{"id":8966,"date":"2023-02-04T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christskingdom.org\/staging\/8402\/?p=8966"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:47:44","slug":"your-new-body-immortal-powerful-glorious-and-spiritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christskingdom.org\/staging\/8402\/your-new-body-immortal-powerful-glorious-and-spiritual\/","title":{"rendered":"Your New Body – Immortal, Powerful, Glorious, and Spiritual (268)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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~ A Saturday Morning Post #268 ~

<\/em>Why is it so important to know about your brand-new glorified body?<\/strong> Because it’s really good news!!! Because you live in a body that’s sin-prone, that gets sick, tired, and is getting old, and you need hope of a brand new body. Because we live in a world that is fixated on our mortal body, and God wants you to be thinking about the immortal body He will be giving you. Because your salvation is not complete until you receive your new body. Because there\u2019s so much in the Bible on this subject. And because it won\u2019t be long before it happens.

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Today, we are looking at 1 Corinthians 15, gleaning several truths from it about your glorified body. To summarize: 1) We are reminded of the primacy of the gospel message, and that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, the first person to receive a glorified body. 2) We learn that all believers, those who have already died and those alive at the coming of Christ, will be given a new body at that time. 3) We get a glimpse of our Christ-like body, that it is imperishable, glorious, powerful, and spiritual. 4) We learn that we need a perfect body that is fit for the future, that can fully worship and serve the Lord in the coming ages. 5) We are instructed how we are to live on this earth in view of the glorious future God has in store for us.

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1) 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 states the essential truth of the gospel, that Jesus Christ died to pay for our sins, and was raised from the dead, <\/strong>proving His victory over sin and death. 1 Cor. 15:20 tells us that Christ is the first fruits, the first person to be raised from the dead and glorified, to be given an immortal and imperishable body. This took place about 2000 years ago.

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2) 1 Corinthians 15:22-23 teaches that all believers are Christs and are in Christ, and will be made alive, will be glorified at His coming.<\/strong> That the resurrection and glorification of believers takes place at His coming is an extremely important point, shown by the fact that three other prophecy passages, Matt. 24:27-31, 1 Thess. 4:15-17, and 2 Thess. 2:1, tell us that believers are gathered to Christ at His coming, which again, is when we will be given our new glorified bodies.\u00a0

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1 Corinthians 15:22-23 speaks of believers who are asleep, those who have already died and gone to heaven.<\/strong> God wants you to know that believers who die before Christ\u2019s coming will not be getting their new body until that time. And Christ\u2019s coming does not begin until sometime after the midpoint of Daniel\u2019s 70th<\/sup> week, and after the coming of the Antichrist. Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, 29-31

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1 Corinthians 15:51 talks about those believers who never physically die, who don\u2019t fall asleep, who are alive on earth at the coming of Christ.<\/strong> It says, \u201cwe will not all sleep, but we will all be changed.\u201d<\/em> As 1 Cor. 15:22 told us, \u201cAll will be made alive.\u201d<\/em> All believers from all time, those living on earth at the end of this age, along with all those who have physically died and gone to heaven, will be glorified, will be made alive, will be changed at Christ\u2019s coming, which occurs just after the \u201clast trumpet.\u201d<\/em> 1 Corinthians 15:52

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That there will be the sound of a trumpet before we are glorified is also stated in 1 Thess. 4:16 which calls it the \u201ctrumpet of God\u201d<\/em> and in Matt. 24:31 which says it is the \u201cgreat trumpet.\u201d<\/em> At that time Christ descends from heaven, and \u201ccoming in clouds with great power and glory\u201d<\/em>, He quickly glorifies the believers, lovingly and immediately gathering them to Himself \u201cfrom the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.\u201d <\/em>Mark 13:26-27

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There\u2019s another point I want to mention as to when believers are glorified. 1 Thess. 4:15-16 states, \u201cwe who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep\u2026 the dead in Christ will rise first.\u201d <\/em>Do you see what will happen? The believers who have physically died, those \u201cwho have fallen asleep\u201d<\/em>, the \u201cdead in Christ\u201d,<\/em> will be glorified a split second before the believers who are still alive on earth at the end of this age, at Christ\u2019s coming. Then together they will all \u201cmeet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.\u201d<\/em> 1 Thess. 4:17

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3) 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 gives a short summary of what our new bodies will be like.<\/strong> a) Our earthly body is perishable, but it will be raised imperishable. It will never get tired or old, and will not be subject to disease, decay, or death. It is immortal and incorruptible, living on forever. b) Now you live in a dishonorable body, but you will receive a glorious<\/strong> body. Our present body is imperfect, unable to be all that God desires. In the future, you will have a glorified mind, soul, body, and personality, one that will be ideal, excellent, faultless, impeccable, beautiful, out-of-this-world, altogether perfect, and always<\/strong> pleasing to God. c) You live in a body that is weak in every way, but it will be raised in power. The strength of our present-day superheroes, Superman, Ironman, and Captain America, etc., is nothing compared to the power <\/strong>and capabilities of your new body. Soon enough you will be able to do everything God wants you to do. d) Now you have a natural body, one able only to live on this earth, but in the near future, you will receive a body that is both spiritual <\/strong>and physical in nature, one perfectly suited to worship and serve God in heaven and on earth. The Lord Jesus Christ \u201cwill transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory.\u201d <\/em>Philippians 3:21

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4) 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 speaks of the coming kingdom ages, and this helps us see why we need to be glorified.<\/strong> We know that all believers will be glorified, will be made alive at Christ\u2019s coming (1 Cor. 15:22-23). Then begins the millennial kingdom, which is when Jesus Christ reigns on earth and abolishes all rule and authority, and death too. Rev. 2:26-27, 5:10, 20:6 tells us that we will reign with Christ during this 1000-year period, assisting Him in His promised and glorious rule over the nations (Psalms 47, 67, 72). This is when our prayer, \u201cYour kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven,\u201d<\/em> will be answered. Having a brand-new body will enable us to fully experience eternal life and to perfectly live for Jesus Christ during the ages to come.

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5) 1 Corinthians 15:3-5, 10, 31-34, 42-44, 57-58<\/strong> instructs you how you are to live in the end-times, in these last years leading up to Christ\u2019s coming. You are to remember the truth of the gospel (3-5), live by God\u2019s grace (10), die daily (31), not live in a worldly way (32), not be deceived and associate with bad people (33), be sober minded and stop sinning (34), have hope by understanding the truth about your Christ-like body (42-44), be thankful for the amazing victory Christ has given you (57), and \u201cbe steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain\u201d<\/em> (58).

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The good news is that we will soon be in heaven with our Lord and all the believers and in a new glorified body.<\/strong> \u201cSing the wondrous love of Jesus, Sing His mercy and His grace; In the mansions bright and blessed He\u2019ll prepare for us a place. When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, we\u2019ll sing and shout the victory.\u201d<\/em> Eliza E. Hewitt, Emily Wilson

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P.S. No believers are fully saved – that won’t happen until Christ comes back and He gives us our new glorified bodies. This is something we should really be excited about. Here are two posts on this subject that I encourage you to read: “The Best Is Yet to Come”<\/a><\/em>, and “The Believer’s Brand-New Body – Amen!”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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