Resurrected & Restored!
"So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this
mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
1 Corinthians 15: 54
In the modern era, cartoonists have pictured saints in heaven
like members of the heavenly choir, wearing floor-length white
robes. Unlike earthly choir members, the heavenly ones also
have halos and angel wings, and some carry harps.
From what source did this notion spring?
Certainly not the Bible.
Rather than embracing speculations of artists (especially artists
in the Middle Ages), we should look to the Bible. The Bible makes
no mention of us appearing like angels, but we know our mortal,
perishable earthly bodies will become immortal, imperishable
bodies in the new earth.
When the resurrected Jesus appeared to the disciples, He showed
them His hands and feet. He retained His earthly form. Likewise, when
two disciples on the Emmaus Road encountered the resurrected Jesus,
He appeared as another man to them, a fellow traveler, until their eyes
of understanding saw it
was indeed the Risen Savior (Luke 24:13-16).
So get ready for a new, glorified body, resurrected
and restored to an immortal body by God Himself!
"The human body is formed for immortality…
by sinking into death, it does not utterly perish."
John Calvin
