in
incorruption…glory…power…[and as] a spiritual body” (I
Cor. 15:42-44). Paul continues his explanation by saying: “…flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God…behold I show you a
mystery…we shall all be changed” (I Cor. 15:50-51). To summarize our
change he says, “…as we have born the image of the earthy, we shall
also bear the image of the heavenly” (I Cor. 15:49).
Whenever you get weighed down with physical pain, remember, one day our
Lord is going to give us new bodies without weakness or pain. Believe it,
rejoice in it and look forward to it with thanksgiving. Keep looking up
for His return in expectation and faithfulness until He comes.
The Kingdom of God, The Kingdom of Heaven and The Body of
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