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Paul attempts to explain how a resurrection body will be so
totally different from our earthly bodies.
My commentary told how the Greek philosophers at that time understood “the
cycle of life” – that as a body returns to dust, it becomes fuel for earthly
bodies in the future by becoming fertilizer.
Paul is about to rattle their cages, though!
First, he reminds them that a seed does not at all resemble
the plant that it will become. I loved verse 38: “But God gives it a body that He has PLANNED for it …”
As amazed as we are with
images of heavenly bodies – planets, the sun and moon – Paul says that their beauty
is one kind of beauty and the beauty
of our earthly bodies is
another. (Those heavenly bodies might be
looking at us and be amazed??)
Paul helps us to understand that we will need bodies suited for the environment of heaven. God won’t simply put our parts back together
someday. “Resurrection is not reconstruction … There is continuity (it is our body), but there is not identity
(it is not the same body).”
My commentary also said, “The resurrection body COMPLETES the work of redemption and gives to us the image
of the Savior. We are made in the
image of God as far as our personality is concerned, but in the
image of Adam as far as the body is concerned. One day we shall bear the image of the Savior when we share in His glory … We
will use the new body to serve and
glorify God for all eternity.”
It also mentioned that Paul had a point in discussing all of this, and it wasn’t just to satisfy
their curiosity: “If we really believe
in the resurrection of the body, then we will use our bodies today to the glory of God.”
Father, I love
that You’ve planned all of this to
fit so perfectly into Your will. I’m so
amazed that You loved me enough since before the world was created, despite my
sinful nature, to include me in Your
wonderful plans! Help me to live a life
that honors and glorifies You and leads others to You.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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