English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

I think not. Christ still had his wounds. But they were badges of glory, not suffering and sadness. I think everything—in the body, in the soul, and in the person's world—that was offered to God and taken up into the eternal kingdom will be preserved and transformed and glorified in Heaven: but everything that was not—everything that was not the work of God or of the sanctified soul but was of the world, the flesh, or the devil—will be left outside Heaven's gate. The martyrs' wounds will glow like gold, but the amputee's limb will be restored, and so will the brain-damaged person's intelligence. God's justice and mercy are perfect, and so is his style.

2006-10-30 13:43:27 · 4 answers · asked by I-C-U 5 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

4 answers

Christ had his wounds so that people like Thomas would believe. As to deformities and injuries I don't think that those would glorify God. But as it is written:

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 1 Corinthians 15:35-55

2006-10-30 14:15:08 · answer #1 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0 0

ABSOLUTELY those resurected will have bodies thet are in perfect working order and those in heaven will have spiritual bodies as flesh and blood cannot inherit the Heavens 1st Cor 15:50 with no wounds scars or other imperfections gorbalizer

2006-10-30 23:08:20 · answer #2 · answered by gorbalizer 5 · 0 0

as far as many theologists had analyzed this concept, we should perhaps think of the resurrection body not being made of the flesh matter but of a more spiritual or special one.

Just think of the thousands of pieces some bodies are exploded during a jet crash or else.

My opinion is that you are too materialistic and do not have understood the spiritual truth inside your beliefs.

2006-10-30 21:53:55 · answer #3 · answered by lennier61 2 · 0 0

Interesting question, but I believe similarly. Of course, no one knows what Heaven will be like though.

2006-10-30 21:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by mrbadmood 4 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers