ldonjohn
"God said it, that settles it!"
The last 2 Sundays our Sunday School class has been discussing 1 Corinthians 15 and the resurrection of Christians. Someone stated the he believes when Christians are raptured their old bodies will remain on earth and the dead bodies of those who are resurrected will remain in the grave. He said that we will simply receive new bodies instead of having our old bodies transformed into new glorified bodies. His thinking is that the world will say that all those dead bodies are the result of COVID. This person went on to say that God created Adam from the dust of the ground, and that the bible says in Genesis 3:19 that since man was taken from dust and to dust he will return. My reply was that God can take the dust created by our decayed bodies and make us a new body. Also, another scripture I referred to was 1 Corinthians 15:51 "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed"
I objected to that idea pointing to the fact that Jesus's body was resurrected, and did not remain in the tomb. Also, I referred to 1 John 3:2 which says that when we see him we shall be like Him, and will see Him as He is, meaning that our bodies will be changed or transformed into a new glorified body like the body of Jesus. Another scripture I referred to was Revelations 11:11 where the 2 witnesses who had been killed are made alive by the Spirit of God so that their dead bodies stood up on their feet.
Then I was asked if our bodies will have scars in the same way Jesus' body has scars. I answered "yes," but now I'm not sure about that. I know Jesus' body shows the scars from the nails & from his side being pierced, but God had a purpose for those scars to be visible in His body, one being so that the disciples would know that the person claiming to be the risen Jesus really was that person. Another question I was asked was if a Christian has tattoos will his glorified body also have those tattoos; I said "yes," but again, I'm not sure about that either.
I have searched scriptures and I have tried Mr. Google, but I have run out of answers. Any help from my friends here at RF would be much appreciated.
Don/John
I objected to that idea pointing to the fact that Jesus's body was resurrected, and did not remain in the tomb. Also, I referred to 1 John 3:2 which says that when we see him we shall be like Him, and will see Him as He is, meaning that our bodies will be changed or transformed into a new glorified body like the body of Jesus. Another scripture I referred to was Revelations 11:11 where the 2 witnesses who had been killed are made alive by the Spirit of God so that their dead bodies stood up on their feet.
Then I was asked if our bodies will have scars in the same way Jesus' body has scars. I answered "yes," but now I'm not sure about that. I know Jesus' body shows the scars from the nails & from his side being pierced, but God had a purpose for those scars to be visible in His body, one being so that the disciples would know that the person claiming to be the risen Jesus really was that person. Another question I was asked was if a Christian has tattoos will his glorified body also have those tattoos; I said "yes," but again, I'm not sure about that either.
I have searched scriptures and I have tried Mr. Google, but I have run out of answers. Any help from my friends here at RF would be much appreciated.
Don/John