The Resurrection Body

Posted on 26 Mar 2017, Pastor: Rev. Derek Geldart

Ever since God spoke the words “dust you are, dust you will return” (Genesis 3:19) humanity has been waiting to see how the soul is to be clothed upon Christ’s return. While the physical body is destined to return to the dust of the ground, Solomon stays the soul returns to God in whom it came (Ecclesiastes 3:20). The soul however, is not going to return without some form of a body. In a twinkling of an eye, the dead and those alive in Christ will have their physical bodies transformed into new spiritual ones. For those who do not believe this is possible, Paul addresses their skepticism by answering two of their fundamental questions: how are the dead raised and what kind of body will they have? The first part of this sermon (verses 35-44) explains how Paul compares bodies and seeds to prove that God can give us a new spiritual body. The second part (verses 45-49) examines Paul’s comparison of the First and Last Adam to accentuate the superiority of this new spiritual body over that of the physical one. The last part (50-58) will examine Paul’s argument that being clothed with the spiritual body will be the ultimate victory over death!