~Philippians 3:20-21~
But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ
lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our
Savior. He will take these weak mortal bodies of ours and
change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same
mighty power that he will use to conquer everything, everywhere.
~1 Corinthians 15:42-44~
It is the same way for the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly
bodies, which die and decay will be different when they are
resurrected, for they will never die. Our bodies now disappoint
us, but when they are raised, they will be full of glory. They are
weak now, but when they are raised, they will be full of power.
They are natural human bodies now, but when they are raised,
they will be spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies,
so also there are spiritual bodies.
~1 Cor. 15:54-56~
When this happens - when our perishable earthly bodies have
been transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die - then
at last the Scriptures will come true: "Death is swallowed up in
victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your
sting?"
~2 Cor. 5:1,2,4, & 5.~
For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down,
when we die and leave these bodies, we will have a home in heaven,
an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long for the day when
we will put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will not
be spirits without bodies, but we will put on new heavenly bodies.
Our dying bodies make us groan and sigh, but it's not that we want
to die and have no bodies at all. We want to slip into our new bodies
so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by everlasting life.
God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given
us his Holy Spirit.
~1 Peter 2:11~
Dear brothers and sisters, you are foreigners and aliens here. So I
warn you to keep away from evil desires because they fight against
your very souls.
~Revelation 21:4~
He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death
or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils are gone
forever.
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