Rom.8:11-23 -- "And not only they,
but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we
ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body" (v.23). See also 1 Cor.6:13-20. In John 6:39 and
Job 19:25-27 we are taught that the dust into which our bodies have decayed
will be quickened, which indicates a physical resurrection.
This conception of the value of the
body is doubtless what leads to the Christian's care for his dead loved ones
and their graves. The believer's present body, which is called "the body
of his humiliation" (Phil.3:21) is not yet fitted for entrance into the
kingdom (1 Cor.15:50). Paul's hope is not for a deliverance from the body, but
the redemption of it (2 Cor.5:4).
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